The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-19

gagged in professional baseball, has
probably quit baseball for good He
played last season with jackson, Miss.
IN states league town this spring
H. name was added to the list OF
those suspended.
The Oklahoma City Nets are bank
ing on their pitching staff for most of
their victories this season. Ralph Glib
son has reported and is showing UP
WELL He did not play last season on
account of injuries, but the season be-
fore he played with the Kansas City
Blues and was considered a good
pitcher: Manager Mcfarland will
probably be the best twirler in the
bunch. Besides Gibson and McFar-
land there is Peg Bemis of last season
who is good pitcher. Lou Woods is
still suffering somewhat from his re-
cent dislocation of the collarbone but
is showing up well despite this handi-
cap and If the weather gets warmer
and gets some of the kinks out of HIS
arm before the opening of the season.
Oklahoma City will be able to start out
twirlers. t-
Since going to Louisville Cooley has
negotiated a trade with Kansas City.
Dan Kerwin, the outf1eIder Of the col
onels. who has had trouble coming to
terms, was traded to Jimmy Burke for
Lou Dillon, catcher, and Bull Durham.
the pitcher, both of whom were seen
In action in the spring games in To-
peka.
Kansas City has released Harry
Cassidy, the right fielder. who played
here in Topeka last week. Cassidv is
good fielder and a fair hitter hut
he is about as lively on the bases as a
wet o1shrag. Hence, the canning op-
GRAFTON. He will probably be given a
ticket and told to go to Denver.
The new score card which is now
being prepared is one of the best ef-
forts In that line ever produced in a
minor league. There is separate
page for each ball player on which he
Will have his picture. There is also n
place for the lineup of the home and
visiting teams and several other feat
ures will be prominent.
Tom Mcnamara, the umpire who
worked in Topeka at the beginning of
!asI season, mas signed up with the
Pom league for this season. Mac Is
a good umpire and ought to give a
good account of himself this summer
Roy Chambers and o. NJ. selby are
two new players who have come 70
terms with Joplin.
The Louisville Times of last We'd
nesday has group picture of the Col
onels with Captain Cooley occupvinp.
a prominent place and Spot, his little
fox terrier. is held nthe arms Of Ont
fielder Woodruff and is the mascot Of
the team.
There are apt to be some changes in
the line up of the Oklahoma CITY Nets
within short time unless some OF the
men now on the team make a better
showing than they have. Lotion Is di1-
appointing the fans by his poor work
and Starkey is not coming I'M 10 az
pectations. There will soon be some
canning done If things do not show
Mig Perrine must be winning a home
IN washington. according to the fol-
John Glover Perrine is quite a choice
handle to hang on so little a bunch Of
humanity, but, perhaps quality and NOT
quantlty was taken into consideration
better known, has won himself a warm
spot with the fans. The aggressive
little chap has not been fielding nm TO
ms standard, but he has been clouting
the ball most beautifully. In yester-
days game he batted one thousand.
and on his two previous Appearances
he swatted five hundred. The strange
feature about Perrine's hitting is fHa
fact that he has in all former years
been pronounced left field hitter but
since opening here with the Nationals
he has driven but one ball into center,
and all the others into right All
last season he did not hit ten balls into
right field. This the little fellow be-
iieves indicates that he is not yet in
his stride. when 1 hit to right I
know that am not acting natural at
the plate. but I will be pulling them
again before long" remarked j.
Glover. So long as he hits as he has
been it makes little difference whether
1T is to right or left that the ball goes.
"Nig's" three hits yesterday were
clean cut. His three Dagger came very
near being caught by Williams 1t
struck his glove and bounded out, and
then rolled to the bleachers allowing
Mig" to reach third. All of his
drives were timely. He was up four
times, and was hit by the pitcher on
the occasion that he did not hit safely.