The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
Twenty-FOur League Clubs Will
Play in Kansas. )
They VIII Figure in Schedules
Of SIS Games.
HAVE THREE LEAGUrS
Kansas State, Central Kansas,
Eastern Kansas All Stick.
Two Clubs in w. A. and Two in
Western League.
HAVE THREE LEAGUES

That organized baseball in Kansas
has gotten solidly established is proven
conclusively by the continuation OF the
three Glass d Leagues wholly within
its borders and its two clubs in the
Class A Western League and two clubs
In the Class c Western Association.
Twenty-four clubs will begin the sea-
son in Kansas under the wing of the
National Association of Professional
Baseball clubs. That is a good show
ing in view of the near-disaster which
struck the smaller leagues last year
and changed the clubs in midseason.
Wrecks were averted, however, and
strength was shown in the recuperation
for the season of 1911. The greatest
shock was experienced at Topeka but
the new Kaw team now looks like a
nrst division aggregation. The West
ern Association nearly went to the wall
and only four clubs finished the season.
With eight clubs again in, the reorgan-
lied association is Well on its feet.
Franchise sales were frequent in the
three little leagues but all finished and
are now ready for good season
A total of 53S games are scheduled
for Kansas clubs during the 1911 sea-
son.
Passing the Topeka and Wichita
clubs in the Western League and its
168 game schedule, the three Class D
leagues wholly within the borders are
the Kansas State League, the Central
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sas League
The Kansas State League is the
soundest organization and consists of
eight clubs as follows: Hutchinson,
Great Bend Mcpherson, Lyons, Iarned
Newton. ElDorado, wellington. The
pennant was won last season by Hutch
inson. Walter w. Stahl, former man
ager of athletics at Washburn college,
IS president Of the league and lives at
Lyons schedule of 112 games is
ready to be adopted and will open on
May IL. President Stahl has planned
the schedule to send the teams around
the circuit three times instead of two
playing two three game series and one
two game series.
w. w. Stahl. who also is county at
torney OF Rice county, was in Topeka
yesterday attending the meeting of
county attorneys and said his Ieague
was in the finest condition possible
He has hired eight umpires, from which
five Will be retained. These are Louis
Knapp, Buck Weaver, Charles
Groom, Neal Wing, Bert Ray, A. L.
Melvin.
The Central Kansas league win this
season consist of Manhattan BeIoit
Concordia. Clay Center, Salina, and
Minneapolis The pennant winning club
of the past two seasons, Ellsworth
dropped I'm favor of Minneapolis when a
short schedule of go games was sched-
uled to begin on May II. c. A Case Of
Abilene, last year a member of the
league, is president of the organization
An assessment of 1925 club has been
levied to finance the league and
guarantee of $25 a game to visiting
teams has been provided. Probably d
second season of an equal number of
games win be scheduled If the first is
successful.
Out at Salina. Owner W. L Price has
concocted a scheme to play Sunday
ball in spite of the city ordinance. His
idea is to take the visiting team and
his own out to New Cambria, seven
miles away. In ORDER to do this he
would cancel his Saturday game and
play a double header Sunday. Three
railroads connect the two towns and
Salfna has an efficient auto-livery. BY
these Price believes he can get a good
crowd at New Cambria every game.
The business men OF the little burg
have promised to get their grounds in
shape and rebuild their grandstands for
the league games.
At Manhattan they are building a
school building on the old ball park so
a. new one must be secured. A site has
been selected within reach of the cleo
trio car line and work on the stands
will be hurried
The Eastern Kansas league viii con-
sist of Atchison, Leavenworth, Hor-
ton, Sabetha, Hiawatha, and Seneca.
The Sabetha club won the pennant I'M
der the management of Bobbie Kahl,
loaned them by Topeka. A schedule of
70 games is contemplated by the league
to begin June l. A club salary limit OF
$3.50 has been agreed upon by the mem
bers.
Coffeyville and independence have
membership in the Western association
and will compete in a 126 game sched-
ule with Muslxogee, Tulsa, Sapulpa,
Oklahoma towns, Fort Smith, the Ar
kansas club, and Joplin and Spring
field, Missouri clubs. Joplin won the
1910 pennant with ease. Four clubs
quit and President D. NJ. Shivley was
deposed by July %. J. H. Shaw acted
as president while four other clubs con-
tinued and the whole show blew up
August 16. There were no Kansas clubs
involved in the last season and the two
We're taken in upon its reorga nization