The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-12
JAkE'S JUNK.

vvh,,o this JJTNK is written short time
before the Western League schedule meet
ing in Chicago is called to order and no
source of information possible which gives
US an opportunity to get oeninl.e me
on the results of the conflict" at least
two or probably all of the board of dl-
rectors of the circuit may be ousted from
office. The present board is made up OF
Holland, Rourke and Isbell. Holland ana
Rourke have been attemptlnS " tha any :ynam- All
er towns of the circuit. The representa-
tives Of these smaller CLUBS s,r are end IsheIl
has been guilty to some extent and TINS
may cause their dehornment. We nave
TeSeiYed Se nas Mcs ppoxy will line up with
til smaller club representatives ana What
will be done to these three will 6e a
plenty Under the present lineup, H0Hand
and isbell will be alone in their battle for
the long schedule. the $13 per game guar
antee and the 500 guarantee g, e for eth the a sea
fore fore seeing daylight. The actions Of the
the actions Of Holland and Rourke.' G. s:
Sherman of the Lincoln News comments
on the meeting as follows:
claring three vacancies on the board of di-
rectors, ousting the Rourke-Holland out
Whether or not the directors are bounced
may depend largely upon the antics OF
Rourke and Holland at the meeting 4
though the Omaha and st. Joe magnates
have been assuming and presuming SO
Tsh bership ,'',o on the the board that it may be
notch or two and set them back into the
VIII be because the Hanlon-McGin crowd
J is willing to be charitable. Tor the 'oid
is in dns norty anG ,nSs and the detr
|, ment and embarrassment of the smaller
, cities and the weaker clubs.
Frank Lake, sporting editor of the siou,
City journal, will be a candidate for city
commissioner in Sioux City this spring
He has entered the race as young
Jimmy McGill is one man who will be :
1 loss to the, Western League. McGil
and having a good ball club with a man
ager with the fighting spirit but he is :
his Ee0 veins dpsr to- cause s s thrill every @ time % ha
t team won a contest and did not attemp
t to pull off stunt when it lost, Per
i and in business no one ever doubted hi
! position. McGin was willing to take
to i and sos
enough to maintain 1t. He got control .
: the Cenver club four years ago and adde
V been a continuous winner: Holland an
Il but he convinced them that he could de
liver the goods and has probably done a
;. much any other man on the circuit t
e contest their control of affairs. McGi
q will -robably spend less time on Wester
= League affairs than usual he will b
"a compelled to look after his interests
y Indianapolis but it is safe bet that h
will be on the spot Dot. when 1,I he can do IL, tn
IS a major league club and he appears to
X In a fair way to succeed.
y The Evers affair. coming when It di,
i may change the. entire baseball situation
Previous to this announcement. it a.
d peared that the ORGANIZED clubs had tt
i Federal LEAGUE whipped to finish b,
9l c. w. Murphys rash act NAV give tf
independents new life and enable the la
ter to make showing. The Federals b.
gan NEGOTIATING for the services of Evel
as soon as his release as manager of II
u Chicago Cubs was announced but Fran
4 Chance of the New York Americans al
y pears to have the advantage in securir
his services. The danger OF Federal su
cess will diminish II Evers joins some otl
~, er ORGANIZED club, hnt If he should decit
to Join one OF the Federal League club
the Independents would come up strong
gun to break under the strain Of FEEDER
League activity and frequent explosion
til may be heard in the future. He is OF
ne OF the poorest sports in baseball and Il
~ te,line effect. Garry Hermann Is abo
oE Murrhv's caliber in this respect and 1
cidentally. the Federals appear to be mo
s- active in Chicago and Cincinnati tt
", noises which emit from the two cities al
r. have caused Murphy and Hermann
.ss break into the press reports with su
regularity.
" Wilson Has Another Cold.