The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
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Preliminary Games by the
Topeka White SOx.
April viii Be Busy Month for
Them.
THE TEAM is MADE UP.
Six Pitchers Will Be Tried
at the beginning.
President Shiveley Gives Out
His List of Empires.
THE TEAM is MADE UP.

Incomplete White sox preliminary
season schedule:
April 1 and ?, st. Paul american As
sociation) at Topeka
April and 8. Tulsa missouri Valley
at Topeka.
April y and 10, Nebraska Indians
(Lincoln semiprofessionals) at Topeka.
April Is and IS, Independence (Kansas
State) at Topeka.
April 10 and 20 Topeka at Lincoln
(Western League).
April q ana p. Topeka at Omaha
CWestern League).
April 2S and "A. Topeka at Des Moines
(Western League).
Six games with Washburn college dur
ing April.
Herman Crow secretary of the White
Sox, this morning gave out the above
schedule of games to be played by the
Topeka team before the regular season
opens up. It will be seen that the heav-
lest part will be played on foreign
ground. For one week Cooley and Crow
viii lead their warriors into Western
League territory. They could get more
games from O'Neils league but 10 not
have sufficient time to take them en-.
Sioux City, the pennant winner of the
Western League, is anxious for brace
of games, but could not be accommoda-
ted.
There is a sort of brotherly feeling be-
tween the Western League and the
Western Association. An amalgamation
next winter is not an unlikely proce-
dure.
Grow also this morning gave out
complete list of the men signed for the
coming season, and it embraces every
thing definitely secured so far. 1t fol-
lows;
Catcher-Henry
First baseman-Dick Cooley.
Second ba nan-tsR6d'' Downs.
tops-Ragan, Carter.
Third baseman-Jay Andrews.
Outf1elders-Murray Cole, Graves.
Pitchers-McInnis, HOwey, Forester,
Clancy, Preston, Blackburn.
That is the complete list of men sign
ed up to date" said Crow today We
will not get Walter BOles. He mas bee
turned back to Fort Worth by The St
Louis Cardinals. We have also failed
to land Bill Sparger for our pitching
staff. Mobile Will not let him go.
Billy White is sewed up tight with
Webb City, Hayden positively refusing
to release him. White wrote me let
ter yesterday that he viii not play this
summer if he has to go to Webb City
I am writing to Grant SchOpp today,
a pitcher at Ottumwa, Ia. he won ~
out of 80 games last season We viii
give him a try-out if he comes. We
have a few more men on the string,
but are not yet ready to make an
nouucements concerning them.
President D. NJ. Sh1veley of the West
ern association was in town today and
gave out the names of three of the four
staff umpires for the season. They are
Martin Lewinson. who was one OF the
best indicator men in the league last
year; Tom Mcnamara, who is bigger
than Pug Owens and halls from
Allegheny, Pa, and Joe Courneen, who
comes from Rochester, N. Y. Shiveley
has offered the other place in the UNI
pire list to S A. Abbott, who captain
ed the White SOx last year. He viii
probably take the job.
A meeting of the schedule committee
and the league is billed for March 10
and Is at the Hotel Baltimore in Kan
sas City On the first day the adVisa-
biiity of adopting a new schedule other
than the one already adopted, will be
discussed. IF the schedule we already
have proves satisfactory" said Shive-
lev. then we Will keep it. If a ma
iority of them turn it down, then we
win get up a new one
on the second day a regular SneeFing
of the league will be held to IocN- after
various routine matters
Shiveley is just returning from a trip
over the entire circuit. Things look
fine" he said. IAN of the towns are
enthusiastic and they are getting up
some rafting good ball teams. This
wear will he the biggest OF the assoeia-
ton. All the towns are mighty good,
and everyone is after the rag.