The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
Des Moines at Topeka.
Omaha at Wichita
Lincoln at Pueblo.
Sioux City at Denver.

LES 4ADlueS at topeka.
Omaha at Wichita
Lincoln at Pueblo.
Sioux City at Denver.
Rip Hagerman is getting along |
nicely since his recent illness and is |
rapidly getting into condition again. |
He worked against Cincinnati We'd |
nesday for one inning, and held the |
Red hitles. He was trifle wild, |
however. walking two men. Rip will
yet make himself famous in Chicago |
ere the season is over.
Funk. a former Topeka infelder,
Whom Cooley sent to BartlesvilIe this
spring has jumped to Fresno and is Il
now taking Steyie Ragan's old lob
and is leading off in the batting order.
Hogrfever has returned to the game,
and the general assumption over the
circuit Is that the veteran found
ed fines. which O'Neill checked up
against him.
Omaha is one of the best looking
teams in the league on paper, but the
players are slumping. Even Fisher
and Weich, the two heavy hitting
gardeners haven't distinguished them
selves in Topeka.
Umpire G1enalvin is making hit
column story about his record as
player. According to the News, Glen
managed Los Angeles, eighteen years
ago, and at that time Jim Jeffries
used to tend to the bats, while Buck
F'ranck, the Omaha leader carried
water.
Lincoln News: Unless rival mag
mates wake up right away tie real
conditions, Ducky Holmes Sioux City
f7I1 n will he L fv,er
of the pennant campaign. Wichita
may continue to bother for a time,
but the Izzies have not been consis-
tent, while Ducky's aggregation is
getting better every day. In the. thir-
teen games the Packers have played
since taking to the road two weeks
ago. they have dragged down ten VIC
tories. If performances of this sort
are to furnish a. criterion as to what
they may do when they get home.
there can be nothing to it at all but
| Sioux City. Pa Rourke was nursing
the hope that he had a winner prior
to two weeks ago, but the weak spots
| have been showing UP of late and
the Omaha club, unless Pa is able to
| strengthen in several places, cannot
hope to make things even interesting
| for the Sioux. Lincoln fans had am
billions similar to those entertained
] by Pa, but the Greenbackers have
been distinct disapp and it
|
as high as fourth place. Pa and Guy
both recognize the desira biiity of
1 having winner, but they seem to
/ have been either outguessed or out
4 Tucked perhaps little of both. by
/ the obstreperous Sioux City magnate.
/ Pueblo Star-Journal: The Sioux
have a new pitcher on the string who,
] although young, looks like a conner
/ and now that the nainstay of the
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| likely be given chance. He is one
| Clark. 1a-year-old school pitcher,
! who has been doing phenomenal
| work the last year. He weighs over
ITO pounds and is said to have ev-
erything in the pitching line save pos
sibly a little control. It was the in
! tention of Ducky to farm him out to
/ Lew Drill of the Superior. Wis, team,
| as Lew has a faculty of bringing out
| raw material, as was proven when he
years ago. Now that Meter has gone
from the Sioux camp, Clark may be
| sold.
Grover Gillen, the Denver pitcher.
| who was suspended without pay by
the Denver management, has signed
| with the Loveland, Col, team, a
strong independent aggregation. Gill
| len has been pitching for Fort Col
| Inns, and twice defeated Loveland.
/ LOVeland was anxious TO WIN ana con-
| Guided the best way to do it would be
| to get Gillen.
Pitcher Mcdonnell of the Des
| Moines club made the mistake of re-
| turning to his home instead of going
to Fond du Lac as per orders of
| Uncle John Higgins. He is now sus-
| pended as a result.
Des Moines Tribune: And now
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| eysox. BY the way that Topeka team
| is going along all right now. 1t has
a big bunch of games at home yet
| and may surprise some of the wise
it lead Wichita at the end of the sea-
son.
Ducky Holmes did not stay with
the team in Pueblo. Rather he de-
| serted and went to Chicago to try and
get another pitcher.
Denver Republican,: President
Burke has signed Sandow Shandow,
/ heavyweight box artist, whose work
with the Rock Springs, Wyo., team of
late has attracted much attention.
i The big fellow was out in uniform
at Broadway park yesterday after
noon, and presented decidedly i'm
posing appearance. Shandow, which
is a name he assumes because his
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| has pitched aginst such great pitch
4 ers as Scott and Farthing, through
wyoming, and is said to be the equal
of either. Scott is doing well with
the Chicago White Sox this year. and
\ Farthing with the Lincoln club. While
the Greenbackers are here Shandow
and Farthing may oppose each other.
as they did many times in the indie
pendent ranks of wyoming, long be-
fore they became leaguers. The re-
lob 209 m
a recent game at Rock Springs he
struck out seventeen men.
III Nothing but praise has been heard