The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-09

What will become of the Topeka
team? Nobody will try to answer. not
even Cooley. He's just getting out
what there is in it and maybe it will
hold together when the season Is over.
Certainly there is no intention dis
played to win any more games this
year. Abbott is out in left in
Thomason's shoes until some outcast
comes along looking for home. Ru-
NOR even has it that Abbott is going
to have to pitch before the week is
over. Cooley hasn't shown much in
terest in the team this season and his.
only thought now is to get all he can
out of players and the indications are
that he will doffefy we'll.
Thomson is to report to Cleveland
today. His goodbye to the Western
league is the beginning of his realiza-
ton of his dreams of bigger. things.
Ever since he Joined the Cooleysox a,
year ago he has worked hard to go up.
When dissention was rife, he hung on
the outer edge and played his best.
Coming as a pitcher to the Topeka
club, he failed to make good. "Wel1,
If can't pitch, know what I can do.
I can field with anybody. and hit, too"
he said. And he did. In truth his
first few days in the field were far
apart because he dropped half of them
that came out. But he tried hard and
always did hit the ball. Soon he got
to getting the fly hits, later he seldom
missed one and always shot it back to
the diamond in quick time. The worst
day he has had all season was Sunday
with the Antelopes on the muddy field
His price is $4,000. And with it goes
an agreement that Thomson shall re-
ceive at least $500 a month. Cooley
says he held onto his prize outfielder
until he knew he had a good thing. He
knew the worth of a willing player
and protected him in sending him up.
Thomson was hitting .295 and field
ing 1853.
Tom Fairweather of the Soos has
announced the sale of Chick Hartman,
crack shortstop, to the Brooklyn ma
tionals for $1,500, delivery to be made
at the close of the season Sioux City
got the player from Denver for $500
at the beginning Of this season.
One result of the sneak Jack Hol-
land took cut of Joe town the other
night is the announcement that he has
purchased Catcher Coe and Outfielder
Goodrich of the Sapulpa team in the
slipping Western association. Both
are to report August 16.
Rightfelder Riggarts of the Lyons
State league club is one of the young
sters to come up to the Western
league from the brush. He has been
bought by Rourke and will report to
the Omahogs at st. Joe this week.
When the Sioux Packers reach
home Thursday after victorious road
trip, in which they took four out of
six from the Denver Grizzlies and
pushed them off the top round, they
will be met by brass band. Fans Of
the town are touching business men
| for SIS and SO to make up the ex-
Denses for the receptiOn.
According to telephone message
from Doc. Jay Andrews to Dick
Cooley, the new owners of the Okla
homa City Texas league club are mere
| ly pretenders and have paid not a
cent on the purchase price of $4,000.
Former Owner r. E. Moist is said to
| be trying to get his team back. The
new owners handed Doctor Jay his
release Friday, he said, but he refused
to have it. He has an idea, backed
| by counsel, that his contract will draw
a full seasons pay and intends to
! have it so. Further, he said that there
was some litigation in store for R. E.
Moist in regaining control of the club
This comes by way of explanation Of
the failure of the Oklahoma manage
| ment to come through with the $500
| they were to pay Cooley for Cy Young.
When Cooley drew on them for the
amount the other day there was moth
ing forthcoming, but Cooley says he
| eventually will get the money, as
somebody will take the team and have
| to pay its debts.
st. Joseph News-Press: Everyone is
entitled to his own opinions, but some
times opinions don't hitch and there