The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02

Thomas Hughes, Topeka's crack
pitcher, has at last been formally draft
| ca by the New York Americans. We
| nave been stewing and worrying about
this ever since Ted Sullivan came out
here and entertained US one afternoon
IN the press box about how he was go
ing to recommend Long Tom for ad-
Vaneement. We have written stories
galore, sending him one day to the
Highlanders9 and the next to Kelly's
Reds at Cincinnati We have put his
price any place from broken bat to
one thousand dollars. AT last we have
a chance to swell UP and feel proud.
Tom has risen. But Sheards exchequer
won't be fattened to the extent of any
| $1,000. No, stree. When Long Tom re-
ports to Clark Griffith on about Sep.
| TENDER IS or 10 after the Western As
| ISOLATION closes its gambolings on the
greensward, the local magnates will re-
! ceiye an even $500. the drafting price.
| Then Tom will have about three weeks
| to show Mr.. Griffith whether or not he
| is worth the price, or whether or not
Ted Sullivan's Judgment is worth any
| thing You can take this either way
you wish. There is only one thing that
! will hold Tom back from sticking. He
| won't fail because of lack of ability. He
! won't be sent back to some minor ag-
/ gregation because his slants are not
/ deceptive enough, or because his curvo-
| las do not make the atmosphere smoke
:! hard enough. No, that won't settle that
| question. 1t will be because he hasn't
| the nerve. He gives up too easily. If
/ Clark Griffith can manage to cement a
| little sand around his vertebrae, and
make it stick, the chances are that ne
| will not have a single regret for paying
| out $500 for the lengthy fellow. His
own roommates. however. tell of how
/ discouraged he gets after losing game
/ FOR instance" said Bill HOWE the 9TH
er day, 'ff Tom lost game, he would
come in, change his clothes. and sit
around and NOPE like a punished young
ster. Suddenly he would blurt out with
0I
take the first train and go home I"
And that is about Tom. Up and down
go his spirits with victory or defeat,
just like barometer in clear and
to learn, a good overland throw and
how to keep up his nerve. If he sue
ceeds in these two things. the American
/ League will not be too fast for him. He
lis a gentleman He is probably the
4 most popular player on the White Sex
today. His department off and on the
4 field is above criticism. You never saw
Tom row with an umpire. You never
heard of a plaster or the bench for him.
/ He plays hard and TO win. Lately he
has been losing with some regularity.
! But not all the blame should be at
tached to him. He is easily discouraged
and the wretched record of the Sox Tor
I the past month, has naturally taken q
| good deal of the spice, ambition and
4 ginger out of his soul. If that has been
I the cause. OF his losing, he is making
4 a
I away. He owes it to himself to work
/ at his-best every minute. If he does NOT
i follow this rule. in time the results VIII
/ tell upon him., and materially impair ms
brilliant ability as a pitcher.
| The Daily Oklahoman announces that
| Jay Andrews is captain of the White
Sox-s Sheard says it isn't so. Now Mr..
1Lingefelter! $500
| 49,. 1,,,o,z. -r1aSaaro,, hoe ctyit the
/ Shiveley staff of indicator men. From
| the Daily Oklahoman with exceptions
to the first sentences: Umpire treo
Cameron +, who is doing the best fndi-
Gator work in the Western association,
isecured leave of absence and return
ed home last evening on account or
illness at his home He says the Nets
i put up a miserable exhibition in We'd
nesday's game at joplin, but declares
it is the strongest team in the ASSOC
4 citation by far and will yet win the PEN
nant il it will play the game. Gamer.
on will likely umpire the series OF
season. He will probably not be on
the umpire staff next season. He
! named a price of $50 per month.
| which President Shiveley says he will
Cameron's ability.
j Arthur Griggs, the well-known To-
peka athlete who has played at ELS
! pick a team out of that little league,
Il which would make any of the Western
4 Association teams hustle for their hon
ors. : Bull Durham, Bulge Gable, Big
| Holmes Carl Moore and a few others
have been playing on the alfalfa cir
cult Durham got sore and quit the
Kansas City Blooz. Irwin got him
| back the other day by paying him all
| his back salary Cable wouldn't go
! back to Denver this year without ad
ditional pay. Holmes is a Pittsburg
National Lacquer with a sore arm, etc,
etc. Jimmie Frick has been playing
4 the Alfalfa circuit the last few days.
Griggs refused an offer to join Okla
homa City this summer.
! The SedaIia Capital has run out of
| other "dope" so it starts up spelling
school: The Topeka Journal is the
only newspaper in the country that in
sfsts on spelling President Shiveley's
name with an 'e" in the last syllable.
Possibly the Journals sporting writer
| thinks doc don't know how his
name should be spelled
Trouble is in the Miner camp. From
the Joplin Globe: Things have begun
to happen in Joplin baseball circles.
j Dicky Bayless. left fielder, catcher,
batter. was sold yesterday to the Kan
| sas CITY Blooz. President Baker got
| $500 for the fast midget, and Bayless