The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-30
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aah.4 WHERE THEY PLAY
| TOMORROW.
Webb City at Topeka.
Hutchinson at Wichita.
Enid at Oklahoma City
Springfield at Joplin
| Olson arrived last night and IL look
Ing finer than ever. The popular in
nelder has had a good workout this
spring with Jimmy Burke's crowd at
Louisville and would have made the
Colonel team had not Jimmy been
| scared to death Of his job. He IL anx-
ious for the season to start as he says
he Is tired Of the weary job Of bench
warming. Olson is a natural inf1eld-
| er and the fans look for him to do as
| well on third as he did at second last
season.
Here are a few odds and ends which
are printed for the ediflcation of tho
fair fans Of the city: Every Tuesday
| and every Friday during the season
will be known as Ladies' day. Admis-
sion to the park on these dates will
be absolutely free to ladies'. However,
grandstands- seats will command the
. usual prices from the ~, fair ones on
for isSs sts Contains six 'sam
Cooley, Kahl. Wooley. Boles. Davis
and Pollard. There are, however. some
handsome looking ones left.
| George Dalrymple, the veteran out
| fielder who played with the locals a
| short time last season and who is we'll
known In the Western Association.
has signed contract with the Nc
Keesport team in the p. o. M. league.
| Jack Menefee, who used to play with
Kansas City, is manager OF the Nc
i Keesport team.
| Jack Lowell, who formerly played
fulIback on Yost's team at Michigan
1 university, arrived in Topeka yester-
| day and is awaiting the arrival of
| Lowell is q handsome locker and plays
outfield and works behind the bat.
| Several members Of the local team
who have been in Topeka prac-
ticing for three or four weeks without
pay, sat up until after midnight last
night to watch their pay start.
Someone is said to have stolen
seven uniforms from the Midgets. II
is to be hoped that they are found
before the season opens as the seven
!, Midgets would be in a serious predica-
ment.
/ Warren Gill. the old Washburn
athlete who played brilliant nrs'
| for Oklanomd Clty -idSI yedI eAu e,ASn
went to the Pittsburg Pirates. has
been sent to Grand Rapids In the
Central league for further seasoning
He is q good first baseman and good
| hitter but Swacina beat him out fol
first Manager Fred Clarke still has
a string to him and will no doubt
avail himself OF 1t some day.
Talk about your "Mc's" The Met.
have three OF them on the staff
Pitcher McC1intock. Catcher Manager
Mcconnell, and Outfleldsr McCor-
mack.
Big Jack Barry who used to play
> | first base for Guthrie has returned
: to that town and is playing his Ole
position. The only difference Is ina
the Oklahoma capital has dropped
back into the Oklahoma State league
Manager Fillman has his troubles
at Joplin. Frank Newton the Dis
pitcher who deserted the CLUB aItel
having been secured from the Cleve
: land team, jumped because Presiden'
: Baker refused to let him have lit
; tie advance money to live on.
Harry Cheek is not with the Web
City team. The p1ucky little catcher
| has q case Of blood poisoning IN MI
foot
Wichita will have & half ho1day To-
day to enable every one to witness
the opening game. Baseball in Wien.
tia Is quite popular now and II wouie
have been much more SO last season
had not the Jobbers made such
runaway race. They won't do 1t this
season however.
Hutchinson opens in Enid weel
from tomorrow and big doings prom
q lac to be the rule in the new town
All the stores and every place OF bust
ness will close. DR.. Jay is wearfns
6. a smile already whenever he thinks
: of the legal tender which Will jingle
in his pockets after the game.
Eddie McDilI is up to his old tricks
: again. Before he had been released
: by Enid he had q bunch as to VIVA
4 was coming and in a game with Mus
koRee It Is charged, tipped on tn
: signals to the opposing players.
i Tod Porter has lost out with tn
q Enid Railroaders. When Parsol
. Frantz joined the Enid team he re
j seQuentty was placed on first. Thi
r i let Tod out and the old timer Ii agail
n forced into baseball oblivion as IA
as the Western association L. con
] cerned.
How Jack Halla looks to the sport
. ing writer's of Louisville, and to tn
4 fans in general is shown by the fol
e lowing excerpts from the. Louisvtll
r Courier Journal: The Millers' chic
: stumbling block was young Halla. tn
!, tall, left handed pitcher. who has wo
;. every game in which he has ofi1ciate
at the slab for the Louisville club .