The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-05
Men Who Made 1t Famous Have
Gone.
SHIVELY is DEPOSED.
Successor to President Elected
at Tulsa.
Items of Interest From the
Western League.

Sapulpa, Barber and Vanderbilt at
E3arIiesvlile' Kennedy at Enid, Price
others, many OF whom were compare
lively newcomers when Wichita, To-
peka, Oklahoma City and Hutchinson
cropped out, just about tell the tale.
Of course. old man Dalrymple proba-
ply VIII be there and so will Elmer
Meredith, both of whom were ancients
when Jim O'Rourke started playing
away back in the days of '6S, but most
circuits.
Cooley, Andrews. Holland, Mcconnell.
Mcfarland and other former Western
association managers will be found in
other circuits: Peck Harrington. Lof-
ton, Pepper" Clark "Rowdy'' MiIsar,
and Dan O'Leary will be found in the
Three League. Speer, Willett, Groom,
Warren Gill, Becker. Milan, Olmstead,
+ Olson, Byrne. Scott, Hagerman,
Rowan and Hetling are in the "big
show" Downs, Packard-who played
In the Western but a few weeks-Love
cid Tom Reed, Gehring and one or two
others are in the American Association
Bayless, Wauner. BaerwaId Dick and
others are in the Southern Association
The Western League has Middleton,
Petugrew, Tex Jones, "Cy' Young
Ill Shaner,- Atchison. Buck Weaver,
Art Queisser, Haas. Kunkle, Kaufman,
Jack Henry, McLear. Jack Forester,
Bob Kahl. Spencer Arthur Abbott, and
q few others who used to make things
interesting in these disgings, RED"
Wright. Hollingsworth, ZellerS, tom
my" Cope and that greatest clown of
the bunch. Dutch Persch. have drift
&c to other parts of the country or are
out OF the game completely. Benny
Henderson, Dusty miller and Bill
Kelley are anchored in the California
state league where they must remain
two years more at least. Big Bill link
and Cecil J3anlskead are N the Kansas
State league. Ivan Olson is in the Pa
c.fic Coast league. Sylvester Olson, Bill
Annis, Happy Westcott and some
Jimmy Frick and Scissors Ashley are
among those who will be found in the
Eastern League this year. Johnny Fill
man is in the Texas State league, Dick
Rohn is in the South Atlantic league,
Roy Bevis has quit the game, as has
Spec Hurlburt. and others are scat
tered here, there and everywhere.
They cou1e and go. these ball players,
but they are a pretty good lot, after
all. Most of those mentioned here will
be remembered by the fans for the
entertainment they afforded during the
years they we're in the Shively
elrcuit-pretty good years. too.
Without their names appearing in the
various lineuDs of the various teams
it doesn't seem like the old association
any more than the list of towns repre-
scented sounds like the list which then
included Wichita, Topeka, Oklahoma
City, Hutchinson. Joplin, Webb City
and Springfield. all of which since have
been succeeded by others.
Now President D. NJ. shively. of the
Western Association. has been deposed
at a meeting held at Tulsa.
J.. H. Shaw of Enid. vice president
OF the association, was placed in charge
of all the leagues finances. A copy of
the resolution deposing Shively was Or
dered sent to J. H. Farrell, secretary
of the National Association, and he was
instructed to conduct all business with
the western Association through Shaw.
This agreement was reached by all the
members of the Western Association.
doc" Shively organized the old Mis-
souri, Valley league nine years ago.
-Four years ago the name was changed
TO the Western Association. Last yea-
at a meeting of the magnates held here
was reelected president, al
though he announced that he was
through with baseball. At the meeting
the Wichita and Topeka franchises were
sold to the Western League for $1,000
and the naagnates voted Shively half of
that amount.
II am glad that they elected a new
said DR.. Shive7y. "I certain
ly won't contest the election. I tried
wouldn't stand for it. I don't know
what the trouble is about and I am
sure don't care. didn't even know
that the magnates We're holding meet
ing"
Des Moines Register and Leader:
Omaha may not be able to get Kelley,
the great little pitcher, to report this
year. Keeley's wife is anxious to have
him quit professional baseball and it
would not be surprising to see him
agree to her plans. The loss to Omaha
would be serious. There are some
tend that Kelley is pitcher who
"hasnt got much No ball player
who went up against the Omaha star
last year will agree to this idea CT
KeeIey- According to the ball players
Kelley has one of the best, quick
breaking curves that has been seen il
this league in long time
league meeting, as far as las been
about the Western league av-
erages. Some of the magnatss were
going to CIDER an investigation, so they
said at the time the figures appeared,
but when the time for the meeting
came they became SO anxious to grab
good dates t1at they forgot all about
the average.
S,ill this matter should no. be drop
rcd. Something was wrong with the.
averages last year. Unless the matter
is taken in hand now the averages viii
be useless another season. Official I
scorers for the Western league should
get together and decide several nlooted
points In addition they should keen
close tab on the averages as q whole.
Sioux City Tribune: President Tom
Fairweather, of the Sioux City baseball
club, has received the signed contract
Of another catcher, Lawrence Moriar-
ity, who made a fine showing last
year in the Trolley league When Fair
weather was in st. Louis last month
he met Jack O'Connor. manager of the
Browns, and the latter highly RECON-
mended Moriarity and volunteered his
services in landing the young semipro.
for the Packers. O'Connor was faithful
to his promise and about week ago he