The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-09
WESTERN ASSOCIATION GOSSIP.


There seems to be disposition among
some of the FANS or Topeka 70 lay down
on the White Sex as a result of the
team having been consigned to the
western Assoeia tfoh fSr another season.
Some have even gone 80 far as to say
that. they would. not go out to see the
games this summer just because Topeka
will not be in the western League.
This attitude is an entirely unsports-
rnanlike view to take of the situation.
IF Topeka does not patronize basebaIl
this summer the agitation In favor OF
getting the town in the O'Ne1ll circuit
another season will not be renewed and
Topeka will never rank any higher
than a class G. ball town. NOT VIII
the local management If they do not
receive good patronage this season want
to take the risk of going higher anoth-
err season. With the possible exception
of wichita, Topeka has right now
better team than any other town IN the
association and it is doubtful IL Wlcnlta
win be able to go the pace that topeka
can. Grow and Runkle are somewhat
Stscouraged over the failure to advance
into a higher circuit but they are not
going to lay down. They are going to
do their very best to win the: western
Association bunting another season
and the fans should lend them all the
announcement possible in the shape OF
financial support and being present at
fha games Anyhow town never
8ained anything in the baseball busl-
ness by laying down on the manage
ment.
Springfield will have a new park this
summer The old park has been leased
10 an amusement company and the
Midgets will play this season on the old
Springfield fairgrounds.
"connie' Kane, who used to be a
terror to the batters in the old Mis-
souri, Valley league and who was
somewhat of a swatter hlmseH, VIII
NAV with Billy Clymer on the Column
bus team of the American association,
the team that won the pennant In that
circuit last year.
Oklahoma City bids fair to have
strong pitching staff this season The
latest addition to the Nets twirling
staff is Ralph Gibson, the former star
pitcher of the Kansas City Blues Glib
son is a strong box artist and he
should prove a valuable man for Nc
Farland In addition to Gibson the
staff consists of Bemis, Mcfarland,
Woods and Nash. Nash worked with
wichita a while last season and quit
the game, however, before the season
was over. He has been out in Colo
RADIO all winter and wanted to stay
there, but he was thought to be the
man who was needed to round out the
staff. There are three youngsters who
are trying out and some of them may
make good The trio of youngsters is
composed Of Lancaster, Matthews and
Taylor. >
Happy Westcott is the latest addi-
ton to the Joplin squad. Happy is
using his cross fire in great shape this
spring and it ought to help him some.
He also has the same old smile from
ear to ear.
Asa Slater, who has been working
out with the White Soxs Will not play
IN Topeka. this year. He was pur-
chased from the Galveston team of the
Texas league with the provision that
he was to return to Galveston in case
Topeka did not make the Western
league. There is nothing on earth
that Slater hates worse than Galveston
ana so he said he would not go back
there to play. Instead. yesterday
afternoon he took his leave of Topeka
and went to Goodland. Kau.s where he
and several other players from the