The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
Manager Moore Goes to Kansas
City to See Shay.
Want to Bring II. G. Team Here
Sunday.
WORK ON PARK.
Company Will Build Boxes and
Put in Chair Backs.
The KaW Quartette: Moore, Sa'
brie, Kerns and Harkins.

AFTER the daily workout at the ball
yard last night Manager Fred Moore,
of the Kaws. left for Kansas City to
try to arrange with Danny Shay for
an exhibition Sunday with the Kansas
City Blues. Sunday seems to be the
only day the fans want to see an ex-
hibition game and the management is
trying to serve them.
Warmer weather livened up the prac-
tice yesterday and the men were go
ing fast. Larry Quinlan had reached
Topeka and was out in uniform for a
workout but will not be one of the
Kaws. Frank Hafford. who has been
engaged to fill his place is expected to
be in the workout today.
The whole squad with the exception
of Breitenstein, who was hit in the
head Wednesday, were aSSimilating all
the sunshine possible and seemed to en-
joy the training work. Most of them
beat Moore out and were buzZing
around like bees when he arrived.
I've got to get out there before those
fellows over exert themselves" he said
in the dressing quarters 81 never saw
a bunch SO willing to work in my life.
Whether I'm watching them or not,
they are always pegging away. That's
what makes ball club. There's a fine
lot Of ball players out there" And in
minute more he was doing his turn at
second with the ginger can open.
President Chester woodward and
Vice President H. A. Auerbach were
out early in the afternoon to watch
the squad and plan on park improve
mentS. These will be more extensive
than at first supposed.
A series of boxes which will accom-
modate 200 people will be run along the
front of the grandstand from the third
base line to point opposite the home
plate. Probably another will be placed
on the east side. though there is some
doubt on account of the sun. 1t is the
plan of the management to have these
boxes all sold out before the season
opens. The season price for a box is
$40. This. of course. is above the ad-
mission and grandstand charge.
Further, an order of 200 chair backs
is on the way for fitting in a portion
Of the grandstand not yet selected. This
added comfort will be melted to the
fans and their ladies at 10 cents each
in place of the straw cushions at the
nickel
The entrance is one of the big prob
lens. Aside from the entrance used
in past seasons, the south side en-
trance opening opposite the third base
line will be given more prominence
and, on crowded days will be used the
same as the corner one. The street
car company has agreed to extend
their platform along in front of this
so as to save patrons alighting in the
cinder extension now existing.
The wire netting in front of the CEN
ter section of the stands will have to
be replaced at least in part, as some of
it is old and torn.
The first quartet organized on the
Kaw squadf was announced at the
players bench. Butch kerns, the basso
profundo, was mixing a little of it with
some of that way up tenor of his fell
low backstop, Harkins, when Sabre
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The song they sung was. ''Where Will
I Be Cooling When the Antelopes
Come % Butch, by the way, earns
regular stipend during the winter va
cation in st. Louis by warbling on
regular quartet. Yet the rest of that
bunch has nothing on Harkins and Sa-
brie, first and second tenors, respec-
lively.
But the real squeeze in q quartet is
the main guy and the main guy is the
baritone. Not that the baritone gets
the fancy stuff, but the baritone is the
responsible party-and the goat under
miscue. So they had to have really
good baritone and Manager Moore
was elected on the first ballot. The
nifty second sacker invented the BARI
tone business, but gave it up as a pro-
fession for baseball on account of the
exercise He has ruined his fingers
playing ball and it is too bad, but he
still gets to use his voice. There's a
whole lot to learn yet about Mr..
Moore.
Likely enough there are several
more quartetS on the squad. If they
are bold enough to come forth perhaps
a glee club can be organized wouldn't
that be rotten?
Merit Whitney hit ball so hard, his
bat broke off just above his hands and,
flying out toward pitchers box, stuck
four inches into the ground, remain
ing upright.