The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-24

met Charles Comiskey, of the White
Sox. and George Tebeau, of the Kansas
City Blues. Comiskey said If he lid
not use Lang he would come back to
Des Moines and that If the latter club
hasn't place for Lang in all likelihood
he will go to Wichita Tebeau assured
Fairweather that Cy Neighbors was a
good mana good hitter and alive on
the bases.
President F'airweather is very en-
thusiastic over his acquisition OF
Charles Linn, the Chicago City league
s. nipro Inns greatest achievement
was when he shut out Austin, fast
city man, without run or a hit. he
struck out nine men In the game In
an exhibition game he held the White
Sex to one hit in six innings The
Sioux City president says he will be
nightly fooled if Linn does not make
good in this league.
Another likely yOungster whom the
Sioux City team is in fair way to Sc
cure is James A. Prendergast, who last
year played center field for the Logan
Squares. Fairweather says he looks is
though he could deliver the goods and
he is highly pleased at the prospect Of
securing him.
sam StovaI1 and Tommy Campbell
have signed their contracts and Man
ager Babe" Towne says the other
contracts are being returned in a salts
factory manner.
stall Is boxes in the grandstand at
Mizzou park and grade the ground
along the south fence early in the
spring.
Denver Republican: Local baseball
enthusiasts note with some pleasure
that the magnates of other cities in the
Western league express some fear of
the new Denver team. What If the
town is really to have champion team
sat ,r ,a1N hi
fear of a team does not advance it one
step on the way to first place, recog-
milton that the nine is made up OF conf
petent players who may be able TO
capture high -honors IS worth paying
some attention to. Many champion
has won bout because the other fell
low went into the ring afraid of him.
When President Lynch of the Ma
tional league announced that his slogan
would be protection of the umpire, he
astonished the world of baseball play
ers, who during the last few years had
had such evidences of the power or the
marker of the decisions that they Won
dered what more was to be given him
This is being commented upon by the
players, now that they have had time
to recover from their surprise. Refer
ence has been made in these columns to
the unnecessary announcement or the
president. Weeks have passed and he
has IlOL IOllOhCQ Ills HI d I'LL cat wan NA-
explanation of why he thought it was
needed or of what he intends to do to
further protect them.
Denver News: In regard to the play
ers yet to be signed, McGill says he
and Manager Hendricks are figuring on
three more, a pitcher, a catcher and an
outfielder. He has given Manager Hen
bricks authority to go ahead and make
any deal he sees fit to secure men of the
caliber wanted. President Comiskey of
the Chicago White Sox has given his
promise to turn over an outflelder to
the Denver club who should strengthen
any team in the Western league, but
refuses to give out his name.
According to present plans. Manager
Hendricks and the pitchers and catch
ers of~-the team will report for practice
at Excelsior Springs, Mo-, on March 20.
several days in advance of the other
players, they being ordered to report
three days before the opening practice
games at the resort The whole squad
will come to Denver at once after the
games at Kansas City arrangements
having already been made for board
ing place SO that they will all be to-
gether until the championship season
opens, when they will be on their own
resources.
McGill is highly pleased with every
action of Manager Hendricks in the
deals which have been made, and con-
WINGED that the aggressive Chicagoan
will prove the right man in the right
place.