The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-12
COOLEY AT HOME.
Well Pleased With Showing of
White SOx.
Out Tucked at Wichita, the Way
He Puts 1t.
HEUSSER is LET GO.
Ragan, Fast Little shortstop,
Has Made Good.
WOmbIe May Replace Murray in
Centerf1eld.
is LET GO.

SQu4Q LIOIl Okld1iOllleL lily t1I y O4OO1N
this morning, grouchy and fussing be-
cause he did not capture a majority.
You win half your foreign games
all summer" was suggested, "and
you'll bring home that rag
But that didn't palliate the veteran.
1--WE just naturally were outlucked by
Wichita Why that Jobber bunch
didn't have license to take a single one
of those four games from US. Take
that one in the Windy City where
Rathburn got two home runs. Why
that fellow can't hit a ball unless it
is just over and breast high. He takes
a crazy swing and If he lands the pill
goes. He would break his neck on a
slow curve. Howey made him look like
a fool the next day. But 1t Just seem
ed that in everyone Of those eight
games. one inning would turn up with
some peculiar circumstance or play
which just naturally caused US trouble
when we get our team work perfected.
Just wait until we get all together. We
won't get caught very often then.
Heusser, the left-hand pitcher
Cooley picked up at Omaha has been
released to Oklahoma City. He came
back to Topeka today to pack up his
duds and will join the Nets at Wichita
tomorrow. Jay Andrews has a double
barreled injury. In bunting at Okla
homa City day before yesterday, he
pinched the index finger of his right
hand between fast straight one and
the bat. It mashed the finger nail ana
raised a blood blister as big as butter
bean. He couldn't peg after that
ing shifted to left, and WOmble on
third At Wichita he battered up his
right eye In sliding to third, the
baseman tagged him in the optic. It
left beautiful mural decoration. n,
When he dressed after the game, he
accidentally rubbed one of the towels
with which Cooley had been sWabbing
Mustang liniment on his arms, over
the discolored google. In about two
minutes business picked up also
blister. The result is that he still has
a very bad looking eye. But he was
slated for the third sack today. The
big chief says / go on, was his re-
mark, "and I 60"
center field permanently. The little
curly-headed suburbanite, while doing
some sensational fielding, absolutely
can not hit. He does not seem to be
able to find the ball this spring. Wom-
BILE is a star of the first magnitude and
is holding a daily swatfest at the stick.
"Ragan VIII be kept on the team,
said Cooley. Down at Oklahoma City
the boy simply was the whole works.
One day he got a couple of stiff ground
ers off Risley's bat behind third base
which would just naturally make
man have a fit In the same game he
went over behind second and pulled
down drive with one hand. They just
naturally couldn't talk enough about
him in the Territory town. Before we
left, Risley came to me and offered to
trade me Spec Hurlburt for Ragan- But
the kid looks too good to me ana /
have decided to keep him. He is hit
ting too. Womble suits me all right
in the outfeld. Then he has not play
ed short and I don't Just how he would
do there I know that Ragan can play
the place and that is where he will
stay We have the finest bunch of fell
lows you get together. Dave Zearfoss,
who has been doing the catching for US,
is so stuck on the gang that he wants
to stay with us permanently. He will
hang on with us until Henry is all
right"
While Cooley was gossipping, a tele-
gram came from Bob Wolfe from
New York, saying that he had left for
Topeka on Friday night. That ought to
get him here by Sunday afternoon or
evening. He is q catcher Of the first
water Joe Cantillion had him at Mil
waukee and Detroit last year, and his
backstop work was away up he
couldn't get along we'll with Joe and
that is the reason Cooley was able to
buy him. Henry viii probably be all
right in a couple of weeks. His opera
ton disclosed quite a serious injury to
his side where he had been struck by
a foul tin. But the physician attending
him says that he will be in perfect con-
dition in 10 or u days.
Forester Is pitching the ball of his
life said Cooley. Instead of curving
all the time, he is finding out that it
pays to put over broken ball. He
has had a custom of getting a couple
of strikes on a man and then passing
him wide one, three feet out or so.
l talked to him and told him to put
them in the groove. and that we would
get them. He has learned g whole lot
under Zearfoss' direction. McInnis is
ness shortly. I Will give Dammann
chance here on Monday to see what he
can do II lays between him and Howey
for the fourth place on the pitching
STAFF
Jaw Andrews was sitting by and ex-
pressed his opinion on the strength of
Wichita and Oklahoma City in compar-
ison with last year: oklahoma City is
Just fair, not by any means as strong
as last summer, but still is good. Vich-
ita is not as good as IN 1905, but will
be very much strengthened by Pennell.
Still the JobberS can always be looked
for. Oklahoma City is weakened some
by the loss Of Hurlburt who was sold
yesterday to Wilzesbarre, Pa"
The Joplin team came in with the
White Sox this morning, joining them
at Wichita. They are under Arm
stTong's leadership. The latter is play
ing first and Tony Vanderbilt is catch
ing. Say. you ought to see that Ole
olson" said Tony He has every
shortstop in the league skinned this
year. The boy is just naturally burning
them up. He is playing wonderful bali.
We have a rafting good team and a
fine bunch of fellows"
Joplin has won six out Of its eight
games on the road. The Miners took
three from Wichita and three from ok
lahoma City and took them handily.
But if we get one from Topeka said
Vanderbilt. wen be satisfied. This Is
a hard team"
The batteries for this afternoon are
Wilkinson and Vanderbilt for Joplin,
and McInnis and Zearfoss for Topeka.
On Sunday. Hollingsworth will work for
the visitors while Jack Forester VIII
DO the twirling for the Cooley squad.
The game this afternoon commenced