The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-01

! Manager Of College Hill Bakery
| Team.
The Santa Fe shop and local office
team which expected to make appli-
cation for membership withdrew at
the meeting Tuesday night. Several
OF the most reliable players have been
transferred to other points of the sys-
tenn and the remainder have been I'M
able to secure the necessary financial
support. George Helwig OF the local
freight office expected to be manager
of this club.
The Highland Park club, which was
one Of the strongest In the city last
year, also withdrew the preliminary
application for membership but did
not explain any reason for SO doing.
The Topeka Boosters. successors to
the Mail and Breeze team, filed ap-
plication at the last hour. This club
formerly had failed to respond to the
call and F. p. Cunningham, the man.
ager, had not taken any interest in
the proceedings. Some Of the man
| this application for this reason but
this was overcome and the club was
admitted to the list.
The money which was deposited
with Carl Henderson, secretary and
treasurer of the City league. will be
held until the season il completed.
The gate receipts will be pooled. and
used in defraying the expenses of the
entire organization. The league will
pay all general expenses such as buy
ing baseballs, providing umpires,
scorers, ground rentals and the neces-
sary ticket sellers, ticket takers. print
ing and other operating expenses. In
dividual expenses Of each club will
not be included.
The schedule will be arranged for
each club to play one game each week.
while the Topeka club Of the Western
nQ 10 a from home. This will
be possible by arranging one game on
Saturday and a doubleheader on Sun
day. All games to be played at the
Western League park.
Discipline will be one OF the features
of the organization. The officers and
managers are thoroughly interested IN
baseball and desire to increase the in
terest of the people. On account OF
this, rules of discipline equal to that
of professional clubs, will be adopted.
The umpires will be authorized to re-
move players from the game for viola
ton of these rules and assess fines n
proportion.
It is believed that all the clubs of the
circuit will be strong and well bal
anced.
C. b. Carson as manager of the
Eagles club has signed the following
players from which he will pick the
regular club: c. B. Carson. manager:
Cecil Higgins, Squire Higgins. Earl
Griffin, Robert Franklin, William Law
son, Pete Sheren, George Senne, George
McNeish, Carl Menander. Tom Mar
shall. Ray Carson and Charles Miller.
w. A. Morgan is treasurer.
The lineup of the Topeka Booster
club is given out as follows: Tom Reed.
catch: F. B. Cunningham. left field;
Roy Curl, second base: Porter, first
base: Eddie Donahue, shortstop; Lewis
Carter, third base; Will Gordon, CEN
ter field; Will Hensley, right field.
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nounced his pitching STAN.
c. E. Trosper, manager of the Ches-
terrified Cafe club. has siened thirty
men from which he will pick his club.
lege Hill Bakery club. has signed a long
list of men for his club. Frank Griggs
will be captain of this team. 'Pinky"
Beales, Washburn football-basketball
player of Washburn and all around
athlete, also will be a member of the
club.
| A. L. Hudson. president of the City
League, was manager of the Rock Is
land club last year. He has been active
in amateur baseball circles in Topeka
! a number of years and there is no
man in the city who is better known
among amateur players.
| AS an organizer and manager, Mr..
Hudson is given credit for the success
of the championship series among the
! city clubs which was played last fall.
This series was planned and played
on short notice. This series also was
+! financial success. more than 1925 was
collected in addition to paying the ex-
, penses. This alone is good testi-
monial OF the ability of Mr.. Hudson
and every manager of a club has full
confidence in him and believes that suf
/ ficient interest can be created to cause
| the attendance to be sufficient to pay
all expenses. Even If it is necessary
to use a part Of the guarantee to pay
the expenses. the managers and club
owners will not be disappointed as this
has been fully explained. and in fact
they expect 1t will be necessary to use
part of this money.
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