The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-29
WESTERN ASSN
Old Stars Hope to Revive Cir
cult and Manage Teams.
Larry Milton in Lead-Durbin.
Price and Others Follow.

Bartlesville. Ok. Nov. 9s.-To revive
the old Western Association Of baseball
clubs and make 1t as it was during the
days that Doc Shively Of Kansas City
was at it's helm. is the present desire Of
Larry Milton Of Carthage. No.. who
formerly was one Of the associationss
pitching stars. He was on the pay roll,
at different times. of the wichita,
Springfield and other cities. and in 1911
he managed and pitched for the Spring.
field club.
Larry Milton made good in baseball
as player and manager and around the
old circuit he 10 looked upon generally
as good man to revive the assOcia-
ton. There are Howard Price Of Tulsa.
Ted Price at Enid. Lon TRY at Musko-
gee, Chick" Leuttke at Independence.
Tony Anderson at Springfield. Norman
Price at Guthrie. Charlie Schmidt at
Fort Smith. Blaine Durbin. kid"
Speer and several others who would
be glad to get back in the harness an
managers. and there could not be =
more popular coterie of minor league
managers than these. They are all
known in every town around the for
mer circuit, and the fans generally
would take great delight in seeing them
again in battle array.
Fort Smith. 1t is understood, IL maxi
ing active preparations. at the present
time. to get a franchise. and the cir.
cult undoubtedly would include cities
in Oklahoma. Kansas and Missouri, z
bunch Of towns that are again hungry
for league baseball. Oklahoma cities
that have had Western Association
franchises are Bartlesville. Guthrie,
Enid. Tulsa, Ell Reno, Oklahoma City,
Sapulpa and Muskogee. Springfield,
Joplin. st. Joseph and Sedalia were
former franchise holders in Missouri.
while the Kansas towns that were in
the Shively league. at different times,
were Topeka, lola, Fort Scott. Inde-
pendence,, Wichita, Leavenworth, Cot.
feyville and Hutchinson.
ROr Bentley, a former Western As
ISOLATION pitching star, il to get q try
eprn win He % beneht ,ass fn fre
Monmouth of the Central association
and twirled u few games for Jennings'
crew. Bentley lives at Wichita, but
il q graduate of the Western Associa-
ton. where he pitched his first league
ball for Ted Price, manager Of the
Enid team.
Bentley is a nephew Of State sena.
tor o. H. Bentley Of Kingman county.
Kan. and lived on the latter's ranch
several years. While there he began
playing ball with the Belmont team
and made such a good showing that
he was taken on at Enid, where he
pitched for two seasons. He then went
to Pennsylvania and pitched one sea-
son for York, and the following season
for Harrisburg. He made good last
season with Monmouth and was sold
to Detroit.
g. H. Higginbotham. on the mound
during 1913 for the Denison club Of
the Texas-Oklahoma league, has been
drafted by Manager Dale Gear for his
Topeka team Of the Western League.
Higginbotham IL q resident OF Howe.
Texas. and played sensational college
ball in 1912 at the Texas A. and n.
college. This was his first league year
and he made good from the start, de-
featfng the St Louis Browns during
the practice season. Gear saw him
work several times during the season
and then grabbed him for the draft
price OF $500.