The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-24
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IN OUCClp
x,AsA The Washburn team
has been engaged for a
game Thursday after
noon. This will give
the White Sox a full schedule until
next Monday. Washington PLAYS this
afternoon and tomorrow: Washburn,
Thursday: Chicago White Sox. Friday:
Denver. Saturday, Sunday and Monday'
The game for Monday has Just been
secured.
Pearl Holycross. the Indian outfield-
was signed by Cooley was not acting
IN good faith as he belonged to the
south Bend team in the Central League
and was In no position to sign with
lopeka' although he represented him
SELF to be. Cooley does not like his
style of misrepresenting things and af-
ter conference with the Indian in
Kansas City Saturday he decided that
ne was not the kind Of a man he was
after.
4 am perfectly well satisfied with the
showing my team made yesterday"
said Dick Cooley this morning. "It is
too early yet to expect much of the
players and especially the pitchers. I
think whole lot more of a pitcher
who will go in there and is willing to
take a little drubbing sooner than to
work hard and run a chance of in1ur-
ing his arm at this time Of the year. I
think that Jarrott will be the best
right handler in the league by the time
the season opens"
Nothing has as yet been heard from
Roy Arnold and it is not known when
the ladies favorite" will drift into
town. Arnold is expected in most any
time and judging from his work at the
close Of last season he ought to make
winner for Cooley this season.
One player who seems to have made
good with the fans already is Funk,
the little shortstop. He handles him
self well in the field and has taken in
several chances during the past two
days which were especially hard ones
to handle and he is not marked with
an error as yet. In each game in
which he has played he has secured
hit too. He will be given a good chance
in Ragans absence.
Jack Henry leaves tonight for Sioux
City. Jack played with Oklahoma City
last season and was drafted during the
winter by Sioux City. Jack has been
discouraged for the past couple of sea-
sons by his inability to rise higher on
the baseball ladder and now that he
has a chance to do better, his many
admirers at the different burgs in the
association are looking for another ad-
vancement for him in a short time.
Spec Hurlburt umpired yesterdays
game and showed up better as an UNI
pire than he does as q player. He an
nounced all his decisions in a voice
which was distinctly audible at all
times and his decisions were for the
did not have any close decisions as
he might have had, had the game been
closer than it was.
DR. Walter Pollard is expected in to-
day some time and will be given
transportation which was sent several
days ago failed to reach him.
Art Fury, the Miltonvale pitcher,
local uniform this season-if he can
make good. He is a big fellow and
looks the part Of good twirler.
Goiens and Haney, two infielders who
have been working out with the locals
were cast adrift by the management
yesterday. Both men came here on
their own expense but lacked class and
were not wanted. Haney came here
on his representation that he could play
any poeSion but he didn't seem to be
able to do much in any place.
Charles Farrell, the Galveston out
fielder, who has been working out with
the White Sox, has secured his release
from Galveston and is free to sign any
Mace. Farrell is said to be a good out
fielder but he did not like the Calves
ton climate and refused to play there
any more. He may be given a tryout
by Cooley.
Peggy Robbins. the secretary OF
the local team, is working on the score
| cards for the season. He expects to
have them printed and ready for dis
| tribution sometime this week. The
management is running this proposition
| this season and aims to give every pat
| ron of the game a card.
| Affy Wilson, the fast outhelder IS
holding out on the Wichita team. Affy
PLAYED with Hutchinson last season but
| belonged to Wichita This season he
refuses to come to terms for some rea-
son or other.
| Meinke, the little shortstop who play
| ed in yesterdays game with the wash
| ineton team was secured by Cantillon
of the washington team from Jimmy
| Callahan's Chicago team. Meinke Sc
cured a double and triple yesterday.
| One of the Washington players in
sneaking of Clyde Milan yesterday said:
milan looks to me to be the most
| o.