The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-25
BLACK EYE TOCITY
Sioux City Baseball President
Gives Advice to Topeka.
Says Town Can't Afford TO Lose
the Old Franchise.
ALL is FAVORABLE.
Topeka Ideal Place for Good
Team in Western League.
Put Ginger IntOIt," "PuIl To-
getherv Get a Good Manu-

| President Fairweather, of the Sioux
/ City baseball team of the Western
Z League, has written a letter to George
! Badders, secretary of the Commercial
! club in which he has given his ideas
/ of keeping the Western League fran
chise in Topeka.
| Mr.. FairWeather offers a number of
! suggestions to the Commercial club in
| the management of a team in this city
! and asks that the business men do all
| in their power to keep the franchise
| in Topeka.
The letter to Secretary Badders as
| follows:
4 am in receipt of your letter rela-
tive to the baseball situation in Topeka
and in reply will say that do not con-
! slider my advice worth very much to
! you as I am the youngest member of
| the western League both in years and
| in experience, however, 1 will say that
1 believe that Western League ball can
be made to pay in your city. This is
the status of the case as 1 see it.
! "First-Topeka is city of $4,000 peo-
pie.
s'Second-Topeka is a capital city and
also a railroad center.
''Third-So far as know there is no
organized opposition to Sunday ball in
your city.
''Fourth-Your park is well located
but your street car system to same is
just fair.
Now, gentlemen, with this being the
fact of the matter there is no reason
why baseball can't be made a paying
proposition in your city but that there
are several things that you will have
to do in order to make your city
success in the ball business:
"First-Give the people a good club.
'Seeond-Have the president OF your
club man who mixes well with all
classes of people in your city.
"Third-Have the manager and pres
ident of your club keep out of any bus
mess that will have a tendency to hurt
the game.
'HFourth-Select good manager, one
who can go out and get young players
at a reasonable salary
Now if this can be done there is no
reason why your city can not be made
a success in the ball business and were
1 not tied up here 1 can assure you
that 1 would take the first train to
Topeka and see if 1 could not get mix
ed up with you in the ball business.
you need ball in Topeka as there
is no better advertisement to a city
than a ball club, providing that it is
conducted as a ball club should be,
and there is no better time than right
now to show the people of the country
lust where Topeka stands than it is
for the good people of your city to
come right out and say that the ball
club is to remain in Topeka and fur
thermore that it is going to be made
a success of.
'tIt Will be black eye TO your CITY
and to the enterprise of your business
men to lose the club now and fran
chise in the Western league is grow
ing into money just the same as any
other investment that is carefully
made. In order to make the game
success every one must be pulling to-
gether and you must have the loyal
support of the daily press.
s.I have nothing to say relative to
the price that Mr.. Cooley is asking
for the franchise. He and [ are IN
the same business and do not want
to place a price on his property:
will say that there are lot of lines
connected with the business that must
be properly handled if we are to make
anv money out of the business
81 have tried to explain in a general
wav lust what 1 think of your city as
a ball town. AS soon as you get the
good element of your city pushing
baseball then just so soon will you
have a good ball town. good team
and everybody happy and satisfied.
am in the same league that you are
and want to make success OF the
league for everybody concerned.
Thanking you very kindly for past
favors and assuring you that you Will
make the mistake of your lives II you
allow this franchise to go to some
other city,