The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
Western
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TOMORROW.

ee.x 50 WHERE THEY PLAY
TOMORROW.
Topeka at Wichita.
Webb City at Hutchinson.
Enid at Joplin.
Oklahoma City at Springfield.
AS soon as Dick Cooley learned that
| Sioux City had won the pennant in the
Western League, he wired Ducky
! Holmes his congratulations and asked
| for some post season dates. Holmes
and Cooley are old friends and a series
between the two teams is likely.
| That the locals did not make more
errors during the Is innings is remark
able in view of the fact that the in
| fielders had to contend with a splitter
all through the game. And Eddie
| Brennan is deserving of special men,
ton for the manner in which he han
| died Roachs delivery. Eddie caught
| a perfect game and did not have a sin
| gle passed ball during the entire after
noon.
Tomorrow the Cooleysox will face the
| Jobbers on the Wichita battlefield. The
| Jobbers are a little ahead of the To-
| peka team in the different series be-
tween the two teams. But the job
bers will have to fight hard and an in
| teresting time is expected in the windy
| village.
The locals have been trotting extra
heats pretty frequently here of late but
| they had a harder time yesterday than
at any previous time this season. Larry
| Milton has tried to defeat Topeka in
| every series played this season and has
| yet to score a victory. He put up
| mighty game fight for Is innings.
| The locals were fielding some. Only
| one error in Is innings is a record that
| is seldom equalled.
| The Oklahoma City management has
promised a release to Outf1elder Arlo
| ScogginS. ScogginS wouldn't play for
what the Nets offered him and hence
remained out of the game for a season.
He is free to sign anywhere he wishes
/ for next season, and if he should dis
play his old form Arlo would make a
| mighty good man for some w. A. team.
The Daily Oklahoman thinks it queer
| that none of the Oklahoma City players
/ have thus far been sold or drafted to
| the big leagues. Particularly are they
| surprised that Bemis, Kelsey and Goes
| still remain Oklahoma City property.
| Neither of this trio has chance in
faster company. although all are val
liable players in this circuit.
| The Webb City team has signed Geo.
Dacanier, the southpaw finger of the
| independence o. K. league team. He
| is due to put in his appearance here.
Snapper Kennedy,sthe former Topeka
outfielder now with Enid, is back in
/ the game again after prolonged alb
| sence on account of a spiked foot. He
| bagged all the hits off Pitcher Dick
in the first game at Wichita Sunday.
Art Queisser is back with the Wichi-
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| Art will add ginger to the team, which
is badly needed. Outside of Butch
Freese and Jay Andrews he is as good
a drawing card as there is in the
| league.
korny, the Webb City outfielder and
| leading candidate for the highest bat
| ting honors of the Western Assocla-
! ton: In eleven consecutive games
which were recently played Pokorpy
| came to bat so times and bingled safely
| rs times. Four of these hits were home
runs. five were three baggers and six
| were two baggers. The total number of
bases represented by his hits was "a a
trifie more than two bases for each
| hit "Poko'' goes back to Toledo next
| season.
The capital stock of the Oklahoma
| City baseball team has been doubled,
! and the Moist regime now values the
| franchise at $4,000.
Another gentle reminder: Those who
\ have promised to pay certain amount
to the pennant fund are cordially invi-
ted to send their remittances to the
sporting editor of either paper. The
| amount should be turned over to the
| players upon their return from Hutch
| inson.