The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-11
Fred Clarke, Kansas Ball Player
WIN Soon Retire.
For six Years Has Managed
Pittsburg Pirates.
/ BRILLIANT RECORD,
Three Times Has He Landed
the Pennant.
Has Put His Earnings Into
Kansas Farms.


The enthusiasts and baseball fans
of Kansas appreciate the excellent
record of Fred Clarke. the WINFIELD
man who piloted the team of Pitts
burg Pirates through an eventfuI sea-
son and finally pulled up in second
place after a hard race with the New
York Giants, losing only after two of
his pitchers suffered sudden reversal
of FORM His team, however. won ten
of the twenty-five games with the
Giants. and It, is stated all over the
east, except in New YORK. that the
Pirates would have Won easily had the
three tail-end clubs been of major
league calibre and had played ball in
the contests with the Giants. But
these clubs took it for granted that
they were defeated before starting
the game and consequently they were
fairly slaughtered in the majority OF
the contests.
Clarke has been with Colonel
Dreyfuss and the Pittsburg Pirates for
: SIX seasons. In that time he has won
three pennants, finished second twice
and fourth once. Clarke is captain
manager and left fielder. He is a fine
! batsman and a finished fielder He is
\ a born leader and is popular with his
team mates, which has kept perfect
4 harmony in the club, big factor in a
close pennant race. He is also very
/ popular with the patrons of the game
/ in Pittsburg. and the following clip
ping shows the way they swear by him
in that town:
Clarke Wildly Cheered.
1.-The Kansas boy who has led Pitts
burg in baseball steps%Tor six seasons.
land who in his time has landed three
Apennants, finished fourth once and
twice second. had not appeared in the
4 game up TO the ninth. Knabe was on
cor asf i.o4l -
due at bat, but as one man the 4, 600
+ spectators rose and let out a wild
! howl for Clarke.
Finally Clarke was chased out
from the bench by the other Pittsburg
players, and as he picked On a bat and
serode toward the plate every man and
woman in the ball park rose and gave
4 the nervy little captain manager 3
great cheer.
Clarke bowed and got a base on
/ balls
Clarke is not an umpire batter. but
several times he has been ousted from
the game by that official on account
] OF his eagerness to capture contests
other players this. season with the ex-
ception of the NeK Yorl1s of which
club he is a hated rival.
On one occasion last season he was
enticed into the club house at the Polo
/ grounds and unmercifully assaulted
again as large as Clarke. Bowerman
suffered a long suspension and a
/ heavy fine for his conduct.
Clarke says that next season will be
his last in the game. They all say
that. but Clarke says that the sum
mer of 1907 will ind him at some
of his numerous farms near Winfield,
Kas., which he has purchased with the
money accumulated during the past
six years. He commands a salary of
{ 81 600 for GIx Months work and
/ like most of his partners in his pro-
fession. puts it into real estate. He
owns six or seven farms in western
/ Kansas.
Josh Clarke. younger brother.
1 broke iHto fast company with st.
Louis early last season. but couldn't
stand the pace and was sold to To-
/ ledo. A couple of years in the
minors will put him on edge for the
majors, as all he needs is a little more
/ experience. He is good batsman
and fielder. but lacks the knowledge of
the fine points of the game