The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-27

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| the diamond with the rest of them. Con
| tfafy TO the general rule of pitchers he is
| a GOOD batter and it would be a safe
bet that in this league playing in nearly
| every game Halla would be hitting
above .275 and would be very close tc
the coveted 300 mark.
Bert Jones,Sthe popular southpaw OF
the White Sox, is an old baseball coach
Last spring he coached the baseball
team of the Colorado School of Mines
and produced a winning team. He once
had an offer to coach the baseball team
of Columbia university in New York
City but did not accept it although he
says that since that time he has al
ways regretted that he turned the offer
down.
John Partrette and John N. Beltz are
two new players who have signed up
with Springfield. Nothing is known of
them though, either as to where they
came from or what positions they play.
Unless they are a great deal better tnan
most of the new men Springfield mas
been getting this season they VIII not
last long.
Oklahoma City fans are planning to
organize themselves into Rioters ciuo
and one of the objects of their organlza-
ton will be to cut out the roasting that
is always attached to home payer
when he makes am error at a critical
time. The roasts from the grandstand
never did help a player ana the opJecl
of the Oklahoma City fans is commend
able and it would not be bad idea to
start something of this sort in seven
other towns of the Western Association
TIE Clark who has. been holding out
for some time has finally come to. terms
with Webb city, This will make the
f1fty-seventh PLAYER who has been with
Webb City at some time or other during
this season.
Nothing has sbeen heard from Tope-
ka's gold brick of last season, Louis
Womble. Womble blew into Topeka
after the Cooleycrows had made their
northern trip and got away fine for sew
eral days, leading the team IN hitting
by getting away up to the 400 marx.
Then he was sold to Joplin and never
played much ball after that. Womple
always plays good ball until pay day
arrives and then the money on his per
son which doesn't stay there seems to
bother him.
Jack Henry, the White Sox catcher,
returned yesterday morning from Par
sons where the White Sox played yes
terday. Henry came in on account
of sickness in the family. He reports
the weather very disagreeable in the
southern part of the state and also
says that the Bartlesville games nave
been called off. Kelsey will do the re-
mainder of the catching on the trip
and the team will return home next
Sunday night or Monday morning.
The players had planned to join
the team will not go. as the second
team will not be needed to complet5e
the schedule since the BartlesVllie
games have been abandoned.
Selby. who played with the Three Eye
league last season and who has been
Io ha
university this spring, has signed up
with the Joplinscbasebal team Judg-
ing from the trouncing given Joplin $
team in their recent tour througn
pitchers. He will report to the Miners
Sometime next week.
Here is bunch of April stars who
have been released by Webb City: Pat
Murphy. E. J. Norris, Gus Pappert, u.
i. Munger, Jim Pope and Tom Cannon.
Nothing is known of these mens how
ever, but it is supposed that they are
some of the nine first basemen who
were signed up with the Ducklings.
Billy White il slziown as the sacrifice
hitter at Omaha. In nearly every
game he gets away with a couple OF
sacrifices. He is playing second In
great shape.
President Hayden, of Webb City,
owns two teams, the Webb bunch and
the Parsons team of the Kansas State
league Recently the Parsons team de-
feated the Webfeet by score of
to !.
Joplin is planning two changes be-
fore the season opens. The position of
right field made vacant by the canning
of Graves and Schrode. will be. filled
and Fleming, who is now cavorting in
the field, will be used on the bench as
utility man. Another second baseman
is also said to be signed. This does
not look very favorable to Ole Olson. ;.
Farmer Willett pitched for Detroit
yesterday against st. Louis and got
away with the game in great shape.
He held the Missouri team to four hits
and one score which was the result of
an error.
According to the last issue Of Sport
ing Life, Dick Cooley gets $4,000
year for managing the Colonies.
Nick KahI will be sold to Akron by
Columbus, who now has a string on
the ex-Convict manager. Nick will
have to go some If he makes good this
season as he can not do anything but
hit any more on account of his right
side being paralyzed.
Montreal is still dickering with De-
troit for the purchase of Second Base
man Jerome Downs, last season with
the Topeka Champions. However,
Manager Jennings has stated that
there was no chance of getting him
from Detroit.
Davis and Raglan both secured home
runs off the Parsons pitcher yesterday.
Topeka scored in nearly every inning.