The Topeka state journal., 1902-01-22
Baseball Notes.

Tommy Dowd. he of the ''swell togs,"
may be given the Western league fran
e. z. Courtney, a California league sec
ond baseman. has signed with Manager
Buckenberger of the Boston team He
swatted 300 last season.
Frank Killen will try to make his south
side arm earn another seasons board. He
has signed to pitch for the Indianapolis
team of the American association.
Luskey. che Washington boy who caught
SON, has signed with Manager StrobeI of
the Toledo American association team.
Hulseman, the st. Louis boy whom Man
ager McPhee was counting on for one OF
to stay with Shreveport. He says the con-
tract he signed with Cincinnati was pro-
v1sional in its nature and did not bind
him.
A Chicago report credits Comislzey with
White Sox, SO that Isbell might be used
change. SO Carey was allowed to go to
A "knocker'' in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer says: "Burkett did more than any
other one man to kill National league ball
rooters who stopped attending games on
account of insults that they received from
If Milwaukee is a graveyard with only
one team to support, what will it do with
in it? The american association and
Western league are courting certain finan-
cial losses If they both insist on entering
Jimmy St. yrain, .'Michelangelo" Lynch,
not be seen with the Tacoma team next
season, All three have signed to play
with the Chicago National league team.
These players made a good record with
Tacoma last season.
team m last season from the Grand ir ID RAPIDS rapid
team and later jumped to the Wheeling
Topped again and will be seen next season
with the Columbus team of the American
'T have no desire to be drawn into the
CONTROVERSY is the usual preface to the
magnates are now sending out. Follow
ing which, they proceed to gouge their
sa hese ca for fegpes ogah the Tiaf Ts
sentence of which usually runs on this
wise: Il sincerely hope that this will end
Dummy Hoy doesn't propose to retire
fTo roo the to game yet his a%hl m in nor q0ss he ne
sign a CONTRACT, Hoy, has it all figured out
wayside in the - different @ Mt leagues b Before ore
the season is far gone.
Brddsn snd Signed Ss g. Tssad Ds 6
the title of Roaring Bill through a be-
cheese when he is pitching Bill always
insisted on directing the entire game when
Manager McAleer of the ST. Louis
american IsIa League team has ADDED Pitcher
hue and Husting.
Billy f Gl1gman fgg1d has signed Charles Jones
for the Denver team last year. He started
the 19OO season with Detroit, where he did
well He was traded to Boston and played
a few games with the Beaneaters in 1901
asked for his release and joined Denver.
Ned Hanlon has signed little Tim Flood
and may give him a thorough trial at
second base. A few years ago Flood looked
like an eighth wonder of the world. He
played with Cleveland two years ago and
was let go at the end of the season for
Erve Beck. who has since signed with
Cincinnati. Flood was a much better
guardian of the middle bag for Cleveland
than Beck proved to be.
A Chicago writer has figured out the
proposed desertion of Washington. Balti-
more and Detroit from the American
league to the National league last summer
to the nice point of saying that it was all
arranged for Washington and Baltimore
to play together on July 4, as members of
the National league, and for Detroit and
Indianapolis, also, to play together on this
date