The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-17

ton, mas now played In three games.
He has been at the bat Is times and
made 1 hit, giving him an average of
.078. In the field he has had IL chances
and accepted IL of them, giving him a
ord follows him from the Northern
League, weak at the bat and strong in
the field. He plays like Jimmie Prick,
picking up the ball and getting it away
very fast, but throwing slowly and &C
curately.
Now lola is the leader. Joplin, Spring
field and Sedalia all lost Tuesday and
the Gaslighters forged to the top. Jop-
lin is still in the depth of it's slump.
Springfield is holding itself about even.
For the brief space OF "A hours 1t held
the premier position in the standing
one day last week. But the Miners held
UP the MidgetS in broad daylight and
took it away again. Sedalia took a
winning streak and threatened to up
set all calculations, but the two decis-
i've defeats administered to them by
Pittsburg Monday and Tuesday, in
which the Goldbug pitchers were hope
| lessly hammered to death, made them
almost look like selling platers. 1t will
be a fight for the pennant right up to
the finish, and the only safe prognosti-
cation which can be made is that it
will lie between Joplin, lola and Spring
field. Sedalia's playing has been too
erratic to entitle it to sane conSidera-
ton for the bunting.
| From the Leavenworth Times: " Big
Mike We1day, outfielder for Joplin, has
been in Leavenworth the past few days
er disagreement with the management
because they refused to refund him
$25 he spent in doctors bills and rail-
road fare. They have written for him
to come back promising that he would
get the money. He wired back to send
the money and return transportation
first"
a err
pitcher, has been sold to the Kansas
City Blues. He is one of the Valley
League acquisitions which the Kansas
City papers say have been made by the
new owner. Arthur L. Irwin.
Sedalia has a new pitcher by the
Scammon. He will be on duty until
Bunton's broken finger is again repair
ed.
sas City Blues and now pitching at
Jacksonville, Miss, had a pitchers bat
tie with Harry Kane, formerly of
Springfield, but now with the Delta
League, the other day. The latter won
out.
Scott for a few days until his knee is |
well again. Harrington has taken his |
place in the cage.
sisler is sti! Playing in the field So for Jop
ciphers now than it did when he first /
Joined the Miners.
Just as quickly as the baseball and foot |
ball season is over the baseball park in |
field will be sodded and the outheld har-
Towed and s4wn with ,I grass seed Gr Of
shape for next year: That viii give To-
league sns n Much better S playing results, be-
cause the reflection from the glare of the
well will be sunk ON the south side OF
the field and some sort Of pump put IN
so that the grass can be sprinkied dur
ing dry weather and kept alive.
The sooner the management puts up a
new scoreboard about three times as
large as the present one, the sooner will
the game The present speck in the dis
lance is an optic-destroyer. 1t is almost
impossible to read , the figures II, fr9 }I5e the
sociation to do something along this line.
What is more it should still be done this
year.
The annual fall meeting of the Topeka
Baseball association will be vital to base
two things-either that entire new
nagement must be chosen for the as
sociation or that a high class field man
ager must be secured who will receive his
from the board of directors
as a body and not from the president OF
the association. The trouble is now that
is not reflection either upon President
Sheard or Secretary Logan. They have
run the team because no one else than
board of directors must be secured, num-
beriny at least five or six-all the mem
bers of which must be willing to interest
themselves in the affairs OF the assocla-
ton. A half dozen good heads put to-