The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
Gear Wires Transportation to
Topeka Tryout Players.
Local Railroad Shark Figures
Connections Are Impossible.
SPENDS MONEY FOR COMFORT
President CatIin Makes I'm
prOvements for Fans Benefit.
Kaws' First Game With Tigers
at Shreveport.

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BY Saturday night Manager Dale
Gear will have sent out all the trans
portation for the local club. Every
prospective member of the Kaws for
the coming season will have received
his ticket, except a few of the players
who live in the south and they will
receive their transportation by the mid
die OF next week. They will join the
team at Shreveport, where Gear has
scheduled two games with Hughey Jen-
ningS' tigers. Gear will take his KawS
into battle there on March II and IS.
The players going to Shreveport will
report at Kansas City earlier than was
intended and leave that town on March
Il.
Arrangements for water at the park
have been made and the shift in the
first base bleachers will begin soon es
well as the construction of the club
house The club house will not be
remodelled affair, as was formerly In
tended, the management finding that
such a building would cost them as
much or more than a structure of new
material. Work on the diamond will
begin as soon as the frost gets out of
the ground.
One thing which must impress the
fan is the work which President Catlin
is doing for the good of the game here.
pinched down but the spending OF
which helps the game along. For in
stance the shifting of the first base
grandstand could be postponed But by
shifting it and providing for the car
rage and auto stand along the hrSt
base line the nuisance of once each
game, having to call time while some
one drove around the outf1eld is done
away with. The sodding of the diamond
is an expensive proposition but makes
! the game faster and keeps the clouds
of dust out of the grandstand. The
club house at the park is an expense
which has heretofore been avoided in
Topeka but it is being added to the
more pleasant for everyone concerned
And a long list of such things could be
enumerated. Mr. Catlin deserves com
mendation for this work. Spending
money for the comforts of the fans is
a new wrinkle in Topeka baseball.
There seems to be little cause for
worry over the loss of Denver as a
Western league town. With two ma
jor league teams in Chicago can't you
see how fat the Western would get
playing class A ball in the Windy
Wonder? And besides Denver is an
asset, rather than a detriment to the
Western league. Plenty of clubs were
willing to spend the car fare to get
there when the schedule meeting was
held in Chicago and If anyone mas
partment can show them man VINO
would like a few more of them.
The hoodoo seems to be still pursu-.
the Antelopes. Now that he has his
baseball troubles fairly well in hand
his father is reported dying.
Pueblo now claims that a hidden
stenographer took down Isbell's prom
ises. This does not s'jihe" with Pueb-
los former statements that they were
taken in because they thought Is
steno when you're not suspicious OF a
crooked deal?
Some of the sport writer's are pre-
tending to be chagrined because e, Jack
Haskell wasn't canned by O'Nell.
There is about as much chance for
this as there is to locate a major
league ball team in Topeka HaSkell
is in good with O'Neil- Denver's for
him and so are are some other clubs.
Besides this, Jack runs the game his
wav. whether it is just or otherwise
1t is a pretty good failing We can
his meal ticket. Not just yet Jack,
bv the way is trying to reduce ms
weight. A girth of As inches isn't
conducive to lodging pop bottles sue
play at second. Haskell will boil out
at Excelsior Springs and perhaps re-
move the cause of some of those bad
decisions.
That from six to twelve games will
be postponed in the Western league
this year on account of the visiting
team being unable to make train con
nections is the opinion of one of the
local railroad schedule sharks. who is
also a baseball fan, and who has tax
en- time to figure out the present pro-
gram. on the long jumps, such as the
one from Des Moines or Sioux City to
wichita. only 10 minutes are allowed
to make connections. Every train
must be on time, according to the
in which the Western league |
moguls doped out the schedule Trav-
cling will also be expensive this year
The only manner in which number |
of connections can be made is by the
riding of limited trains. The limited
rains this summer will positively not
carry tourist sleepers, STANDARD sleep
ers will add considerably to the cost
Of travel But perhaps the Western
bosses didn't know this.
CENTRAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Tord Work to Arrange Program for /