The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-15
SAVAGE MISSING
Topeka Club Owner Fails to
Attend New Orleans Meeting.
w. L. Magnates Worry Over the
Kansas Franchise.

New Orleans, La, Nov. 15.-The
possibility of definitely determining
the fate of the Topeka and Wichita
interests in the Western league at the
annual meeting of minor league mag
mates which began here Tuesday SEEM
ed remote today when it was an
nounced that neither of the Kansas
cities had representatives at the meet
ing.
No Wichita representative was ex-
pected because of the fact that the
clubs affairs are now in the hands
of the league, but John Savage, of To-
peka, was to have been here to iron
out his troubles. and his failure to
show up is taken to indicate that he
has no plans for the coming season
and that he probably has no desire to
continue to operate his franchise.
Get Together Today.
No definite action was taken Tues
day as the meeting was in session only
a short time, but it is thought that
the Western league magnates will get
together today and try to formulate
plans that will enable them to con-
tinue to have an eight-club loop next
season. This can only be done by
taking steps to keep the Topeka and
Wichita clubs going, or by transfer
ring their franchises to other cities,
which seems harder to do than to talk
about.
President Zehrung. of Lincoln, and
all of his club owners except Savage
are here attending the meeting. All
of the Western association magnates
also are here and it is said several of
them are trying to formulate plans by
which they can rearrange their cir
cult so as to make it a class B league
and take in both Topeka and Wichita.
A joint meeting of the club owners
of the Western league and the Western
association may be held to go over the
Topeka and Wichita problems.
A. a. Springs New Plan.
American association club owners
have sprung a plan to popularize base
ball next season. It is suggested that
association and International league
clubs play a schedule of 112 games
and then play an inter-league series of
forty-eight games, all clubs in both
leagues visiting the rival circuit for
three game series. At the close of the
season a series between the two cham
pions. could be played for the worlds
minor league title.
The plan is being threshed out by
the A. A. moguls and if found agree
able will be put before President Bar
row. of the International league
After calling the meeting of minor
leaguers to order and naming a few
committees. the session was ad-
journed until today. to enable the
baseballers to take little joy ride on
river steamer up the Mississippi.
Big Bugs Attend.
Lee Fohl. of the Cleveland Ameri-
. cans; Wild Bill Donovan. of the Yam
KEGS, and Pants" Rowland, of the
White Sox. were on the job buzzing the
minor league managers regarding pos
sible sales and trades.
A new wild rumor that the Column
bus A. A. team would be sold was 60
ing the rounds, but who was going to
DO the purchasing was not learned.
Cal Ewing, Pacific coast baseball
leader, has been assigned the task to
make the minor leagues fight for
representation on the national COM
mission. Ewing plans to call for two
minor 1eaguers on the commission
These two Representatives are to settle
minor league questions. except when
ma Tor, league clubs are concerned
Most of the American association
delegates here favor the retention of
Tom Chivington as president of the
A. A.