The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW:
Topeka at Lincoln.
Wichita at Sioux City
Denver at Omaha.
Pueblo at Des Moines.

topeka at Lincoln.
Wichita at Sioux City.
Denver at Omaha.
Pueblo at Des Moines.
The locals will probably return from
the trip Thursday, which is an off date
The management wanted to play a
game at ST. Joseph on the way home
but couldn't make arrangements with
the Casinos.
hitting .260 in the American league. but
his average has been swollen somewhat
by his terrific work in the past week.
Jackson. the Pueb pitcher who didn't
make a verv good start is going good
now and the Pueblo papers express It as
their opinions that he will be one of
the most valued men on the pitching
Omaha has signed a new pitcher.
Richard Taylor, of the Laramie, wy
on1ing, team, who will report to the
Rourkes September 1.
Denver Times: For the first time
during the present season Captain
Jones of the Grizzlies is out of tho
game. with a wrenched leg. Pitcher
Adams was substituted at center in
yesterdays game and did we'll Jones,
up to the time of his injury, was bat
ting like a f1end and is close to the top
of the Western league battino list. Cas-
sidy. Jones' Mag and Standard of the
Cubs are in the first division of heavy
hitter. and il the entire team keeps up
its present clip Denver will, as a club
soon lead the batting list of the entire
Western league by a good margin.
Charley Dexter, who once managed
the Des Moines club and who has been
hooked up with the Cantillon interests.
has been sold to the Winona club of
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he is likely to take hold of the club.
In the first game at Sioux City last
Thursday, Babe ToWne, the big Sioux
City catcher, was accidentally spiked by |
Phil Geier in play at the plate Babes |
injuries however. were not very serious
as he went back in the second game |
and knocked. the cover off the ball.
Johnny Shea. the second catcher of the
club has an injured hand which /
makes it impossible for him to render |
the best kind of service to Ducky.
The sale of Brennan will occasion but
little surprise around the, circuit Thei
La Harpe kid was a good pitcher a |
year ago in the old Western associa-I
ton, but he had the misfortune of be- |
ing. hooked up with the Springfield club
which didn't amount to a hill of beans. /
This prevented him from g1istening |
much last year. And he has developed
during the winter months. until he Is /
now SOOQ p1Icuer. his work mas
been first class all season and he has
been vying with Tessie Alderman for /
the left hand pitching honOrs of the
league.
McClintock, who was released a few
days ago by Cooley. while the team
was in Lincoln. has caught on with the
FL Reno team which is a hopeless tail
ender in the Western association. Ell
Reno has the old Joplin corpse.
With those three double headers out
of the road the Topeka team ought to
do fairly well at Lincoln, as players
will have a slight breathing spell after
their arduous work.
Today is an of day for the Topeka
and Lincoln teams. Several Of the To-
peka players are spending the day fish
ing in the creek near Havelock, Neb.,
where there is said to be some good l
fishing.
Lincoln State Journal: The Links
has been adopted by the club owners,
Messrs Despair and Stoner, as the or
fetal title Of the Lincoln ball club, and
the emblem Of three links fg IN bA en-