The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-09

vile team Landreth's jumping left
hole in the Louisville outfield and
Thomson will try to fill Cy's shoes.
He has 80 days in which to make good
and in the event that he does-which
is not at all improbable-Cooley will
receive a thousand dollars. Should he
fail to make good he will return to
Topeka where he Will be welcomed with
OutStretched arms.
Mig Perrine is on the market. Cooley
had a chance to get the ebony one. but
Mig has gone back SO much during the
past three or four years that he is no
longer an asset to a team.
Des Moines has sold Gilmartin to Pc
oria in the Three Eye League. Williams
will take his position at the second
sack today.
The Western League seems to have a
new umpire, or at least a new one
worked in Denver yesterday. He IS
wild Bilr' Everett, the third baseman
of the old Chicago team at the time
the peerless Arson was the leader. EV-
erett managed the Denver team at one
time.
Wichita Beacon: Six of Topeka's
seven runs were made after two men
were out. The first came in the ini-
tial round. Wooley was easy, but
Geier lifted a Texas Lacquer into right
that was good for sack. Kunkle foul
ed out, and then kicked himself out
of the game, out of the GROUNDS ana
out of pocket $40 worth, because back
in the dim and distant past umpire
Clark had called strike that he did
MT like. Guess Kunk1e didn't want to
play very badly anyway, but 1t was
big price, to pay for a days VACATION.
Then Fenlon hit to center. Pettlgrew
got under the ball but dropped 1t
~ g.
son popped out to Westerzfl. 1t
was really Butcher Boy Kerns who
ought to be decorated by Topeka ran
dom for that victory. He sW1ped one.
1t went so far that even the ground
keeper didn't take the trouble to run
it down. 1t sailed far over the cot.
tonwood jungle on the other side OF
the felt field fence, and Messrs- kahl
and Downie battered across the dead
line in front of the heavyweight pack-
stop. 1t wasn't nice or MT. kerns 70
act SO, but since we are hosts, we have
to put up with his foolishness That
makes twice he has taken advantage
of our desire to please MN. IL Is 10
be hoped that he Will be less ruoe
this afternoon, when all the falr 1ans
will be out en- masse. Ad. Bren-
mans curves weren't working just to
suit him yesterday. He had the Ola
control, but the ball wouldn't take the
twist. He hasn't been going r1ght Ior
a week or more, but Manager HoI-
land thought best to give him work
ont He might have won at that but
for some fancy fielding by one Thomas
Downie. late of Kansas City. DoWn1e
was all hands and legs yesterday. He
raced around the Topeka snort neld
like one possessed, and every time ne
stopped he came up with ball that
ought TO have been some place in the
outfield before he got in front OF 1t.
His fancy one-hand stop of Roberts's
singing grounder in the ninth, DOUBT
less saved the day for the Cooleysox'
for "Robby'' would have scored on
Middleton's two-sacker a minute Ia
ter. The stop drowned Wichita
hopes of winning, but it was so good
that Tommy got a great hand from
the grandstand.
Cuy Green is going after some new
players for his Lincoln team. The
Prohibs have got as high as seventh
place and there is now some encour-
agement. Green offered Minneapolis
cold thousand for Lee CULLEN, but the
offer was turned down. Quiilen was
brought into the game by the injury OF
Ollie Pickering. However, Lincoln has
been promised the first chance at ner
former star third baseman. In the
meantime Green is casting his lines in
other directions and it is reported that
he has a deal on now with one of the
Western league clubs which will secure
him a good third sacker in the place OF
Pritchett.
The addition of Clyde Williams to
the Des Moines infield ought to help
the Boosters considerably. Gllmartin
was generally recognized as the weak
sister on the infield. Williams is
pretty good hitter too. Cooligan is
fast man and With Williams at second
the infield will pull off more double
plays
Lincoln claims that Billy Fox. the
manager of the team, was not put out
of the game single time all last
season for kicking at the umpires
Johnny Fitzpatrick, who sulked over
ia transfer from Des Moines to Water
loo has evidently quit his sulking and
threats Of going into other lines of
business for he is playing second base
alongside of Vester Olson.
The Lincoln News suggests that
Eddie Zinram, recently released py
Denver, be given a job as manager OF
some western league team. Why not
Pueblo?
One reason for the poor service in
the matter of bulletins from western
league towns is the fact that the man
ayers Of some of the parks do not al
low telephone or telegraph wires to be
nIaced in the ground. This is true at
Denver, from which place it was re-
ported that Topeka made nine runs in
one inning. The reports are given to
the telephone companies, orally, and
the similarity between nine" and
"none'' is probably responsible for the
error.
The Denver papers are charging on
Manager Jones and claim that he is
not getting the best of results out OF
the material which he has. Denver is
here this afternoon and the fans can
pass Judgment on it for themselves
Johns, the Omaha pitcher. has gone
To his home in Dayton. Ohio. where
there is sickness in his family. This
leads Sandy Griswold to remark that
ball player. He may get the oppor-
tunity, too.