The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

Where they play Thursday:
Springfield at Topeka
Joplin at Leavenworth.
lola at Fort Scott.
Pittsburg at Sedalia.
It is the first division against thu
second division, beginning with the
Thursday series. all over the league.
Joplin will fatten up on Leavenworth,
lola will do the same with Fort Scott
and Sedalia will help itself at the
Pittsburg pie counter. The only
games which promise to be real red
hot contests Will be the fights in To-
peka between the Saints and the
Springfield Mfdgets. Topeka won two
out of three at Shorty HurIb hurts home
and every contest was good one.
The Topeka and Emporia Elks will
play a game of baseball in Topeka on
Washburn field next Monday afternoon
for the benft of Harry LaFrance, the
ex-Saint, who broke his leg in one
Of the preliminary games of the
season
The lola papers are beginning to
shoot il into" their players for smOk-
ing on the bench. The Gaslighters
are the only sinners in the league in
this regard
Sebeaugh. of Pittsburg, who leads
the league in batting, but who has
been out of the game for about two
weeks, is again in the cage Baer-
valid, the Pirates new catcher, will
be used in the field.
lobe Huffman wants to get into the
Topeka team. He played with Earl
Green's semi-professionals at Atchi-
son at the beginning of the year and
then went into the Iowa State league.
That he says, is too bum" to stay
with. Manager Alberts is figuring
with him.
shut-out games in succession this
year. Two went against Topeka.
Stoner, Armstrong. Vanderbilt and
Seigle are considered the best catchers
in the league in the cage. While
Armstrong; throwing is below that
of any of the others. his head work
makes up for the weakness of his
wing. In time the race for the palm
will be between Stoner and SeigIe
with the halo first in sight for the lat
ter. He has the build, ginger, arm and
energy necessary to make fast COM
pany stuff
Topeka people who like baseball
might just as well become cOgnizant
of the fact that unles there is about
$500 in the treasury of the association
by June 10 there is something apt
to drop.
month have yet been paid. The out
come therefore simply hinges on the
crowds which turn out at the park
for the games. On Monday the share
of the Saints was about $50. With
good weather every day this week, Il
would probably mean that $500 will
be taken in. But it should be more
than that, in fact, must be. Those
who are back of the association de
clare that they will not worry along
with the business, getting no compen-
satiOn, doing all the details of the
work and continually be responsible
for the debts of the team If the peo-
pie of Topeka are not willing TO come
out and support a team, then the
thing might just as well be given up.
That is about the situation. Those
who have promoted the team should
not be expected to also dig into their
pockets and pay the debts of the as
ISOLATION It would seem that their
work is sufficient 1t is up to the town
to step in here and make the bust
ness pay The chances are that If
every day this week is a perfect one,
$500 Will be in the treasury on Sat
urday night. But let a rafnstorm
knock out a day or so as may be ex-
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