The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-05
SHIvELY BACKS OUT.
says He Won't Accept O'NeiI's Money
for Topeka.

Kansas City, Marcn ST have mol
backed down on the Topeka PROPOSE
tion.'' said DR.. d. M. Shively, president
of the Western Association, last night.
1.-The Western League has not got To-
peka. I still believe that the franchise
cannot be taken from me.
"O'NeiJ, Farrell and I met in Buffalo
Saturday morning and / set a sale
price on Topeka but would not let go
of the franchise until 1 had received
the permission of all of my managers.
AS L haven't done this as yet l oon
see where O'Neil gets all that stun
ern league. Again, am not so sure
about the O'Neil league getting the
club when the national board nanos
down its decision. It certainly rs nign.S sI,,S
to be taken away from my league ana
/ think the board will act fairly in the
matter and allow me to keep the TOWN.
this season. o,>,.;,
Il received a telegram IRON " ~ n e., n
today saying that he had mailed me
draft for $500 to pay for the town
but this will be returned 10 hlm 10
morrow as I don't think all my man
ayers will vote to let the town go;
Until such a thing happens Topeka VIII
be a member of the Western Assocla-
ton
A story received here from Chicago
sunday night stated that O'Neil had
said that he and Shively had come 10
an an1icable agreement and that Ic-
peka had been sold to the Western
league. Shively arrived here IRON.
Buffalo Sunday night and nd sa7d Mes! tna5 nr1
Association president believes that the
national commission and the nations J
board are both with him and that ne
will give up Topeka onty Wnen Htl en- e.e
managers are well paid for the fraii-
There is no telling what will become
of the Western Association II Topek;l
-
impossible to find town that VIII 90
the association as much good as ul1
the Kansas capital. If the franchise Is
sold it is probable that another clup
will be dropped and the ASSOCIATION De
made up of six clubs.
Cincinnati, March 5.-The national
baseball commission has declined to
make ruling regarding its 1urisdlc-
tion in the application of the Western
league for permission to draft Topeka
from the Western Association. How
ever the commission was of the unanl-
nous opinion that the cause or COM
ulaint was bad in its effect and asked
that the national board take up the
matter at once to obviate any necessity
for further action by the commission
DR.. d. NJ Shively, president of the
Western association. who has just re-
turned to his home in Kansas City,
after having been in Buffalo. n. Y, IN
conference with Secretary FarreIl OF
the National Association of Minor
Leagues, and President Norris l.
O'Neill of the Western league. was
called up over the telephone this
morning by the State Journal and
made the following statement:
Topeka is not yet in the Western
lea que. Notwithstanding all reports 10
the contrary. We had short confer
ence in Buffalo last Saturday in which
O'Nein made me an offer for the To-
peka team of the Western association.
This offer is considerably more than
the $25O0 draft price. Until this offer
is accepted by the managers of the
Western association, Topeka must stay
in this league. I have called a meet
ing of the Western association man
ayers for the purpose of considering
this proposition. which will meet in
the Baltimore hotel in Kansas City
Thursday March 18th, at IL. At this
time the managers will have an op-
portunity to consider the proposition
made by President O'Neill. 1t will
take the unanimous consent of all the
managers to allow Topeka to advance
into the Western league. and if there
is 7 single objection to the proposition
Topeka must stay with us. I hardly
think that O'Neil1's offer will be ac-