The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-31
Cooley Secures the Services of
the SOuthpaw Twirler.
Will Be Member of TOpeka's
Squad Next Season.
OLD TIMER BUT GOOD.
Denver Wants a Manager Who
Is Scrappy.
Western League Meetings to Be
Held in February.

The Hon. Peewee" Jones. who is
named Burt in the family Bible, the
celebrated southpaw pitcher. who was
a member of the Topeka Feam during
the season of 1897 has accepted terms
and will be member of COoley's fir
ing line squad during the season o.
1909. This will be good news to the To-
peka fans with whom Jones was always
a favorite.
Jones ought to make a good man for
Cooley next season. During the year
he worked here Jones started out with
a great record. He won nearly every
game he pitched until in midseason
when he had a falling out with Herman
Crow who was then managing the team,
while Cooley was holding down ms
Louisville job. Jones was a real artist
in the profession and consequently a
high priced man. Crow tried to cut ms
salary while he was on the road. Jones
refused and in an alteration Crow
landed on Jones' solar plexus. Jones
didn't try much after that and gave
up almost entirely when a little later
in the season. while at home as re-
suit of accident, he refused to take
A reduction of two weeks wages Wheu
he wasn't able to play.
Earlier in the season he won home
with the Topeka fans by winning three
games from Wichita. the champions. IN
less than a week. When going right
Burt is a hard man II beat He has
curves a mile wide and has good speed
for a veteran.
Jones has had a long career in the
box He pitched for the Milwaukee
team in the old Western League II
years ago Later he went to the big
leagues where he stayed for a few
years He pitched for Cleveland and St
Louis. and had quite a reputation He
drifted back to the minors four years
ago and went to the Lincoln. Neo.,
team which was owned by his old
friend. Ducky Holmes. now manager Of
In 10 n
son before he came to Topeka, he broke
his arm. early in the season, but the
limb mended and he went back into
the game and won a majority of his
efforts for that season.
Jones is not only a good pitcher but
he is timely batter and his long dis
lance drives had telling effect on his
list of victories for 1907. He now lives
in Golden. Col, where he owns fruit
farm Last season he laid off, but like
an old participants in the game he can't
resist the call of the diamond
Dummy Taylor. who is spending a
few weeks in Topeka, underwent an OPP
Grafton Wednesday morning. A gland
in his right shoulder had become swol-
len and infiamed and gave him consid-
cradle trouble towards the close of the
season The arm was cut and the
gland was lanced. This ought to help
his arm and put him in good condition
for 1909. Dummy heard a Tumor last
night that he was traded to the ST.
Louis Cardinals but doesn't think the in
formation is correct. Taylor has been
with New York for eight years.
The Denver team wants a manager
and wants one bad. Irwin, who was |
in charge of the team last season, is |
apparently out of it. President |
Burke wants a scrapper, not the kind |
that is always instigating trouble, but |
the kind that will stand for the team |
at all times and try to get a square |
deal. He was after Jack Ryan the /
scrappy manager of the Buffalo team,
but Ryan is tied down and can't get |
away. although Denver offered him /
better wages. 1t now looks as
though the managerial toga would |
devolve upon Lave Cross, who played |
with the Philadelphia and other big
league team for years. Cross was
here with Washington last spring.
He dropped out of the big leagues
and went to New Orleans where he
made a good record.
Wichita is after a new name. Ever
since the town has been in profess
sional baseball her team has been
known as the Jobbers. But as
Omaha is a bigger jobbing center than
Wichita ever dreamed of being, the |