The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-05
BASEBALL NOTES.

This may or may not be accredited by
the skeptics. Nevertheless, it was told by
man whose reputation for veracity
would run a neck and neck race with the
lamented George Washington.
Once upon time, when Oliver Tebeau
was manager of the Cleveland club, as
well as captain and press agent, he had
SoGng men 20 under his cha Mlsn and
annneunced in that tragic voice OF bis bis
stand for. errors" said he "but not for
such b1ankety- blank blank''-mor blanks
t # {Gn ke-fnickhea0sd stupidity as
Some days later the aforesaid Tebeau
was guilty of a piece of stupidity himself,
something. by the way, that couldn't be
charged against him more than half a
dozen times in twenty years of service
OF course. as the players were dressing
chuckles over in the corner of the room
to thihk how the captain had done him
moments after the game was finished to
arrange for double header the next day.
When he entered the club house he
display of levity therein. Il can stand
for errors said he, but not for such
blankety- blank- blank stupidity as that.
Tebeau it costs you $25."
At the end of the year the other player,
wy5h WI did extraordinarlly good work had his
sisted upon the Robisons taking the $25
out of his salary, and it's pretty safe to
say that his fine was RENTED, too.
ers. Dexter has a broken thumb, Chance
a sore finger and Donohue still has one in
While the Orphans are in the east.
Chicago will remain away from home
longer this trip than ever before. They
will not play on the home grounds until
September %.
Jiggs Donahue. who was signed by Pitts
Hart, of the Chicagos, who are sadly in
need of a good backstop.
the big ball towns, Gus weighing is in
clined to look upon the National League
as a vaudeville circuit. Can you blame
what kind Of play do you call thatg'
asked the pretty young girl at her first
Muckey Mcswaw to the bench. That's
what you call a put out" was the prompt
Ed. Mexican, the old Cleveland short
stop, who is now running. a gin mill at
since retiring from the game. He has not
played for some tine. but made good
stop the other day. He stopped race
riot in Cleveland recently.
RUDE Waddell is said to be great on
home f runs his f I,s ae eveg time Some rn
thing turns up to displease him Even at
that he is not a good tsticker," for ne
does not stay. home long when he gets
there. Rube likes fishing pretty. well.
Probably he was cut out for a catcher: ,.,,
the underhand slant that seethes, scuirms
and lodges, has won 70 games In the .
now he looks like the league premier
Since his debut he has made the Bride
groofns forget that Jay Hughes and DIR.
McJames ever existed.
Indianapolis fans say that Seybold
knocks too many high flies. The big OUT
fielderss weakness IS trying to knock the
ball over the fence every time he steps
uE to the plate
While nobody can say with certainty
that the champions will take the pennant
Of 1900 yet at the same time there are few
who believe that the streamer will not
float from Brooklyn's masthead. Pitts
burg is dangerous but is almost too far
behind to hope TO catch up. There is one
more meeting between Brooklyn and
Pittsburg, and aside from this it looks as
If the latter team has mortgage on most
of the other games 1t is scheduled to play.
According TO present indications 1t will be
BROOKLYN first. Pittsburg second, with
Philadelphia. Boston, Chicago fighting it
out for third place
The American League has lost RUDE
Waddell, and incidentally Milwaukee VIII