The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-25

Cooley Signs Young Infielder
Named Bullock.
Will Have Ten Green Ones Try
ing for Places.
WOOLEY IN TOPEKA.
Came Over to Sign Up His
Contract.
Louisville Has Strings Out for
Bobby Kahl.

DUSTY Bullock, a young player who
was seen last year on the infield of
Johnny Kings Intercity league team
in Kansas City, has been signed by
Cooley and will take his chance at sec
end base along with other youngsters
and KahI. For. while Kahl is proba-
hiy to be sold there will be nothing do
ing on sale until it is seen that
man who will play around second as
well or better Will be found. Young
Bullock will also have chance at the
extra inhelder's place, for Richard will
carry one the coming season. There viii
be no chance taken on the team be-
ing put out of the race by the injury
of an infielder. The dope sounds good
cn the youngster.
Il will have eight or ten youngsters
trying for places when the season OPP
ems" said Cooley today. II am going
to give them a. chance and know from
the dope on them that they viii make
these infielders of mine get up and hus-
tie And that is the best way to keep
a ball player working. Get somebody
after his job"
I.ige Wooley, of Leavenworth, will be
i'll Topeka today and will probably sign
his contract before departing. He will
talk over some baseball matters with
Richard. Wooley is the business young
ster in the winter as we'll as the sum
ner. He gets busy when the time
comes and keeps it up until cold wealth
er No holding out or poutlnS tor
Wooley. And that helps to make him
one of the most popular men on the
local squad Wooley said over the tele-
phone yesterday that Jack FORESTER
who was reported badly injured recent
" in a gas explosion, is recovering
nicely and viii suffer no serious results
rom his injury.
A late letter from Jay Andrews an
nounces that he is sore over having
recommended Cy Young, III, to Cooley
Young was married last fall, according
to Andrews. and has been working out
in the weather all winter in Oklahoma
CITY. He is reported to be in the fin
est condition. Andrews says that II he
still had Young he'd win that Texas
league pennaut next year.
A letter from Tommy ThomaSon
brings news to Topeka that his brother
died recently. Thomson is spending
the winter at the home of his parents
in Liberty, Mo.
Spencer Arthur Abbott has signed
his contract to play first base for the
locals this year and Maxey, who reach
ed Topeka under the cognomen OF TO
ronto Bill last year has put his sig
nature on a Cooley parchment. Moth
ing need be said about AbbottS playing
as every fan who has attended ball
games within the last few years in To-
peka has seen him at work. Abbott is
there in various ways and there Is
not a base runner on the local team
whom the opposing teams fear as they
do "Ab.' He is likely to start some
thing at any time and the opposing
team never knows what it is until they
find it too late to do anything to stor
him. Maxey signed UP with Cooley las;
year and was later sent to the State
League. He is clever catcher and a
likeable fellow and was up near the
top of the list of State League swat
tiers. The Hutchinson papers formerly
ran his batting average daily in black
type.
Louisville is trying to put through 2
deal whereby Kahl becomes their pro-
perty and several clubs over this cir
cult are making tempting offers fol-
Tommy Thomson. Nothing doing
yet in either case.