The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-19
Work on the Diamond in Tope-
ka Has Begun.
VIII Be Put in Good Shape for
Opening.
is MUCH INTEREST.
Western League Towns Are
Anxious for the Start.
Walter BOles Is Back With
Kansas City.

The work of rolling and leveling the
bail diamond began today and will be
rushed to completion. Everything
that can be done will be done to get
the park into readiness for the ath-
letes who will gambol thereon begin
ming next Wednesday. Cooley expects
to engage a new ground keeper today
from the applicants who want the
place. Cooley believes all will be well
when the season opens If the weather
Just remains as 1t Is now for awhile
and the players get chance to sweat
and timber up. A number of the boys
are at it every day now and this num-
Der will be increased next week to the
extent of a full sized baseball squad.
The first exhibition game Will be with
st. Paul next Saturday
st. Joseph News-Press: If present
plans of the Boosters are carried to
successful elimination, the members
of the club will invade Topeka Sunday,
Nav %, on which date the Drummers
will play the last game or their nrsl
series against the Cooleysox.
Plans are being made for chartering
a special train and the Boosters hope
to make arrangements for a. double
header with fifteen coaches, to carry
Topekans. The train will be graced
with numerous large and har1ng pan
ners bearing the words st. Joseph
Boosters" and a band VIII accompany
the delegation. Members of the club
are enthusiastic over the proposition.
Sioux City Tribune: Acting upon
President Fairweather's suggestion,
pear in uniform in the parade on the
openirR day of the Western league
season in Sioux City. This will be on
May 10 and each manager will en-
was planned to make the first game
between the Packers and one of the
city league teams a gala occasion.
Special tickets will be placed on sale,
and members of the various clubs will
dispose of them. This game will be
played at MizZou park, Easter sunday,
March %. II was also suggested by
FairWeather that a game be arranged
between the two leading clubs OF the
Sioux City league and the Lincoln City
league. The proposition met with
favor.
Lincoln News: Sir. Richard Cooley.
boss Of the Topeka club, has looked
'en all over, (neaning the lineups of
the seven other Western league clubs) &,
and is out with the assertion that he
has seen nothing to convince him that
Topeka will not be right up in the race
for the championship rag. Let To-
peka. have a winner, by all means. il
it will act as tonic to the attendance
in the Kansas capital. Mr.. Cooley,
besides losing a lot of his choicest
dates because of rank weather last
season. was not supported as we'll at
home as the quality os baseball played
in the Western league merited.
Lincoln News: If r. w. Lardner,
stan scribbler for the Chicago Tribune
with the Cubs in New Orleans, is any
thing of a prophet, Ltncoln's chances
of retaining Billy Davidson are none
Got
Tribune: ut will be a surprise if
Chance lets Davidson get away. This
bo-- seems to be the most finished ball
PLAYER of he trio-himse1f, Miller and
Happy Smith-although it may not
be fair to say this when the others
have had so few opportunities to prove
their value. Doc Miller's smuggling
ability is likely to win him home.
coast was deserved is apparent from
his form at bat and his knack of pick
ing out the good ones. He appears to
be a natural born hitter. Tt will be
easier to talk about his outfelding
ability when he has had more of a
chance to show it, but he wouldn't be
a white elephant on the, managers
hands if he were retained only as
substitute batter. If Davidson and he
are kept, there will be room for only
four more players in the Cub crowd"
Lincoln News: Paul Carothers, the
COIHer university pitCners JOlueU thS
willing workers, comprising Manager
Sullivan, Irving Waldron and -'Vici'
Gagnier, at the local ball yard Mon
day and let himself out in a half hour
or so at pitching practice The Cot
ner athlete had been claimed by
Wichita, but the Lincoln management
was first to file with National Secre-
tary Farrell its acceptance of Caroth-
ers' terms and the pitcher was award
ed to the Antelopes. CarotherS meas
ures a good six feet and has an ideal