The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-29


non. POLLARD and possibly Halla.
Elrst base-Cooley.
second Baseball or Olson.
Shortstop-Ragan.
Ihlrd base-Boles or Kahl.
Outnelders-Wooley, Landreth posi-
bly, Davis, and one other now on the
string.
The above lineup represents the
status of the 1908 Topeka White Sox
team at the present time. There will
probably be several changes as Cooley
still has couple of good trades on
which are liable to be consummated at
any time.
nave been working hard towards
getting good team since 1 purchased
Crows interest in the team said
Manager Dick Cooley this morning in
taking OF the prospects of next sea-
son. L feel that have a nucleus for
good strong team and with a couple
OF trades which I now have on I think
that the team will be completed
1 saw Brennan work a little bit last
fall. He looked very promising to me
and L think that with a little coach
Ing he will develop into a star before
the end of the season. Boles is a good
enough catcher for any team and if
Brennan does not show up strong
enough behind the bat we can use
Boles. However, I would like to use
Walter on third. He is a good all
around player and I think that he
is fast on his feet and sure on a
ground ball, and has a good arm.
think that one of the biggest mistakes
OF the past season was when Crow let
Boles go.
Our pitchers would be complete If
we could get Halla back. He has sign
ed up with Louisville and has until
May to make good. If he is not fast
enough for Louisville by that time he
will come back to Topeka. If he
makes good, I will get the money for
him which will be a great deal more
than the drafting price. I look for
Arnold to be one of the best pitchers
in the league next season. He is young
and has a world of speed, good con-
troll, good headwork and all that is
lacking In a little experience and lit
tie coaching. Red Craig will also
prove a good man. Jones will pitch
bad health all last season and he
writes that he is improving and will
be In fine form next season. The other
pitchers will have to be tried out be-
fore we can tell much about them"
Cooley himself will play first all sea-
son. He is going to play a good game
too He is planning to start playing
handball at the T. A. A. in a few days
and before the practice opens will
spend a few days at Excelsior Springs
getting into shape.
Olson is sold to Louisville under the
same conditions as HaIla. If he comes
back to Topeka he will of course have
his old position at second and Bob
Kahl who was secured in the trade for
Abbott will be shifted to third or else
used in a trade of some sort. Raglan
will play short. AT the present time it
looks as though Kahl or Boles would
of ha
For the outf1eld Wooley and Landreth
are the only ones yet in sight. Both
these men will be back as will also
Davis in case he fails to make good
at Louisville. Cooley says he needs an
other corking good outf1elder and he
has his eyes on one with whom he is
trying to make some sort of a deal.
Il think that We will be in the race
from the start to the finish" said
Cooley, land in saying this 1 am not
afraid to say that we will be right al
the top all season. Wichita or none of
them being barred
BY the time the Western associa-
ton baseball season opens next May,
Dick Cooley will have paid out $4,000
on the 1908 team. This sum does not
include the amount which he paid
Crow for the one-half interest in the
team but represents alone the money
which will be spent in gathering the
material for the team of the coming
season and for working the men out
SO that the team will be ready to start
the season with the best bunch in the
association One lonely thousand
will be spent in getting the |
men together. This amount includes
transportation to the players who live
in various parts of the country. Many |
have already written and asked for |
advance money and there is no way
in which to avoid paying this. At
iS NOl1PctAd q
spring practice work commences. |
This will continue for upwards of /
thirty days and during all this time |
every man who is trying for a place |
on the team will have to have his /
living expenses paid by the local |
management. This will cost Cooley |
one dollar day for each player, !
which will make an expense of about |
seven hundred dollars for this pur- |
pose alone. Three hundred dollars ,
provements on the grounds. Three /
hundred more will be spent for equip !
ment. One hundred and fifty will be /
spent for incidental expenses. A
groundkeepers salary for a whole /
month will have to be paid before the
season starts. And all this has to be
done before anything comes in ex-
cept the receipts from exhibition
games which are rarely enough to
more than defray the expenses of the
game AFTER the season STARTS II Will
cost about $50 a day to pay the sal
aries of the local players. Three hum
dred dollars guarantee has to be paid /
to Shively. The association gets $40 I
for every game which amounts to
800 for the season. This and trans
portation mean a big outlay after the
season is on and all there is to de-
fray this is dependant upon the pat
ronage of the people
According to Dick Cooley, the ST.
500 salary limit provided by the
league will be observed. At the re- /
cent meeting of the league in Kan +
sas City this matter was taken up and
rim gent r,aea s1,re.z 1zere adnnted rrn- II