The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-22
Cooley Now Has Two New Sec
Ond Basemen.
They Are Young Reddick and
StOffer of MuskOgee.
BOHANNON AIMS HIGH.
EX-Denver Twirler Would Man
age a Kentucky Team.
Ducky Holmes Trying to Or.
ganize Team at DeadwOOd.

With the purchase of Young Red
dick, of Muskogee. Cooley has cinched
the two best second basemen IN the
old Western Association to try out Tor
the middle station next year Reddlck
will be remembered by local fans as
the youngster Cooley sent to BaItles-
Vile with Cheney. the sensation OF the
American Association of last year. he
is declared to be a fancy fielder ana
led the league in hitting until wen
towards the close of the season wheh
he became sick and his average slump
ed several points.
Stoffer. who was purchased Sunday
nv Cooley. is a contestant with Red
dick for second base honors in the
Shively league. One or the opner Oh
them should make good, it is beheVed-
lust what deal Kahl, last years sec
ond basernan, will be used in has not
vet been decided upon but he VIII IKE
" go to help bring an outhelder 10 take
the place of Geier.
The local diamond will not be sodded
for next season. Cooley has decided
that the diamond was good enough at
the close of last season and 1t Will re
main one of the skinned" variety. IL
takes two years TO get a sod diamond TO
working right. more or less expense,
and causes men who are not accustom-
ed to such a diamond no end of trou-
BILE. Hence the whyness.
Patricus ,Bohannon. formerly Den
yer twirler, but now a chattel of the
Wichita club, yearns for a managerial!
position with the Frankfort, Ky, team
in the Blue Grass league. George
haywood, secretary of the Frankfort
club. has written to Denver that an
attempt to make Pat playing man
ager is now on. 1t is believed his re-
lease from Wichita could be easily
secured.
Jack Hendricks. of the Denver club.
is as busy now signing up players as
are most managers on March /. He is
giving tryout to everything west of
the Kansas line that imag1nes 1t can
play ball and coping out few old
timers to balance I'm his team. lend
ricks bids fair to win the prize offered
for the largest tryout list which was
last year pulled down by Higgins OF
Des Moines.
The holdout season approaches. Cor
han of Pueblo and Pritchett of the
same outfit have signified their inten-
ton of refusing to play in st. Joe for
Holland. Last season it was under
stood that Corhan did not belong to
Pueblo. but had been borrowed from
another Western League team. But
both players Will come to time When
the dishing out of meal tickets begins
next spring. 30 s
1t will be an innovation to have
Wichita here without Holland, and Hol-
land here without Wichita. Since Wich-
tia first broke into professional base
ball Holland has been 1denuhed IN
some manner with her ball team. He
has won two pennants for the Jobber
town and they like the big fellow out
there. TEX Jones, a Wichita boy.
will join Jack in st. Joe. having been
purchased by Holland from Enid, the
sale being made Ito Jack Holland, for
a Western League club
To the hills for poor old "Ducky''
Holmes He is now at Deadwood. South
Dakota, trying to organize league in
the Black Hills for the coming season.
The league he is trying to form is
six club affair.
Charlie Jones. who managed Denver
last year has been sold to ST. Paul.
Thus has Denver lost the best ball
player on the Grizzly team. But there
are still five of the Bears wearing the
bargain day tags.
Jimmie Freeman. the Sioux City
finger. has signed a contract even more
binding than the one he signs every
spring. Ruth w. Scougal, daughter
of a well known Sioux Cityan, became
connected.
Pueblo fans are declared to be re-
joicing because Holland has taken the
ball club from that city to st. Joe. 1t
is believed that the town can and will
support team in the Colorado State
league and an attempt to secure
franchise on that circuit will be made.
There is nothing in the talk that Den
yer will be the next town dropped from
the Western League because it is too
far to Denver. If Denver supports her
team this cannot happen.
What has become of the move
SANDY" Griswold started last fall to
make Omaha member of the National
or American leagues?
Jack Holland recently announced
that he would take the Wichita team
south on training trip and play teams
in southern Oklahoma. Then Holland
bought the Pueblo franchise and left
the Jobber team.
DIR. ROLLER WINS A MATCH.
Zybscko Failed to Throw Him Even
Once in an Hour.
Kansas City, Dec. 22.-Zybscko,
the Polish wrestler, lost a handicap
match to DIR. BENJAMIN Roller of Sc
attic here last night. Zybscko agreed
to throw Roller twice in one hour or
forfeit the entire receipts of the
match, but he failed to get one fail.
Not only did Zybscko fail to throw
OHM ma!.