The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-04

or his position. Landreth is a good
sticker and will be retained on the
team just to hit in the ninth inning
pinches if necessary. big Cy is
worth his salary every month just as
a drawing card" says Cooley.
Mig Perrine has been dropped to
third in the batting order of the
Louisville team. Mig always starts
the season at the top and then
Last season he started at the top for
Washington and then dropped to
near the bottom on the Minneapolis
team. Too much money left to him
at one time has forever blighted
Nig's chances of staying in the big
leagues.
Willetts. after a year of bench
warming. is pitching an occasional
game for Detroit. He is said to have
better control than he did year ago.
He worked in livery stable three
years ago. He dresses like a sport
since he has reached the big leagues.
Carl Lewis who caught for
Hutchinson last season and was with
Oklahoma City two years ago has
been playing with the Oakland team
| in the Pacific Coast league. Lewis
still belongs to Hutchinson however.
Dummy Laughlin who used to play
in the Western association with
Wichita and Leavenworth, is now
| playing with the Tulsa team in the
o. A K. league Dummy was a pretty
good player but was not fast enough
for this circuit
George Graves, the former Topeka
| outfielder. has had considerable
trouble trying to find out to whom he
belongs, but he has finally been
awarded to the Bartlesville team by
| the national commission. Too bad,
George could not have been in To-
peka when the Boosters were here as
he is pretty popular with the local
fans.
| The Western association has GER
| tainly sent its share of players to the
big leagues. This shows that the
class in this league is much higher
than that of another class c organiza-
| ton. Among those who have ad-
vanced to faster company are: Clyde
Milan, with Washington, Beals,
| Becker Cy Young, Warren Gill. Lei
| field, with Pittsburg, Harry willets,
Jerry Downs and John Schmidt, with
| Detroit, Blame Durbin and Ed Reul-
bach, Chicago Cubs, Buck Weaver,
Chicago White Sox, Mig Perrine, for
merly with Washington and now in
\ Inc <AIueIlCdn dSSOCldC1On, Chester
Brandon, with Kansas City, Jimmie
Erick, with Toronto, Baerwa1d, with
| the New York Americans, Kane. with
| Cincinnati. baltimore with Cincinnati,
Pokorney with Toledo in the Aneri-
can association, Welday and Schipke,
! released to the A. A. recently by Chi
cago and Washington
4 Charles Mcfarland with Oklahoma
| City last season, has just signed a
| contract to pitch for Washington this
season and will report for duty about
| the first of the month.
\ When Joe Roe, now of Shawnee,
| organized the Sedalia team in the
| Missouri Valley league, the Sedalia
franchise, now being held by
/ Hutchinson. he signed a pitcher un-
der the name of Ed Lawson.
i Lawson led the league pitchers
with his brilliant work and a couple
OF seasons later representatives visited
Sedalia and other towns for material
for the big leagues. A scout for the
Chicago Nationals discovered that
Lawson was none other than Ed
Reulbach and that he was PLAYING
under an assumed name because OF
the fact that he was an outlaw ball
II player. His release was purchased
for $500 and today President MUIR
ply would not take $4,000 for the
great twirlAr