The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20


through Uncle John.
In practice game recently Jarrott
played left field for Omaha and made
two hits out of three times up.
Miller has Joined Pueblo, but with
Hosriever, Matticks, Spencer and
Chadwick as outfielder possibilities he
If he wants to stick" His wildness
kept him out of the box last year.
Pendry is making good at third for
Omaha Incidentally, Jimmy Austin
has not displaced Kid Elberfeld on
third with the New York Americans.
Catcher Wells. who was offered to
Pueblo along with Swift and Edlich.
has secured his unconditional release
Pueblo management for berth. Sec
rotary Garlic wired yesterday for
Wells terms and if they are satisfac-
tory he will probably be signed. Wells
was in the Southern league last year
and Fred Clark and Walters, who have
played with him, state that he is a good
man.
Des Moines News: That the 1909 pen
nant race in the Western league, with
its eight clubs, will be one of the hot
test fights in the history of the organ
ization is evidenced by the fact that
with the opening date scarcely ten days
away, not manager in the league is
resting easy with the material on hand.
Every club owner and manager is pull
ing the wire with all their might in an
endeavor to add a little more strength
to their teams before the opening
games. This uneasiness and the
anxiety about the first series, which
this year will count for a lot. is oc-
casioned by the breaking into the
league of so many youngsters of I'M
known ability, which makes a dark
horse probable from any quarter, that
will force last years leaders to squeeze
| every game to boost the average.
| Des Moines News: Charles Dexter,
1 last year manager of the Des Moines
| team. is trying to land the position of
| manager of the team at Manning,
| Iowa The position is a well paid one,
but the Manning people are after one
man, and if they cannot get him it is
probable that they will not have a
team in the semipro ranks of the state
this year. Financial losses followed the
team two years ago, and this year the
men of the town have pledged certain
| amounts of money for the support of
| the team. on the condition that a man
| ager they have in mind is secured.
The Joplin team this week will play
| a series Of games with team COM
posed Of physicians and surgeons This
| was probably necessary in order to get
| Strengthened out after the invasion of
| Topeka.
! Maxey Meixell, a youngster who has
l been trying out on the Lincoln team,
| tripped over first base the other day
/ and threw his arm out of joint. How
| ever when he got up the dislocated
member whipped back into place.
/ Denver Times: Charley Jones, man
| ager of the Denver Western league
team in a letter to President Burke,
| gives a splendid report of the work of
the training squad of twenty-three
men, now playing exhibition games
with Kansas teams. The Grizzlies play
at Hutchinson Saturday and Sunday.
| The permanent lineup will not be an
nounced until some thine after the
\ opening of the season here one week
4 from next Thursday. The, team will
/ humber fourteen or fifteen men after
/ the wedding out process. Lindsey. who
came from Indianapolis, is making a
/ great showing on first base and will
doubtless be fixture. He has his eye
i on the ball, Is hitting well and plays his
position in grand style. Standard is
another new player who is showing fine
| form. He plays second base or short
stop and is fast in his work. Jones is
loud in his praise Of the former Spring
field. Mass, player, and thinks him one
Il Of the fastest 1nhelderS IN the west.
Hartman, who plays shortstop, and
Thompson. third baseman both of
whom were drafted from Fort Worth,
Texas, are getting right in the game.
They are permanent fixtures on the
team. Billy Mailman, who managed
the Grizzlies five years ago, is doing
good work behind the bat, in fact, any
position on the field. Zinran, the catch
er. is proving a valuable acquisition to
the club. From all indications it looks
; as if the team was going to give the
loyal Denver fans a real article of ball.
The men are hitting we'll and they are
4 playing well together. Jones gives
promise of making good manager,
He is a high class player himself and
naturally with a high standard set by
the captain of the team the men will do
their best The outfie1d at Broadway
park has been sown with grass and 1t
j is now sprouting nicely and by the
time the season opens it will be well
up. giving the park a decidedly at
, tractive appearance. The Denver
grounds are as good any in the
Western league and with a greensward
) stretching toward the outfield Denver
, will have park of which it's fans may
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