The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-01


l bfatny player and would add a. great
deal of strength to Burke's team.
l. Milwaukee is trying to purchase Chick
Aubrey who played in the outer gardens
4 for the Webb City team a while last
season and later was sold to Omaha
| where he mad good in great shape.
Down in Wichita the papers are quot
ing Jack Holland as. saying he can see
no reason why Wichita will not cap the
Z: Western Association pennant. Before
| the season is over he will probably find
| seven good reasons, any of which will
beat him out of the rag.
| Down at Oklahoma City the manage
i ment has begun to use the axe already.
Hirtley, pitcher, Oldham and Owens,
| both catchers, were the victims. AL
| ready there seems to have come a weed
| ing out of the March and April stars.
| Mike Schrode who is to play in the
| outfield for Joplin is old timer in
] the baseball business and has played in
| minor league baseball for years. How
| ever Joplin has about enough of the old
! heads and not enough young blood on
| the team. =
Pueblo's pitching staff consists of
| Hatch, fBies, Marquee, Gilbert, Hill and
Henley. TIE latter. is the only pitcher
who played list year as a pitcher but
! Hill played first base during a good
| part of the. season. Out of this bunch
! Seleet is hopefuI of having several good
| pitchers. ..e
Old ,Dpd Fisley who has. been with
| the Oklahoma City team ever since it
became part of the Western Associa-
! ton and who was with the old lola
| team in the Missouri Valley league has
signed with the Vancouver team in the
| Pacific coast league where he will hold
down the. initial sack. Risley pitched
for St. joseph in the old Western
League about nine years ago.
Pitcher Fred Bridges, who has been
holding Off for more money. has finally
signed. up with Lincoln and will report
who has not as yet reported, will report
in a few days. He is the outfielder
whom Holmes offered to Topeka.
Ketchum@ has been trytng1to secure his
release so that he could break into the
New York state league.
The bunch that President Duncan, of
Sioux City, has in line for his pitching
staff certainly looks good. At the pres
ent time his STAFF og twirlers includes
.Stimmel, Patterson, La Velle Weinig,
Bennett, Jarrett, jackson and Davidson.
For eatehers he has Petit and Spies.
Foster will play. first, Weed second and
Granville and Frost will fight it out
for third. Campbell, Hupp and Noblit
VIII play in the out gardens
Charles Nash, who will be remember
ed as working with Wichita awhile last
year as pitcher, has signed up with
Oklahoma City and will report in a few
days.
What Is badly needed at the ball park
is a new wire netting in front of the
press box. The holes in the old one
which is now doing service, are so large
reporter than in working behind the
bat, but that is usually the case.
The Wichita management has been
stung again.t They kept the wires hot
for several days trying to induce the
Detroit management to let them have
the use of Jack Forester for this sea-
son, but when they found it was no
use they said they could not use him.
anyhow. 8.
Missouri university will play Wash
burn in Topeka May 2. This promises
to be one of the best college games of
the season. -
Old Pop" Eyler. who has pitched in
the Western League for several years.
has been sold by Ducky Holmes of the
Lincoln team to the Little Rock team
of the Southern League. -Eyler was one
of the best pitchers in the Western
League last season.
Carl Hunt, VINO played in the Spring.
field outfield two seasons ago, is to play
with Springfield this year. He is big
ger than he used to be but is feeling
fine and expects to play great ball this
year.
Oklahoma City has signed an out
fielder, who weighs over 200 pounds and
his name is Geist. He is claimed by
5the Oklahoma City management as be-
ing the find Of the year.
Jones, the new lefthander from Lin
. coin, looks about as good as any of.
the new men whom Cooley has signed.
Jones did not get into the game yes
terday, but was warming up on the
sideIines and showed q fine assortment
of curves He has a nice. delivery and
ought to be a great pitcher. Cooley is
well impressed with him
Arthur Pennell is expected in the city
tonight or tomorrow. If Pennell will,
play ball he is by far one of the best
players in minor leagues. He is nat
llra1 ball. player and he can play ball
at any position, it makes no difference
sTnie4--oHesit is. He can also hit like
a La Joie or a Stone.
The baseball practice season is on
in Lincoln among. the tryouts and
regulars of Ducky Holmes team. The
latest addition to the team is Zinram,
the catcher who played last year and
was one of the best cage artists in the
league. Bridges, an infielder from the
Iowa State league, is trying out for an
infield position and bids fair to make
the others. sit up and take notice.
Holmes has signed UP youngster by
the name of Bagnall, who will play
third or try at it at least. Quiilan is
badly missed at this position and
Holmes is hoping that Comiskey will
send the lad back to Lincoln for an
other season.
The newspapers down in the Western
Association town of Wichita are wor-
rying a great deal about whether To-
peka will float the Western Association