The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-11

four years and he has led his league
in stolen bases. He probably will be
signed whether McAieese reports or
! not.
| Des Moines Capital: "Yank'' Brown,
the old Anes college pitcher, later with
Pa Rourke's team. will leave this
week for the south to join the Boston
| team. Brown has been spending the
winter at the home of his wife's parents
| at Onawa.
Tony Smith. the former Packer,
| Joined the Chicago Cubs Saturday at
New Orleans. Smith has been spending
the winter in his Texas home.
Billy Young has been notified by
I"Pa" Higgins that he is to be secretary
of the Boosters this year. Billy had
| charge of the refreshment privileges at
the park last year and is a hustler. He
Is already at work on the advertising
privileges for the park.
Deacon" Lohr. who used to be a
member of the Sioux City team when
that town was in the Iowa-South Da-
kota league, wants to bring his Cana
dian team to Packingtown for spring
training.
Moriarity, a semi professional catcher
from st. Louis. has been signed by Tom
Fairweather of the Sioux City team.
Lincoln News: Sully is in prime spir-
its and fairly boiling over with enthus-
iasm- He likes the looks OF the Lin
coin lineup and appreciates the liberali
ty evidenced by the club owners in
buying players and in declaring their
purpose to hold to this program in
buying others. if need be, to give the
Nebraska capital a winner. Sully made
good as Lincoln's manager during the
two months that he piloted the team
last year. but he is more than anxious
to repeat the performance during the
coming Western League campaign.
Rumor has it that Frank LANCE will
come back to the Boosters in case he is
not fast enough for the Sox Matticks,
too. is probable addition.
Des Moines Capital: Here's the best
joke of the early baseball season:
Pueblo wants to buy the Des Mones
baseball club and transfer it to the
western town. This is the worst blow
yet. 1t was bad enough when st. JOS
eph asked for the club. but when
graveyard like Pueblo seeks to GUST us
the time has come for fans to rise in
their wrath. But as a matter of fact
the Colorado burg has actually had the
nerve to wire Bob O'Callaghan and ask
him if the club can be bought. ]. H.
Williams is the name of the man who
perpetrated the outrage.
Lincoln News: Pueblo is laundering to
get back into the game. A dispatch
from little Pfttsburg says: ION ac-
count of a number of rumors to the
effect that the Des Moines franchise in
the Western League may be trans
ferred,. a movement has been started
in this city to bring the team here if
possible. 1t is generally believed that
Pueblo will support a team such as
represented Des Moines last season, but
which was a financial failure in that
city. Prominent business men and fans
tonight wired John Higgins, owner of
the Des Moines franchise, asking him
how much it would take to bring the
team here"
Lincoln News: Ducky Holmes has
emerged scot free from his fistic en-
counter the other day with a real es-
tate man. H. A. Richie. on a street cor
ner in Sioux City's business center.
Ducky gave himself up to arrest, but
Richie wanted no more publicity and
declined to file a complaint. The police
authorities, seeing no offense in a
street fight, following an eruption OF
vile language. let it pass and Ducky
will not be required to pay for his fun.
Ducky intimately say that he has at
least one fight per year in his system.
Now that he is rid of it, he may go
through the coming baseball season at
Toledo without a sign of an eruption.
Some of us, however. will have to be
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