The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-22


in the Omaha outheId in a good many
years. WEIGH has been with Omaha
for six years Johnny Gonding goes
him one better with seven years OF
service for Pa.
Lincoln News: An underground
message from Chicago relates thai
Frank Isbell, the wise old baldhead
of the White Sox. is sore on his en-
ployer, ComisSey, and that Izzy In
tends to quit the Sex this winter and
devote his entire time to the Wichita
club next year. The Chicago story
is to the effect that Comiskey had
promised IsbeH and Holland. owners
of the Wichita club, the loan OF a
pitcher for the remainder of the
Western league season, but to IzZys
chagrin he was advised the other
day that Commy was arranging 20
let the man wichita wants go TO
Jimmy Callahan's city league club in
Chicago. This deal will look bit
queer to the average baseball crank.
who can't help but feel that Comis-
key owes a debt of gratitude to a
player of the stamp of Isbell, who
has given twelve years of the best
part of his life toward building Com
iskey's fortune and fame as a base
ball magnate. Isbell started In the
business under Comiskey at st. Paul
and is the real veteran of the White
Sox club 1t is up to Commy to back
" appreciates a man of the Isbell
type. The cold truth is that there
are very few Isbells in professional
baseball. 1t will be a boon for the
eagle cuts loose from the majors and
hies to Wichita to give the latter
club his full time.
Wichita Beacon: Manager Holland
of the -JObbers. arrived in Wichita
last night, having made the trip from
Newton in an automobile. He is
confident that the fans will have
reason to pull for the team with a
VIII before another week is over, and
says that it will soon be back with
the leaders unless he falls down in
some prospects which he has in sight.
The boys are working hard and
the team looks as good as any OF
White we have the best shortstop
Wichita ever has had. He covers
lots of ground and looks as if he
would hit we'll He knocked down
three hits at st. Joe Sunday. and got
his man on one of them. The others
were drives which none of our other
shortstops would have got near. He
makes the team look fifty per cent
stronger. With Buck back in the
game, and another pitcher, whom 1
expect to land this week, Wen be
back up there. Mind that. ! don't
mind taking all the blame. I can
stand it as well as anyone"
Aitchison and Brennan are both
working fine. according to the big
manager. Aitchison should have won
both Of the games he lost, but bad
fielding did the business. To quote
the boss: "As soon as the pitchers
got to working, the fielding went bad
behind them" Holland says that
Anderson was responsible for both
games that Brennan lost at Omaha
and Lincoln. OF the isx hits made
off Brennan in that eighth inning
rally at Lincoln, two were flies which
Pettigrew misjudged, and two others
should have been easy outs at short.
Anderson didn't look as il he would
be able to do the team any good, so
he was allowed to go.
Holland went to Chicago to get
Sack, who pitched for the Gunters.
but couldn't touch him. He said he
had made $3.50 in June. and that
settled 1T as far as any Western
league payroll was concerned. Weav-
er expects to get back soon, but there
is no telling. He went to bed after
he had caught the game at Omaha.
and hasn't been able TO do anything
since. Armstrong Is catching we'll.
but his arm has been bad. and the
has been running wild on
the BASES
Holland will leave this evening for
a trip into Oklahoma, where he has
in sight.
IF / can get the man who will do
us some good. / will pay the price for
him." he said, but don't intend TO
buy someone who will help us next
season and do nothing for us this
year"
The first thing he did after his ar
rival at the office was to write half
Z dozen kilograms.