Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 312, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1917 — PLAN NEW BASEBALL LEAGUE [ARTICLE]

PLAN NEW BASEBALL LEAGUE

Prbposed Clrcult IsScheduTed/to include Wichita and Top»kaFrom Western Association. Plans for a new baseball circuit ln> Kansas and Oklahoma have been started. The proposed circuit is scheduled •to include Oklahoma City, Wichita, Topeka, Tulsa, Joplin, Muskogee, Fort Smith and Springfield. Since both Wichita and Topeka Mad a disastrous season last year in the Western league it has been suggested that this league be made Class B. The total population of its towns would be 430,000.