The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

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we'll off as while tourir~ a state in the
| east.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW:
TCraka at Denver.
Wichita a Pueblo.
Lincoln at Des Moines.
Sioux City at Omaha.
At last it seems that the Pueblo
question is settled. Owing to the fail
ure of the recent bargain day affairs
to strengthen the club the business
men of the city took up the question OF
keeping the club there and decided that
1t would be poor piece of advertising
for the club to be taken way, Hence
they all put up the money and have
announced that not onlv this years
finances will be cared for but that five
thousand dollars viii be placed a { the
disposal of the club next spring for the
purpose of buying new players to
strengthen and keep the club up in the
running.
Winnebago Johnson got the nick
name of Dog Soup" from one of the
Sioux City scribes. The Indian never
did like it. and now that he viii be
with Sioux City in the future this dis
agreeable nomenclature will proba bly,
be left off. Johnson hasn't been doing
the work that was expected of him this
season. 1t is reported that he was at
outs with one of +he players, and that
this was detrimental to his success in
the Nebraska capital He ought to
make D. Holmes a good man.
Lincoln News: The pitching in the
Western league this season is for below
par. The topnotch tWirlers appear TO
be decidedly scarce. Six games, two
doubleheaders included. were staged in
the circuit Thursday and the scoring
and the hitting were terrific. In the
six games 106 runs were scored, while
the pitchers were bumped for 141 hits
an average of seventeen runs and
twenty-three hits to the game. Twen-
ty-one pitchers were in action-almOst
four to the game.
Frank Judge who was traded to
Ducky Holmes for T. Campbell will be
able to get back into the game some
time this week. and viii materially
strengthen the Sioux. Tribal barriers
among the American Aborigines must
be breaking down. Anyway, Chippe-
wa and a Winnebago. have been adopt
ed by the Sioux.
The Sioux Tribune has the following
to say of Ferdinand Rulo Jarrett.
pitcher who tried out with Dick Cooley
on the local baseball lot last spring:
Poor old Rulo Jarrett. who has been
tossed from pillar to post since being
let out a year and a half ago by Man
ager "Ducky' Holmes, apparently is all
in as a twirler. In a game at Broken
Bow, Neb.. on Wednesday the former
Western Lacquer was in the box for
Merna and was hammered all over the
lot by the semiprOfessionals on the
Broken Bow team.
Jim Mcclure. the veteran Cleveland
scout. and former catcher, is now
scouting in the Texas league, and the
Daily Oklahoman says he is negotiat-
ing for the sale of the Oklahoma City
franchise. Moist. the present owner,
wants $4,000 for his club. In the event
that a change takes place it will not
come this season anyhow.
If the Cooleysox manage to break
even with Denver, it will be a. whole
lot better than the fans expected them
to do especially after the disastrous
series in Wichita.
Pa Rourke has finally landed Billy
manage the team for the remainder of
the season. Fox is a clever manager
and from now on. the Rourkes may be
considered dangerous factors in the
pennant race. Fox Joined the Omaha
team yesterday, taking his position a.
second base. and batting his regular
position in the batting order-secOnd.
Clark at Omaha yesterday and is said
to have worked fine. Clark Is from
California, but of late has been UNI
piring in the Southern league and the
Texas league. He had some trouble in
the Texas league less than a month
ago which probably accounts for his
not being with that organization yet.
Four in a row for the Topeka team
on the road. and this too in Colorado.
Who would have thought it thus from
the previous dope? Only two more
games and the team will be home. |
Could the locals take the next two the |
team would return with a 500 percent |
age which is better than the team left
with.
This young Locke with Pueblo must
be something of a pitcher He has |
done some great work since returning |
to the Rockies. And the entire pitch |
inc force isn't so poor after all. It is |
really hard to see why Pueblo isn't up |
in the fighting.
Luckily Mr.. OImstead escapes the
credit for yesterdays defeat. He is j |
lucky pitcher when working against |
Topeka.
Doc Miller of Pueblo still leads the
league in hitting That doctor-pitcher- |
oUtfielder looks like he meant to lead |
the league in hitting.
The Topecks will home Thursday |
with the Wichita Izzies who Will re-