The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-11
Where they play Friday:
Pittsburg at Topeka
lola at Leavenworth.
Springfield at Sedalia.
Joplin at Fort Scott.

According to the schedule Topeka
should play at Springfield on next Sun
day. SedaIia should play at Pittsburg.
An effort is being made to have Sedalia
go to Springfield and have Pfttsburg
come here, so as to give this city an
other Sunday date. Sedalia, Spring
field and Pittsburg are willing to make
the change, and the Topeka manage
ment thinks that it would be good
picking. The matter will be definitely
settled tonight.
Sisler was one of the victims of be-
ing put out OF the game and plastered
with a SIS fine on Monday when Joplin
forfeited a game to Sedalia for abusing
Umpire Cusack. In the same game,
Pepper Grant and Johnny Fillman got
the same kind of medicine. Things are
certainly getting hot and furious in the
Valley League. Not day goes by with
out bloodshed.
The assault of Schmidt, Zoellers and
Porter with baseball bats on Umpire
Owens at Fort Scott on Tuesday cost
each of those Midgets SIS in the police
court on Wednesday morning. The re-
port of next afternoons game states
that they were as meek as lambs and
played without word of complaint"
1t seems that the old saying is good:
Take a players money and you separ-
ate him from his mouth"
There are quite q number of fans over
the circuit who pick Springfield as the
pennant winner. Just now the Midgets
are in good fighting shape with the ex-
ception of shortstop. A new man by
the name of Long has been obtained.
He still is an experiment The pitching
staff has also had hard luck. The
Springfield Leader makes this comment
on the team. which is of interest to
their followers: IF Long makes good
as a shortstop or if a good one is OBJ
tanned within the next two weeks it is
reasonable to suppose that Springfield
will win the pennant. 1t can hardly do
SO with a hole in the infield. With
that hole stopped up the only danger
GUS spot is among the pitchers. Speer
is showing remarkable form and is a
conner, but he is only kid and is not
seasoned like Craig and Horton. Craig
is of course absolutely reliable. This
is equally true of Horton if his arm
gets into condition and his work at
Fort Scott yesterday LOCKS like old time
form. Then there is Towers. He has
done some good work but is not yet a
certainty. The brighter side of the
pitching department might be sized up
not go to pieces again this season. Hor-
toms arm is all right and Towers can be
used for light work" --s
a little fining and benching helps out
wonderfully. Davis deliberately struck
Monday in the game against Joplin.
Manager Lee at once put Bunton in
lines. The latter made big disturb
ance over it and got sore" but Lee
did the right thing. Coles poor work in
the right field here on Tuesday brought
the same results and the Topeka fans
are not yet through shaking hands with
each other over Abbott's action
The management made mistake on
Wednesday afternoon when it did not
give the crowd rain checks after the
game had broken up in a row before the
third inning had been completed. The
of the Missouri Valley league
says that this may be done. But that II
shall should not be the guiding star for
a management under those circumstances-
The Saints have the good will of the To- |
peka fans and have rafting strong SUI
port. and they should have shown their |
on Wednesday afternoon by |
out a return pass to every per- |
son who was at the game. 1t would have
simply been a matter of good sense and !
good will-simply an expression by the |
mana cement that 1t means to do what Is /
right by the fans. 1t appears that in |
places where the visiting team deliber- |
ateIy walks from the field and breaks up /
game to which the fans have paid ad-