The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-28
NO GAME HERE.
Sunday Contest Is Transferred
to st. Joe.
AlIuring Promise of Gate Re-
ceipts Too Much for Cooley.
FANS ARE UP IN ARMS
Action Brings Storm of Criti'
cism From Enthusiasts.
Manager Promises 1t Will Never
Happen Again.

The Sunday game with ST, Joseph has
been transferred to the Drummer town
and will be played there tomorrow Inc
deal was closed up with Manager Hoi-
land last night Cooley is guaranteed
about a 5000 crowd and the grandstand
receipts. The grandstand in st. Joseph
seats about a thousand more than the
erandstand in Topeka and the. game,
with fair weather conditions, will net
Cooley about 81 200. This will almost
even I'D his loss this season. The loss
is caused by poor attendance here dur
ing the earlier part of the season, when
had weather kept the fans UP town
Rain on the road also had its in
fuence. Here is a chance to even up
the loss and upon the urgent solicita-
tion Of Manager Jack Holland, Cooley
made the transfer.
A storm of protests is going up from
the Topeka fans. It is radical ana
most unusual proceeding and In th3
long run it is doubtful If Cooley Will
gain by the move although he may re-
ceive a temporary benefit. 1t appears
like a reflection upon the baseoaIl en-
tl1usiasts in Topeka
However, there will not be a practice
OF transferring games from Topeka.
Manager Cooley promises. The zeal
hung fire for two days. On one or
these DAYS one of the best games that
will be played in the league this year
was played to 375 paid admissions
True. 1t was a bad day, and it is doubt
full 81 any city in the league would
have done better. but ball team can
not be run without money. This helped
decide Cooley in favor of the TRANSFER
Had the weather been good Tor the
games with ST. Joseph here there
would have been no transfer. fester-
day there was no game but Cooley
PLAYERS drew their $125 in salaries Just
the same. There was no money taken
in with which to pay salaries thursday.
Cooley said that the transfer OF the
game should not be taken as a sign
that he believes the town is baseball
dead. But the best crowd that could
he hoped for here was a 5000 crowd.
This would have been about 500
crowd and would still have left
deficit.
St. Joseph game Sunday, Cooley will
be even with the board in his swing
of another month away from home
games. There are not a great many
games in Topeka in June. 1t will give
him chance to start over again.
It didn't rain very hard Friday, but
there wasn't more than IS people in
the grandstand and sRenher manager
was anxious to risk injury to a player
on the slippery grounds
Topeka and Lincoln are picked as
the weak teams by Garner Taylor, sec
rotary of the st. Joseph club. Still
there is a chance that he might be
mistaken. Holland says it is a month
too early to decide on which club is
strongest.
Powell of the st. Joseph team is i'll
with the grip. 1t is believed he will
be out of the game only few days.
st. Joseph News-Press: oh! where
Oh! where were Tex. Mac. Roy AND
the rest of Hollands sure hitters yes
terday And think of it. after wallop-
ing every twirler Babe Towne could
muster.
St. Joseph News Press: That was {
hard game to lose and no mistake. At
ter batting like Trojans for ten and {
half innings, playing alright ball, and
then to get a l to wallop from th'
Sox. Just goes to show that although
Topeka is in the cellar. the relative
strength of the team cannot be judged
as yet from the looks of the percentag
column. We knew that Cooley's buncl
~ k,ard Y,rnp0eftion on aO1Oun