The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-19

5ECrlDeU to the ludbltAAS
fo1,r- He has ordered the men TO re
MORT about March at Excelsior
Springs
Doc Andrews. who has been Sc
cured nv lack Holland to captain ms
team Of Drummers next season, writes
to the st. Joseph Gazette the loliO"iii7
I've inst must hand old St. Joe q
remnant this season if it is possible ana
/ am confident we have as 800 oou q
chance as any club in the eseet II
ieapue after a careful survey OF the
1naferial on hand You've got to mana
it to the old chief. John Holldilu u;
when it comes to getting soou pail
clubs together. I've known hlin q lohs
time but have never seen MN I. i eau .
a moor club yet. Sometimes II was 70
my sorrow. too. when his club STOOD
between my club and the pellha NJ
We made great rivals, SO cons quSlitlS
We should pull great when hitched to-
gether-"
Denver News: The welcome an
7ouncement that John W. Beal. the
smuggling member OF the bears; wiz pe
back. was wired by Mr.. McGnl yester-
dav. 1t had been thought for some
time that Manager Hendricks would
De able to get the player back, nue
nothing definite was known until the
final dav OF the big meetings in New
manager and owner of the Boston
Americans. Jim McAleer. were able to
gel together. Cliff Healy, the
crack Colorado star who made MS
mark with the Bears during the rag
end Dlav last season, has just under
gone an operation which he believes
will greatly improve his batting effec-
tiyeness When a yOungster Cliff had
an attack of smallpox, which LETT MN
with a Dox on one eyelid- This mas
seriously interfered with his batting
as many times ne has pulled away
from balls not within two feet OF MN
through blurred vision. The scar has
been taken off recently, and Cliff eX-
poets to show 100 to 200 per cent I'M
Drovement in his stickWOrk next year
cliff bV the way, was one of the Off
Gals ousted from the court house
along with Assessor Arnold Bill
Yohe. who started on the spring train
ing trip with the Grizzlies last year as
third baseman. has been drafted by
san Francisco. Yohe was slated for
third base. but when it was found that
Lee CULLEN could be secured for the
place. YolNe was given his release and
signed with Oklahoma City His record !
i'm the Texas league last year resulted
in the Seals calling for him
Wichita Beacon: There is a class A |
franchise that will come to Wichita
and bring team that will be up in /
the race Tor the DtuDdHt -lCAl SSctSO4A /
II the business men or a stock COM |
panv will build down town baseball |
park and arrange for a Sunday park
to be constructed outside the city linn !
its. Both these matters will be ar /
ranged and from a business stand |
point. as the team would be willins /
TO pay rent. other cities offer to fur 1
nish park free for a number of years. |
This offer does not hold good in
definitely. as it will have to be closed .
soon in order to have time to build |
the park in time for the opening of
the season if it is accepted. Once The /
present franchise is settled in a city I
there viii be no more openings in the
Western lea que.
Il think that the business men Of
Wichita should cinch class fran
chise while thev have the Chance"
said Arthur Pauline. who realizes that
Wichita may lose out altogether and
have the distinction of being the only
city in the United States with over
10000 persons and no ORGANIZED base
ball. 1T seems to me that the bust
ness men do not realize the vast
amount of advertising that high
class baseball team does a CITY with
out costine them a cent Baseball is
becoming more Dopular every wear IS
the attendance figures show and even
II it was a losing propositiou 7 don't
see how Wichita can let this opDor
tunity be grabbed by some other cftv"