The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-26

Observation-Disclosures
off his delivery. He walked one and
struck out nine.
Clyde Milan played in a game with
Washington few days ago which
would indicate that he is not to Join the
Kansas City team for awhile. He play
ed in the second game of a double head
er and is credited with double and a
triple out OF four times up. He had no
chances in the outf1eld.
Umpire Shuster who worked here dur
ing the last two games of the Hutchin-
son series is slated for the big leagues.
He recently received letter from Presi-
dent Pulliam of the National league
which states that he will be given a,
chance as soon as there is an opening.
This position pays four hundred dollars
a year and is about three times as much
as he could get in this league. He is
simply waiting for his chance. He has
had four years of experience in the UNI
piring business and knows the details OF
his job pretty thoroughly. fi.
Mike Erwin left Saturday for Detroit
where he will spend the rest of the sea-
son. Mike is one of the most popular
players that ever worked in the West
ern association despite his short term of
service here. His future will be watch
ed by all the fans in Topeka who are
American league.
Seattle Times: The Yankees are try
ing to secure the release of Bell, CEN
ter fielder of the Butte, Mont. team
Bell is we'll up In his batting and it
was only yesterday that he got eight
clean hits out of nine times to bat
Among the lot were two home runs. In
the last seven games Bell took part In
he. has a record of II bingles. Bell is
also very fast in the field and gets ev-
erything that comes out his way and
takes many chances. The player men
toned in the above dispatch is really
Baerwald who played In the outfield for
Joplin last season. He led the Western
associa ton in base stealing, having So
thefts to his credit. Bayless was next TO
him with 55 stolen bases Baerwald re-
fused; to play with Joplin. He Mayed
with, Butte, Mont. for seyeraT weeks
under the name of Bell before he was
discovered. by the Joplin management.
He was finally purchased by Butte for
5000, but has used the name Bell since.
Umpire Podges Alloway is working
in the series at Hutchinson. UNI
pire Shuster, who made such a favor
able showing in the series just passed.
has been sent to Springfield.
Jay Andrews said last night: 1.-THE
great work OF, Runkle at third beat US
out of Sundays game"
wichita Beacon Four more of the
Jobbers. Gus Hetling, Buck Weaver,
Frank Dick and George Speer have
been sold to a major league club.
These four players have been pur-
chased by Charles Comiskey- of the.
Chicago. White Sox. They will report
to Manager Jones of the Chicago team
next spring and will accompany that
nine on the spring training trip to
Yucatan. where Comiskey has prom
Used to take his players The deal
with the Chicago management was
closed several days ago but it has been
kept under cover until today. Tho
fans have been prepared to lose these
players as it has been known for
month or more that Memphis and
New Orleans in the Southern league,
Omaha in the Western league ana
Kansas City in the American asso-
citation were after them. The play
ers were sold to prevent these clubs
from drafting them at a small price
when they could be sold for more
money. Another reason for selling
them before the drafting season opens,
which it does tomorrow, is that Wich-
ita Will have chance to get the.
not make good and If the local club
gets into the Western league, which
1t is probable it will do. Weaver,
Hetling, Dick and Speer have played
tire season. They are ambitious and
even If they fail to make good next
year will be found in the major
leagues after a few years seasoning.
Local fans will be pleased to hear
that these players are to join Milan,
Becker and Young in the major
leagues although they do not relish
the idea of losing them from the local
team However 1t IS unjust to a
player to hold him in a minor league
when he has a chance to go higher
Wichita fans are pretty well educated
in baseball affairs and will see the
in Justice Of holding players here.
Sizemore, the. pitcher who worked
a gainst Topeka in Saturdays game,
is the pitcher who pitched one game
gainst Topeka last season at okla
homa City. The game went eleven
innings before a. score was made and
then Topeka ran. in four on errors.
Most of the runs were made on a bad
throw to first. Forester opposed him
and allowed but two hits IN the eleven
innings. Sizemore this year pitched
for Fort Smith and was there when
Arnold, Risley, Siekmeyer and Law
er, all of whom now hold western
association games, played there. -.,
The sale of the four Wichita play
srs, Weaver, Hetling Dick and Speer,
s thought to be merely a move to
over up the players SO that they
IAN be secured for Wichita next sea-
ION andlto prevent their being drafted
BY major league teams this season. It
ooks very much as though that
we're said to be purchased by Chi
,ago, when Frank Isbell, who has
purchased the Wichita team for next
season, Is a prominent member of the
White Sox and a friend of Comiskey.