Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1917 — TALK OF SPLIT IS ALL BUNK [ARTICLE]

TALK OF SPLIT IS ALL BUNK

So Says Owner of Joplin, Discussing Rumor of American Association Split. Owner John Savage of the Joplin Western league club is quoted as saying that the talk of a split in the American .association that would permit the cities of the western end of the circuit to merge with the best cities of the Western league is all bunk. He says they are always talking of something or other in the association and never getting anywhere with it.