The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-24
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Topeka at Sioux City
1 Wichita at Lincoln,
Denver at Des MONIES
Pueblo at Omaha.
The Topeka team is certainly making
g. good showing On the road. Up to date
the team has won half OF the games
Played, which is a remarkable record in
race OF the circumstances. The team
lett last night for Sioux City. There
may be some trouble there, but with
Pueblo following 1t should be about an
even break on the next eight games.
This Is putting it pretty high-maybe
too much so for new team in a league
two classes higher than ever before, but
the team is working hard and is fight
Ing for every inch of ground There
us not sore spot any place on the
team and the players are the best spirit
ed lot OF athletes ever assembled to-
Igether. AT Denver there is a chance
for an easy break as the Grizzlies seem
to have hit the toboggan. Then the last
series with Wichita ought to be a pref
ty good one. In the point of games won
by Topeka The team has shown itself
to be a good road team and the fans
are satisfied.
Cooley has signed Rip Starr, the
Sioux City southpaw, who lives some
where in northwestern Kansas. Cooley
is pleased with Starr and expects him
to make a winning pitcher. starr has
Everything that left-bander needs and
The knows how to use it, said the To-
Starr to be one of the best southpaws
On the team
Be1tz and Slapnicka were left behind
last night. Cooley will make an effort
to place them with other teams and
has a couple of deals pending now. Both
lcok like corners and the Topeka mag
nate wants to keep some strings on
them. In the meantime Cooley has
eliminated his pitching staff down to
four regular twirlers, whom he thinks
are sufficiently high class to win games
for the local bunch. Kaufman at the
Ipresent time is the star of the bunch,
and the sport writer's all over the north
eastern part of the circuit agree that
he is some pitcher. Burnum is working
good and Starr can pitch some great
ball Hendrix for the first time since
being with the Topeka team has shown
the form that attracted Cooley's at
tcntfon to him, and from his work yes
iterday he has the goods. This COM
lrletes the pitching quartette. Thomson
will stick with the team, however, and
! will finish games, and later on will work
t, in some double headers. He is too val
liable a substitute and pinch hitter to
let go.
Burnum, Starr, Thomson and Kun
KEEL went over to Sioux City yesterday
the team.
The Kansas City Journal of yesterday
contains a series of cartoons and a de-
scription of Walter Boles and his num-
erous attainments.
Hughey Hill of Kansas City goes to
Mobile, Ala, today to join the Southern
League team at that place.
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out of the game with a sore foot The
iJohber5 are certainly having some hard
luck. but that alone doesn't explain the
slump. The team is lacking in class
| Wichita is after Danny Green and
will probably land the former Comis-
keyite. Danny is getting tired of wait
ing for his transportation from the
Portland, Ore. club.
| SO far the trip has been a financial
success for Mr.. Cooley Every town
has turned out to the games and en-
riched the Golfers of the Western League
magnates. This is where the Western
League excels the old association.
| Umpire Wheeler doesn't impress the
fans as being as good as Mullin The
Latter still continues to make good
around the circuit.
| The Lincoln State Journal prints
about the poorest baseball dope in the
circuit. The writer of that dope is I'M
able to see anything except the Lin
coin team, which is still in the tail end
of the race.
Reports from Boston have it that
Reals Becker is about to be displaced
in the outfield owing to a slump in
batting.
With the addition of Shipke and Kee-
| ley it ought not to take the Omaha
team long to get up towards the top.
Des Moines claims to have mascot
that can play first base as well as Hal
Chase.
Nelson. Des Moines pitching out
| cast has gone to the Fond du Lac team
| in the Wisconsin league.
Dwyec, Mertens. Dalton. Kerner and
Bader, are a few of the Des Moines
players who can play first.
| pes Moines is expecting Jeff Clerke
to return to the pitching ranks most
eny day.
Rourke $500 to secure Kelley and
ShiLke.
Pueblo Star Journal: One of the most
interesting features of the Western
League race this year is the scrapping
between the two Kansas teams. The
outside fan scarcely gets to hear of it,
but anyone living in the vicinity of
either of the two cries represented,
gets to hear all of it. 1t helps the
game too, and furnishes lots of fun.
Manager Fox has all the faith imag-
lir able in the Greenbackers. He said
| last night: Luck is the big factor in
baseball, and to date it has been break
ing against US in almost every situa-
| ton Pretty soon the other fellows will
be forced to take their turn, which is
when we will begin to climb. 1 be-
Il ieve the Lincoln club. as it is now