The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-14

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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW.
Wichita at Topeka
Denver at Pueblo (two games.)
Des Moines at Lincoln.
Omaha at Sioux City.
Wichita again tomorrow. One
game. Then farewell to the Izzies un-
til 1910.
The Des Moines papers speak high
ly of the Topeka team. The recent
additions have materially strengthen
ed the team in their estimation. Ac-
cording to the Capital, the addition of
Reilly gives Topeka one of the fast
est infields in the circuit.
The drafting season for the West
ern league clubs opens tomorrow.
Most OF the clubs have some young
sters in view. Manager Cooley him
self will get into the game.
Judging from the way the Lincoln
team is going there will be some trou-
bic from that source for the Sioux
City and Des Moines clubs; Lincoln
will battle especially hard against
Sioux City for the Links do not love
Ducky Holmes one Bit.
According to the Western league
averages Reilly again takes the lead
with his percentage of .377. Gardner
who was ahead of him has Slumped
away down. East, who played a cou-
pie of games with Des Moines, and
was then released is the nominal
vantage.
Barngrover. who won Sundays
game from Topeka, was with SPRING
field in the Western association
awhile two seasons ago. He was with
the team on one trip to Topeka, but
managed to steer clear of the Topeka
batters in that series.
Since John. Higgins intimated that
the Des Moines club might be trans
ferred to St. Joseph. the fans of that
town have become real busy and are
now pulling hard for the team. A
committee has been appointed COM
posed of some of the biggest baseball
bugs" in the city. The chances are
that the team will stick it out in the
Iowa metropolis.
The Topeka team returned home
his morning from Des Moines, where
-hree games were played. The team
was in the best of spirits and seemed
not to worry about the recent losses
which have brought the team down
below the 800 mark.
Des Moines Capital: watch me
1ext year." was Jack Hollands fare
we'll word to Des Moines when he left
here after playing the last game of
he year.
I'm going to have the best club
n the league next year and in addf-
ion to this will have one of the fin
est ball grounds in the circuit" said
Jack. Holland has number of
with him now who ought
20 be winners next year. 1t is on
hen, that he is counting for his sue
less in 1910. He thinks that in Has
'1er, Shaner and Shack1eford he has
/ trio of the best young pitchers in
he league. Holland is also very en-
husiastic over the work of Jokerst
oined the Witches month ago and
Turing this time has been playing ex-
,ellent ball. While in Des Moines
Tokerst has been nabbing everybody
Who tried to steal second and he has
made a very good impression on Dea
Moines fans. With one or two excep-
ions Hollands infield is a strong one.
Ind Jack says that he has couple of
men in sight which will make a stone
vail infield. A number of business
men have interested themselves in
getting Wichita a down town park
md next year Jack says he will have
peach.
It was hoped that the present pen
liant race would be free from the mud
linging which has always been a
feature of the Western
eague pennant races since Holmes en-
cred the league. However, from the
present tone of the Sioux City papers
UGH is not to be the case. For one
Who is guilty Of as many unfair prac-
ices as is Holmes.t the best plan would
,e to keep still. Doubtless, however,
hat individual never heard of the peo-
lie who live in glass houses.
Cole, the Wichita recruit with the
White Sox. still continues to make
GOD. This person started making COOL
ust as soon as he Joined the team. He
s now hitting third in the batting or
Ter.
In the double header at st. Louis
sunday with the Detroit team, Att
sriggs was the real smuggling hero. Art
vas up seven times and bagged six
lean hits, one a two sacker, also four
tolen bases. In addition Art put up a |
erfect fielding game at first base. And |
Art by the way looks like a fixture a |
rst. Tom Jones has gone to Detroit, |
nd Rossman, who was secured in the |
rade, is at outs with the management
nd may never play another game.
Omaha Bee: A season of harmony
nd good baseball in the Western |
eague is being married at its close by |
he worst sort of asininity on the part |
f Sioux City. Some journalistic par
noiac Of that town has been led off |
nto the delusion- that Omaha Des |
1oines and Topeka are in a conspiracy |
0 cheat Sioux City out Of the pennarr. |
Whether Holmes and the other Sioux
lily players are afflicted by this |