The Iola register., 1902-08-15
With the Base Ball Fans.

With the Base Ball Fans.
The third game of the series at Jop-
lin was played by lola Monday and
resulted in the score of five to three
in favor Of Joplin. Jarvis pitched
for lola, as it was desired to try him
out once more and he is now to be re-
leased for good. Hippert, who has
been tried in center field, is also
marked for the axe. Driscoll the new
manager, says the boys are playing
cleaner, better ball each game and
that he wants about two new men and
he will make all these teams take
water. Millsap is playing well and
are being negotiated for, and with a
fast new pitcher to assist the lola
team will be whrlwind. Driscoll
thinks Heinz is II conner. Forney has
been sent for and things are looking
up for the tail.enders.
Manager Driscoll, wise in the game
of ball, refused toplay double head
er with the Joplin team on the last
day, but agreed to play yesterday, an
Off day, for the teams expenses for
the day.
The game proved to have leen an
even match, the score as follows:
II II Il
Joplin .............. OlO1O1O1O G
lola .... .........l... OOOO1-j
Batteries Milsap and Kuran; Tul-
lar, Harrington and Wickizer.
AS usual, the Joplin correspondent
of the emorning papers, takes the stand
that Joplin could have won easily.
The game counts in the percentage
column and it is a cinch Joplin would
have won, could she have done so.
The correspondent says:
"The Joplin and lola teams played
oTlLhe tie game oflast Sunday Monday.
The game was very loosely played
throughout. Tullar, a Joplin third
baseman, pitched for the home team,
and would probably have won, but a
fielder was allowed to practice in the
catcher's box in the first two innings
and errors on his part gave the visit
ors a safe lead. Umpire Collins had
been released and Tschappier, who
was substituted, gave little satisfac.
tion to either team or to the spec
tutors."
1t would not take many victories to
put lola up where the rage for tail end
would be nip and tuck. lola is play
ing better ball and it is hoped the
daily drill in team work will have an
increased effect on the results.
While there has been no "holler"
from the team during the Joplin series,
the fans here at hone donot doubt for a
moment that Umpire. Collins, who had
the unpleasant experience here, gave
Joplin all that he could, and the news
that he is going out of the league will
not cause any tears
Not since the season opened has
lola waited the news from the absent
ball team with as much confidence
that it would be good report as they
waited Wednesday, when the tail-end
team went against the Leaders at
Nevada. And it was q race. The final
score was to 8 in favor of Nevada,
but she got the winning run in the last
inning. Driscoll's report over the
telephone was heart broken and he
says &c cannot understand how we
lost. Heinz is credited with ten strike
outs and the boys reported that they
got thirteen hits to Nevada's six.
Either the boys were mistaken or
Nevada correspondents doctored the
reports for the morning papers give a
different version. lola jumped into
the lead by making four runs off Red
Morton in the first inning. They lead
all during the game until the eighth
inning when, with the bases full, Kane
hit long drive which some Of the lola
boys declare was a foul but which UNI
plre Cusack called fair. This gave
Nevada four runs and won the game
for her. Cusack is the umpire voted
out of the league once and then allow
ed to come back in. He iumpired the
lola game which Ft. Scott won in
thirteen innings ! to o. lola deserving
he gamo in the eleventh inning, Gu
sack knows lola fans do not love him
but he may have been fair for all that.
There ought to be strict orders given
umpires that in games where low per-
centage teams play leaders the i'm
portance of the game to the leaders
81 all not count in decisions.