The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-26
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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW:
Des Moines at Topeka.
Omaha at Wichita.
Sioux City at Pueblo.
Lincoln at Denver

Des Moines at Topeka.
Omaha at Wichita.
Sioux City at Pueblo.
Lincoln at Denver.
If Topeka had only won yesterday we
would have been in the first division
this morning. tie with the Grizzlies
WithJohnnie Jones at the helm the
Links humbled the Grizzlies with the
small quota of three hits.
Lincoln's new shortsop, Washer. from
Fort Collins. will Join the team some
which Is expected OF him, then George
Hogriever will probably be looking for
another Job.
who is making good with the Cincin-
natl team, first broke into fame as an
amateur about four years ago when he
held the Sioux City Western leaguers
job on the Dubuque team on the
strength of his showing and has been
rising ever since.
AS a result of the victory of yester-
day and the defeat of the Sioux the
Des Moines team has increased it's lead
for the pennant. Both teams have an
other series to play on the road, and
then they both fight it out on their own
backgrounds. This is when the real
test will come. With yesterdays game
the Boosters have had an even break
on the road. while the Sioux did q lit
tie better, having fattened up at Wich-
ita- But the Boosters have done much
better than was expected thus far on
the road.
Sioux City Journal: Buck Free
man. who was suspended because he
failed to show up for the game at Riv-
erside park August Is, has been rein
stated on the Champions list and left
last evening for Denver and Pueblo
with Manager 'Ducky'' Holmes
Manager Holmes is well pleased with
the showing the Champions have been
making in Kansas, and expects them 10
keep up the good work in the noun
tains. His energies from now on will
in first place until the end of the sea-
son. He hopes to bring them home
with a more comfortable lead over Des
Moines than they can now boast of.
2 That man Spencer, who was sold to
the Indianapolis club, must be missed
very much at Pueblo, from the man
ner in which this McChesney has been
demeaning himself since he Joined the
lowIy Sunvi1le team His three doubles
Yesterday were very important factors
in winning the game against the Sioux
City team.
The Pueblo team must be the Sioux
City hoodoo. On the last trip the
Puebs took three out of four. including
both ends of a double header
Red Downs is doing some great work
at Minneapolis. Tuesday he won the
game by hitting home run which tel
the score against st. Paul and then
stealing home with the winning run i'll
the twelfth inning. Red belongs tol
Charles Comiskey. and it is almost a
cinch that he will make the training
trip with the team instead of staying fin
Topeka as he was forced to do last
spring.
GIena1vin is finding it pretty hard in
Wichita. When Glen was in Topeka
the last time he showed himself to be
one of the best officials in the circuit
He was little raw at times, but 1t is
almost a cinch that when he umpires
few more games in Wichita that he will
be liked.
If the letters which certain Western
league managers are receiving daily are
any indication there will be baseball
players to burn in the spring Every
brush league manager is writing glow
ing accounts of what his players can do
and IL the letters were taken at their
word there wouldn't be a ball player
left in the brush next spring. Cooley
received a letter a few days ago from
q Western association magnate ofrer- |
ing to sell every player on his club. and
he was sure that every player would
make good. They are all after the |
money though and can't be blamed. |
The sale of Doc Miller of the Pueblo |
club to Frisco was a great surprise to |
the fans all over the circuit. On ac-
count of his hitting it was confidently |
expected that he would go to the big
leagues. Miller, however, isn't as ac- |
complished as an outfielder as he is q |
batter. He was originally a pitcher, |
but his batting makes him too valuable |
to be in the game only occasionally.
Des Moines Register and Leader: The |
draft season is supposed to begin this |
very day, but it will be hard for any
body to grab any of the stars of the
Des Moines team. They are all nicely |
covered up, thanks to the kindness of
the noblest Roman of them all, Charles
A. Comiskey, of the White Sox team. |
There is little or no danger of losing |
Bader. Mattick. Dalton. Lang, Miller
and the rest, except to Comiskey him |
self and he will see to it that Des
Moines doesn't suffer in return The |
circuit can say all that it pleases about |
Des Moines being Chicago and Min
neapolis farm. but the fact remains
that Des Moines is mighty lucky to be |
able to claim the friendship Of the
Coniskey element AS long as he Is 4
interested by proxy here Des Moines