The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-29

wise to the fact that Gene Barnes has
been trying to buy the White Sox fran
chise. Why, that was printed in the
State Journal a week ago. Incidentally,
Mr.. Lingenfelter, Barnes had an option
on the Topeka franchise for about tive
days. The following COB is interesting
because of the fact that it is mixed
more weird and varied than Dutch hash:
A dispatch from Topeka announces that
Gene Barnes, manager of the Nets, is
negotiating the purchase of the Topeka
franchise, and suggests that 1t Will
mean the transfer of the Nets to To-
peka and the sending of the Topeka tail
enders to Oklahoma City. At Wichita
Secretary Logan of the Topeka club ad-
mitted to Wichita newspaperman that
such a deal is in progress and that
President Sheard is anxious to dispose
Of the baseball interests at Topeka The
story is not given much credenee in Ok
lahoma City, because Barnes is not a
majority stakeholder in the Oklahoma
City baseball association and such a
switch as forecasted in the Topeka dis
patch would SAVIOR almost of larceny in
view of the fact that Oklahoma fans re-
Gently contributed the funds necessary
to purchase new players and recruit
the Oklahoma City team to winning
form. If any. such negotiations are
pending they doubtless relate to next
season.
The Wichita Eagle credits Gene
Barnes with a thorough knowledge of
the baseball business, having learned
it from the best school and one which
graduates the majority of prominent
baseball men, namely, the sporting edi-
tors desk on daily newspaper" This
is news to Genes friends here, who wot
not of his ever having editorial exper-
fence.
1t is likely the whole story about the
transfer is one of the baseball pipe
dreams for which Topeka is becoming
notorious.
In the hope of shaking up the team
for the purpose of getting better work
out of them, Second Baseman Frank
Quigley was released on Monday night
Dick Brown was traded to Leavenworth
for Charley Lyons. The latter will go
to the second sack, while jay Andrews.
with the st. Joseph, Mo-, Western
engaged to succeed Brown at the third
station So today when the White Sox
trotted out on the field in the Wood
pecker town, it was new infield that
warmed up. 1t was doubtlessIy an I'M
proved infield. Almost anybody could
pIay better than Quigley-especially the
brand of ball he has kSen furnishing OF
late The veriest school boy could put II
all over him. Lyons is good pan play
ed, but apt to be a little lussy a q1a
ouarreIsorne Andrews is star. He
has a great reputation. A number OF
the present White Sox, who either have
tried out or played with st. Joe in re-
cent wears. declare him to be a conner
If the first water No one knows just
exact1v why he is leaving over there.
He succeeds Brown. Probably he will
he unable to play a faster fielding game
than Dick. for the latter doubtiessly
has the edge on the most of them so
far as that part is concerned But at
fhe hat he is so lamentably weak thaI
the whole batting strength suffers 1t
NAV help the team a little. and 1t may
not. Nobody cares very much.
The st. Louis Post-DisDatch has the
following to say about Ed Reulbacn,
once known as Bob Lawson when with
eadalia in the Missouri Valley league:
sFzxnerts agree that he will be another
Mafthewson wraen he has had more ex-
nerience. He has the pitching ability,
and is improving it every day under
the tutelage of his catcher, Johnny
Killing. The control he usually exhibits
is remarkable for one who has never
faced the heavy batters in the league
nor the mud batteries OF the coachlng
lines before this season He uses
slow. swinging delivery, which seems
To generate perfect control. He is q
right handler, and is inclined to use the
cross-fire delivery, although ne does
not step quite as far out of the box as
Billy Hogg of the Highlanders, or
Eddie Plank of the Athletics. His
height and reach give him speed, and
he keeps the batters falling away from
his curves. on the field Reulbach
would be taken for a college student,
as he smokes a short bulldog pipe cons