The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-22
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w HERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW:
Denver at Topeka
Pueblo at Wichita
Lincoln at Sioux City
DeS Moines at Omaha

Denver at Topeka.
Pueblo at Wichita
Lincoln at Sioux City.
Des Moines at Omaha.
The locals returned home today, and
viii start another home series at the
local park tomorrow afternoon, meet
ing the Denver team for four games.
Thls will be followed with a quartette
of contests with Pueblo after which
the team VIII make trip to Wichita
and Colorado. The Denver team
proved popular attraction here the
last time, on account of the heavy hit
ting in the first two games, and tn =
hard fight of the locals which took the
iast two enabling the teams to divide
honcrs on the series.
The chances are that the Forester
deal isn't settled yet. The Lincoln club
mas a poor claim to the services OF
Happy Jack" Forester was pitch
ing out on the coast this season. hav-
inc jumped there from the Fort Worth
cluo. FORESTER, however, is in good
standing with the National Commits
sion as he later bought his release
from Fort Worth. He was dissatisfied
with California, as it did not agree
with his wife's health. Consequently
he came east, Manager McDonough of
the Fresno team-the former Denver
catcher-trying to engineer deal for
his sale to some Western league club.
Jack wanted to come to Topeka and
negotiations were opened between him
and Cooley. Cooley has 81 message
from Jack dated at Barstow, Cal, july
10, while Jack was en- route to join the
team at Sioux City, and in this For
roster said everything was satisfactory
and he would report to the team at
Sioux City Sunday night. When he get
to Denver however, he found that there
might be a chance of his missing the
team at Sioux City, so he decided to
report to Lincoln. In the meantime,
Manager Fox Of Lincoln thought he
wanted Forester and wired an offer
to him at Sioux City which was dated
July 16, a day after Forester had ac-
cepted CoOley'S terms. Forester reach
ed Lincoln as per schedule, stopping at
the Iindell hotel Here one of the new
owners of the team espied his name Oh
the hotel register, and summoning
Manager Fox, the two made Jack an
offer which called a slight increase in
salary, and Forester signed the con-
tract. Forester hasn't signed a To-
peka contract, but his wire to Cooley
is sufficient evidence that he accepted
terms. AS soon as Cooley received his
wire on the night of the 18th he wired
Farrell claiming Forrester's services.
Lincoln didn't get to Forester until
the 10Th, four days later. The case is
up to Secretary Farrell of the National
association and from the evidence on
hand but one decision is possible that
of awarding Happy Jack to the Topeka
him, for he has never been more than
an cratic twirler showing occasional
flashes of big league form and frequent
bursts of bush league Pitch but II
he is to play with Lincoln, Cooley has
a clear case and will get the purchase
price out of the Links management.
When it comes to hitting. one of the
strongest bidders for the premier hon
Ors will be Doc Miller of the Pueblo |
team. Miller has been hitting hard all
season but during the last month has |
hit exceptionally hard, bringing his |
average up to the second hitter IN the |
league. Miller was originally q pitch |
err. but wasn't much in the box, ana |
was shifted to the outfield for his hit /
ting. which seems to have been a wise
move.
Tregor who formerly wore Boston
Uniform He will join the team inn
mediately.
club makes them all hustle some. It's
he scrapping spirit
Buck Weaver is again out of it and
5 docking after the poultry down at
Buck Joined the team for
| few DAYS, but the asthma became too
much for him, and he was forced to
rive in. Bucks health has been to the {
,ad all season, and it may eventually
mean his retirement from the game.
lie is a, good catcher, and a popular ]
player around the circuit.
Harry Eells has asked for and re-
eived his release from the Sioux city Z
management. He couldn't get into
ondition. and didn't want to be on the
,avrolY auv longer. Eells was once ]
.reat pitcher, and his friends still talk ]
bout that memorable ffteen inning
-ictory over RUDE Waddell in 1905 ]
Tells got his start with Joplin and fire.
uentiy won from Topeka during the
fissouri Valley days. He will prob S
bIv quit the game for good ana go on
Ire road as travelling saleshiaH- !
Eddie Brennan, is no longer with /
he Springfield club. The little back
ton got himself in great condition {
espite his sickness of last winter
nd was sold to the Terre Haute club
= the Central league, where he is
ow working.
The great secret has at last come
= +ba surface. Art Thomason used s
0 be a jockey, as the following from l
he Sioux City Journal will show: I
Artie Thomasson, utility man and
itcher for the Topeka team, started
a the world of sport as straddler
Four years ago when /
'honasson was a town kid" down
I Liberty. Mo-. he showed a PEN
hant for a turf career. He was
ght of weight, clever. and loved the
borough bred
To the discomfort of his parents
e took to the Tod Sloan route and
tarted riding race horses for Bob
avis, a well known race horseman.
Little Artie" could make the weights
! those days, and at st. Louis and
lew Orleans he piloted such horses
s Vice Vance Clark, Medalia, Red
ell and Direction.