The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-21
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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW.
Omaha at Topeka.
Des Moines at Wichita.
Lincoln at Denver.
Sioux City at Pueblo.


Des Moines at Wichita.
Lincoln at Denver.
Sioux City at Pueblo.
The Pokorny who figured in the trou-
Bile at Joplin last Thursday is not the
old Butch Pokorny who was such a ter
ror to the Western Association pitchers
last season, but is a younger brother,
who is playing first base for Webb
City.
Des Moines has sold Mertens to the
Keokuk team in the Central Associa-
ton. Mertens was secured from Mime
apolis via the usual Comiskey- Cantil-
lon route He was a swell hitter but
his fielding was very ragged. He needs
some seasoning in the outfield and then
he will be a valuable man for some
team in Glass A circuit.
It is evident that Lincoln picked I'D
another star pitcher in young Parson
Farthing who comes from the Nebras-
za Wesleyan university, Farthingn was
turned down by several OF the Kansas
league teams.
Des Moines has sold Pitcher McDon-
nell to the Fond du Lac team in the
Wisconsin State league. Des Moines
has sent a number of other players to
the same league, among them being
Herche, Nelson, O'Hare, RaedaI and
Chouinard.
Smith County Pioneer: Cy L.andreth
couldn't make good on the Louisville,
KY, ball team and is back at his old
job of blowing corn on the farm near
Marvin. Cy is a good sticker and fair
fielder but is short on head work In
a hard game he could not be depended
on to do his part. of the quick thinking.
There,s more money in raising corn
than in playing ball anyway.
Lincoln News: Red Maggie has asked
for and been granted vacation of ten
days or two weeks SO that he can go
to Excelsior Springs, Mo, to boil the
kinks out of his salary wing. Red has
pitched good ball for the Greenbackers,
but has lost the bulk of his games on
downright hard luck. All the while he
has had sore shoulder that refused to
yield to massage treatment and for fear
that his trouble may last the season
through. he has concluded to adopt he
role measures to get into pitching trim
Once in shape, the Greenbacker man
agement does not doubt that Nagle can
help the Green tribe in the winning of
lot of games before the season ends.
His recent three-hit game against the
Sioux City champions was a flash of
the form that he ought to show con-
sistently when he is in trim for steady .
service.
Pa Rourke doesn't think very much
of the Des Moines lineup; he says the
dangerous batsmen on Uncle Johns
payroll are all high ball hitters and
that a cute pitcher with good control
can beat them hands down And Pa
declares that Ducky Holmes sluggers
are mostly low ball hitters and that
the pitchers must feed Ducky's hired
men the high ones if they hope to
ged six out of eight games from Des'
Moines, but has split even in eight
with Ducky. Concerning his own club,
the Omaha magnate relates that the
pitchers that stand any chance to get
away with it against his aggregation
are the righthanders with a good. side
arm ball and a good southpaw. Any,
other kind are in for trimming Pa
has sassy team this-year and ne has
a world of confidence that his athletes
are to be in the battle for the bunting.
Wichita Beacon: Holland declares
that Clark is the best young pitcher
ir the Western League and also the
most unlucky. He has won three and
lost four games. Two of his defeats
at Wichita were deserved, while one,
that of Topeka, was due to the fact
that Anderson's low throw hit bat
Just as Weaver was taking it, and
two runs came in while the ball bound
ed to the backstop. He was shut out
at Sioux City, though ne pitched
great game. He has more than any
of them" is the way the big manager
puts it. land he'll make some of theA
look sick before the season is overN
None of the ball players can UNDER
stand why he loses, He has more than
any pitcher we have, but somehow 1t
doesn't seem to work right for him
He'll go yet. see if he doesn't -
Johnny Gonding of Omaha has pur-.
chased a new touring car, just the same
as Hans Wagner and D. @. Cooley have
done The Pueblo Star-Journal in COM
menting on this state of affairs and not
wishing to be left out In the cold saws
that Hogriever could have bought one
il he hadn't had to pay so many fines.
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