The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21

chise from Denver and give McGilI even
a more fiattering field in the Windy
City. Denver evidently fears that some
thing tangible may cone out OF the
invasion rumors. The minute the story
; was flashed over the wires Saturday
afternoon, one of the Denver papers
got busy and wired to every club own
er in the league, soliciting infOrnla ton
as to how fGl The negotiations had pro
gres sed. Every magnate PrOfessed lg-
nOrance. while Tip ONeill, at the helm
in Chicago. positively refused to chirp
one way or the other. It seems unlikely,
however, that the Western would drop
as good 2 ball town as Denver has
Deen under the McGin regime and if
there are any definite DEVELOPMENTS
the logical policy would he for Tip to
hook franchise in Chicago, while
gra abiding the Oklahoma metropolis as
the tenth team.
Lincoln News: This is the season
when the holdout ball player wakes fat
on newspaper publicity-but not SO far
as Il is department is concerned. The
average player is rather prone to harp
on the slavery or organized baseball
whereas he has small cause to COM
plain Whenever he has ability, there
is no power on earth BILE to keep him
out of select circles in the big leagues,
where he draws a salary sufficient to
make him comfortably rich after a
short term of years. Even in the NIL
rors his salary is greater than the
skilled artisan can make in an entire
year of labor And the national pas
timers has one castiron clnch-his
money must be paid on time, or he is
a free agent, able to go wherever he
pleases and land a better job
Water wagon note from the Denver
News: Here's news for the fans. Lee
Ouillen. Denver's crack third baseman,
whose one fault has been his devotion
to Bacchus. has not faced bar for
more than six weeks nor has he as
much as touched cigar.
The fastest third baseman in the
Western League is determined that
1912 will be his best year. and to that
end he is sparing no efforts writing
from Lincoln, where ne IS putting IN
his winter, he says that for the past
six weeks he has been doing dauy
road work whenever weather would
permit and that he expects to con-
tinue IT until 6le season opens
As a result he has dropped off pounds
of surplus flesh, his wind has strength
ened until he can lap off IL or y miles
without hurting himself, and his speed
has shown a great Improvement
Last year Lee batted over .5uU and
was one of the most dangerous men
on the Grizzly squad in every depart
ment Of the game, being unanimous
choice of he circuit critics for third
base position on the All-Star team.
Frank Isben believes that the train
ing trip is a great help in getting the
holdOuts to sign up. Here's the Des
MOines News story on his troubles Tor
which he S lggests the trip as a RENE
L don't believe its any harder to put
up a first division club in the running
than this battle with the holdouts every
spring, especially in the minor leagues,
: aid Frank Isbell.
The Bald Eagle" Is having his trOu
bles this spring and has had touch OF
almost every excuse used in the 3
eagues for a raise in salary
Here's one fellow who has an interest
in some niue and it won't pay him to
leave the mines and play baseball for
such a low salary
UIatowsk the main stem of the back
department, is practlc1ng law
somewhere in Illinois and is doing SO
much business that it will require his
personal attention all summer
ChCuinard writes that he is doing a
vaudeville turn and there is no chance
for him TO play with Des MOines. Red
Faber is managing his dads hotel
somewhere in Iowa and that business
is going so good that he will soon De
on easy street and won't need to play
baseball.
CoIligan is holding down a position in |
a billiard parlor and can't leave. Gil |
more carrying mail. Hueston ought 10 |
stay in school. So it goes.
And it gets on the nerves of the man |
prostratiOn, or something like that
Wichita Beacon: Arrangements have |
been completed for couple of spring |
training games with the Omaha team |
at Joplin, Mo. April 6 and I. Pa |
Rourke viii do Fis spring training IN !
Joplin this year. The Joplin fans have |
been hoping for a Western League |
berth for several years and they WI |
have an opportunity this year to show |
how they would support a. class A bal
team. The two games with the Omaha |
team falls on Saturday and sunday |
and a big crowd should witness the |
games While no other games nave |
been scheduled for the JOOlin trip, at
present, in ali probability dates VIII pc
made with ole of the clubs in the MID
Continent League for the same LIP
The Chicago White Sox play in Wichita |
April and s. The work on the new
grandstand On Alderman island is pc
ing rushed as fast as possible: me
work for the stand Will soon
be finished and as soon as 1t settles
the work will be rushed right along
Wichita Eagle: Mig Shaner. well re-
mernbered here, will again manage |
sta te league te m this year
Shaner seems to be making good as d
manager, which is 10 big surprise to
his host of trends here. There are lew
pitchers VINO have more stuff than
this same Mig or are more willing
to work in turn and out of turn to
make their team a success.
st. Joseph News Press: In Frank Nc
Mullen, the Wichita club, has a secre-
tary who surely knows the hooks and
crooks of the game-both the business
and the actual workings of a tean,-day
BY day He got his training under
Jack Holland and Frank Isbell, train
ing that is invaluable to him, for he IS
well versed in baseball and knows tfe
ms and outs of player traffic. He has
been pulling side by side with George
Hughes to build up a winner for
-Taw'' this year. Mac and Hughes
,,,rb+ r, N, a Ia q eyraat working Dair