The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
BASEBALL TALK.
Johnny Kunkle Refuses to Sign
a Contract.
He Demands Much More Than
Cooley Offers.
Topeka MAN is FIRM.
Refuses to Make Concessions to
Little Third Stacker.
College Catcher Signed Up Max
ing the Fourth.

"Johnny'' Kunkle. third sacker last
year on the local ball team, has joined
the hold-outs. Kunkle is the hrst OF
the local squad to be afflicted with this
disease, and if the attack is light
one it may not be quarantined. Kunkle
was sent a contract recently, which
called for sos advance per month
over the salary he received for play
ing with Springfield tive years ago.
He returned the contract to Cooley
saying he would play only if paid
much higher figure. Cooley returned
the contract to kunkle with the loI-
lowing prescription:
you need not bother about return
ing this contract. 1 have plenty OF
them. But this is the only one can
use on you, and I>have no changes 10
make in it.
lust as do all other ball players who
want more money in the spring. Ana
he will play good brand OF pan L0r
Topeka this year. There is very ntele
doubt of this If Johnny improves as
much in his playing this year as he
did after he settled down to playing
ball last year he'll be a mighty clever
third sacker by the time the season
closes and will probably be grabbed up
by some one where they sign contracts
for more money.
Cooley has signed a young college
catcher who is regarded by many base
ball men as a find. Such men as
President Chivington of the Amerl-
can league have recommended MIN
and say he is a conner. This Will make
the fourth backstop candidate for the
Cooley squad. But because the young
collegian wants to play football next
year his name has not yet been given
out and probably will not be given out
for a few days It is. however. APP
pended to Cooley contract.
Young Cullen, who is being praised
SO much in Kansas City now. is the
youngster who tried out here last
spring and failed to get into shape.
Leaving here about the time the sea-
son opened. he went south and later
showed up in Columbus to pretty
good advantage. He is being doomed
as a conner this year.
The Kansas City Star roasts "Piclz''
the mighty "Pick,'' Quickly Holmes.
who frequently manages real ball
teams and recognizes a player when
he sees one, will probably be glad to
arrange a deal for Hunters removal to
the Mud Hen town. Had "Ducky
known that he was to manage Toledo
this year, it is hardly likely that Pick
would have gone to Kansas City. If
the Kansas CITY team included a few
players like Pick Hunter it might
get somewhere.
Cooley has placed an order for the
1910 uniforms. They will be the same
as last years uniforms.
President Tom P. Fairweathers re-
cent announcement that the Chicago
White Sox will play an exhibition game
with the Packers in Sioux City on
April IL is the first gentle harbinger
of spring" in the Holmes town. The
lineup of the Packers for 1910, as far
as completed. is as follows: Towne,
Shea and Miller. catchers; Freeman,
Alderman, Chabek. Johnson, Clarke,
Cass, Burnett and Burkhart, pitchers;
Stem, Andreas, Welch and Biers, in
fielders: StovalI, IsbelI Neighbors and
Lewis. outfielders. Catcher Miller and
Pitcher Burnett. mentioned in the line
%, were acquired from Dallas of the
Texas League in q trade for Bob Ed
mondson, who played center for Sioux
City in 1909. Manager Towne still de-
sires to secure shortstop and two good
pitchers. Quite a good sized winter col
ony of ball players is in Sioux City at
present, including the following: Aid
crman, Freeman. Johnson. Clarke,
Andreas, WEIGH. Bers, Towne, Stovall,
Campbell, Greene and ''Ducky'' Holmes,
Steve Meter of the st. Louis Cardinals,
who lives in Cherokee. Ia, frequently
runs into town to hold tanning bee
with his old teammates. A local city
league has been organized, with Bobbie
Black president. When the local West
ern League team is on the road the
games-all on Sundays-will be played
at Riverside park. and when the Pack
ers are at home the games will be play
ed at Crystal Lake park, a Nebraska
pleasure resort available for Sioux City
folks.
John Holland. owner of the ST. Joseph
Western League team has sent out con-
tracts to the players who will with
some recruits. compose the team to be
known as the "Drummers' to represen-
st. Joseph on Western League dia-
monds next season. The list includes
Pitchers David Nance. John Grogan, J,
p. Fitzgerald. Richard Reuter-. Harry
Hatch, James Swift, Joe Galgano and
E. Locke; Catchers Fred Erickson, Tom
Gaffney. Robert Williams and r. r.
Wolfe; First Raseman Fred Clarke;
nhird Baseman Andrew Mcneil, Joe
Locke and Jesse Pritchard; Shortstor
Roy Corhan; Substitute Infielders c. IT.
Dickey, Tex Jones. Fay Kensel and Lew