The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21
COOLEY SELLS 4.
Topeka Magnate Contracts for
Disposal Of Players.
List Includes Olson, Selby, Ha-
german and Landreth.
ONLY ONE GOES NOW.
Rest Will Wait the Close OF
Season.
Rumors of Fancy Price for the
Long Twirler.

Four of the Topeka players were sold
last night by Dick Cooley P1tcner
z. z. Hagerman goes to the chicago
Nationals for a sum considerably over
$4,000. while Pitcher o. M. Selby, Sec
ond Baseman Emory Olson, and Out
fielder George Landreth go to the Lou
isviIle American Association team, eacn
of the latter three bringing In TO the
Cooley treasury the sum OF $l,VOo. Inc
sale of the trio to Louisville was con-
animated by Dick Cooley In Kansas
city last night, the Topeka manager
making a flying trip to Kansas CITY 10
make the deal with Proprietor George
Teheau and General Manager ChlV-
ington of the Louisville team.
The sale of Hagerman to the Chicago
National league team for fancy price
gives the Topeka magnate a neat sum-
Ixhich was acquired just as easy as
finding II. Hagerman last spring was
an unknown Oakland lad. during one
of the clustering spring days inon.I
or two before the season opened ne
anneared at the local park Tor try
~ The next day he came out in a
suit and the way he fooled Cooley with
his delivery was enough to cause Cool,
ev TO hurry a contract to the youtnIui
pitcher. .ho,-,
This season Hagerman has SHOWN
more than any other pitcher IN lhe cIi :
cr,it. He hasn't won as many games
as some of them but he Is geneIdI!y
recognized as the premier OF risnt
handlers. His only weakness is the Iacl
that he is not an expert wnen IL codhes
to fielding his position but under the
+r+eIapa of such men as Manager
Chance Of the Chicago Nationals, tne
nov is bound to improve. he may not
make good the first year, but II won :
take long until he will be recosnlzeu
among the big league talent as one VI
the best xsr;oa
Cooley wouldn't state the exact price
raceived for Hagerman, but In his cnar.
aoteristic way, he saidi You can lel,
the people that the price l received
for Hagerman would BUY the e Wan
Ionlin team, including Cobb ana wan
ner ana would pay a good price for the
Joplin franchise in addition II is tne
biggest price ever paid for western
Association player"
The other players who have oeen SOLO
NV Cooley will undoubtedly make gooo
in the American Association as every
one of them is star In TINS circuit.
Selhv was with a tail end team all last
season and started out with the EMO
aggregation this season. since 1oln-
ing the Topeka team. Selby has ios'
hrf three or four games and has been
hit hard but once. He will easily land
q berth with the Louisville team. In
addition to being a good pitcher SelDy
is a good man with the stick ana can
play any outfield position as well as
perform with credit at first base.
Emory Olson will undoubtedly make
good this year. He went to Louisvllle
last season but wasn't given hall a
chance Jimmy Burke, Larry Qulnlan
Mig Perrine and others who were try
fng for infield positions were afraid to
let Olson on the diamond, for fear tney
would lose their position. olson is a
better infielder than any man on the
Louisville infield today. Next season
he will likely get the scalp OF MIG
rine who at one time graduated into
+ha big leagues Mig is deterioratlng
IF late and isn't the player he once
with big Cy Landreth it is more of a
mathematical proposition. Cy can my
but he isn't much OF nelder, at leass
not a finished outfielder. He has gone
10 toin the Night Riders, and may gel
chance this afternoon in Kansas
CITY. If he gets good start ne Will
probably make good. If he doesn't ne
will have to come back to the western
A for Sir Richard Cooley himself
he feels like a millionaire today. he
has sold four of his players Tor enougr
10 buy any team in this circuit, put ne
Is going after material for next season
and going hard. 1t Is not knowI
whether Cooley will sell any more
nlayers this season or not. He has re-
ceived four offers for Red Davis, pu
has declined all of them Jack oCon
ner the scout of the St. Louis Browns
viii be in Topeka tomorrow and there
are several of the locals who migh
look good to him. Several scouts ar
casting longing glances in the direction
of one Elijah Wooley and the little out
fielder may graduate this ran.
shortstop Nagel of the Bartlesvill
team reported this morning and ]
worlxing out in a local uniform thi
afternoon. He is said to be a yer!
r,romising infielder.