The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-08

Pueblo at Sioux City.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Umpire
Evans said after the first game that
he regarded Griggs as the best right
handed batsman who had broken into
1.-THE American League since Lajoie' 5
Iday.
Bill Shipke is having a lot of hard
luck this season. He has been out of
the game for some time with a bad
leg which prevented his running. He
was just getting back into shape nice
ly, when he met with another accident.
Last Sunday he was warming up Hol-
lenbeck, when he caught a fast one on
bis bare hand, causing a split, which
will keep him out of the game for a
few more days.
Claude Hendrix, who was with the
Lincoln team last spring and then re-
leased outright, has signed with Omaha.
Hendrix, who is a graduate OF Fair
mount college at Wichita, has had a
varigated career this season. From
Wichita he went to the Three Eye
league where he couldn't deliver. Then
he came back to Kansas and Joined the
Salina team where he won IA games
out of 20.
Ell Gates, who was with the Mime
apolis team this season, and who was
sought by both Holmes and Higgins,
has reported to the Milwaukee team
had more ups and downs than any
man the game has ever known. Four
years ago he tried to stick with the
| CID Leavenworth Western Association
team but couldn't and was branded a
has-been. But he learned to throw the
splitter and after a fairly successful
season on the Pacific coast, went up
to washington where he won q few
games for the chronic tailenders.
| Lincoln News: Ashley, who pitched
his first game for Topeka Sunday and
won it. halls from Enid, Ok, where he
Inquired masterially in the success of
the Enid club in annexihg the West
orn Association pennant. The new
| Cooley twlrler is a giant, standing fully
three inches better than six feet. He
looked good to the Lincoln players, who
admit that the Topeka boss has ac-
quired a very promising twirler.
The Lincoln team will lose either
Nunnamaker or Davidson. Both were
GRATED by the Cubs. although but one
Graft is allowed from a class A team.
performer behind the bat. played with
Dubuque all season, having been sold
to that club with the option of re-
purchase. The option was exercised
likely that Davidson will be the man
to lose. He is one of the best outf1eld-
ers in the league.
| waiter 1nOTSy. the SECRETARY VI Liz
Lincoln club, who has been with the
| team on all the trips to Topeka, has
re signed, having secured position
with the Nebraska Telephone COM
pany.
Cupid" Brennan. of Wichita, is ex-
pected to join the Witches in Des
Noines. Brennan, has been SICK Tor
two weeks and has not been with the
club.
East, the new second sacker of the
Des Moines team seems to be Mining
Williams place in good shape.
Pueblo star-Journal: Topeka has
ben playing great ball lately and has
made the best of them hustle. the
season had much further to go there
is no telling where the Topekans would
land.
That trip to Lincoln was quite a blow
for the Topeka and Lincoln treasures.
The state fair is on in Lincoln at this
time With the fair lasting all week,
the Links have made arrangements for
exhibition games in addition TO the
regular game which Will help to draw
the crowds.
Denver News: owner John Higgins
of the Des Moines team, who is very |
sweet on Colorado ball players, is look
ing over a number of men to the semi |
professional ranks of the state VINO
have been recommended 70 MIN re-
Gently He is after successor to Bert
Niehoff, the Denver boy who goes to
the Chicago White Sox. and Dwyer,
the Des Moines first baseman, who also
advances. Among those recommended
to Higgins are Davis of Fort Collins
and Hester, first baseman of the same
team Kerner will probably be doing
the bulk of the catching Cor Des
MoineS next year.
Denver News: 1t is hardly likely
tina any member of the Denver team
will be drafted. Most of them haze
been up already. Lindsay once was
with Detroit; Jones with ST. Louis and
Washington; Hartman withe the New
Giants; Stamford with Pittsburg; Cas-
sidy with Washington and Belden With
Cleveland. Catcher Haas was with
Cincinnati brief period. Mag may
have probably been drafted by Pitts
burg, as he was tipped off to the man
agement of that team early in the sea-
son, but for his blowup. Haley is one
of the most promising young catchers
in the league and will probably go
along if he Is developed as rapidly dur
ing the next year as he has been in the
past.
Staff looks good enough for faster COM
pany Olmstead is the best of the bunc
and if he had greater physical strength
would be all right for promotion now.
hardly. The latter has certainly seeri-
ed to retrograde rapidly. He was good
enough to keep Indianapolis out in
front in the American association last
year. and good enough to be taken By
New York but in q few months he has
dropped into the Western league.
The Wichita Beacon in commenting
on the appearance of Burnum in a Des
Moines uniform says that he will be
there jut IN time to beat Wichita. Bur-