The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-21
SPORT NOTES.

SPORT NOTES.
If Emory Olson shows the speed that he
did with Louisville, it is predicted that
Browns. He is showing some speed but
his fate has not been decided
Luther Dummy Taylor has drawn his
release from the Montreal team in the In
ternationaI league. Dummy has been a
prominent figure in baseball for a num-
stays of the New York Giants when
| Christy Matthewson broke in the game
eral more years. His home is at Baldwin
| He has saved enough of the worldly goods
that he doesn't need to care about pitch
ing baseball but he just naturally can {
/ keep out of the game
| Taylor is coaching the baseball team at
1 the deaf and dumb institute at Olatne
! and the summer season will find him
! pitching amateur baseball if he fails to
land on a fast minor league team.
Selby has drawn his release from the
1 Louisville Colonels. He went to the Ken
| lucky town from Topeka, with the assist
ance of Dick Cooley. He was an excellent
pitcher at one time but is slipping.
| the Texas league outfilder with the Kaws,
will answer to this season He is some
hitter.
at Manhattan last year, will be with
Houston in the Texas league during the
coming season.
Among the familiar players of the
Kansas State league who will be with
Kearney in the Nebraska State this year
are Ben Aoock who was with Hutchth
son and Omaha during the season of 1910:
Red Hariott, of Larned. who was sold to
4 - ,1,0 vx-ff n r.
Pherson; Berte, who was with Larned;
Bechtold. who was with Great Bend, and
was sold to Pueblo. Berte will manage
the team.
John Beau. who was sold to Cleveland
by Denver: is being given trial at the
the job. Beall played first on the Pacific
coast at one time. but that has nothing I"
do with being given trial now BlTm
ingham is hunting a new man and picked
the big Grizzly.
The fight for the position as second
catcher with the Cincinnati team is be-
tween Catcher Harry Chapman, formerly
of Topeka and Sioux City, and Blackburn,
an Ohio semi pro, with the latter almost
crowded out The Cincy scribes on the
training trip declare that he is showing
great power in his arm and his throwing
to bases is compared with Jimmy Archer
of the Cubs Tom Clarke will be the first
catcher.
Mack's latest. Playing against San An
tonic, Collins was on third and Strunk on
second. Barry laid down bunt- Collins
scored easily while Barry was befn"
thrown out and Strunk having taken a
tremendous flying lead, came all the way
from second, crossing the plate less th ian
a second after Collins, so great was MS
burst of speed
According to announcement from Kan
sas city, Charley Carr will sever his con-
nection with the Blues at the conclusion
of the 1913 season. Carr, starting early
next October, plans to devote all of his
time 20 his baseba college which he says
he will establish at San Antonio
George Clark. the pitcher the New York
Americans secured from Sioux City and
who later drifted back. wants to reverse
the Thorpe case as it concerns amateurs.
Clark is attending Ames college in Iowa
and an effort is being made to restore him
to the status of an amateur so that ne
can play on the college team; 1t Is az,
if the Ames college authorities succeed IN
their plan.
In the spring of 1909, Duck Holmes took
his Sioux City ball club on a barnstorm-
ing trip through Kansas to season the
players for the pennant race; one OF Als
pitchers at that time was Eddie FROM
The indians or Packers. as they were
called at that time, were to open the sea-
son in Wichita: so they made f fn l tha
peerless Princess" When registering
the members Tom Fairweather, who was
secretary then, placed From's name on
the register at the top of the list, neg
lecting to write his Christian name ana
in the proper colmun opposite ne Wrote
the words Sioux City, Ia EolioWins
Frorr1's name were those of the other
PLAYERS with ditto marks under the sioux
CITY" When it came time to ran IN the
hay that night From found that ne nag
no he'd. After making inquiry he found
that the hotel clerk had taken MS name
for the proposition indicating tnat tHe
men were IRON Sioux City Inc pig
nitcher finally procured a bed all right
hut not until he had reused FalrWeatler
from his bed and the latter in turn aWoke
the clerk who was compelled to give up
his room to make place for the s1shteo
pitcher.
The team certainly made no mis-
take in going south for the tralnlns
season Many teams trying to tram
around Kansas City and Excelsior
Springs are having anything but ap-
propriate weather.
You had better send in your guess
now to the Baseball Editor of the
State Journal on the paid attendance
at the opening game April Is between
the Topeka and Denver teams rms
paper will give a season ticket valued
at more than $40 to the person coming
nearest the actual figures
Bat Wins Another Round.
Denver. Col, March 21-Battling
Nelson has won another victory and
boone reconciled to his wife, who was