The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE STAND
WHAT THE VALLEY LEAGUE
PLAYERS ARE DOING.

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Where they play Sunday:
! lola at Topeka.
Fort Scott at Joplin.
| Sedalia at Springfield.
Pittsburg at Leavenworth.
| The Topeka management has just
about decided upon what will prove to
be its worst mistake of an already dis
| astrous season. President Sheard
| says that he will not make an effort
to get players for next year until the
| schedule is played out, so as to avoid
any infringement of the rule that
managers shall not "dicker" with
players on another team. What is the
matter with doing it through a mid
die man, if Sheard and his confeder-
ates are so conscientious? One of the
best managers in the league wants to
come here next year and states that
he can bring four or five of the best
players on the circuit with him. Their
names would be enough to satisfy any
one on the subject. While naturally
he dares not disclose his desires to the
public, for his own job first, and for
general baseball ethics, who doesn't
the Topeka management wake up and
go after him? I'VE have to go slow
ly," and "Give us time, and wait q
while don't go down the threats OF
the fans any more. Now is the time
to build for next year. That is what
the other clubs are doing. The other
day the Springfield Leader discussed
at length what the other teams in the
circuit are planning, and then wound
! it all up by saying that Topeka mas
done nothing so far, and intends to
do nothing until the season is over
so far as getting men is concerned.
Players get on to these things. They
are looking for berths next year. And
if any one of them is offered 1oo IN
| a good town at decent salary LOT
1905, you can just bet he won't turn
his back. Wake up!
President Sheard cracked the rich
est joke of the season today, and what
made it funny was that he was serious
team" he said. cit spells baseball in
/ a town, because the fans think you
/ ought to have them all the time. Look
what it did to Sedalia. l don't want
| any of that in ours" Whoop-ee!
Captain Dud RisIey of lola says that
'Spec" Hurlburt. The two played in
| the same team at Spokane two years
ago.
Lining, just deposed from the
| Saints says that since he fell on
Washburn field while trying to catch
| a high fly, he has not been able to
see properly. The bad blow which he
received on his head affected his eyes.
A week later while playing at Joplin
he says that the sun completely pima
ed him for a little while ana mace tne
ailment worse. He attributes his
slump in form to that accident Linn
ing will go to his home IN 81: Louis
and give up ball playing Tor the re-
mainder of the year, ana get III shape
for next season.
Kansas City Journal on Fridays
game between the Saints and Gasllgnt-
ers: zone of the features OF the contest
was Collins excellent umpiring.
11ara &c new record. For Just exact
lv 40 consecutive innings, up until the
third round in Fridays game with Fort
Scott has Joplin been unable 70 maxi
a score. Four consecutive shutouts' Two
two more innings in the fifth contest,
brought goose-egg after goose-egg. Inc
slump which the Miners have TAKEN Is
a bad one Seven errors were register
ed against them in Fridays contest
Welday is out of the game Tor inSupor-
dination again and the team is Grip
pied. They all get down. c they an gs1
''and usually the higher they fall the
harder they bump
Cusack is handling the indicator for
the Pittsburg -Leavenworth series; Al
berts is taking care of Springfield ana
Sedalia; and Owens is watching the
Fortunes of Fort Scott and Joplin. Col
Inns is at Topeka.
Pittsburg has a new pitcher named
was owned by three different teams in
the league last season at the same time
and was finally suspended because he
would not play with any of them.
This O'Brien halls from the Northwest
ern league.
Blaine Durbin, Fort Scott's crack boy
pitcher but Is years of age, has only
won one game this year. Yet. in but
one contest was he hit hard. The other
day he pitched IS innings, and then
lost, to 1, because of an error.
Batteries for Sunday game: For To-
peka, HOWE and Schrant; for lola, Mil
is considered one of the best on the cir
cult.
The transferring of games away from
lola because of bad grounds at that
place again started a story that the
team would be taken to some other
town, probably Kansas City, still this
year. The story gained considerable
credence. but President Tnolen of the
Iolites made statement Thursday
which ought to effectually put a damp
er on all future gossip Of that nature.
There is absolutely nothing in it,"
said Mr.. Tholen. Il can't understand
why people persist in circulating such
reports. L said that I would carry the
team through to the end of the season
if it cost me SO, 000 and 1 intend to
keep my word. The attitude of some
of the people is beyond my understand
ing. 1 transferred the Springfield
games because the grounds were in
such a condition that they could not
be played here. OF course we could
have played the Joplin games here but
received a good offer from Joplin to
play them there and in view of the
fact that receipts had been poor here
during the rainy weather did So Anv
body else would have done the same