The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-09
BASEBALL GOSSIP.
Cooley Is Trying to Land Walter
BOleS.
Player Belongs to the Popular
Glass.
WILL PLAY ON SUNDAY
Regulars to Have Contest With
Yannigans.
Old Row Between Topeka and
Wichita May Break Out.

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off which will result in materially
Strengthening his team is the purchase
Of Walter Boles from Tebeau of the
American association. Whether or not
he will be able to land Bo1es remains
to be seen. Cooley has wanted the
alphabetically inclined lawyer every year.
So has Tebeau. The Kansas City mag
nate seldom keeps Boles in Kansas
City throughout the season. but he
wants him to report each spring in
the hope that the youngster will re-
place other members of the team.
Boles may not be quite fast enough
for the A "A. or it may be bad luck
that does it. but Boles is there from
every different direction in the west
ern league. He demonstrated that last
year.
In case Cooley can land the lawyer.
there will not be a team in the league
with a better all round man than
CooIey's. Besides, Boles is popular, is
a heady ball player and can do most
anything there is to be done. There
isn't q player on the local team with
more friends in Topeka than Boles.
The Fort Worth attorney is also the
kind of fellow Cooley wants on his
team. The day when ruffianism
went on the local squad is gone and
now men are sought who train care
selves as gentlemen. Such a squad
the local owner. has been fortunate so
far, in securing. And the players do
not lack aggressivenesS, either. OF
such players Boles is a type.
A lot of fans want that Boles deal
to go through and believe with Cooley
that it will strengthen an already
strong team if contaminated.
Because no regular ball team
could be secured to play Sunday
against the locals. Cooley will divide
his squad and it will be. yannigans
a ir1Gf 1nr q a hal no
day at 8 O'Clock. The games between
divisions Of the local squad are always
good, in that it gives an opportunity
to see every player in action. When
the squad is SEEN Sunday, however.
there will be a chance to see every
CooIeyite In action and judge for your
selves the difference between the try
outs and the regulars. AT the ball park
Sunday at 8 O'Clock.
The old row between Topeka and
Wichita sport writer's seems deter
mined to break out again-in Wichita.
Which is all right in that it helps
along the gate receipts and we do not
mind It. Wichita sport writer's are not
chronic grouches. however. as one
CLASSY fellows with dispositions as
near angelic as people living in Kan
sas have. And that means they have
some disposition. But there must be
this department may take off it's coat
one of these days and proceed to go
for a few rounds with Wichita-but it
will be because dope is dull and for
the "good of the order"
Bill Dwyer, who managed last years
Higgins crew. has wired in that his
wife has nearly recovered from an
will report soon. Dwyer stings the
ball hard. works well and will help
Des MoineS or any other aggregation
that gets him. Higgins is still trying
to persuade Corniskey that Frank
LANCE needs another year in Western
league. Small wonder. Higgins wants
the twirler. He made the Iowans
last year.
Otto F1oto has warned other teams
in the league to Watch Wichita -
Looks like Otto had seen some goods |
bearing the Wichita slogan.
The Lincoln News says of Johnny
Gonding that he has been q good old
wagon, but he can't run forever.
Which indicates that GondinE is not
like some politicians.
Des Moines won a pennant IN the |
Western league under the commission |
form of government. The commits
nearly every other disease so why |
should it not cure a losing ball team |
Of the evils that beset it?
The Sioux City Tribune does not /
shiver with fear of the Denver team.
It's pretty hard to dope the Denver
team. Sport writer's in Denver, gen
orally, are divided into two classes
those who have seen and those who
have not. Hence the difficulty in dop-
Ing until you see them.
Sioux City Tribune: President Tom
P. Fairweather of the Packers Mon
day received a letter from George |
Derrick, formerly an umpire in the /
league, who is located at At
lanfa. Ca Darrfcls yErites that ha re-