Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-22
Huskers Triumph Over
Oregon Coast Champs
Defeated BY Score III
WESTERN MAY DROP
TWO KANSAS TOWNS
Savage Refuses to Remain in
Topeka and Wichita Looks
Like a Lost Bet.
MAY BE SIX CLUB LEAGUE

The Western league may start the
1917 season next April with but six
clubs.
The Western league situation in
Kansas is in very chaotic state.
What will be the eventual disposal
of the Topeka and Wichita franchises
as a puzzle to the Western magnates
and it may be that both franchises
will have to be dropped entirely.
A couple of weeks ago John Saw
age, the Topeka owner, announced
that he'would not continue to conduct
a club in the jayhawk capital. Saw
age Offered to sell his holdings to any
body for the price he paid for them,
He said he would willingly accept the
losses OF the last two years in order
to unload
But apparently Topekais barren OF
those patriotic citizens who are will
ing to spend a little money in order
to keep their city on the base ball
map, for Savage's offer has brought
nary a response, =
topeka Is Through.
So the city Of Topeka, at least, viii
not be in the Western league next
year. What Savage will do with his
franchise is uncertain. There are four
cities he might possibly be able to
transfer It to. They are Kansas CITY.
kan.; Colorado Springs, Joplin, Mo.
and Peoria, Ill. Colorado Springs Is
the only city he can transfer it to.
however, without first obtaining the
consent Of the base bail powers, The
Kansas City, Mo-, club would have
70 SANCTION the transfer to Kansas
lily, Kan. Peoria is already in the
Three | league and Joplin in the
Western association.
Kansas City, Kan, looks like the
best bet OF them all and Savage will
probably enter that town if he can
obtain the necessary permission
Isbell Has Trouble.
Frank lsbell, who was given a nine.
y-.day option on, the Wichita fran
,hise,. has been eiicountering difficult /
ties IN the jobbing village. Frank
went down there, to talk it over with +
he business men, but didn't find anv
great amount of enthusiasm. He first
banged into a stumbling block in the
owners OF the Wichita park. He has
'een unable to make satisfactory
agreement with them. In addition,
when he informed the business men
u the city he would hold assWestern
eague franchise for Wichita if $1,000 Ii
vas raised for the purpose Of buyine
'layers, nobody seemed to be in anv
lurry to help provide the kale.
II Savage can find way to break
nto Kansas City, the Wichita fran
hise probably could be taken to Colo
ado Springs and thus the eirht-cIuh
eague be retained, but if hitch in
UGH proceedings should occur the
Western may have to become six
lub circuit again.
May Cut Salaries.
Some talk of another reduction in =
lie salary limit is being heard around
l ! circuit. The limit last year was ;
A couple of the magnates are !;
nown to be in favor of still another Z
'duction, and pretty big one at !
lat. The argument is advanced that :,
lie only way for the Western league :
make money is to sign Up young i
ayers with future, not past. The .
NY way to make all the maenates =
oserve an agreement to play the (
oungsters is to keep the salary limit =;
own. II
AS result it would not be surpris- b
9 TO hear that the moguls at their y Y
,X * meeting would cut few more (,
'llars Off the salary limit figures. b