The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-29
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

Runkel. the new ball player who wa:
purchased from Omaha, got into the
game for the first time yesterday after
noon and showed some of the best work
On the infield which has been displayed
for some time When it comes to the
hitting game Runkle is also there with
the goods.
The main interest in the game with
the Washington Senators this afternoon
will center in the work of Mig Perrine.
Mig while he was always one of the
most treacherous players in the West
ern association at the same time was al
ways very popular and had friends
wherever he went Mig has always
managed TO play a good game. too. At
ter leaving Springfield he went TO Den
Yer and from there to Kansas City and
then to Washington where he is now
stationed on short and where he will
receive the glad hand of the fans of the
capital city during the next few sea-
sons. Perrine is now assured a berth
in the big league as long as he behaves
himself and his rich relatives do not
leave him too much money.
Today is the birthday anniversary of
Dick Cooley. The family Bible of the
Cooley family says that Dick was born
in a little country farm house a short
distance from the federal penitentiary
March % A. D. 1874. He therefore is
few of his friends and admirers in honor
of some of his former comrades in the
big leagues who are now on the WASH
ington team.
An interesting fact has leaked out in
connection with the new bat which
Jack Henry has had made to order and
which he used in his famous long drive
in the St. Marys game last Wednesday.
The bat was made from a hack tongue
Of old oil xrbi hal in
for nearly twenty years and which was
the same hack which Herman Crow
used the night he was married. This
certainly ought to insure Henry a good
hating average in the Western league
this year
Moore. the new pitcher. is one of the
most promising men on the team. He
hits the ball in a way that impresses
the fans of q La Joie or an Arson. He
only weighs about 3s7 pounds and every
ounce of him is solid muscle. When he
lands on a ball he puts goodbye label
on IT. He started to bat some flies yes
terday but Cooley soon headed him off
he was sending the Spaldings over
into Parkdale faster than the kids could
throw them out from the bench. He
also has fine repertoire of curves, many
of which are as deceptive as the stories
which Jack Holland tells of his great
career. In CoOley's estimation he is one
of his most valuable acquisitions. He
may be given a chance to pitch this
afternoon.
Lewis. the catcher who was pur-
chased from Oklahoma City by Hutch
inson has arrived on the scene of action
in the salty marshes of Billy Morgan's
burg and is now at work with Doc An
drews' bunch. He has been whitening
in California
It is not improbable that Joe Cantil-
lon. the manager of the Washington
team, will umpire the game this after
noon. Joe in his earlier days was an
umpire in the old Western League
which comprised about the same circuit
that the American Association now oc-
cupies and was one of the best indica-
tor handlers in the business. He is
considered the best umpire that ever
worked when it comes to running =
game.
The games with the Hutchinson team
which were to have been played Satur-
were called off by Doctor Shively who
still seems to labor under the impress
sion that Topeka is still in the West
ern Association. Shively says that it
would be a violation of the constitu-
ton if the two teams would play
Emory Olson, the young infeIder. did
not get into a suit yesterday, although
he got in Topeka yesterday morning a..
per schedule. Instead he sat in the
grandstand with a lot of admiring
friends Olson may not make the
Western League. but you have got t.
give it to him that he is one of the