The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-02

other cities The transfers were COM
pleted several days ago. They were ap-
proved on Sunday by President O'Neil
OF the Western league. The team lett
last night for st. Joseph. 1t will return
to Omaha. for three games August 6-7-s.
1t VIII play in st. Joseph August 9-10-l1
and at Sioux City again August
12-15-l4 Referring to the possibility of
Oes Moines picking up the team, Mr..
Higgins said:
It would rather sell the team to Des
Moines than any other city, if it wants
| to buy: but Des Moines viii have to
show me the money. don't propose TO
give the team away. I am the exclusive
owner OF the team with the exception
of one man to whom recently sold an
interest and I can buy him out tomor-
row. Des Moines has talked buy, but
talk alone won't buy. am willing TO
sell II they put up a fair price.
'Des Moines simply will not support
team. People will not attend the
games. If Des Moines is confident that
/ under different mana cement it can get
profitable crowds at the games, the
| club is for sale. Up to the present time
Des Moines has not had confidence
enough to put the money. De5 Mo1neS
has spent considerable money adYertls-
ing Des Moines in the Saturday Even
ing Post. Few baseball fans read the
Saturday Evening Post. l am afraid
that the attitude of DeS Moines with
I
done infinitely more to advertise Des
Moines than the advertisements in the
Post
'Des Moines seems to have civic
pride enough to desire a winning base
| ball club. Its Commercial club and
| Booster club seem to be confident that
a baseball club can be made a success
in Des Moines. Still there does not
seem to be pride nor confidence enough
to carry Des Moines' hands very deep
1 fr,xA r-1r1 he
pride and confidence were deep enough
I believe it would have extended to the
money belt before this
That no money is lacking to keep the
| Des Moines team on its feet was evI-
| dent at the MiHard hotel last night
when Secretary Hughes was wondering
what disposition to make OF two i'm
mense piles of greenbacks of good de-
nomination. The. money represents the
salary of the players, who viii be pald
| Hughes wanted the manager of the
team to carry one of the bundles, but
he refused to be bothered with it.
Pueblo Star-Journal: Some fans have
suggested a change in the local name
for the Pueblo team. Indians has
| been their title since the Inflated team
of three years and some of the locat
fans, in fact a great many OF them, are
beginning to look upon the name OF IN
dians as a ''jinx." Just what name to
substitute has not yet caught the pub
| lie fancy. The writer would suggest
that the local fans forward to this de-
partment of the Star-Journal, the name
that he or she thinks would be most
appropriate and the one most popular
could be selected as the official title.
Send in your suggestions to the Sport
ing Editor of the Star-Journal and the
suggestions will be published in this
column; that is, every time a new name
is suggested. It would be too difficult
a task to publish every letter. After
| several names have been put farward
then a vote can be taken on them and
the most popular one selected.
Keep the knocks home
st Joseph Gazette. st. Joseph was
robbed out of that last game at Sioux
City Sunday, according to Owner Hol-
land. 1t had been arranged to call the
game at o'clock and there was Moth
| ing said about finishing the inning.
| Owner Holland took the Drummers off
the field because only 40 minutes was
/ left in which to catch a. train for here
The Sunday park in Sioux City is a
| long distance from the depot and it
| takes some time to reach it. AS it was
/ the Drummers caught the train with
| just a couple of minutes to spare. The
Drummer boss is confident that UNI
pire Mckee'S action in FORGETTING the
game will not stand. A sports
writer in Denver who thinks so much
of his opinion that he runs a picture of
/ himself every time he says anything,
now comes out with the statement that
President O'NeiH should muzzIe Owner
| Holland of the Drummers. The sports
writer is peeved because Owner I1ol-
land wrote here telling of the rough
treatment that the Drunmers received
| in Denver. He wants O'Neill to see to
/ it that Holland not be allowed to tell
what happens when the Drummers
visit Denver. The scribe evidently
thinks the shortcomings of the Denver
management and fans should be COW
cred up.