The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-20
SOx Star to Play OutfieId for
Former Team Mate.
Thomson t. Remain With
ROurke Team This Year.
JARNlGAN TO SELL SHOES
WinnebagO JohnsOn's Friends
Caused His Downfall.
Rourke Squad Is Not Greatly
Changed This Season.


According to the late dispatches
from Omaha, the Rourkes will not
present a greatly changed appearance
over last year A new face here and
there will furnish the new blood, the
injection of which Rourlxe believes will
add the needed ginger. Arbogast, OF
course, will be manager and do the
receiving with Johnny Gonding ana
young Campbell to do the extra
turns. Dusty Rhodes, Mark Hall.
Karl Robinson, Bert Keeley, Joe Lotz'
Roy Fentress. Percy Cook and
..ISiddo" SindeIar will do the flinging.
Kane will hold down first as usual ss
with Wandner at second and Memoir
at third Ed Justice will be the utility
man and Fred Moore and Jim Scan
lon will be carried to plug up any
spring Thomason, Normal Coyle,
Schoonover, kid" Adams, Young
Cours and Apologize are in the out
field.
Denver, having figured out the
mileage and at home dates, has decid-
led that the schedule is 0. K. and the
sport writers there are for it without
a kick
Clark, one of O'NeilTs umpires who
has done good work in Topeka but who
had a lot of grief in other Western
League towns, has gone to the central
association as an indicator handler
Eddie Hahn, former White Sox
star, will be under the IsbeH banner
this year. His contract, signed and
lSealed, has been received by the DeS
RToines owner. He was sold to Hol-
LAND last year, but refused to report
He then tried to run a team of his
own, but was suspended because OF
his refusal to report to Holland. He
has not vet passed the 80 year mark.
He came from New Orleans. He plays
lin the outfield. Clyde Williams, who
was suspended by Higgins, will be
given his release by Isbeu and Fair
weather. and will devote his time to
college athletics. If he returns TO
baseball, however, he will have to re-
port to Des Nfoines.
| The announcement that Thomson
will remain with the Omaha outfield
recalls Thomason's break into the
Western league. Cooley had signed
lThomason on the advice of a friend
who believed the little southsider
could pitch the kind of ball needed
Ito win in this league. Cooley had
Igone to Excelsior Springs for a boil
ing out a while before the players were
learning Of this, had journeyed from
Liberty to see him. They talked over
the situation and Cooley told the
tyoungster that his stature was against
him Well" said Thomson, maybe
II can't pitch good enough in that
league, but I can catch flies and hit
the ball and I'll make some outfielder
IhustIe like for his job The
lspeech pleased Dick and he kept the
lyoungster until the last summer he
owned the team here. Thomson was
sold to Cleveland, but failed to stick
He returned here and was traded to
10 4c fa al
ting hero of the Western last season.
Clyde Jarnigan. former Wichita
pitcher, will not try to get EN- over
this summer. He's too busy selling
Ishoes to pick up twelve or fifteen
hundred dollars playing ball this sum
liner. He played two years with Wich-
ita but slumped last summer and I'm
lished the season with semi-profes-
lsional club.
With Curtis, Hahn and Chouinard
in the outfield, Isben didn't worry
much about Gilmore, who thought he
fought to go to Denver instead of Des
MONIES. When Buffalo of the Inter
national league wanted him, waivers
were promptly secured and Gilmore
became the property of the New York
town.
Johnny Gonding will take Rourlxe's
lyannigans from Joplin to the Midcon-
ltinent country in Oklahoma, accord
ling to Rourke's announcement in
Omaha.
Puzzled fan: No, "Daffy Dave
whose dope runs in the Des Moines
Register and Leader, is not Brother"
Dave, who is secretary of Rourke's
lclub.
Winnebago Johnson, the Indian
pitcher, who slipped a no hit game
Into the Sioux City aggregation at st.
Joseph when hostilities began last
year, has signed his contract and an
Inounces that he has attached himself
to the water cart. johnson is an illus
tration of what success will do to a
ball player. The greatest crowd in
the history of the town saw him pitch
that no hit game at Joetown last year.
Each and every man among the fans
decided that it was his duty to get the
Winnebago drunk just to show how
they admired his ability. There were,
las aforementioned, a goodly number
of fans in the grandsta1d and before
they had all carried out their inten-
ltions the baseball season was over.
Meanwhile Holland was robbed of the
lservices of a mighty classy pitcher by
fans with poor judgment but good in
ltentions. The st. Joseph fans should
not offer the Injun a drink this sum-
mer. Some men can't do that sort of
thing and work. And if they really
like the able twirler they should try
to make the path travelled by the wa
ter wagon free from stones and rutS.
HELP Johnson along