The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-03
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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
Sioux City at Topeka
Lincoln at Wichita.
Omaha at Pueblo.
DeS MOines at Denver


| Cooley announces a change on his in
field for this afternoons game. Olson
was sent in at short in place of Kunkel.
and if his work is satisfactory he may
fill the position regularly. Olson has
been playing great ball this spring and
is showing great Improvement over his
work of last season. Kunkel was put
out of the game yesterday by the UNI
pire and will have to pay a fine Of ten
dollars before he plays again.
Tessie Alderman will be the matinee
idol for the Sioux City crowd tomor-
row afternoon. 1t has been a long time
since Tessie has been seen on the local
paddock and he will be watched with
interest, for he sure was a favorite here
four years ago. Since that time he has
shown wonderful Improvement in his
control He always did have some Of
the unhittible in his repertoire
Ducky Holmes of the Sioux City team
is one of the most aggressive managers
in the circuit. His aggressiveness has
made him any enemies among the
leagues magnates, but he plays the
game, and wins the remnants just the
same. He is accommodating a good
sized bank roll and he goes along, too.
Umpire Dugan is making a great hit
with the Pueblo fans for his work in
the games thus far this season.
Ducky Holmes has sent a young
catcher, Clapper, to the Superior Wis
consin team. Lew Drill, who was re-
leased by Topeka, is manager Of the
Superior team.
According to the Des Moines papers,
Bill Annis is for sale. Second Baseman
Oyler is also on the market.
Eddie Noyes, one of the old Western
association players, is now with the
center field. Eddie couldn't stick with
Forth Smith. He took Seoggins' place
with the Nets.
Starr. the pitcher who worked
against the locals yesterday, will be
remembered as the youngster who
made a great hit at Blue Rapids three
seasons ago, when playing with the
team in that town, which was main
| tanned at high salary. just to skin
Frankfort. Art Griggs, the Topeka boy
now with the ST. Louis Browns, was
| his catcher.
Anderson, the Wichita shortstop.
| lost his home in Des Moines by trying
to steal home once with nobody out.
The Kansas City Journal says that
| Topeka has released Pitcher Maxey,
and Catcher Cote. Great Dope the
| Journal prints.
Burnum is the pitcher slated to work
this afternoon. He will oppose Buck
| Freeman, who is second Joe McGin-
nifty in the matter Of pitching under
| handed. Tomorrow 1T will be Alder
| man and Slapnicka-
| One of the Sioux City pitchers hit
Buck Weaver on the leg the other day.
! Pretty good craftsmanship. that. No,
it didn't cut the ball in two.
| Sam Stovall. the Packers right field
err. is a younger brother of the famous
family. His oldest brother, George. is
| with the Cleveland team, while Jesse
| is with Louisville. All are great hit
! tiers. and young Sam will go some when
he gets started. He looks like the rest
| of the family.
| Ducky Holmes when in Topeka one
| day about two years ago. said that the
next time he came to Topeka he would
win from Cooley's team. Ducky was
at the time with Lincoln, but his pre-
| diction would hardly have come true in
! either case.
| Old Eli Gates, one with with Leayen-
worth and up again to the big leaguers,
| is back out on the coast pitching some
good ball for San Francisco.
1 Jack Love isn't playing regularly
| with the Kansas City Blues after all
| Old Eagle Eye Jake Beckley Is back
| at the initial station and Brashear has
| been shifted back to second.
For the first time since he has rur
the Topeka club, Cooley is decidedly uI
against it. There is not another man
on the squad who could play first in
case of an emergency Dick says he
| will play every game this summer, and
here's hoping he does.