The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-02

many years. He has managed such
teams as Joplin. Fort Scott, lola and
Leavenworth. Lou will leave here
| ing season. The Central Kansas league
season opens on the afternoon of May
| 10.
Army managed the Topeka Mis-
souri, Valley team in 1904, the first year
Topeka had team. He jumped to Fort
Scott in midseason, however.
Walters, a second baseman who was
with the Birmingham team in the
| Southern league last season, has been
iSecured by the Pueblo team and will
play second in the place of Ham Patter-
son, who will have to go to Cincinnati
Walters is said to be a good infielder.
Tip O'Neill will be in Pueblo Sun
day. At that time it is thought he will
| shed more light on the reason why the
Hawaiian pitcher. Reuter-, reported to
the outlaws in California, instead Of the
Indians to whom he was bound by con-
tract.
Pueblo has canned Hood, an out
| fielder who was highly touted. Another
spring flower has been faded.
Sylvester Olson played second base for
the lola team while the Denver bunch
played in the Allen county town. The
|
| the Western Leaguers.
According to the Kansas City Times
| it is spelled Funk not Punk But
then what's the use of rubbing it in,
everybody has an off day occasionally.
| Pitcher Hollenbeck has Joined the
Rourke family at Omaha and the fans
are glad. Holly made a good impress
sion on the Topeka fans in the exhibit
ton series last fall.
Omaha has a new first baseman by
the name of Bath. He ought to help
!, the Omahogs clean UP occasionally.
Rapp, Downs and Pickering will all
join the Minneapolis team this week at
: Des Moines.
In a recent game with the New York
team. Spencer Arthur Abbott of Fort
Worth secured a triple off Christy
Matthewson. But then Christy is no
spring chicken and he isn't liable to
let himself out much at this time of
year.
The first game for the Lincoln team
braska university tomorrow The next
game will be with the Comiskey Sec
OndS next Thursday.
Larry Milton is like the man without
a country. Larry will not manage the
, Webb City team and is without a place
to hire out this season. Larry went to
. Oklahoma City but was let out there
for alleged double crossing in the deal
which switched Topeka and Wichita
into : the Western league Later he
went to Austin but the Austin team
went out of business. There is a good
/ man for somebody. Larry is wanted
by the Jobbers and may go there.
The following are the exhibition
games arranged by the Sioux City
team. preparatory to opening the sea-
son at wichita:
April 9. White Sox at Sioux City.
April 10, Morning Side college at
Sioux City.
April IL, II. 49, Minneapolis. of the
American association, at Sioux City.
April Is. South Dakota university at
April II, South Dakota university at
| Sioux City.
April %, Newton. Kan. at Newton.
April %. Mcpherson, Kan. at Nc
| Phersor.
April "a and 25, Great Bend, Kan, at
Great Bend.
April IS and %, Hutchinson, Kan, at
Hutchinson
April %, open the Western league
season at Wichita
Sioux City Tribune: Practice season
at Topeka indicates that the team
Dick Cooley has pulled together. will
be a strong contender this season. He
, has a southpaw twirler named Beltz
. who held the Washington club hitless
for four innings and he appeared good
enough to go through to a finish.
. Danny Green hasn't made hit since
he Joined the team, but Fenlon has
won home with his smuggling. He
showed a trace of what ails him, how
ever, by an exhibition of poor base
} running, being caught at the plate
Cooley played in fine form and hit like
!. a fiend. His infielders are speedy and
look as if they will make all kinds OF
trouble during the season to come
Maxey. a backstop. has his hand hurt
< and McManus, the regular catcher. is
laid up with sore joints. Altogether
+ Cooley's team looks stronger in prac-
. tice than Wichita, which seems Ia
mentally weak in twirlers.
! Anderson, who played third fol
) Springfield last season, has been pick
/. ed up by the Guthrie team in the new
(. Western association.
Pa Rourke is after Kunkle. the littl