The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18


coin The Omahogs are up against it
Paul Davidson, who couldn't hit. was
| sent back to the Indianapolis team and
Danny is expected to fill his shoes
some time. King is in at short and
| Pendry Is holding down third. The
| status OF the club and its physical
| shape wasn't the best when Fox tool,
hard sailing for the rest of the season.
! Two new pitchers from the Kansas
| State league are expected to report to
| the Lincoln team while the Links are
| in Wichita.
The Lincoln papers insist that Cock
| man hasn't yet Joined the club, and
that the appearance Of his name in the
| box scores sent out from st. Joseph
| Sunday was q mistake.
Don Despair of the Lincoln club has
gone to Chicago to try and induce
| Harry White, the first baseman of the
Denver team of last season, to join thu
Links. He still belongs to Denver but
the necessary arrangements have been
made with the Grizzlies. White played
against the Topeka club in Colorado
Springs last week on the team which
"Bathhouse" John Coughlin, the fam
Gus Chicago alderman, gathered to-
gether to whip the Topecks. Whites
name on that occasion was BLACK -
strength to the tottering Links.
Sioux City Tribune: Manager Holmes
has secured the release of Pitcher VIII
son from Minneapolis. He put up the
cash for the twirler and a ticket was
sent to him today. Unless he is like
Eli Gates, who refused to report here.
he will be in a Sioux City uniform to-
morrow. Wilson is a winning pitcher
and has pitched swell ball for Mime
apolis all year, his average being near
~ as good as Oln1stead or Young Cyl
Young who goes to the White Sox next
Hughes and Otis Clymer from Wash
ington, gave Brother Mike a sur
plusage of twirlers and the dickering
"Ducky'' has had on a trade for Will
full ending today. At present the local
pitching staff includes Alderman, Cha
bek. From, johnson, Freeman. Cass,
Clark and Wilson-eight all told. Aid
erman will be given a long rest, to
which he is entitled for his pIucky
work in keeping the Champs up in the
race.
Bill Rourke has signed Pitcher Pat
ton of Great Bend, Kansas. Patton
was one of the best in the State league
but he will have to go some to make
good with Omaha.
E. w. Dickerson in the Denver News:
This lad WATSON is hardly getting j
square deal with the Grizzlies. In the
first place, his support is never what
seems to be given the other Denver
pitchers. and he is taken out any time
hit or two is made off his delivery.
Time and again regular members of
the team have been to blame for Was
sons poor success, either by misjudg- |
ing drives while he was pitching, or by
Sinking hard hits. If WATSON was lit |
as hard as Olmsted was several times !
during Fridays game he would have
been taken from the box in disgrace.
No player can. work with confidence
when he knows he will be yanked OUT
of the box any time a couple of hits are
made in succession off his delivery |
WATSON has pitched some very good |
ball for Denver. some fair, and some
bad ball. but this true of every man on !
the staff, even Olmsted. But the State |
university product has been in hard |
luck in that the team does not bat as |
strongly on days he works as at other ]
times, making about all of his games |
hard to win. Right now, even after hisl
several recent futile efforts to win, I
would rather have WATSON than half |
the pitchers in the league. Recently he |
was called on to pitch in four different
games inside a week, and went in and |
did his best. do not believe any mau
on the staff, even Olmsted, would have
done much better under the circum-
stances.
Louisville was after Pick Hunter and
Welcn of the Sioux City team but
Holmes wanted too much money for
the Louisvi11ians. No one can blame |
though for holding the men for
a high price. Holmes is in no need of
and can well afford to put d
prohibitive price on his men. Then be-
sides the magnates in the bigger show
will eventually come through with the
money for both WEIGH and Hunter are
good men. Hunter is especially good
man. He is one Of the best first base
men in the league and leads the league
n runs. besides being consistent
hitter.
It is doubtful whether Jimmy Free
man will get to play with the Sioux
oain this season. His work has not
been up to his usual standard and be-
sides he has been dissatisfied all sea-
son. For some reason or other Free
nan was never very popular with the
,ther members of the team.
Tommy Downie is playing third base
or the Tacoma team in the North
western league and is putting up a
rood game. That was Tommy's orig
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