The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-09

] were under reserve when they secured
| the franchise.
| What is being done in regard to
| advancing the. Topeka franchise to
| the Western Leagu is unknown at
| present. THE question will undoubt-
| edly be taken up again though anoth-
| er tack will be taken in the methods
used to bring about the end. Just
sftion to say said Cooley in response
to query.
Cooley has as yet received no no.
tice of the annual meeting of the
Western association which it is under
stood will be called in Kansas City
some time within the next week or ten
days. Announcements purporting to
have come from Shively have been
made in different Western association
papers at different times but Cooley
yet. ut doesn't seem to make much
difference when they are called" said
Cooley. "Al1 the business is general
~ froned out by Shive1y beforehand
and all that is done at the meetings is
just little moving and seconding"
Several of the Topeka players are
wintering in Topeka. Red Davis
has a position as night yardmaster
at the Missouri Pacific where he per-
sonally superintends the switching of
all cars and the making of all the
freight trains which run out of To-
peka on that road. He has very
important position. Spencer Alb
bolt is working in the Smoke House
and has the supervision of all the bill
lard tables. He Is also becoming an
expert with the cue. Halla is work
ing for R. T. Kriepe and has charge
of the building and installing of fur
naces. Jack Henry formerly of the
Topeka team, but later of the OkIaho-
ma City team is wintering here Wal
ter Boles is attending Washburn law
school, playing left half on the foot
hal fna
mer with his law practice on the side.
Red Downs was expected to be in To-
peka to spend the winter, but ac-
cording to recent report he is in a
Detroit hospital with a case of blood
poisoning in one of his feet which is
not serious, but which he is anxious
to- rid himself before the opening of
another season. He will probably be
here later on.
The other members of the White
Sox are scattered far and wide. Eddie
Brennan the little catcher who made
good impression on the local fans dur
ing the latter part of the season is
wintering with his parents in st.
ing the alternating season on his
ranch just outside of Golden, Col. Roy
Arnold is working in a bank in SUI
pertor. Wis. Jack Bunton is working
is playing ball in Bisbee, Ariz. His
brother Sylvester Olson of the joplin
team. Olson of Webb City, Pettigrew
and F1eharty of Hutchinson and other
Western association players are win
tering at this point and playing Sat
urday and Sunday baseball. Raglan is
studying medicine in Kansas CITY and
Is playing little baseball. He PLAYED
on team last Sunday which was
captained by John King of the
worlds champions. Stevie got a hit
and drove in a run. Lew Runke1 is
wintering at his home in Indepen~
dence. Wis, where he is said to be
reading and practicing law besides
dabbling little in politics. wooIev is
working for his father at Newcastle
Pa, and writes that he will sure he
mere next spring. Siekmeyer is work
ing in grocery store at Waukon. Ia
George Hurlburt, who was connected
with the local team for a short time
last season Is now travelling sales
man for Kansas City wholesale Iio-
uor house and resides in Kansas City.
Garden City As, Syracuse o.
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