The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-28
Topeka Ball Players Reporting
for Practice.
Too Wet to Use the East Side
Grounds.
USE THE T. A. A. ROOMS
Hand Ball Appears to Be the
Fav0rite Exercise.
Schedule of Preliminary Games
Has Been Arranged.

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''Whewi she's eoldl"
Huh! Glass-arml"
Get 'em u9l Get 'em up!"
You can't break a window panel"
Biff-bing- slap-bangl The whizzing
of balls, and thud of leather against
horse hair. the hoarse 5olIying Of the
recruits. the sly kidding of the old 'uns
red faces and crimson palms-these
made up the first workout of the White
Sox for 1906.
Come in. boys. it's too chilly. You'll
get the feathers off your wings. Come
on in So shouted Richard Lovelace
Cooley, from the back door of the To-
pelza Athletic association to a squad
Of ten who were cavorting the leather
around the alley between Jackson and
Van Buren, and Seventh and Eighth
streets. Come on in, come on in
And in they trooped a happy laugh
ing. robust bunch. For all the world
/ they looked and acted like a lot of col
lege boys getting back from g sum
mers vacation. 1t was Bill this and
/ Jack that and "CuIly, how are you,"
and Red you're looking good" and
/ dick how are you" until Secretary
/ Van Hook of the 7. A. A. had to run
them all into the back part OF the rooms
and draw the canvas curtain SO that
he could have some peace and quiet to
make out the due-bills for next month.
The White Sox are reporting. Eleven
had affixed their names to the Cooley
and Grow register by noon. Some have
been here for some time. The list: Bill
I HOWey. pitcher; Steve Ragan, short
stop; AL CLANCY, pitcher; Bill Reddick,
pitcher; Curly Murray, outhelder; Red
/ Downs, second basen4an; Jay Andrews,
/ third baseman; Dick Cooley, first base
man; George Blackburn, pitcher; Jack
Henry, catcher; Jack Forester, pitcher.
Howey, Reddick, Clancy and Murray
were this mornings arrivals. The re-
mainder are expected in by tonight, with
the exception of George Graves who has
an aggravating boil. He will come by
he end Of the week. Even "Speck'
Hurlburt is expected to arrive by night
Secretary Farrell of the National As
ISOLATION of Minor League Baseball
Clubs has notified Grow that the big
fellow worked under a. nonreserve con-
tract with Oklahoma City last year
and is free to sign up wherever he
wishes to. We'll have him all right,
said Grow. you just watch him come
in
Bill Howey has been at Valley Falls
running pool hall this winter. He
looks mighty httin'. The boy IS
stronger than ever and says his arm IS
ready to pitch another double-header
shut out It was after this famous
stunt against Sedalia last year that ms
arm became somewhat sore. and
I caused a let down in his work. Chauey
and Reddick are both from Belleville-
Clancy is six feet tall and strong as a
young horse. He is pitcher ana
Cooley thinks lots of him. Reddick IS
1 a rnediurn-sized fellow slated for try
at short Both played in Iowa indie
pendent leagues and In northwestern
Kansas. Murray has been at Eureka,
Kan, most Of the winter working with
an immigration bureau. He looked
I eQ4 FT---ne His ankle IS
entirely strong. A pretty tuSSle VIII
result for the three places in the out
field. Graves, Hurlburt Murray and
Cole all good men, are after the jobs.
Yesterday morning at $3.50 Cooley
gathered his squad at the T. A. A. and
after letting them have their formal
| celebration, he sent them into the alley
for little workout. They tossed the
pill around for q while, but the vino
is still blowing pretty cold and they
were called back into the gymnasium
to play hand ball. Though Association
park is still pretty wet, as soon as the
weather moderates a little, the team
will be taken to some vacant lot ana
put through their PAGES every morning
and afternoon. They viii be sent out
for daily walks, a stunt which all train
/ ers think fine to put men into shape
On Friday Topeka will see its first
game The Chicago White Sox will be
/ here from Wichita Cooley Will have
something like a line up by that time
and will be ready for business.
The rest of the preliminary season
/ schedule arranged up to date follows:
April l. St Paul American aSsocia-
ton team at Topeka.
/ April and Z, St Paul American as
ISOLATION team at Topeka.
April Is, Is and II, independence,
Kan, State league team at Topeka.
April 21 and %, Topeka at Omaha.
April % and "a. Topeka at Des
! MOines.
April % and 26, Topeka at Lincoln.
Six games with Washburn. Practice
games between Regulars" and Ma
vericks''