The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

they fail to make good they will re-
Join the local team
The local diamond will be put in bet
ter condition before the beginning of
practice season. than it has ever been
before. During past season the rough
ness OF the outfield has made It almost
impossible to play good outfleld game.
Cooley has had steam roller working
on this part of the field since the recent
rains and now has this part of the park
as smooth as a skating rink.
A new scoring rule has been made
which will help the batter's averages
during the coming season. A long fly
knocked TO the outf1eld which if caught
allows runner TO score from third
will count as sacrifice and no time at
bat will De charged against the batter.
This of course would not count If two
men were out and the catching of the
fly would make the third out.
Manager Johnny B1llman of the Jop-
lin team has issued his lineup for the
season. Here it is; Pitchers-Moore,
Root, WEIGH. Maddox. Frickie. Becken-
baugh. Norris Lynch and Stinson.
Catchers-Noyes, Harmon. First base
Third base-OMalley Shortstop-Ol-
son. utfelders-Billman, Jacobson,
Sheldon and Roberts. This is pretty
nearly an entirely new aggregation,
only Root. WEIGH, Olson and Ffllman
being members of last seasons team.
could pitch If he would let booze alone.
Fflman made him sign a prohibition"
contract. He is an Indian.
Peck Harrington, one OF the old
standhys Of the Western Association
- -1sv
an Enid uniform during the coming
season. Manager KInme1l Of the Enid
team has secured Harrington's sigma
ture. Kimmell is working hard on his
team and is building new $4,000 park.
All of which would seem to dispe1 any
doubt about Enid being in the league
next season
The Oklahoma City team seems to
have taken on new life since the change
in the management. Thirty men are
now under contract, fifteen Of whom
additions are being made to the seating
capacity of the Nets park. The team
may yet be In the running for the first
division although conditions few
weeks ago seemed to have it consigned
to the cellar on account of the dormant
condition of the management.
The Wichita team has arranged a dne
schedule of ante-season dates. Games
will be played with the Chicago White
Sox, washington, Pittsburg and Kan
sas City. besides number of smaller
teams. The Wichita team has been ma
teriaIly strengthened by the securing Of
Hetling, the star third baseman of last
seasons team. Some of the recent addi-
tons to the Wichita team are as fol-
lows; Cermack, Packard, Clark. Nichols.
Patterson, Hawks. Hendrix. King and
St1nger.
Jay Andrews Is keeping busy out at
Hutchinson. During the past two weeks
he has added the signatures of the fol-
lowing players to his team. which will
give him the largest squad in the
Vigil 8. Kuntz, Earl Frye, Clarence
Baku1e, Joe Yeoman. G. A. Ross.
Larry Milton and Red Wright who
are running the Webb City team this
season are working hard getting new
team. They are also putting up new
park which will be known as the Trf-
City park as it will be midway between
three cities in southwestern Missouri,
one of which is Webb City. Charlie
Pease, Jack Roach Ned Dickens and
Harry Snyder are four new players
of his team in Joplin a few days ago
Milton said: I'VE are going to have
the best team this season which has
sver been seen in this part of Missouri.
We have good bunch already but we
still have q few irons in the fire which
will bring US some more first class
players"
The Altoona team in the Tri-State
League is trying to purchase Jack Root
from Joplin for $3.50. Fillman however,
wants $500 for his speedy twirler.