The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-08
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Omaha Bee: George Graham has
been the last one to give up hope that
some day he might return to the dia-
mond, but at last the young man,
whose brilliant career was suddenly
blighted by the injury to his knee, is
yielding to the belief that his days as
a ball player are over. Yet he is will
ing to think he may make good on the
one chance the doctors say he has
left. Graham has left the hospital
and is able to be out on the street
and to make an occasional visit to
the dear old Smoke house. But his
knee is still in the brace and he is
unable to walk without a slight halt.
Pa Rourke had secured a position for
George, but his stay in the hospital
may necessitate getting another one.
He is bright and will have no diff
| Guilty in getting and holding a good
position and some day, maybe, he can
hold the position on which he had set
| his heart, that of ball player.
Sioux City Tribune: It is pretty evil
dent that 'Ducky'' will have to add a
bit more strength to his pitching
staff. The twirlers are not going as
they should, although a record of IA
out of the last 20 games here at home
is mighty good. But at times, it has
been batting and heavy hating that
saved the day.
Slim Hall, one of Omaha's pitchers
of last season, is spending his time in
Salt Lake city. Pa Rourke refused to
come along on increase in salary.
jay Andrews is certainly having a
delightful time in Oklahoma CITY.
| The team has won six games since
Jay went there, the only games play
| ed, and Jay hasn't had anything to
do but to coach. The Oklahoman
asked Jay one day last week when
he was going to get in the game. Jay
replied, mot until I get acclimated,
and then I hate to break up Win
ming mbination.' It's great now
| a game, when once they get hooked
up on a managerial job.
Pritchett isn't filling the bill at
third for Lincoln, and Green is max
| ing overtures for Lee CULLEN of Min
neanolis. Lee got his chance in the
| big leagues on the record he made
with the Greenbackers in 1906, when
| Ducky Holmes kept Lincoln up In the
race.
| Cole. of the Wichita team, is out of
the game for a few days, the result OF
an injury received in Saturdays
| game. He is reputed one of wichita s
| best players.
| colorado OF SOul0InlllS SCCiiAS ~
have affected Burnum. The big
| southpaw isn't pitching the ball he
started out to twirl in the beginning
! of the season. Burnum's strongnold
| is hot weather, and the present should
| prove fascinating enough for him TO
n,cork some of those accomplish
ments which made him famous at
| Webb City last summer.
Padding the attendance seems to. be
the favorite game of the sporting
scribes at Pueblo; 1t was reported
Pueblo double header: Decoration
day. Cooley who ought to know.
drew his share of the gate receipts
from a crowd of LOO. Pueblo GER
tainIy can't be much OF paseDail
| town. Some day Pueblo's team is
| likely to be transferred to st. Joseph.
| Rasty Wright will do. Why Kansas
| CITY retained Brady and Carter instead
| of Rasty Is hard to understand. Rasty
was considered better than Brennan
and Atch:son, the Wichita stars.
| Kansas City is back in her usuaa
mace. the cellar. Took her two days
| longer to get there this season.
| Wichita Beacon: Bert Shaner left last
night after the game for Webb City
where he will be married tomorrow tc
Miss BERTHE Cannon. He will lose nc
| time getting back into the harness. and
will return with Mrs. Shaner Wednes.
/ CAV afternoon. What a reception thai
| boy would have gotten yesterday If the
big crowd had just known what was
uppermost in his mind throughout the
lcontest AS long as he pitches as he
| did yesterday, Mrs. Shaner will have
no fears of "nonsnpport.' Already he
| has shown that Manager Hollands con-
fidence in him was not misplaced.
| Comment on Topeka's team from the
Wichita Beacon: Though it has lost
1.-TWO games here. the Topeka bunch
doesn't look like a seventh place per-
/ former. The team has played snappy
ball In both games. s. Geier robbed
Hughes of what ought to have been q
| two base hit in the eighth and Kah
performed a like mission for Anderson
| in the fifth. With two out and two on
l"Andy'' drove liner towards the club
house. Kahl had started to cover Sec
ond and ran right into it. Kauf-
mann is one of the hardest pitchers In
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