The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-22

Hutchinson at Webb City
Jack O'Conner, the scout of the ST.
Louis Browns, was to have been here
today to watch Hagerman work How
| ever, he won't be here as Umpire Set
| ley, who Is a warm personal friend of
OConner, as soon as the Hagerman
deal with Chicago was consummated,
| wired O'Conner not to come.
Jack Holland, manager of the
Wichita team stated to the Wichita
Beacon, before coming to Topeka that
the hopes of the Jobbers at the pres
ent time conferred in the Topeka Sc
ries.
Umpire Setley. late last night re-
ceived a wire from Frank j. Farrell,
president of the New York American
league team, asking him to get a price
on Pitcher Hagerman of the Topeka
ley could do was to wire, Nothing
doing"
Jack Holland is not discouraged
| over the recent reverses of the job
bers. I'VE are after another out
| fielder and if we can land him we will
make a couple of changes in our line
up, and then we will have the team
that Cooley will have to beat to win
/ the pennant. Oklahoma City will
!, strike the toboggan as soSn as they
get on the road" this is Hollands
view of the situation.
| Hutchinson is to secure Third Base
man Fleming, who played with the
| Joplin team last season. Fleming
went to Hutchinson along with Persch
and Westcott on the trade for Eddie
| Noyes He was later sold to the Dan
Vile, Ill, team, and has been re-pur-
chased. And the Salters need him too.
| Eddie Brennan will be back with
| the Topeka team in a day or two. 1t
is reported that Gus Alberts has had
a falling out at Bartlesville and that
he too will be back. Pitcher Thoma-
son will not report for a couple of
| weeks yet
| Eddie McLear, who has been out of
| the game with a wrenched ankle for
| two weeks, will rejoin the salt rack
ers next week and he ought to help
\ the team along for he is a better out
| fielder and sticker than Butch Freese,
who has been taking his place.
| Eddie McDill who helped Topeka
out at one time is now playing with
the Muskogee team in the OK league.
| In a recent game he made so many err
| rors that the fans got after him and
he walked off the field, mad. All the
| entreaties of the manager couldn't
get him to go back into the game with
the fans knocking on him.
Dick Kaufman got into the game at
Kansas City last Thursday. He went
1 in during the end of the game which
was already lost to Kansas City and
he held the Kansas City team helpless.
Kaufman will make a good man for
the Night Riders next season.
| The Joplin Globe has signed anoth-
/ er pitcher for the Miners. This time
it was Chanault, who tried out with
| the Indianapolis team last spring and
| was then turned over to the Norfolk
team in the Virginia State League. But
| being signed and having them report
| is quite different.
| Jack Bunton who was reported as
having signed with the Joplin team is
pitching independent ball around
| Atchison pitching for the wonderful
| Atchison semi-professional team.
Speer famed Abbott three times
Yesterday. Speer is one pitcher in the
| league who has it on Abbott. Twice
during the game Abbott famed bat
ting righthanded as is his wont
| he turned to the other side of the
plate, but Jared no better. 1t is an
other of those numerous cases where
a pitcher has it on certain batter.
Nagel, the new shortstop of the
Cooleysox, looked good yesterday in
the practice as he pulled off a few
stunts from shortfield. He is fast on
| his feet, covers a lot of ground, and
shows a pretty good arm. Dick is
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