The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-08
Western Schedule Meeting on
February Is.
Effort Being Made to Hold 1t
in Chicago.
TIP O'NEIL is HAPPY.
Says That Everything Indicates
Prosperous Season.
Bobby KahI Offered Managers
Berth at Junction City.

Letters will be sent out tomorrow
from President O'Neil's office in Chi
cage asking the nagnates OF the west
ern League to meet there February 10.
Des Moines is entitled 20 the meeting
but an effort will be made to get the
Iowa club owners to consent to taking
the meeting to Chicago. As Comiskey
and O'Neil are fast friends and Comis-
key loaned Higgins enough ball players
10 win a pennant last year it is believ-
ed the meeting will be held in Chicago.
O'Neil passed. through Topeka yester-
day ON his way to Chicago. He has
been on the coast all year arranglng
for the training trip of the Chicago
Sox. He reported that everything in
the Western League seemed to indicate
enc of the most prosperous years IN the
History of the organization.
The reason advanced Tor moving tne
schedule meeting of the Western to
Chicago is that the American Assocla-
ton meeting will be held in that city
February Is. There are a number OF
club owners who want to get in touch
with the A. y. club owners. Woria
of material good, bad and Indifferent.
will be disposed of this spring by the
A. A. owners and there is desire on
part of each Western manager to cop
out a little of the best the A. a. has
TC spare.
Cooley will probably try to secure
crack infielder at this meeting and Will
-endeavor to trade for an outhelder or
two No expense will he spared to PICK
up good men for these places and with
their addition Cooley believes he Will
have the best team in the league.
Lincoln wants the Fourth of July
game this year. Last year Lincoln
played here on the Fourth and at home
on the next day when the celebration
baTd II TP1llV amounted TO TWO
holiday games. Bur Lincoln mas cialm-
ID everything in sight this year ana
does not stop at the July 4 game.
Junction CITY wants Bobby Kahl to
manage the team which represents that
down in the c. K. league. Cooley wants
to dispose of Kahl only after he has
found faster second sacker. And as
such clubs as Louisville want Kahl it is
hardly likely that the Landowners Will
get Bobby this year.
Holland says ne is not worried be-
cause McChesney is holding out. Oh
course not Holland will not he worried
Until time for training to begin. Then
he will see what hole was filled by
NIcChesney last year.
Wichita fans are. jubiiant over the
fact that Slaw the National League
catcher has signed his contract. Mr..
Shaw may be a dream and wonder
hut it can be remembered when Buck
Weaver failed to do any good with the
Wichita team and the fans will want
to see Mr.. Shaw in action before TAX
ing anything for granted. 1t still looks
at this distance as if the only addi-
7ional strength Wichita win have is
Izzy himself. And perhaps that will be
enough.
''Rhoddy" Hendrix is already in
draining and ny a process of his own
is removing about four pounds a day
from his manly form.
The crowd which hangs out around
baseball headquarters is now demand
ing of Jack Henry his records and the
testimony of his Eskimos. Henry re-
Gently declared he was in a position to
give expert testimony about Spencer
Arthur Abbott.
Cooley is being shaved regularly now,
probably in the hope of cutting down
his weight