The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
Holland, Boss of Drummers,
Tired of Pooling With Them.
BOIes, Nc hesney, j Johnson, Good
rich and Crutcher the Men.
HE HAS A BLACKLIST.
Holland and Higgins Will Come
Under Probe.
Central Kansas League Clubs
Also Bar Players.

st. Joseph, Feb. 24.-Unless sever
al of the Drummers who are now
among the holdouts sign up before the
first of the month, Manager Holland
may put them on the market and dis
pose of them to the club that offers
him the best price.
Manager Holland is tired of fooling
with several of the last years squad,
players who received every favor ask
ed for last season. Two of them hap
pen to be good ball players and he
will have no trouble in trading or SELL
ing them.
II don't want dissatisfied player
in my club" said the Drummer Boss,
and I'm not going to worry over
these fellows who are out of the fold,
as l now have several promises of
major league recruits and hope to
land good catcher, another outf1eld-
er and probably a pitcher. At pres
ent Boles, McChesney, Goodrich,
Crutcher and Johnson are refusing to
sign 1911 contracts. But it is alto
gether probable that the whole colony
will sign up yet"
Although there is nothing settled
concerning the outfie1d positions with
the exception of left field, where Ray
Powell probably will play again this
year, there is a big chance that the
outer garden will have two new mem
bers- Zwilling, the clever fielder Sc
cured from the White Six, looks like a
Mahoney, the Chicago city Lacquer, is
said to be a corking good player.
In fact the 1911 Drummers will
practically be new ball club. Only
one member of last years infield,
Barney Reilly, will be on the job this
year. With Borton at first, Meinl<e at
short, Reilly at second and Needham
at third, the new inf1eld will be
source of speculation. However, the
talent Manager Jack has lined up
certainly looks good.
In the pitching department there is
not the slightest doubt that the Drum
mers are going to be well balanced.
AS far as the backstopping crew is
concerned. Coe, Cooper and Gossett
are sure for the getaway, and al
though BoleS is still out of the fold
he will probably succumb to the in
evitable and come through.
The BIaclklists.
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 24.-Discussing
the proposed action of the National
commission in regard to investigating
blacki1sts, President johnson OF the
American league said: THE National
agreement gives the ball player of any
lee que or class the right of appeal to
the National commission, If unjustly
treated. The minor leagues fought
that provision bitterly when the agree
ment was formed, but results have
shown that the player must have pro-
lection from the tricks praciced by
some managers and club owners
Probably some of the cases are just
and should stand. But the chances
are the majority of these players have
been blacklisted without just cause,
and, if this can be determined, they
will be declared free agents and per-
mitted to go and play ball where they
like
The clubs which are carrying five or
more players on their ineligible lists
are as follows:
Glass A-Des Moines, Iowa, Is; ST.
Joseph, Mo-, 5.
Glass B-Springfeld, ILL.,, Is; Seat
tie, Wash, 7; Lancaster. Pa; Z;
Bridgeport, Conn, 6; York, Pa, g..
Wheeling, W. Va, 5; Vancouver, B.
c., 5.
Glass C-Dallas, Texas, -: Roam
! oke, Va, 8; Joplin, Mo-, 8; Houston,
Texas. 7; Jacksonville, Fla, 7; Col
umbia, S. c., Z; Galveston, Texas, 6;
| Savannah, Ca, g.
Glass D-Sagipaw, Mich, 21; An
derson, S. c., 10; Burlington, Iowa, g;
Wilson, N. c., 8; Marion, Ohio, s.;
Battle Creek, Mich, z; Spartan burg,
| S. G., s; Hutchinson. Kan, 6 Racine,
Wis, 5; Kewanee, ILL.,, 5; Ellsworth,
Kan, 5; Junction City, Kan, 5.
| ZbyszIxo Qualities for Gotch.
New York. Feb. 24.-The Polish
wrestler, Zbyszko, easily disposed of