The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-11

Felix Chouinard. former White Sox
players. will be opposed by Kelly. a
! former Des Moines player, and De
| Camp, for the other two positions.
Ginger" Farrell, the Solomon ball
player, will play with York, Pa, team
in the Tri-State league the coming
season. He received a telegram from
the manager of the team last Satur-
day accepting his terms, which call
for a salary of $500 per month. This
league is composed of larger cities
than those in the Western league, and
includes York, Altoona and Harris
burg, Pa: Trenton and Paterson, N.
J., and three cities in New York.
Ginger will be travelling pretty
fast company but he can be depended
upon to give a satisfactory account
of himself.-Solomon Tribune.
st. Joseph News-Press: Jawn Castle,
the husky young windpaddist recruit
of the Drummers, who is slated for
the running mate job with Dick Cos
sett this season, looks like lad with
all the makins Holland brought him
here late last summer and limbered
him up few times at the orchard,
but didn't even go as far as to make
a debutante out of him, and his com
ing OUT party will be pulled off this
spring. Castle is a we'll pEt-up man.
He is Wiry, fast on his treaders, a nice
receiver with a good whip and he
stands up before the heavy artillery
like a regular hitter. There are no
flaws in him that can be sighted at
present and if he isn't what you'd
call a mighty sweet prospect dope
doesn't count. Holland believes that
Castle is going to develop one of the
best maskmen in the league. He has
watched him work many times and is
satisfied that he didn't choose
bIoomer when he bought him. If
Castle comes up to expectations The
Drummers will have n corking pair of
pitching marks this season. for Cos
sett can be depended upon to hold up
his end, having demonstrated as much
last season.
Denver Times: A report comes
from Topeka, Kan, that a new divi-
sion of Western league gate receipts
is to be adopted. The story runs that
the so-called receipt PLAN is certain
of adoption by the league.
This means to Denver more than
surface indications would point, Ac-
cording to Lee Haines, secretary of
the Bears, it amounts to the fact that
Denver will suffer to the advantage
of every other team in the league
Il do not think the report Is true"
said Mr.. Haines this morning. IF this
plan should be adopted it would
mean that Mr.. McGin would have to
pay the visiting clubs 171a cents for
every admission at Broadway park
instead of Is cents as at present. IN
return for this the Bears would get
10 cents of every admission on the
road instead of the present percen-
tage of 1913 cents.
1t can be readily seen that Dem
yer would get the worst of any such |
deal This city has the largest crowds !
attending the ball games of any town |
n the circuit and the visiting teams |
would reap greater benefit from |
mis- than Denver would in return get |
or its Y cents raise on the road.
Mr.. McGlll is against any such |
plated action of the league to the ex-
eht OIL his influence. I do not think |
ne league will adopt any such PLAN"
Denver Times: Sport writer's in To-
oeka, Kan, are throwing fits of iov
because their baseball yard is to be
Tilted up like regular playing field
before the opening of the 1912 sea-
son.
Alncoln Star: The announcement
nat Tip O'Neill has practically won |
lis fight for a readjustment of the di-
'lslon of Western league gate receipts
mould occasion no marked surprise.
IHnIIly McG1ll, the Denver magnate.
urnlshed the only opposition and Tip
u once devised a plan to bring the
Denver man into line The league
ules require unanimous consent to
he readjustment proposed by Tip. in
vnich II was planned that visiting
iubS should get seventeen and one
laT cents on every admission in Den
er ana fifteen cents in other cities. ,
ne larger payment in Denver is ex- I
'lalned by the fact that the general
omission in Denver is thirty cents {
hu out TWO bits in the seven eastern !
owns. After McGill blocked the plan ,
I the chicago schedule meeting Tin +
1ScoVered provision in the bylaws
men permitted the league. by a two 7
Iiros vote, TO adopt a division on the {
ercentage basis, the league treasury :
ettlhg ten per cent of the gross and $
acn cIuD taking down forty-five per 9
en- lip served notice on McGiIl f
nat the percentage plan would be
orced through in case the Denver
logul continued to oppose the other
VISION. A few moments of calm :
and the use of a lead :
encli convinced McGill that he wouId :
giving over more money under the .
ercentage basis than on the other di- :
lsloh' and the Denver man is now :
addy, according to reliable fnforma- :
on TO approve of the readjustment. | p
nus Tip carries his point, as might :,
ave been suspected. And it would /
ppear as If Tip is the boss of the z
ague. 3
TELL NOT NEAR CHAMPION.
arlem Tommy Murphy Gives He n
a fun