The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
BASEBALL PLANS.
Manager COOley's Interesting
Budget Of Gossip.
Will Run the Team on a New
Plan.
NO DEAD ONES WANTED
Young, Ambitious Players to Be
Sought After.
Only Few of Old Team viii Be
Back.
10 DEAD ONES WANTED

Many of last summers baseball
games are being played over again
now, on the long winter evenings
around steam radiators and red hot
coal stoves. But after the well ground
grist is sent through the mill. the big
question always turns up: What wiz
we have for next year2'
Suppose we all I'LL up our pipes,
prop our feet against the nickel-plate
Tenders on the stove, and listen to this
answer from Richard Lovelacs
Cooley, otherwise just plain ''Dick," as
he gave it out last night to bunch
of 3S-karat fans at the Topeka Ath-
letic association.
''Tell you fellows started Dick,
after reaching into the vest pocket Of
Herman Crow for a match, I'm work
ing on just a little different principls
than was given you by the Sheard-
Logan combine during the straw hat
time of last summer. And right here
is the meat Of my argument. don't
get any old stiffs, has-beens, waists,
in mine. Give me young ones, the
kind that's got pepper the real REQ
pepper the boys with the amblsns see
That is the kind 'vot makes vot IL Is
vot we want as the Dutchie says. A
few old heads to kind Of put the prop
er balance on the scale viii be on the
/
! ball team. People like to see young
blood on a diamond. They Ike to
see a kid out after a reputation
/ rather than an old timer out after
/ the mezooma. That's straight goods
right out of the trunk and no kid 1t
viii chop the frozen water every
1 time"
"A1l right, Dick" said one fan
whose 200 pounds says q seat in the
grand stand at Association park regu-
/ larly every summer, got anything on
hand now, signed up on the pink
paper to show us that you're adding
what you say you are going to COZ
"I'll show you a little Of my hand
a few Of the cards, but not all" re-
/ piled Richard There are some other
| managers out on the greensward after
players. Don't pay to put EN- wise,
you know"
"Well give US a little cud to chew
on, anyway" said the SO karat 3. B. F.
"Wen, now I've got Johnny Welter.
last years second baseman with the
/ Pittsburg Missouri Valley league
team replied Cooley He is a fast
one. The kid can play. she can hit.
land he can run. Those Little Pirates
i romped off with Robertsous pennanr
.kabout 140 points to the good you
! know. Baldwin had some good ones
| down there, and Welter was the best.
| and I've got his contract. He also had
! a shOrtstOp named Porkoney. farmeG
| from Wichita, believe haven [
4
! but may before long But talking
about youngsters for next year, I've
got the king of EN- all. You know
went transforming with the Kansas
/ but it doesn't matter-and we played
out at Winfield. knocked a hot
grounder to short. The ball bounced
back of the player, but he scooted
around, got the pill. and twisted O
throw over to first that just made
fellow sick to watch. And this is the
way he played through the whole
game. Blunt and run was his game at
the bat, and he could go some 7 can
tell you. His name is F. II. Carer.
He is only a kid, but weighs $50
pounds. He is the candy all right
and I got him too That boy is a
conner. Then there is a left-hand
pitcher strung up tight by the mama
| of Preston, from back in Bingham
! ton, n. Y. Cole recommends him as
the goods, and I took him on I've
got quite q bunch more on the string
but I'm not giving out their names
you get tonight
How about the old gang?" he was
asked.
'you viii see Jack Henry handling the
big mitt and the mask Your humble
servant, that's meanin' myself, viii be
at the first turn Of the road. In the
outfield you viii see Cole and Murray
ana pIODaDlX ADe IazOLEe Mneu We
start to warm up got my string out
for Big Abel and think I'll take him on
again. You know he is a hitter and he
can catch in case Jack Henry split a
finger or gets a bad foul tip on the
muscles Of his walkers. Now let me tell
you got the best center fielder this
league had last year. You all know
him and you like him too. I won't give
up his name because another club IS
claiming him. But guess he is mine
/ a -~ar Ok acr h.
to do some box work next sumer-old
Peroxide-Top Jack. He is q good kid all
right. Now that is all can give you in
the way of names now. It's no use ask
ing for more, because you don't get
"An right Dick chirDed in a little
bank clerk who have you released OF
last sumer's gang?"
abbott is the only one 7 have let go
so far" he replied. Il mailed him hts
honorable discharge yesterday Burt
Dunn has written for his release and 1
guess he can have it too. He evidently
has arranged to hook ND somewhere
else. guess III hang on to Tsysz
Reagan. He looked to be a likely Irsd
About the rest I'm doing no talking
now
1T looks like a kid bunch somewhat %
INTERPRETED a doubling Thomas.
Don't you believe it now" smiled the
one-time Boston idol don't you believe
it. I'm just picking up the loose small
wee ends right now may find some
thing among these new ones. III prob
ably have twenty new faces On the
diamond in the spring. If one or two
pans out good Of the whole bunch IN
consider myself to the good. and If tbe,-
all fzzle out III consider myself none
the loser. See the point2 I got sor.e
good ones on the string. Don't fret. Won
know I've got friends out In the BE
leagues. They try out men every sprfr0
and then farm them. Maybe Dick rzess
some of EN-. III have about three rroo5
seasoned pitchers here when the arhf
starts for the pennant and some otbs~e
maybe, too. I'm not a hurtfneg r,7r-Ss1s
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