The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-03
GOODLAHD MAY START LEAGUE
WOULD BE COMPOSED OF SIX
TEAMS.
Towns Of Norton, Jennings Selden and
Colby Included for Saturday
and Sunday Games.

Here is some interesting infOrma-
ton as to base running in the big
leagues. Base stealing is an art, but
il is as essential to base ball TO win
game as good stickers or players. Last
year Flick and Anderson had the
American league base ball running rec
ord, with thirty-nine stolen bases
each. The National league record was
made By Frank Chance, who stole
hfty-seven bases
These figures look funny when lined
up against some Old-time records In
1888 Harry StOvey, the finest base run
ner Of base ball ever produced, stole
156 bases in 80 games. In three years
Arlie Latham stole 207 bases in PSI
games, and Curt WEIGH landed 121
bases in a single season.
OF course this does not mean that
StOvey and the men who played
twenty years ago were so far ahead Of
the players Of today in base running.
The game has changed since then,
and base runnig is more difficult II
is nevertheless true that base running
as an art is not cultivated today as it
used to be
The best consecutive base running
ever done in America was done by
Bill LANCE, who stole 452 bases in sos
games, in seven years, an average of
559 per cent Frank Chance has the
best record Of men playing today.
Dahlen, Van Haltren and Hoy have
over 500 bases each TO their credit
The Colorado State League has just
been formed, to play Saturday and
Sunday base ball only. The following
cities are included in the Mile High
Base Ball association, as it will be
known: Cripple Creek, Salida, Long
mont, Pueblo, HanOVers Of Denver,
Colorado Iron Works Of Denver, and
one other club to be selected later.
This looks good, and viii be just en-
Ough ball for those towns 70 keep the
houses full and the interest UP for the
entire season. The teams composing
the league, however, are short Of play
ers. and are scouting all over the west
to get timber to make up their aggre-
cations
The GoodIand bunch, as it is now
lined up, would be q fast team in that
little Mile High league, and would
easily be a top nOtcher, and would
give any Of them a rub for the pen
nanL- But we are good ways on from
those towns, and it would be a source
Of big expense to handle the team
Ex-Champion Prize Fighter Jim
COrbett, who is now starring in the
Lady and the Burglar in an inter /
view at PittsbUrg the other day, pat |
ted the Pirates on the back and pro-
claimed them one Of the greatest /
teams ever organized. He did the /
natl about the Reds, again in Chicago, |
and now in a letter TO the president OF \
the Denver club, he says they are |
''the goods" You can't lose Mr. Cor
bett at any stage Of the game.
The Rock Island bunch will prob \
ably make their initial appearance a
week from Sunday at their new rail- \
road diamond, unless it conflicts with 4
Manager DawsOn's plans Of the big
team The team IS not yet complete, Z
but before another week has passed q
few recruits viii be on deck, and the /
team for its first game viii be in readi- /
ness, to put up a fair article OF ball
A league which looks as though it
might be easy to handle for Saturday
and Sunday ball, with a minimum OF
expense, would be Norton, Jennings, !
Selden, Colby and two teams in Good /
land This would be siX-team league, /
the distance would be short, and IT is I
in our own state. The other towns
mentioned are favorable TO a prOpO- I
sitiOn Of this sort, but they look upon /
the big team Of GOOdland as all the 1
money and some cOaxing would have /
TO be done to make them think they /
would be in the running