The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
Fate For the Season Dependent
on Successes on Road.
Cooley, Kahl and Henry Joined
Team in Omaha Today.
HARRIS GOOD PITCHER
New Member of Staff Looked
Good in Game at Lincoln.
Burnum and McManus to 60 =
McCIintock Released.

This afternoon on Pa Rourke's Vim
tan street baseball yards in Omaha,
one long grinding series of games
will be commenced which If success
fully passed through with will almost
insure Topeka a berth in the first
division with a possible 1ook-in at the
rag. By successful on the road is
meant, holding our own or winning
half of the games. This is all that
is ever expected of a team on the
road. There is every reason to be-
lieve that Topeka viii be able TO do
this much For she did it on
previous swing around that part OF
the circuit
Two. games were played at Lincoln
Monday, but as there has been an
off date since them, the real series on
the road commences today. -Four
games will be played at Omaha,
which will consume all the remaining
days this week. Sunday the team
moves to Des Moines for four more.
Following that there are four sched-
uIed games with Sioux City. and II IS
likely that of the four postponed
dates at that place, that at least Two
of the games viii be played OH; l MS
is I'D to Ducky Holmes and while IN
Topeka a few days ago, the latter
said he would probably play two or
them at this time and two OF them
later when Topeka makes the Ih1ro
invasion of the northern iowa CITY
July 4 the Monday following is an
off date and Holmes and Cooley may
arrange to pull off one OF the post
poned games on this date. From Sioux
CITY the team drops down to Lincoln
for three games. the conclusion of the
road trip. The team will return home
for a short time July %, opening Win
the Denver team as the opposition
Dick Cooley Bob Kah1 and Jack
1a- Mic fO 50iF the team
and they Will be there in time TOT
this afternoons game. Henry IS ready
to 20 in and work imm ed1ately upon
his arrival and there is one thing that
can ALWAYS be said of Jack, which
cannot trIIthfuIly be said OF Ger
tain other catchers, familiar to To-
peka fandom. That Is that JACK Is
always ready to go in and play ana
no matter what else is said of him,
he has to be given the palm on TINS
score Jacks former career with To-
peka lasted into three different sea
sons and never but once IN ali TINS
time was Jack out of the game TO
speak of and that only after he had
been the victim OF a painful surgical
operation. And Jack is always hust-
ling. There are few who are better
receivers than this former Topekan,
and he will strengthen the team IN
the base running department, place
where Topeka is now none TOO
strong.
Cooley Is Ready.
Cooley will be ready to go IN at
any time he is needed. Those VINO
have stood by Abbott have been Wen
rewarded by seeing their 100! founo
into his own form. but anytime ne
has a run of bad luck, Cooley VIII
take his place for a few days, so that
+I7e Initial station will be well guarded
against poor play. kahFs knee was
hurt much worse than was at Ilrst
sl1nDosed. one of the bones was SPIN
tered and this is now mendlns raPtpo
". so rapidly in fact that ne Will pc
in the game within a few days Ram
will be a good man to have at Omaha
ANYHOW if he doesn't participate ac,
lively in the game. he rs IS p Pc pa
12olrIxe has three of these on his pay
roll KahI will don his uniform and |
be ready to bat in the winning run
At the psychological moment.
with Kahl back in the lineup as ne
viii be before many days, and Geler
hack in the outfield, the team Will De
At its normal strength and IN pretty
good condition. The 1nfleId ana out-
fiaId will both be strengthened by
1<ab1.s re-appearance. There is no
use DENYING the fact that the crippled
lineup has cost the team severn
= hard TO beat in right field while
FenIon is out of position there. ana
Thomason is inexperienced IN IeLt.
several games have been Iost py pdAs
Falling safe or DeluS JuSSACo eAh1N -
rer,1Isr outfielder in his own partic-
mar field would eat up.
The greatest weakness OF the team
is in its pitching staff. This is an ola
stor1- Int it is true, and it is the nara
es4 mart of the team to strengthen.
pitchers are as scarce as radlum ana
aIn7est as costly. Topeka has but -FOUR |
nitcbers on the staff now who are
tn,-arl-inr in good Order-kaufnan
Hendrix. Wright and Harris, kauI, |
-asn has been working pretty nara
80 this accounts for some OF MS m
Effectiveness in recent games. lie Is
80 litreIv pitcher for this afternoon |
,,,d should be in good condition as ne /
80 been recuperating since SUNDAY /
,s,o-ninp Hendrix has surprised eV-
S,bady and has developed into one
- 453s nafnstays of the club in the
- desDite the many assertions 70 |
t1se Contrary expressed during the
1salrs ~ training, and early weeks
- az season. Wright is good pltch-
- - tIis delivery is the kind that IN
-,s-ses one as being the property OF
= 9s,1T man but "RaSty" is a haIo
s 9 and will win his share OF
N.,,,es on the trip. He IS pltchlns
5efter ball every time he works IN the
box. -. xx,au
xvo,,,- Harris earned a job as reg
,,1a,e T1ifeher by his performance agalnst
!, Sll ss.,6I,, in the afternoon game Monday
attar McClintock had made nllser-