The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

One swallow does not make a sum
mer, neither do one or two early season
practice baseball games tell to any
degree Of reliable conclusion what the
White Sox viii be during the season
Of 1905. Though propitious be the
portent just now: though rejoicing be
just and righteous-the wind has not
yet all been tempered to the shorn
lamb. Something forebodes success.
and student Of conditions readily
names it as an appreciation that almost
amounts TO fear. on the part of the
players, that they are working under
q man VINO knows The business of base
Dau JUST as thoroughly as John D.
Rockefeller is acquainted with Stand
ara OIL affairs That is the point or the
hook, upon which the Topeka fandorn
can nang with cOnsidera bic degree
of faith a happy feeIing-a sense of Sc
clm1ty that the White Sex VIII not
again be tail-enders by the time the
Football boys begin to pass the barber
shops "on the others side" Richard
Cooley Is an established quantity in
baseball There IS no x to set opposite
Sc his name He has been at the top Of
kha ladder-up where the figures are big
an the monthly check. 1t has not been
anly for one or two years efeher-but
1ql the span OF representative base
BAN life He understands and aDore-
states that Topeka is sick of failure
mat II wants no more of cellar cham
pionships. He is frank with his ball
players, and has chilled his heart
against appeals to hang on" when it
So seen that there is nothing doing"
Aa1s barefaced unvarnished and IN
Feheered ed1ct has he hung over the
heads Of the Topeka White Sox for
4dlo- II a player can deliver the goods.
lne kind OF goods we must and will
have, he can find a berth on nay team
Do not care where he has played be-
&Ke, how few or how many years,
whether he IS an Oid-head or Young
ster. I care nothing about his habits
o1 other years, but do care about his
"a DTS Of this summer. The big COM
1uandment which I will enforce to the
Eatter is that there shall be no drunk
snness and no rOwdyism. I will not
tolerate action of this kind for a mo-
Fn9nt- Anyone breaking over that rule
win lose his head Immediately It is
n9t a case of forgiving the first Of
tense There win be no chance given
for a second offense on my team A
man has to show me that he can play
ball 7 won't wait all summer for the
demonstration either. I am not run
ming an experiment station in Topeka.
The preliminary season work and
week or two possibly Of the regular
season are enough for that, but then:
Skidooi The fans Of Topeka have suf-
fered long They have stood up to the
gan OF g. losing team, until they are
sick and sore and tired Of it all
don't blame them They deserve some
thing better. I am here right now to
tell you that they viii get 1t. A man
has to play ball for me- play all the
time, and right up to the handle, or he
goes 20 the mines. The best I have in
me as a baseball man I offer to the
people Of Topeka this summer. and they
VIII not be ashamed Of the offering
when the summer Is over" That is the
kind Of talk the fans want-and then
they also want the results. It's IN to
Cooley and Grow. They are now hav-
ing their opportunity. If Cooley en-
forces to the letter the plan upon which
he Is building the fortunes Of the Sox
for 1906, he VIII be up with the leaders
That is what is wanted. A Dennant
winner is a great thing. a desira Bile
thing. something that Topeka would
WeH like, but 1t wants to be assured
Of the SOx being up among the fellows
who are rushing under the wire at the
finish. Topeka does not want to have
the sickening sensation again this year.
OF knowing by July 4. that its team is
once more hopelessIy distanced and a
poor pFetender for a place outside of
the cellar. 1t does not want to see its
team struggling at the seasons close to
barely keep out Of last place. Cooley
and Crow win get a support that they
never even dreamed Of IL they do the
right thing. Topeka fans are waiting
and mighty expectantly. Opportunity
IS slzinning its knuckles at the door,
and the fans are mighty ready with
their quarters and their cheers to