The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-24
Prick AND HENDERSON GO.
Two Valley Leaguers Who Will Be
With indianapolis.

The lineup of the indianapolis baseball
team of the American association, pub
lished recently, includes the names of
Pitcher Henderson, formerly of Fort
Scott, and James Friek of the lola Gas
lighters. Henderson Won Il of his a
games last season, ranking 18th among
the twirlers. Tricks all-round ability
must have looked good to the Indianapolis
management, especially his. .3S1 average
with the stick, although he led the third
basemen with a good margin. fielding .929
in 16 games. Henderson's statement be-
fore he left Topeka, that he would never
sign with the Hoosiers for a trial leads
one to believe that he has been signed
for the season and IS not a Saint posi-
bility, as was circulated during the clos
ing moments of last years race. How
ever, if henderson was not fast enough
for the Omaha team in the Western
league the beginning of last season and
could put WIN .5S per cent OF his games
In the Valley circuit, it is difficult to see
how he can stick in the American associa-
ton with sucn q pitching squad as Fish
er, Allemang, Newlin, Morrison, Thomas
and McGfl against him, all of them ex-
perienced boXmen- But after all you will
have to give it to Henderson. for in the
Giants he had the worst fielding team in
the league behind him and was handi-
capped by having Armstrong out of the
game and an Outfielder behind the bat for
nearly a month in the middle of the race,
and it was not until in August that the
Giants got to going, but the way they
cleaned up the leaders on that last swing
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Springfield out of the running for the flag
and prevented the Saints from o~vertaking
~Leavenworth.
Frick is a star and deserves to gradu-
ate from the Valley, but in Indianapolis
he will go agains some former major
leaguers in Magoon, formerly of Cincin-
natl and Chicago, Swartz of Cleveland and
Osteen of the New York Americans, but
his record will go a long ways and he
may win the substitute position. In case
lie should return to the Valley for an
other season nothing would please the To-
peka fans better than to see Prick caVOrt-
ing around third base for the Saints. He,
would certainly eat up liners that Dick
Brown couldn't touch and those men that
put the local infeld up in the air by con-
tinuOus bunting would cut it OUT after a.
very few games. And while Brown was
swinging in vain effort to meet the ball
in some other burg, Prick would be pound
ing out hits with the apparent ease which
characterized his work last year. But
then what is the use talking, we wouldn't
give $50 a month for a star even if it
would give us a winner We've already
signed two good men, one who was never
heard of, and the other with fair recon-
mendatiOns. and we have nine of that
team which landed in the seventh posi-
ton, SO all we need now is to get a cOu-
pie of men at SIS a week and go after the
bunting again this year, and all the time
we expect people to come and pay their
money to see US trodden on by teams with
m-anagements that look at baseball as a
business proposition and know that good
teams draw the crowds.