The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
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Where they play tomorrow:
st. Joseph at Topeka.
Des Moines at Wichita.
Omaha at Lincoln.
Sioux City at Denver.
Baseball today-the last game of
the series between the Savages and
DeS MOineS Boosters.
Every visitor who attended the
shoot of the Topeka Gun club Friday
said that it was one of the best ever
held in the state.
One shooter from the western part
of the state said: 81 never attended
shoot that L enjoyed more. And I
hope to have the pleasure of coming
back to Topeka some time in the
near future. L like it,
Frank Isbell is a sarcastic eagle
Thursday night a Des Moines paper
wired him for his opinion rega riding
the baseball outlook in Topeka. Isbell
wired back: Topeka has a first di-
vision team, but she is a second di-
vision town.
Omaha and Des Moines papers still
insist there will be a meeting of West
ern league owners in Omaha next
Thursday, out Savage and Isbell state
emphatically that they have heard
nothing about it. A Des Moines paper
also intimates that Topeka and Wich-
ita may be dropped from the circuit
But John Savage only laughed when
he was shown the story. 'Des Moines
is all puffed up about nothing" he
said. "JuSt because she had two good
crowds when Topeka was there, she
thinks she is the only pebble
Frank Isbell says the solution of the
Western league financial troubles is
to make the league class B circuit.
He says the league would give the
fans just as good bali as they now
get, and the cost would be a great
deal less.
The salary limit in the league now
is $2,S00. If it were a class B league,
the limit would be something like
$4,000 month. This would mean a
saving of almost $1,000 a month to
every club in the league.
OF course, if the Western were class
instead of class A, the draft price
would be less for players who are
taken up. But there is no reason why
players who are sold outright would
not bring practically as much as they
now do.
Isbel1 also claims that President
O'Neill has fought for years to get
the league on a more economical
basis. He says that Tip has worked
manfully to get the stronger clubs to
cut their expenses to point where
the weaker clubs break even all
around. And he believes this event
ually will be done. In fact it has al
ready been done to a certain extent.
Rah for Topeka!
The Topeka team won the COVER
NO fron INV OF he o1,,I1 eI,
Friday hands down. The team was
composed of Messrs. Wolf, Springer,
Wray, Stewart and Biscoe. Wetmore
and Chapman were close cOntenders
and it is understood Chapman intends
to issue a challenge to the Topeka
club at once.
The Chapman shooters made an un-
usually good record in Fridays shoot,
losing only 16 birds out of a total of
man team were P. P. Whitehair, Per-
ry Frazier, George Dockhorn and Ray
The high man at the shoot was
Clyde D. B1ont, of Larned, who broke
Ter and Dan Dahlene tied for second
place with $50. Blont also won sec
ond prize in the merchants contest,
beating Springer out of the fountain
pen.
Among those who attended Fridays
shoot was Mr.. Webster, president of
the ST. Joseph, No, Commercial club
and T. G. Whelan, the only represen-
tative from Mayetta. Mr.. Whelan
broke ISL out of a possible 40 and
shot better than he ever did in his
life.
The action of the Missouri valley
in abolishing the rule that
prohibited the playing of football
games on Thanksgiving day should en-
able Washburn to schedule one of her
biggest cards on this day. With a
game with a good school here, Tur-
key day would be Topeka's banner
football day of the season.
GoodIand to Play Denver Team.
Goodland. Kan, June 1.-THE
Ioodland baseball team won over
Sharon Springs by a score of II to A.
On the 18th of this month the Good |
land team plays the Denver Western |
League team at Goodland.
National Shooting Matches.
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