The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-14

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Where they play Wednesday,:
Topeka at Springfield.
Leavenworth at Joplin.
Sedalia at Pittsburg.
Fort Scott at lola
The Saints are making another eff
fort to get Earl Green. Secretary Lo-
gan went to Atchison on Sunday to
have a conference with him Green
will come to Topeka for $125 a month
If Fort Scott will agree The Saints
believe the lengthy first baseman
worth that amount. and will pay it if
he is brought here 1t is now up to
Hornaday to show his stuff. At the
beginning of the season he thought
he had a winning team with his bunch
of trolley leaguers, but they were
fizzle. He refused to give Green to
Topeka without a money considera-
ton. Since that time he needed
man badly to reorganize his Giants
Topeka gave him Armstrong for moth
ing. Now he should show the right
spirit and give Green to the Saints
without asking for any TO boot" The
chances are that he will Manager
AIberts is to be severely criticised for
not making Fort Scott give up Green's
release when Armstrong was let go to
that town People are apt to forget
favors after they have what they
want. There is a late report that
Green viii join the Fort Scott team.
Before leaving the city with his
team Saturday night, Manager shorty
Hurlbut of Springfield said: III you
fellows ever throw up your team or
think of doing it, wire me. III take
it" Hurlbut meant it. too He has
young man named MOTIFS over III
the Missouri town who would make
good manager. The Topeka fran
chise is a good one and there IS little
doubt but that if the knees Of the To-
Il r.
that somebody would be ready to take
it right off their shoulders And
Shorty Hurlbut and his man Morris
would be among the first to get to
the scene of the disaster
The Sedalia fans, the newspapers
and the players are raising the earth
for new uniforms The horrible vel
an abomination from the standpoint
of good taste.
Bevis' hand is not yet in shape for
him to get into the game over at Sc
dalia. The GOldbugs are badly in
need of fielding material
Torrie who started to pitch for the
Saints this spring is now with Pitts
burg and is doing good work He is a
preacher by profession and refuses to
play on Sunday
In the last three games OF last week,
Pittsburg stole % bases. That gives
the Pirates the record for pilfering.
President shiveley is helping out
Fort Scott He signed a good fielder
named Foley for the Giants, who will
play with them this week
Bob Lawson will report to Sedalia
and pitch this season 1t was thought
that he would go to the St. Louis
Browns. but that deal has apparently
fallen through. Lawson has been going
to school in Indiana during the winter
Manager Baldwin is the first Of the
bosses" to be fined, benched and sent
from the grounds Umpire Shanks
handed this package 70 the Pittsburg
man in the game at,'Sedalia last Fri
day
Dummy Curtis. the Goldbug south
paw made a pitchers batting record
last FRIDAY He lined out three safe
ones out OF four times at bat. Besides
that he let Pittsburg down with three
hits.
The Minneapolis American association
team wants Dick Rohn, the first base
man and manager of the Sedalia Cold
bugs The Missourians wouldn't let
him go for a slate farm
A strange accident occurred in the
Pittsburg- Sedalia game Of last Satur-
day. Billy White of the Goldbugs
struck Eddie McDiIl in the head and
knocked him senseless. McDil was
running from second to third The in
jury was not serious
Assigning as a reason for the defeat
of lola by Fort Scott last week, the
lola papers say: The tailenders had
the leaders scared to death"
The Chicago conference rules COM
rnfttee passed a set of stringent laws
last week with regards to the playing
of summer baseball by students There
is only one instance which this Will
affect in the Missouri Valley league and
that is with reference to Bob Lawson
Of Sedalia- Lawson is not this slab ar
lists right name He has been attend
ing Notre Dame college, Ind, and ac-
cording to reports has been playing
college baseball He was the star slant
maker OF the Goldbugs in 1903, and will
return this summer. If he returns to
Notre Dame next fall he viii not be
eligible to play in college games. be-
cause the rules forbid distinctly any
participation i'm professional games for
a money consideration, expenses or fun.
The rule follows: "A student shall be
ineligible to represent mis- college in
athletic contests who engages in such
contests as a representative of any ath-