The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW:
Pueblo at Topeka.
Denver at Wichita.
Lincoln at Omaha
Des Moines at Sioux City.
Lincoln wanted to trade Red Nagle
to Cooley for Thomson even up. Sir
Richard thinks the yoUngster has a
brilliant future however and refused To
consider it, Maggie. although showing
some flashes of form, has won only two
games for the Lynx.
Wichita Beacon: Baird, late of the
Anthony Border league team joined
the Jobber squad this morning. He
will appear in a Wichita uniform this
afternoon. though probably not TO
work, as he pitched a game yesterday
He is a big right handler, and has been
cutting quite swath in western and
southern Kansas circles this season.
-Four and five hits to the game have
been the rule when he was twirling. He
is said to have good control and more
than ordinary baseball sense for
youngster. Holland expects to use him
in some of the present home series. He
has beaten Jack Bolin half dozen
times this season. and is recommended
by the big Clevelander and others who
have seen him work. The local man
agement has been after him for three
weeks past, but it was not until yes
terday that he finally consented to re-
port for trial.
Sporting News: The find of the sea-
son in the American association is GER
tainly Second Baseman Olson. There
is no second baseman anywhere In the
country that is putting up a superior
game. He is at all times cool and col
lected, knows exactly what to do with
the ball when he gets it and steadtes
the infield remarkably. He is certain
ly a star of the first magnitude and IS
amply able to hold his own in any
company. This, taken together with
the fact that he is comparatively new
in fast company and being a young
man, seems to indicate that he has
most brilliant future before him and IS
undoubtedly one of the star second
basemen playing ball. In fact, he is
the sensation of the association OF the
present year.
Eli Gates won't - to DesMoines after
all The veteran got into an argument
with Mike Cantillon about going to the
Higgins town, and Mike won out. Gates
will be sent to the Winona, Mimi, town
in whatever league that Is. Gates
says he will finish the season there and
then throw off the Cantillon yoke.
Sioux City Journal: Is OutfieldeI
William Davidson, of the Lincoln
Foxes. about to become a benedict?
Members of the squad from the Ne
braska capital believe that such is the
case. and ''Davey'' for the past coupl
of weeks has been put through a good
natured grilIing by his teammates
When the season is over, it is said. the
outfielder will lead Miss Jane Scott, OF
Lincoln to the altar Lincoln players
have been led to believe that there is d
condition attached to the engagement,
which provides that the Foxes must
not finish in last place in order to have
the nuptials take place.
Des Ioines and Omaha have switch
ed their dates in September.
The Des Moines papers are printing
daily interviews with Frank McManus.
In one of his interviews Mac says: L
will guarantee to whip Topeka every
time we meet. And the Tribune says
that he viii for he knows the Topeka
batters Well the Topeka. pitchers and
catchers know a little about the Des
Moines batters, too
Saturday the fans, ball players and
others sent fifty different wires to Pres
ident O'Neill knocking on Umpire Glen
alvin. Glenalvin is still umpiring never
theless. CiIenalvin holds the record for
the season, having ostracized fifteen
men in fourteen games
Ice Hall. a pitcher who tried out
with Topeka this spring, is handling
the indicator in the Central assocla-
ton. And he is getting along fairy
we'll.
Notice the way these Topeka players
are running the bases. Eighteen have
thus far been stolen in the five games.
The Denver club is going along at a
pretty good clip, but the fans are won
dering if the club wouldn't look whole
lot better with the veteran Jack
Z1alusky catching the pitchers. A good
catcher has been. known to make
team fifty per cent stronger.
Bomar. who pitched for Des Moines
last season. has been sold by Dos
an effort to farm him out but he
wouldn't report. He will have to make
his peace with the Decatur club now.
Cooley has arranged an exhibition
game for the Cooleysox at Colorado
Springs, August IL This is an off day
and the Topekans will stop off on their
trip back home to play the game The
lineup of the team will be a sort OF
patched up affair.
What some of the former Topekans
are doing in the hitting line in the
American association is shown by the
following figures: HaIla, .27S; Downs,
.249; Olson, .247; Boles, 1913.
Otto Floto in the Denver Post: Il
does not speak well for the Western
league when we note that almost daily
the big league clubs are purchasing
players from the ranks of the different
minor leagues throughout the country.
And nary a one do they take from the
Western Surely there is something
wrong with that class of baseball. Dur
ing the last series at home here in Den
va
sat in the grandstand and watched
every game. He looked all the players
over carefully and after he had seen
them all play l asked him what he