The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-28

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ms, Il seem to be batting in my old
time form" The next two times Up
he famed. Here is what he was say
ing at the close of the game, Il hate
to run up against a left handed pitch
er the first thing in the season, it's
pretty hard"
The Olxlshoma City management has
made an offer of season tickets good
| for every Saturday game in the season
| to 14-year-old boys and under the pur-
chase price of which is one dollar. In
most places the management would be
willing to give the town kids a dollar
to stay away from the games.
erybody is jubilant. All the old men
have improved by their winters alb
| sence from the diamond and the new
men are showing up in great shape.
Already they have won the penEant
| according to Mr.. Rourke's statements
in the Omaha papers.
Jesus Marquee is the sanity name
of one of F. Selee's pitchers who halls
from the sanity land of Mexico. He
will not be able to report for some
| time, however, as he had to be taken
from his train in Arizona while on the
way to Pueblo because he was attacked
with some sort of sickness and was
too i'll to continue the journey.
The Joplin team which has been
| signed up during the winter months has
been ordered to report for practice next
Monday. By this time Mr.. Armstrong,
practice every day, will have his base
ball knowledge in working order and
ought to get a good bunch out of his
men Of which he has a large number.
One of the unique characters in
Western League baseball has report
ed for work at Des Moines in the
person of George Hogriever, the veteran
outfielder. "Old HogGy," as he is
known throughout the league is one of
the Oldest players in the minor leagues
today. He started out about the same
time that Lincoln issued his first call
show him to be as good as ever. He
is an all around player and is a good
hitter. Years ago he was a star and
a fixture on the Indianapolis team. He
is one of the scrappiest players in the
business and makes McGraw look like
an amateur.
Frank Selee, who is the manager of
the Pueblo Indians. IS one of the best
known men in baseball today as a man
ager. He was manager Of the worlds
champion Boston team a few years
ago,
Johnny Bender, who is one of Omaha's
catchers, spends his spare time in act
ing as athletic instructor for a uni
versity in the northwest. Bender is the
old Nebraska university baseball and
football star. Two years ago started
his professional career with Dale Gear
in the Little Rock team of the South
ern League and next season found MIN
in Omaha
Chickering Autry, formerly with
Webb City, but later with Omaha, has
reported at Omaha where he is now
batting flies in practice and incidental
ly tearing the boards off the park
fence by his terrific swatting. He has
played ball all winter down in Next
co and in his preliminary work at
Omaha seems to be a real live ball
player. Why ,Heyden of Webb City
sold him when he was badly needed on
the Webb City in the middle of the
season is hard to understand.
Talk about your baseball spirit
among the fans. Here is a little dope
from the Pueblo Star-Journal which
tells Of what some of the ex-Topeka
fans in that city are trying to do to
make it pleasant for the Topeka boys
when they go to the mountain city:
With the certainty that Topeka will
be in the western league during the
coming season owing to the addition
by purchase and draft of Topeka and
ST. Joseph of the Western association,
the former Topekans of the city, and
there are a host of them in Pueblo,
are arranging to give the baseball rep
resentatives of the old Kansas home a |
warm reception when the Topeka |
team makes it's first appearance in this
city
Steps have been taken to form a
Topeka rooterS'" club, the intention /
being to have the membership attend |
the games in a body and to there give /
the Topeka players the glad hand. !"
The proposed rooters are loyal to the |
locals club and DESTROYS of seeing the /
pennant hoisted over Selee park, but j.
for all that, they wish to give the |
baby of the league all possible en-
couragement, this desire being espec-
tally strong for the reason that the
club will represent the old home
which, even though the ex-Kansans
are loyal Puebloans, lies close to the
hearts of so many of the city's popu-
lation.
Manager Selee has been approached
by representatives of the Topeka club
and he has consented to set aside
portion of the grand stand so that the
club members may all sit together
where their efforts to encourage the
Kansans may be more noteworthy,
and it may be expected that whenever
Topeka appears at Selee park the
grand stand will be filed to capacity
The game tomorrow will be called
at $3.50. The general admission will
be twenty-five cents with an additional
twenty-five for grandstand.
Jay Andrews Hutchinson Salt
Packers are playing Jimmy Burke's
team at Kansas City this afternoon.
The bat which Jack Henry used
when he sent the Spalding over the
Union Pacific right of way yesterday
at st. Marys was recently turned out
of an old hack tongue which had been
in service in Topeka for nineteen
ho according