The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-24
Topeka MOVES UP
Becomes Member of Western
Baseball League.
Magnates Pay So, 900 for Capital
City and Wichita.
VOTE is UNANIMOUS.
No Objection Offered to Release
of Two Cities.
Manager Cooley Says He'll Have
Good Team.

Kansas City, Oct. 24.-Topeka and
Wichita were officially introduced into
the Western baseball league today.
1t is long time before baseball
enters the stage doors again but dur
ing the long winter months when the
snow is blowing up against the win
dows and the Topeka fans" are
sitting before their fireplaces reading
the pink sheets and the pink news out
of the prize fighting columns they
will have an extra little fiutter down
in their heart which will make a noise
like happiness every time the mind
wanders back to basebaIl-in other
words Topeka was welcomed into the
Western league this morning and the
local fans will be able to see a
notch higher baseball next summer.
At meeting of the Western asso-
citation this morning at the Hotel
Baltimore, the Western Baseball asso-
citation bid farewell to Topeka and
Wichita and all of the necessary
transactions were made to cinch the
deal. The $4,000 for Topeka was
turned over by Senator w L. Cooper,
attorney for President O'Neil OF the
Western league and the welcome
salute of thirteen guns was given.
In the meeting of the Western asso-
clatlon every team was represented
and not a nay vote was given for the
release of Topeka and Wichita. When
the matter was put before the council
and the votes were counted it stood
to y. Hutchinson refused to vote
for various reasons known only to
those concerned. Their refusal to
vote did not make any difference
with the blackballing of the two am
bilious teams and Topeka and Wich-
1ta were free. They at once accepted
the propositions with the Western
league under the attorneyship of Mr..
Cooper and the signing of players
Will commence at once.
AT the same meeting of the West
ern association thirteen applications
were registered with the members
and they win be considered at the
next official meeting of the associa-
ton. The cities who made applica-
ton for admittance We're: St Joe,
Atchison, Leavenworth, Sedalia, Pitts
burg, Coffeyville, independence, Mus
kogee, Guthrie. Salina. Tulsa, Shaw
nee and McAlliSter. It is not known
which teams will make good on the
applications although circumstances
point very favorably toward Salina as
one of the stronger candidates.
President Shively appointed a com
mittee of three to consider the above
towns.
Manager Cooley of the Topeka team
is getting on his working clothes and
will be right to the front when the
umpire gives the first play ball" He
has made arrangements with several
new players Many of them will be
drafted from the Western association
He also has a line on a number of the
farmers" in the bigger leagues. He
says that Topeka will be in the first
dicision the whole time and he hopes
that the jump from the lower to the
higher class will not effect the stand
ing or supremacy of the pennant win
ners. AS far as the crowds and sup
porters are concerned-Cooley thinks
that Topeka will hold her own as she
has always done over the old circuit.
President O'Neil of the Western
league was not present at the meeting
of the league today, but he was le-
gally represented by his attorney, Mr.
w. L. Cooper.
Topeka is now a full-fedged member
of the Western league and no more
guesses and doubts will be made
throughout the barber shop leagues
and street corner fans as to the
chances of the new entrance. Base
ball will take on a new "hunch' and
Topeka will get the benefit.