The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-03
is new DEAL ON?
Gossip Sends IsbelI to Des
Moines Club.
Tom Fafrweather Associated
With Him in Venture.
SENDS OUT CONTRACTS
Rourke Gets Earliest Start
With HOldouts.
Bears VIII Feel Loss of Two
Slab Stars.
SENDS OUT CONTRACTS

Slab Stars.
That the conferences in Sioux City
and Chicago between Frank Isbel.
manager of the Pueblo club in the
Western league, and T. P. Fairweath-
er, the former president of the Pack
ers, viii result in the pair acquiring
an active interest in the Des Moines
club. is the opinion of many fans who
are in touch with the situation.
Since the retirement of the Sioux
City magnate from the game and the
general feeling that the Pueblo fran
chise would so back to Wichita, there
Isbell and Fairweather would interest
| themselves in either the Lincoln or the
Des 8Ioines club. Indications point to
the latter club as the probable inStru-
ment of their activities.
Since the sale of the capital city
aggregation to President Tip O'Neill
the past fall it has been quite evident
that a new owner would be in possess
sion when the season opened in the
spring. In view of the interest which
Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chi
cago White Sox, has manifested in the
Des Moines team, it would not be
strange to see his famous old first
baseman at the helm.
Both Popular Men.
Ex-President Fairweather has been
very close to the Pueblo manager for
the past two years; and with his
known desire to stay in the game, it
situation that the logical place for him
to go is Des Moines. A visit to Chicago
in company with Isbell would have
hardly any other significance at this
time as the Des Moines club is the
only one with headquarters there at
present.
Omaha Bee: The first step in lining
up the 1912 Omaha baseball team will
start this week when Pa Rourke sends
out contracts to the twenty eight play
ers owned by him. The contracts will
be mailed Tuesday.
of the national commission the con-
tracts must be sent to all players
owned by the club on or before Feb
ruary l. To avoid ho1douts, Pa has
away and thus receive them back be-
fore many weeks have passed. Those
who will receive contracts are:
Catchers-Gonding, Agnew, Arbo-
Pitchers-Lotz, Kelley. Robinson,
Hall. Fentress. Rhodes Sindelar and
Cook.
First basemen-Kane and Porkor-
Second basemen-Moore and Scan
lon.
Third basemen = Niehoff and
Schipke.
OutfieldersA Thomason, Coyle, An
derson, Sours, Schoonover and Lee.
Some Trades in Sight.
Pa Rourke does not intend to take
his whole squad to Joplin with him.
some of his men already and as soon
as he gets back his contracts he will
probably make a few deals At least
two trades are in sight whereby Pa Will
receive a couple of pitchers and in
fieIders. At present Pa is after pitch
ers and has his lines cast for couple
of major leaguers. 1t is his present in
tentions to take about tWenty-three
all q chance to make the team OF
this number there are about three
who are not now on the Rourke roS-
ter but who will be at Joplin when the
first days practice begins:
4 do not think there Will be many
holdouts this year." said Pa Rourke.
''All of the regulars who played on
last years team will send their con-
tracts back signed almost as soon as
they receive them. The reason for this
is that every manager in the country
is seeking to sell and there is hardly a
buyer in any of the leagues at present
The chief cause for the small number
of buyers is accredited to the poor
baseball season last year when only
three leagues in the country made any
money. I don't think there will be
many hoIdouts in any part of the coun-
try this year as every player wants to
be sure of a berth and the managers
are not going to put up with any fool
ishness on the parts of the players"
Jim Kane Ready.
Jim Kane recently wrote to Pa
Rourke and expressed himself as being |
ready for the tap of the gong He
said he was in good condition and was
aching to get back into the game again. /
Thomason is also anxiously waiting for /
the season to open and thinks that |
the spring training trip next March |
will do more good for the team than |
any other plan Pa could have hit upon. |
Pa Rourke's team will not be the |
only one in the league that will make |
a spring training trip into Texas as it
did last year and Topeka has an |
nounced that the ball team would /