The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-12
Cooley Is Working Hard on
This Years Team.
The Lineup Is Already Prac
tfcally Settled.
SIX PITCHERS SIGNED
Moore and Brennan to Do Back
stop Work.
Other Managers in Association
Are Also Making Plans.

The management Of the local base
ball team. composed OF Dick Cooley as
owner and manager, and b. p. Rob-
bins, as business manager, Is certainly
working hard to have everything in
smooth running order by the first Of the
season Both men are devoting all
their time to the details Of the work.
They have already issued season tick
cts and have placed a large number on
sale at various places throughout the
city.
New programmes for the games THU
season are now being arranged. These
programmes will be under the man
agement OF the local team this season
and Will not be given to the players as
formerly. Everything about the pro-
grammes will be new and Interesting.
New pictures will be printed Of all the
players and the new players in par
icular will be given prominent places.
These wiz be given away at the gate
and everyone who attends the game
Will be entitled to one. The pro-
grammes will be prepared for the ex-
hfbitton games during March and
April as well as the regular scheduled
games.
With but couple of additions the
lineup of the team for the coming sea-
son seems practically settled. Moore
and Brennan will do the catching;
Jones. Arnold. O'Bannon. Pollard,
Furie and Craig will do the pitching.
Cooley will play first base; Kahl Sec
ond; Raglan short and Runkel or Boles
seem at the present time to have the
contest for third base. A couple OF
deals arc now on which, however, may
change the plans for the inf1eId and
trying to keep within the salary limit
and as he Is on a committee for this
purpose, will insist that the other
clubs do the same -
Contracts were recently forwarded
TO the different players under reserve
and these have been nearly all return
ed with the players signatures.
The first game of the season will be
played March at. with the Chicago
Americans. Denver will follow with
hibition games will be arranged with
other big teams through the month Of
April. A trip through the Western
league territory will also be made.
Cooley is arranging to have exhibition
games in Topeka every day during
April except during the week the team
will play the Western league towns.
The season is expected to open April
80. although no definite action has
been taken along this line beyond
ules have been. prepared and will be
voted upon at the schedule meeting
of the league which will be held in
Kansas City, Saturday. February %.
One OF the schedules prepared by Mike
Finn of Little Rock gives the local
team a good schedule and Cooley and
Robbins will both attend the meeting
in the interests of the local team.
Owing to the poor schedule and the
team Of last season, Topeka dropped
in the league to fourth place in point
Of attendance. and the local manage
ment is making q grand effort to re-
gain Topeka's prestige.
Manager Cooley last night announced
that he had secured the signature of
Carl Moore, for the past two seasons
with the Portland team in the Pacific
Coast league. Moore is Kansas man
with a family and is at the present
time teaching school near st. John. His
school will not be out until April Is. at
which time he will report to the local
team. Moore did not want to return
to the coast on account of the climate
not agreeing with his wife's health.
Consequently Cooley secured him after
having lively competition with the
Hutchinson management. Moore has
exemplary habits and will be able to
get into shape within couple of weeks
Last season he ranked second among
the catchers in the Pacific Coast league,
having fielding average OF 1915 Tor the
season. His average for last season
shows up especially strong in the assist
column which would indicate good
wing in throwing to bases. Cooley Is
especially pleased with his new acquisi-
ton and the fans who have been con-
sidering the receiving end of the bat
terry rather weak will now have q
chance to ease their fears.
Elijah wooley, outfielder on last sea-
In TnrakQ Yesterday
afternoon, having come over from Leav-
enworth. and AFFIXED his signature to a
1908 contract. Wooley quit the team
last season, being called home on ac-
count of the serious Illness OF q brother
and later played ball at his nome IN
Newcastle, Pa. He has however re-
ceived a very nice salary for this season
and will stay here. II am well salts
fed" said wooley, land I think VIII
be able to play a good game this season
I am also in much better health tnan
ever before, having put on little flesh
this winter" And to emphasize this
statement the little southpaw tried 10
expand his chest to noticeable proper
lions.
A baseball fan Is naturally COM
PEELED to laugh when ne THINKS OF
Wichita: Wichita was the goooy goouy
that dearly loved the Western assoc1a-
ton and President Shively. Any town
that tried to advance further was q
traitor to organized baseball Thfs
year they have been advancing the
same style of fiction. They nave been
signing up players and telling in inter-
views of how they would capture an
other Western association rag. But
still the yellow could not be covered
eternally and gave vent in their re-
quest to the national commission that
a change be made in the rules of the
association whereby the Western
league could draft wichita And the
Western league did not even ask
Wichita. They asked Topeka wear
ago and the local team was turned
down only to be laughed at by Wichita.
Now who has the laugh?
The Oklahoma City team has been
reorganized during the past week. Part
of the stockholders becoming dissatis-