The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-12
WESTERN ASSOCIATION
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

bASEbALL GUSSlF.
From the Daily Oklahoman: Secre-
tary Snodgrass Of the local baseball as
seciation left last night for Kansas City,
ST. Louis and several other northern
and eastern cities and before h. returns
he hopes to have secured the signatures
to contracts Of two and possibly three
OF the best pitchers that can Re secured
under the salary limit ana Whom ne
will try to obtain from either the kan
eas CITY club. either Of the St. LOUIS
teams or some big eastern team. every
year the clubs IN the big leagues loan
the pitchers that they cannot use, anu
whom they have drafted the year De
fore from some minor league Mne ..s
their work was sufficient TO WarEdAl
them a trial in one OF the larger leagues
to some ball team but reserve the tleht
to call them IN at any time, GYMS
thirty days notice, when such dctiOh y
taken. II viii be remembered ina ~
was by this means that the w lcIllld
Jobbers were greatly strengthened KS
year. when Cheering was secured ltOliA
Ninnea polls and an attempt mace 70
secure Isben from Chicago. MANAGE
Chinn is determined that TINS year
team must be a credit TO the city a-1d
he is confident that with the addition
Of the men. whom Secretary SnodgLass
win secure that il viii not be a ulHl-
cult matter to maintain me lsau
throughout the season. The pllchlis
staff at this time, is weak Ihe Vet
Grams Granger Woods and Root nave
both made good and may be expect
ed to prove as good and probably petteL
than they were last year. Qulett anu
Kline have proved a disappointment
and will probably be released soon ne
axe is expected to fail upon Some 90
ers also. and the wedding out VIII take
place within a few days. Inc aduluoti
az two or more pitchers viii grealiy
strengthen the team. and within rev
davs the names Of these two men, Wnlch
will prove a big surprise to every team
in the circuit, will be announce
Form the Joplin News-Herald: Up
in topeka the Cooley Crows are play
ing nid-season ball at the present Ittlie;
according to the dope OF me 80,
score. on Sunday they played a team
rnasouerading under the title Oh inc
Kansas City Blues and shut them ouI
bv the score of . to @. Inc CoOiey
Crows played a couple OF thelr new
17ffchers. lust for a tryOut at that 1ney
5,1a,red a1-rorless ball and made total
Of fwenty-one assists. The team OPP
r,osed to them was composed OF Ran ran
sas city and Denver players WIN
the nOuucement of the result OF this
game the Denver Western league team
cancelled their dates with the Iopeka
aggregation, probably because they dld
not desire to go back to their nome
team with the sting of defeat from
lower class league Despite the cause,
the Grizzlies used good judgment IN
cancelling the games
The independence Kansas state
league team viii play the White SoX
in Topeka on Sunday. Monday ana
Tuesday.
Dud Risley will play third base for
Oklahoma City this summer, ana 90
the managing stunt in addition, as
usual.
Herman Crow today made arrange
ments whereby Green's Jap BaseDail
club will play in Topeka on April ~
with the White SoX. Every member
of the team is a full-bloOded japanese
and all learned to play the game in the
famous little island. On April ~ the
White Sox viii go to Atchison to play
the seni-prOfessional club at tnaI
place. On Monday afternoon JACK
Forester, the crack White SoX pitcher,
stepped on a ball after which he was
running at Association park and got
a bad fail. spraining his left ankle He
will be unable to practice for a week
or ten days u m getting all the nara
luck" says Forester. I spralned my
back the second day after I came. then
ran nail into my foot and now nave
a sprained ankle. ] guess that ism
bunch Of it for you
From the Leavenworth Times: With
a number of new recruits in line Man
aEer Pennington Is working his squad
at the Soldiers home, batting and
fielding tall ones in the Outgarden- The
inheld at the home was too wet fer
use and no work can yet be done there
bill" link, the big first baseman
from the Western league, came in
from Iowa during the morning. He
carries much superfluous flesh. link is
always heavy, but he moves fast for so
large a man and he says that he will
have no trouble losing the extra
weight. His work with the stick was
surprisingly excellent. Charley SITS,
who is a candidate for the second sack
position against Kahl, the veteran Of
last year. also came wandering in from
St. Louis on a morning train. Sits is
q small man. built something like
COrbin and resembling the catcher in
his movements, but slighter in general
features. SITS showed exceptional
speed yesterday and did encouraging
work with the bat. Harrington, Mau-
pin and Windsor also made their first
appearances in uniform yesterday
Harrington came in Monday night
from his home in Joplin. He is close
to his last years weight and in reason
able form. Harrington promises to
repeat his last years good work with
the bat. Windsor is the only pitcher
who has made his appearance up to
the present Little is known concern
ing his record or achievements. but he
is a big, strong looking fellow and to
the fan this seems TO be an indication
of his value Morgan pitches some or
works in the Outfield. He seems to
have lots of smoke behind his de-
livery. Spike LeRoi and Harry
Corbin will both be late arrivals Lee
ROi will not be here until Easter and
Corbin Will not come along until al
most the first of Nay. He has been at
Hot Springs working with some of the
big teams wintering there and is now
working at his home in southern Kan
sas- The management has consented
to his late arrival for business reasons
OF Corbins. He viii be in PLAYING
shape when ne comes. Mcdowell. the
other catcher. will be here this week.
Parkin, the big pitcher who was
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