The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-28
Plan to Form Stock Company to
Finance Deal.
HOPE ROGER WINS
National Leaguers Do Not Like
G. Webb Murphy.
Pueblo Has Twice Saved Western
League Sport Dope.

Wichita, Kan. Dec 2S.-Plans for
forming a stock company to purchase
a Glass a baseball team in the West
ern League are under way here.
George Bradford and Arthur Pauline
are back of the movement and will show
that they have confidence in Wichita
supporting a first class baseball team
by taking a bunch of the stock. The
shares are for sale to anyone that
wants to help put Wichita on the base
ball map again.
While there are two franchises that
might be purchased in the Western
League the fans seems to be solid for
the Wichita Jobbers to be back again.
. They are not only far better team
than the Lincoln AntelOpeS but all the
boys are anxious to come back to Wich-
tia and put up fight next season.
If the business men show thar they
want Wichita to have q baseball team
an offer will be made to Isbell to buy
the team outright Al ShaW will pro-
baby manage the team if it comes to
Wichita as he understands the base
fans and players alike Shaw is anx-
ious to take stock in the team to show
that he has confidence in Wichita
Team Stronger Now.
The former JObber team is stronger
than whsn it left here last year. The
addition of single player and make
the other teams in the Western League
get up and dust some The pitching
staff is without doubt the class of the
league and is nsde UP of the following
tWirlerS. Ellis. Jackson. ROutt, Perry,
Durham. Harmon. Weeks, Jarnagin
suspended and Wright suspended.
Routt and Weeks are new to most of
the fans here but the showing of ROutt
during the latter part of last season
proved that he viii be one OF the lead
ing pitchers of the league during 1912.
Weeks played III the Albuquerque tour
nament and Danny Claire and the rest
of the boys had Izzy grab the big fell
low as shey say he is a wonder. The
outfield will be looked after by Middle
ton. Davis. Belden and Craig. A young
ster by the name of Beechtold is also
in the lineup and was a sensation in
the Nebraska State League last year
Koerner. Hughes, Schmidt and Claire
make rp the inf1elders- Al Shaw and
Wacob are the receiving end of the
lineup Wacob maze a great showing
in the Nebraska State last year and the
Big Boss received hattering offers from
SUPERIOR to buy him back again. There
them are Glass A quality with four or
I'VE of them billed for the big leagues |
in the fall at prices that will be close
70 the $4,000 mark.
St Joseph News Press: This space |
is devoted to the signing IF new play
ers by jack Holland. (Nothin dom |
today)
Charley Comiskey is the father Of |
the Western League, or, rather. the |
protector. Every August Commy pur- |
chases q dozen or so promising look
ing players in that circuit and lust as
soon as the next spring rolls around !
he proceeds to turn them back Just |
now he has q bunch of men from that |
league on his reserve list. Among them |
are out folder Mattirks of Des Aioines. |
Kelly. Jones and Powell of the St JOS |
eph club. and Shortstop Berger and 1
Catcher Clements of the Pueblo team.
Frank Isbell IS the Pueblo manager.
st. Joseph Ncws-Press: Jack Holland !
says that Pueblo is the angel of the |
Western League Twice did the fans
Of Little PirtsbErg" come to the res
cue Of the league In 1905, when Colo |
RADIO Springs went out. and last wear.
when Isbell failed to make go of it |
at Wichita The fans out there have |
dug down deep into their pockets twice |
and said to Inc Western League Come |
on. put Your club III here. Wen give |
you so much and promise to do our
best TO make It successful and that is
the kind of spirit that is always ap-
preciated." said Holland.
The Bresnahan- Murphy case is to go
before balloons supreme court for
final adjudication. The Cardinal pilot
claims that the mouthy one from Chi
cago grossly insulted him during the
New York meeting by insisting. when
Roger refused to waive claim on Safer,
that Il have som ething on YOU that
will drive YOU out of base ball"
Roger claims that such language is
not only unbecoming a magnate. but
that he has been injured by Murphys
talk, and he wants the Taft hireling
punished as severely as baseball law
will allow.
without going into the merits of the
case it is a safe bet that public opin