The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-05

nate in the position of practically hav
ing a man signed without knowing his
name. "Tay Pay looks upon the new
recruit as particularly promising find
The Packers now have four catchers
signed.
Cy Neighbors still refuses to sign
Sioux City contract.
Burkhardt, the Colorado semipro.
who is to try out on the Packer pitch
ing staff this season, is pract1cing IN
Denver and reports he is getting into
good shape. Before he reports in Sioux
City he is going to Chicago for a short
visit.
Umpire Evans declares that spikes
will never be abolished because such
radical action is not necessary. Evans
declares that intentional Sptl<ing can
always be detected.
Word has been received from Presi-
dent Higgins of the Des Moines CLUB
that he had not definitely decided on
the manager for the Champions for this
coming season after all. he says that
Mugsy McGraw may drop the hit
and run play this year.
The Cleveland club boasts of eight
men who hit from the wrong side of
'--o
Jimmy McAleer of the Washington
club, is anxious to trade Dolly Gray
to the Maps for Pitcher Mitchell.
Clarke Griffith has signed Ed Lynch
of Pittsburg, Pa Lynch was a star
in the o. & P. league.
John McGraw is confident that Rog-
er Bresnahan will have a good year
this coming season.
Plans have been completed for the
launching of a Southern California
Baseball association on May 1.
Terry Turner once more states that
his arm is in shape and that he will
come back and play good ball for the
Maps this summer.
Pittsburg baseball fans do not like
the sale of Pitcher Vic Willis to the
Cards, especially when Camnitz is
holding out for more salary.
Judging from reports received from
the Maps training camp, Elmer Flick,
outfielder, who was considered down
and out, seems to be himself again.
That gag was sprung last year also.
Des Moines Tribune Jack Dalton
has appeared in Des Moines. This star
right fielder, who did SO much to win
the pennant for Des Moines last year,
is not in the best condition at the
present time. He is just recovering
from a siege of pneumonia. He ex-
poets to be back in shape by the time
the season begins, however. He is
about twenty-five pounds under
weight now.
Wichita Beacon: Jack Holland,
manager of the st. Joseph club, has
closed deal for the purchase of
Pitcher Watson, of the Great Bend,
Kansas State league club. While
Watson is youngster, Holland is
more than delighted with his pur-
chase, and predicts that the lad will
make good from the start. The price
paid was $3.50. Watson Joined the
Great Bend team late in the season
last year and got away none too good
at first. OF the first eight games he
pitched he won one and lost seven,
but he showed that he had the goods
for all that, and Rudy Killing, who
was managing the team, kept him
working. Finally, in the home
stretch, he started to win and there
was no stopping him. He won the last
five straight, chiefly through his own
superb work, rather than through his
backing. His last victory was the
last game of the season, when he beat
Hutchinson out of the pennant by
trimming Bill links team neatly.
watson halls from ST. Louis He
batted close to 1893 for the season.
Nal Eason, who pitched in years
gone by both for Brooklyn and Chi
cago, wants to become an umpire. Nal
was one of those pitchers who looked
like a world beaten but usually man
aged to lose by one run.
Old kid" Nichols announces that
he will pitch for his semi-professional
team in Kansas City this year. The
old boy believes that he still is good
enough to fool the near professionals.
Jimmy Sullivan is due to arrive in
Lincoln tomorrow to take up the ac-
tive management of the 1910 team
and to be on hand to welcome the old
spavs and new recruits when they
for duty.
Honus Mite, whom the Pueblo mag
ally sold the team ana franchise to |
Jack Holland, Joined the Chicago |
White Sox at Pueblo and made the !
trip to the coast in the special
wichita Beacon: Bob Kahl and Dick |
Cooley seem to have made it up again, |
and Kahl will be back at second base
for the Topeka team this season kahl |
admits that he was wrong and de- |
clareS that Cooley is the best mana |
ger in the world; Cooley admits that l
Kahi is right in taking all the blame |
and says he has no equal in the West |
ern league as a second sacker. AS