The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-16
Hagerman Bought From Louis
vile by Lincoln.
Former Topeka Twirler Seems
to Have Lost Cunning.
PITCHERS In THE AIR
Western Leagues Seem to Be
Weak This Year.
Teams Making Frantic Effort to
Get New Ones.

The pitchers in the Western league
are having a hard time just now to
make a credtable showing against
the batters of that organization. Hence
the struggle of many managers to Sc
cure new twirling material and also
the large and extraordinary scores.
Also the fielders are not yet going
their best and this assists in making
games uncertain and compiling large
returns. In another month the pitch
ers will be going good. the fielders will
have steadied down and baseball Will
be a great deal more giltedged. Mean
while it is going to seem that num-
Der of good pitchers have gone bad
during the winter.
Despair of Lincoln is making
strenuous efforts to bolster his pitching
staff. His latest move along this line
IS the purchase, according to his an
nouncement, of RIP" Hagerman, now
Nth Louisville but really the property
of c. Webb Murphy. This time it is
our own ~. H." who is breaking into
the Western league, according to
Despain's announcement of purchase.
The Antelopes seem to have pitching
star that gets away with it but
Despair seems to be peeved over every
game lost and if more pitchers VIII
win more games Don seems deter
mined to purchase them.
Der a pair of pitchers from st.
Louis team. Meter pitched the Sun
day contest, struck out seven men and
lost to st. Joseph because of errors
behind him. The other new one has
not yet been tried.
Sioux City is working all the time
to strengthen its pitching staff and
now seems to have more nearly sue
ceeded than any other team manage
ment in the league. The Packer
NIT oOinO nicely thank
In Des Moines your Uncle Johnson
Higgins is trying to secure the return
of LANCE and wants three or four other
major league pitchers to help him win
a remnant. 1t is likely he will get
what he wants whether anyone else
does or not because Uncle J. proved
last year that he had something ION"
Comiskey and others. Sage, one of
the new ones he had taken unto him
self, lost his first game but is still de-
clared to look good.
Denver has spent coolies of money
for pitchers, according to press re-
ports and will probably spend more
before the team returns to the shadow
of the Rockies.
Holland, Isbell and Cooley alone
seem to be working along with the
same pitching staff and without the
thought that they need other pitchers
And they seem to be right in this de-
cision. Take for instance Cooley's
staff consisting of Wright, Kaufman
Jackson. Fugate, Harris, and if neces-
sary Boles, all good pitchers. All OF
them should win games and all OF
them will win games. Jackson, who
has been particularly unfortunate, has
the habit of weakening in the ninth
Jackson came in late and has not haC
the work necessary, according to the
fellows who ought to know. He will
grow stronger. Wright will get better
So will every pitcher on the team
Meanwhile the local throwing despite
looks good as any of them despite
hard luck and games lost. But watcl
the pitching staff.
The st. Joseph Boosters, LOO
strong, will come to Topeka May 26
the day of the last game of the frs
Joetown series with the locals. Thu
locals will play in st. Joseph on Dec
Grafton day.
The Beacon has taken a fall GU
with Umpire Spencer. O'Neil say
Spencer work here and was PLEASED
with i'm. Jack Holland got Spence
his job. Seems that the Beacon will
have to give it up.
Lincoln News: Mr. Watson is a prod
uct of the Kansas State league. Jacl
Holland had a notion to draft tn
youngster last fall but let the oppor
tunity slide and when he purchase
the Jaynawker's release during tn
winter he was compelled to pay a pric
quite a bit in excess of the draft. Tha
one-hit game makes it appear as
Holland had made a splendid invest
Hnent.
st. Joseph News-Press: A repor
which has been current among tn
fans for several days that Manage
Holland contemplates the sale of Ro
Cortland and Harry McChesney. reach
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