The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-31
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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW.
Omaha at Topeka
DeS MoiueS at Wtcnit2-
Sioux City at Denver
Lincoln at Pueblo.
Louis Durham who was released q
few days ago by the Des MONIES team
has caught on with Denver ana Woh
from the champions yesterday Dur
ham was not able to deliver the gooos
for the Des Moines team on account
Of his rheumatism.
Denver has released young Walter
WATSON the former University %
Colorado pitcher. Young WaSson
piayers on the Denver team and 1t Is
said that some of those VINO arc
fighting among themselves lsTd aow nt
on the youngster. That ne olon So
a fair trial is well known all over
the circuit and E. w. Dtckerson OF
the Denver News, one OF the most
conservative writer's on the CIRCUIT
took the team to task for this rev
DAYS ago. WATSON will have no
trouble in landing a Job and already
two or three clubs are after him.
Omaha Bee: No Western league
PLAYER in years has suffered so much
from unmerited criticism as Jim
Kane, and none has been more gross
ly misJudged: Kane Is a oal pdaye[,
spectacular show at the outset tor
he is not q spectacular player. ON
this basis many fans FORMED their
judgment and brought IN the veToe
that Kane wouldn't do. But If those
| fans have not changed their minos II
is because they are not quaIned 10
Judge Of a ball player, or preJudlceo:
Kane is man or Glass; put no' I
any great fancy show. He does ms
work in rather awkward style, Dut
does 1t just the same Not only has
| he made an excellent record at nrs.'
hn a source
of remarkable strength to the team,
hitting hard and timely. Kane mas
developed wonderfully since coming
from Pittsburg to Omaha NO mat
ter what his critics may think Boston
Nationals think he is good enough 10
pay hard cash for. And 1t may be OF
| interest to note that Kane's pre-
, decessor in Omaha, old Chick Autrey'
| is playing first for Boston. But there
| is no need of tnvidious comparison
here.
Wichita claims this distinction for
Young HassIer. He will allow more
hits and less runs than any pitcher
| in the business.
The wichita papers were knocking
| Glenalvin and Derrick a few days
ago. Now the Beacon is handing out
! bouquets with amazing frequency.
The Topeka team will have some
hard shedding at Sioux City. The
team is there three days at the end
Of the week and in that time will
be some work for the pitchers
The way those two tail end teams
are playing now is great. Lincoln
especially is to be commended. The
team has won a big majority of the
games played on the road and on
this trip have proven as good a road
! combination, as there is in. the league
| Even Sioux City hasn't made better
| showing.
| Moines saw runners steal home on
him. Spencer Abbott was the first
stealing all the way around every
thing except first. This paved the
Ioped home with the winning run in
| the fourteenth inning game against
Des Moines Sunday.
Denver Post: When Tip O'Nen
| was there the other day he received a
| letter from several prominent ball
players in the major leagues asking
| him to take the management of two
ball teams to tour the Pacific coast
this fall and winter. one of the teams
| made up Of National and the other
to be composed OF American league
players. It was suggested that he
select as many OF the stars as pos
sible for the tour. and It was pre-
dicted that 1t would be very success
eager as they can be to see the "big
fellows in action. O'Nef has not
made up his mind whether or not to
tackle the Job. The affairs of the
Western league keep him quite busy.
and in order to make the trip a sue
cess he would have to devote at least
three months to the enterprise. Tip
has been connected with former tours
of this kind and also acted as ad-
vance agent OF rather attended to the
publicity department, of the two
trips that the White Sox made both
this spring and last year. He knows
which are the good ball towns and
which ones to pass UP. He is familiar
with the climate and knows at which
time OF the year TO play the differ
ent sections. For this reason he il
the most valuable man the players
could select to direct the tour. How
ever, there is going to be some OBJ
lection from managers throughout
the leagues, as they are not in favor
of the men playing in winter.
Western Association.
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