The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-12

the night to the finish. Johnson is one
red man who refuses to look upon
| fire water" and his success i'm the
past has made him a pitcher to be
feared by any club in this class. Shea,
while not a good batsman, possesses
| every other quality that belongs to a
not been made public, but IL was not
far from $1,000 and the pair is cheap
| enough at the figure. It makes two
| departments of Hollands team just
| about as strong as any in the league
certainly as strong as the average.
Before Holland gets through. some of
the boys who have been doping his
bunch to finish last. will be obliged
to change their predictions or else
look hit foolish as they did last
season in doping out his Wichita team.
Clay Center Dispatch: Manager
Granny of the local ball team has
finally heard from the father of Har-
ley Grubhs. his fast third sacker last
season. Harley is not Of age and
Grubbs. ST., informed Granny some
time back that he didn't want him to
play ball this year. A petition signed
by pretty nearly every business man
on the townsite asking Mr.. Grubbs to
let Harley play. was sent him last
month and the letter Granny Just re-
ceived is in reply to that petition Mr..
Grubbs says he has decided to make a
farmer out of the boy.
Pitcher Cole. who won the last game
of the season from the St Louis Car
dinals for the Cubs. proudly proclaims
the fact that he led the National
league in pitching and batting last
year. He had pitching percentage
of 1000 and r batting average of 500.
However, he played in only one game.
That's going to be the best big league
season I ever had says Cole. 81
hope to have a good one this year.
but I also hope il won't be as easy
to figure my averages. You can do
one game in your head"
Hutchinson News: When Lyons
was admitted into the Kansas State
league about a year ago. it was pre-
dicted that it would not last a sea-
casionally remarked that her baseball
boom was short lived and that the
spirit that brought home the flag last
season is not present. However. the
directors of the affairs of the Lyons
club think that baseball has come to
stay in the little burg up Cow creek.
and accordingly have already regrad-
ed the diamond and boast that they
will have the best in the league The
diamond has been raised and the out
field is covered with a heavy sod. SO
that it will be a classy looking ground.
1t is proposed to enlarge the seating
grandstand. Bankhead has not been
asleep this winter and while he has not
divulged that he has a single. player
he simply looks wise and says. 1.-THE
the time comes and the team that cops
the rag will be a better team than this
league saw last year"
Lincoln News: Don Despair and
Charles Patricius McCafferty were in
conference yesterday. but could not
get together. Charles p. is holding out
for q contract which makes him a
club has no further use for his serv-
ices. President Despair declares that
the bucking pitcher, and no other play
er, for that matter. has the ghost of a
chance to land that sort of contract
from the Lincoln management. ChaS.
Patricius says he won't play unless he
has his way, and the chief of the Lin
coin club relates that Charles P. may
suit himself. McCaferty stated yes
terday that he would go to Chicago
next week to play independent ball I'M
less President Despair came to time,
which is most remote Charles Patri-
pitching independent bah in the windy
city. which is about one-sixth OF the
money offered him by the Lincoln club. |
For man who admits he was decently |
no grievance, Mr.. McCafferty's conduct |
is profoundly queer. The local man |
agement has no notion of getting out |
of the game in the event that Charles !
+. SHOulQ depart.
Arkansas City Traveller: Arkansas |
City has raised over one thousand dol |
lars already for the ball team this |
summer and If five hundred more can |
be secured, we will have league ball |
here this season. said ]. s. Cree. |
chairman of the baseball committee |
that is securing subscriptions for the |
teams support this year.
complete list of all state league con-
tracts received up to date by Presi-
dent Hostutler.
Hutchinson-W. H. link, Babe Mil
Ter, Milton Drumm, William Burgess.
Sterling Markin. Earl e. Terye. Harry
Yeager.
Great Bend-otto Harrison. o. c.
Owens, Alfred Bumb. VIM. Pearl Boaz,
Archie Reed, Harry c. Watson. Luth-
err Rose. Rolia Mapel. Harris Wal
lace. Dale E. Porter. c. w. Lyon. A.
Horack. Neil Kennedy, Jas. c. Dew
lit. j. H. Barthelmass. Pete Falken-
berg, Edwin Page, w. E. Salm
Arkansas City-Theodore Brunt, S.
Lyons. P. c. Hankins, Dutch Watkins.
Lyons-Joe Ribbert. Walter Size
Ray Baker, Charles Weisner, Joe
kneaves, L. w. Templeton. c.. Wilbur
Snyder. n. c. Snyder
Wellington-Harvey Norman, Joe
ocnlnoSkls george hlD1nSs II. A. Lew
is, Ben Lowder. G. w. Armstrong,
VIM. Corbey, z. C. Pinkerton, Roy
Brown, Harry Gaines, Willard Coov-
ey, A. z. Hay, Tom Giffin, Sullivan
Campbell. Richard Schacklett.
McPherson-J. NJ. Murphy. E. NJ.
Walsh. c. A. Waller. E. F. CampffeId.
Boyd Woodland. Harper Harmon, c. D. |
Conkkin, Harry E. Languer. Lewis
Studebaker. George Brannon, Russell
Rout, George w. Alton, Fred Ransom.
Hugh Cloherty.