The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02

han man as George Davis, and his COM ,
ing into the league Will undouptSUIs
not only stimulate new interest In Des /
Moines, but throughout the entire cir
cult, where he will be welcomed III 49, .Ss.
cry city Davis knows the game iroll IRON
start to finish and his long experieho os
as a major league man should De o.
great assistance to him in moldlng an
other winner in Des MONIES. tIuse
Billie Dwyer will be back IN Des
Mones again this year. He is a spleno-
Id BAH player and his success last year
was very gratifying to ms MANY
friends throughout the circuit
Down in Lincoln. Despair ana Mai
ager Jimmy Sullivan have built up
what Ioo'-s to me a mighty good bal!
club I really hope that Lincoln VIII
be well UP in the race all season, pe
cause the people there really deserve
a winner because they always suppo5e
the game day after day, almost regard
less of the position of the team
trust they will be able to get SUNDAY
ball because this will mean great
thing for the league. as Wen as LOT
the Lincoln club. 1t is very trying on
the players to be compelled to trans
fer Sunday games as in the past. -
not only works a hardship on tneni
but it takes the game into hostile ter
ritory which means quite a nttie III
a hard fought campaign. Here's TO
success to my old pals in Lincoln anu
hope Jimmv Sullivan and ms hns.n a,.s,
bunch of ball players Will nave O. HeAS
successful season. <..
II must nor overlook Sioux CITY.
| Babe ToWne and good natured rom
Fairweatner will undoubtedly pc d
great success in handling the team tins
year. Babe understands the playlns
| end of the game to the limit and L am
| sure he will maintain the hlgh sIanu-
| ard of baseball attained by the Pack
ers under 'Ducky' Holmes during the
| last two seasons. He seems 10 nave
| oCrralled a bunch of promising men anu
/ with last seasons team as q nucleus
i oh
! another contender for the flag There
is no moro popular man throughout the
| league than Tom Fatrweather, ana HtS
many friends, including myself, through
| the circuit. will he delighted to see NM
| succeed in his affairs there. he IS d
| splendid financier and if anybody gets
the best of him in deal they nao
| better lie awake the night DeIore pc
cause Tom will be on the ground very
early in the morning. Here's success
| tc the now managers in Sioux City, ana
| kindly give them my very pest re-
CARDS and my feeling or genuine Gooo
| will"
| Wichita Beacon: "Izzy" has been Of
fered a hard hitting major league re-
cruit under an optional agreement, oIie
whom he would have grabbed couple
of weeks ago to fill that hole when
then seemed to exist in the local IN
field but he turned down the PROPOSE
ton cold this morning. The showing
| made of Reddick and Claire made 1t
| necessary for him to worry on that
score One or the other and quite pos
sibly both, will be retained.
Lincoln News: Wee BERTHE Kelley,
whose wife didn't want him to play
professional ball this year, has won ms
better half over to his way OF thlnklile
and has gIaddened Pa Rourke'S hedI'
; r. sending word that he will report IN
! a few days in Omaha. Kelley won y
out of 50 games last season ana va va
I one Of the topnotchers IN the ~
! O'NeilI circuit. Pa has been IN ths
; dumps for weeks for fear that Bertle
: would not report.
Denver Times: What has become o.
: Rick Adams, Denver's southpaW nllls.
err? He failed to show up at Caml
= | Hendricks, Excelsior Springs, MO-, ans
7 the Denver baseball management y
( | more than a little uneasy ABOUT nli.i
/ Rick is not a holdout, for he signed M
: contrac+ weeks ago and has writer
4 several letters to MeSsrS. McGlil ahe
2 | Gunthrope. in which he expressed MN
e self as enthusiastic over the conlns
T | season, and said he was going 10 ~
q better than ever this year. Since tn.
= training season opened, nearly Weel
: ago, however, no word has Deen re
: ceiyed from him, and neither Preslden
Q AIcCSiu nor Manager Hendricks Is ap4
@ To exnIafn his absence. They dread t
believe that he is not going to join tn
4 Grizzlies.
. Lincoln News: Roy Corhan, who ca
8 shortstop with the best of them in an
;, Ieague in the land is conditioning him
6 | self thoroughly in Pueblo, Jack Hollan
Y having given his consent, and VIII no
h report in st. Joseph until next WeeF
II | IT is a. foregone conclusion that Corha
g will be a big hit with st. Joseph fans
1t was Roy's determination TO cling I
l. the western league that practical
IS cooked that Colorado State leagu
l. goose.
a Lincoln News: Wonder If the JAG
t Fueate. Dick Cooleys most recer
is pitching acquisition, is the same JAG
Of Fugate who tried out with the Iincoi
In club two years ago? The Topek
a. scribes have been doping the ne
IN man as a six-footer. If this is righ
G Fugate is not Fugate. The forms
re Lincoln CASTOR pitched semipro pa
1g last summer at Red Cloud, Neb., Jolr
ing the Pueblo club in August nnQt
the name of Travers. He started
SO one game at Denver, but pulled hg'
lis ment out of place in his hurting ar
en- and lasted only four innings HIS AZ
en- pearance under an alias was due TO II
v fact that a club back in Illnols Ia
de him on it's reserve list
I'M Lincoln News: The landing OF u
ID. two Chicago pitchers will give Man
is ger Sullivan the opportunity OF pic
. ing his pitching staff from Hne
Irotaters Here is the roster TO DAT
Knapp, Willis. Fox. McGrath. Jont
Carothers, Harrington and Hartma