The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
Western League Managers Busy
Signing Players.
GunthOrpe Gets Barney Schrie-
Der From Indianapolis.
COOLEY'S BRIGHTIDEA
Will Try to Make Fielder Out
Of Pitcher Thomson.
Locals Will Report for Practice
on March %.

Denver. Jan. 12-Secretary ]. f.
fGunthorpe announces the purchase of
Pitcher Barney Schrieber from the In
dianapolis club of the American As
ISOLATION, a southpaw. who stands six
feet and two inches in his stocking
feet and tips the beams around the 200
mark.
schrieber was drafted by the Detroit
club of the American league from the
Terre Haute club of the Central league
last fall, and the Indianapolis club Sc
cured him in a trade deal with the
Detroit club. The Indianapolis pitch
ing staff being overcrowded. a deal was
made by Manager Hendricks, by which
he became the property of the Denver
club.
For the past two years Schrieber has
been the winning pitcher of the Terre
Haute club, pitching over 35 games
each season, with team which finish
ed sixth and seventh. In 1908 he won
20 games and lost 16 for Terre Haute,
a percentage of .579.
Manager Hendricks saw Schrieber
pitch both seasons while he was man.
aging the Fort Wayne team of the
same league. Ever since he was ap-
pointed manager of the Denver team
he has been trying to purchase the
giant left handlers release, and was
only able to secure it by a purchase
price greater than the draft price OF
q player from a class B league.
The purchase of Schrieber gives the
Denver club a pitching staff which looks
easily the strongest in the league. Ohm
stead, Knobs. Adams, Lower, Herbert
and Mitchell are it's other members. The
last two were drafted from the Texas
league. Lowers release was purchased
from the Cincinnati club of the Ma
tional league. He pitched good ball for
the Omaha club of the Western league
- al % l.. Il
may figure In a trade deal. but the 9TH
er six men will surely all be ordered to
report.
Secretary Gunthorpe is much en-
Unused over reports which he has re-
ceived from fans who saw Herbert and
Mitchell work in the Texas league last
season. He has also been much i'm
pressed over what he has heard of
Pitcher Schrieber.
Wichita, Jan. 12.-when Frank Isbell.
president of the local ball club, re-
turned from trip to st. Joseuh, he
announced that two men had signed
contracts for the 1910 Wichita team.
Catcher Edward Jokerst returned his
signed contract to Isbell with a. letter
in which he stated he was delighted
with Its terms and was pleased to be
with the local club another season.
]. Locke, a left-handed pitcher, whom
Jack Holland discovered in the brush,
also sent in his contract. Locke halls
from Erie, Kan, and is said to be the
best in that part of the state.
Manager Holland of the st. Joseph
club, returned here with Frank Isbell,
and will remain here few days prepar
atory to going to st. Joseph for the
spring. He stated that the st. Joseph
baseball fanatics" raised $9173 on
baseball day and that it will be placed
to his credit In a St. Joseph bank. This
amount will be increased to more than
$4,000 as subscriptions continue to
come in.
Tommy Thomson, a Topeka
pitcher, will play right field in the To-
peka club of the Western league dur
ing the coming season, that is if he
can learn. This was announced last
night by Manager Cooley of the To-
Gals, who says that while Thomson
Is an average pitcher, he is too good
hitter to remain out of three-fourths
of the games, hence he will guard the
right field. His efforts at fielding
have been weak but perhaps he can
learn.
when it is remembered Thomson
hit 800 last season." Cooley says, ''also
he is an expert outfielder it is not
strange that the change should be
made. II l can pick out good Sec
ond baseman 1 will have a first class
infleld too"
Thomson has arrived in Topeka
from Liberty, Mo, which is his home,
and after the matter had been talked
over with Cooley the announcement
that he would play right position was
made last night.
81 don't think Western league pros
poets ever were any brighter than they
are for the coming season." Cooley
continued. THE clubowners are all
working together, and the towns are
all good baseball towns and right
now there is no baseball politics in
the league to cause squabbles.
THE Topeka players will be called
together about March 20. and If the
boys report at that time they will
have q month to get themselves in
shape for the opening of the season. .
Cooley has about twenty men lined
UP. Some of these are the men re-
served from last season, while the rest
are players who are now only waiting
for contracts to be mailed them.
Il will be able to start the season
this year with a much better team
than / opened with last year. OF the
twenty men now in line, il is NOT
likely that there will be more than a
few dead ones. AS far as 1 can see
there will be no especially weak point
in the team. We ought to get awav
in great shape" -1--.af
ALI that is needed by the Topelta
team is good man to replace Kahl
with kunkie and Abbott at third and
first. and Riley at short. Wooley will
remain at center and il is expected
that Fenlon who was sold to Louisville
last season will perform in the left
Held. Thomson replaces Grier, who