The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-11
POST-SEASONB BALL
Oklahoma Towns Are Taking
Advantage of Autumn.
Many Games as Good as in Regu-
lar Schedules.
MO W
FORMER KANSANSP PLAY
Others Live in State Where
Good Timber FlOurishes.
Former Governors Among Those
Who Formerly Starred.

Guthrie, Ok, Oct. 11.-Althougn all of
the league teams in Oklahoma have
disbanded for the season, the baseball
season in this state is not over by any
means, as the mild climate makes it
possible to play ball until late in the
fall, and that fact is taken advantage
Of by a large number of Independent
and semi professional teams in various
parts of the state.
Many of these games are as good as
some of those seen in the regular sea-
sons, as an unusually large number OF
professional ball players make Their
homes in Oklahoma, and most of them
are not averse to picking up a little
spending money by playing with the
independent aggregations at or neal
their home towns after their own sea-
son has closed.
The result is that many of these
teams are composed almost entirely OF
professional players at this time of the
year. AS an example, a team which
played at Muskogee in the last week
included Bruce Ross, the Indian out
fielder, who has played with Joplin IN
the Western Association and Columbus
in the American Association; Lon TRY,
who finished the season with Kewanee.
in the Central Association; Paddy
Mayes, another Indian player, sold re-
Gently by Shreveport to the Philadel-
phia Nationals; Peck Harrington, a
Three-I League catcher, Frank Taylor
who pitched for Sapulpa and Guthrie
in the Western Association this year;
Johnny Hendley, who has played with
various Western Association teams and
umpired in the association this year;
Sammons, a Kansas State League play
er, and Ole Olesen, formerly a Western
Association star and now profession
al wrestler
Mayes lives at Pryor Creek and Ross
at Tahlequah, but the others all claim
Muskogee as their home. Al Nickel,
who played in the Three-I League this
year, also lives at Muskogee, but has
not returned home as yet
Iron Man" McGinnity.
Joe McGinnity, the Iron Man" OF
baseball, who managed the Newark
team in the Eastern League this year
and came so near getting away with
the pennant in that league. lives at
McAlester and owns a big foundry
there.
Chris Holtz, who was McGinnity's
mainstay behind the bat this year, lives
at WiIpurton. Dale Gear, a former Gig
Lacquer, a University of Kansas man,
who has been successful as the man
ager of the Shreveport team, in the
Texas league, has a farm in the Big
Pasture near Chattanooga and spends
his winters there. Chick" Brandon,
turned back to Kansas City by Pitts
burg in the last year after several sea-
sons with the Pirates, lives at Wood
ward.
Clyde Geist, farmed to Louisville by
the Chicago Cubs for next year, lives
at Enid, as does Walter Frantz, form
erly a st. Louis player, and more -e-
Gently with the Texas league. 'SIed''
Allen. who caught for the St Louis
Browns a large part of this season and
is now with Louisville, lives at Geary.
Oklahoma City has big baseball
colony, including Gus weighing and
'tChappie Charles" Mcfarland, both
former big league pitchers; Dr. Jasor
Andrews, who managed the Oklahoma
City team this season and will head
another Texas league team next sea-
son; Crab Womack, who has appear