The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-29

| PRESIDENT klmmell, Enid: ENID
got off too late start, but We are go
| ing to have a team that will finish
| among the first four. We are bound
| to have good season financially and
| intend to have first class team in the
! field. By April 80 we will have our
] team in good shape for the season and
just watch it think that it will prove
| a surprise
Jack Mcconnell Oklahoma City:
This is my first season in the Western
ass ociation and I can not say just
| what Oklahoma City will do but our
team will be fighting with the leaders
| all the time. Our pitching staff is ex-
| ceedingly strong, and our infield and
| outfeld compare favorably with any in
the league. I can not see how we can
possibly be prevented from finishing
among the first four"
| Jack Holland Wichita: eve will
| repeat the race of 1907 and will again
win the Western association pennant.
Perhaps not so easily as last season,
but we will just the same. Our club
| is stronger than that of last season
| and we are well fortified in every de-
partment. I anticipate a close race.
but have little fear but that we will
| again top the league at the close of the
season."
Here is word picture of Manager
| Lawrence Milton of the Webb City
team. The picture comes from the Jop-
so that the fans at tomorrow's game
may know Mr.. Milton when they see
him: Milton bears the envious reputa-
| tion of being the most handsome
knight of the circuit Tall, olive COM
plexioned, brown Of hair and brown Of
hand. Lawrence Milton is, indeed. a
| pleasant specimen Of mankind upon
| which to gaze. His nose is regular as
the nasal organ Of Grecian god and
his eye is blue as the dome above.
I 49, 49, l.
/ manner and in voice. Lawrence Milton
promises to long retain his rep as the
! beau ebrummel in the league.
The Hutchinson fans would like to
| see Eddie Noyes back. Casey and Pet
tigrew are the only two of the original
bunch which were transferred to Salt
vile from St.-Joseph two seasons ago.
Noyes was always popular in Hutchin-
| son and the fans would like to see him
| there.
| The signing of Butch Froeze, the
former Omaha catcher. by DR.. Jay, left
| Lou Armstrong out on limb and the
| other day the limb broke. Armstrong
| is out of a job but he certainly is a
place. Army never went to Hutchin-
| son.
| Bandy is showing up better than any
| of the Oklahoma City pitchers and he
| will be given the honors Of pitching
the opening game. Bandy is the snlil-
| ing kid of the league and his smiles
disclose the lack of one incisor from
the premaxillary portion Of the upper
| jaw.
'The Oklahoma team claims that it
| has the best hitting and fielding out
| field in the league" says the Hutchin-
| son News, "but wait until the sport
writers of that city get their optics on
the Salt Packer outfield, and then
watch them turn green with envy"
| Turning green with envy wouldn't hold
| a candle to what the Hutchinson News
scribe will do when he really sees an
outfield of the Topeka variety.
| Nick Carter, the old Topeka pitcher
who played here in 1904 and 1905, is
now working in jewelry store in Sa-
| lima and is following his old trade. He
| Is mixing some in amateur circles in
that town. Nick has been married
since leaving Topeka.
The following are the line-ups of
| the eight Western association teams
! which will start tomorrow on the
long five months battle for the West
ern association pennant The season
will close September 22:
| TOPEKA.
Catchers-Brennan, Boles, BARLEY.
Pitchers-Pollard, Forester, Craig,
| Arnold, Hagerman.
| First base-Cooley, (Captain).
| Second base-Kahl
| Third base-Olson, Funk
Shortstop-Ragan.
utfielders-Wooley. Davis Land
| reth, Kennedy.
WICHITA.
Catcher-EvanS
| Pitchers-Dick, Speer, Scott, King,
| Clark, w. 1sbell. Packard
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