The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-21
Kansas viii Probably Have New
Baseball Circuit.
Meeting December % VIII Start
Organization Work.
HE WOULD COME BACK
Unglaub Wants to Try 1t With
New Team.
LincOlnStrOngerW estern League
Town Than Wichita.

TOWN nan Flcn1bas
There is plenty of talk among the
clubs of last seasons state baseball
leagues predicting a consolidation OF
the two into one league with the
strongest towns as mem bers. Both OF
the brush circuits had their troubles
last season which was hard one for
the little leagues all over the country.
A meeting will be held in Salina
December % at which time repre-
! sentatives of the towns will thresh it
! out. The dope being forwarded now
! IS that Great Bend, Lyons, Newton,
! Emporia, Manhattan, Salina, Junction
! City and Hutchinson will constitute
the new league
While Wichita is wishing they could
take over club in the Western league
which they say is free to go, Pueblo
answers, Not US: it's Lincoln" The
Star-Journal says:
| With Charlie Comiskey furnishing
DeS MOineS with winner this coming
season. the Western league circuit APP
| pears as strong as it could be made,
provided things are cleared up at Lin
coin, which is a real live ball town I'M
| der the proper conditions. Wichita is
after the Lincoln franchise. that much
is admitted by the Lincoln scribes, but
of the two cities We venture the pre-
dictiOn that the Western league will
be stronger with Lincoln and not
Wichita as the eighth member
Bonnie Owens Sooners will come to
Lawrence again next season. Manager
Hamilton at K. L. would not hear to
taking his team to Norman, so Bonnie,
hoping to repeat his trick of 1911.
finally agreed to take a northern trip
al least once more. The Sooners are
expected to play Washburn on the
same trip if the dates can be so ar
ranged.
The junior class basketball team de-
feated the seniors IS to II in the
Thomas gymnasium yesterday evening
and the freshmen defeated the sopho-
the class championship the day before
to the juniors, appeared to be peeved
about it and refused to put up any kind
of a fight
Bob Unglaub has written the Lincoln
tribe that he would like to come back
and take another chance at it. All he
wants is another team, or some
changes, at least. Unglaub started last
season with a bunch that looked like
sure pennant snatchers, but he got
them into such a pow-wow they forgot
their baseball. Bob talked entirely too
much and naturally they finally heard
what he was talking about and usually
it was nothing good about them.
Lawrence. Kan. Dec 21-Lawrence
is about to realize one of the city's
fondest hopes-a team in baseball
league A real league. too. one that
plays fast baseball and that will give
the fans what they have been longing
for for years Manager Elmer Newly.
of the local team is now entertaining
two handsome offers from different
leagues who have their origin in Kan
sas City The first offer was the one
received from the Kansas City Inter |
City League last season. The other is
from the Inter-St Baseball League, |
which is new organization that is
being promoted by Kansas City mag
mates. This second offer is one that
has recently been received here. The |
league has been organized in Kansas /
City and proposes to play a regular |
teams that are said to be in this league /
are: The National Unions, the Bell I
Telephones, the r. S. EIliotts, the
SchmeIzers of Kansas City and Ar I
gentine and Lawrence. if the latter /
club decides to come in. Hickman of |
the National Unions. has been elected I
president of this new league.
Setting new records for the oppos-
ing boxmen to hurl at is q regular
hobby with Walter johnson, the idaho /
phenom of the Washington Nationals.
Last season johnson set record Of
ter was not quite up to his standard T
as a strikeout artist, but just the same I
the big swede hung up new mark.
In game against the Maps in the /
latter part of the season. Johnson I
pitched but So balls during the entire
nine innings. winning his game to
1. This beat all to smash record +
set by Christy Mathewson two weeks
before, when Big Six pitched only SO
balls to retire 81 Red batters.
Johnson set the Maps down with 4
four hits and did not issue a. base on f
balls. Mathewson's performance in
the way of base hits was even better,
the Reds hitting him safely only twice
Like johnson Matty did not walk
while Mathewson's strikeouts total
only four
The record set by the Nationals
pitcher skaters all marks in the big
league. The former record was u.
made in the minor leagues John
sons record should stand for a long
while, the only possible one right now
is funny game and something may
happen at any time.
RUBE TURNS TO THE STAGE
New Thespian VIII BE Star in stock
Company Proposition.
Louisville KY. Dec 21.-"Rube'
the eccentric one who has
been wintering at Joe Cantillon's farm
At Hickman, Ky, tired of country life
his week and Joined a stock company
which played at the Kentucky town.
The aggregation is known as the
American Stock company, and "Rube'
will star as a Thespian until he is or
Tered to report to Hickman for train
ng next spring.