The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-22

FIT Scott at Joplin
The obituary of Gus Alberts as man
ager of the Topeka baseball team is
written with genuine regret The sor-
did looking phrase fired to cut down
expenses tells the whole story in a
nutshell. 1t looks just a little like
ingratitude to release the man who
made the team possible While the
fans of the city were making them
selves comfortable during the winter,
AIberts prowled around during the
night hours after his work with the
city railway was done, trying to in
duce Topeka men to invest money in
a Missouri Valley league franchise.
He had enthusiasm, where others
were absolutely Indifferent and list
less. He kept the agitation alive un-
til President d. NJ. Shiveley came
to Topeka and helped him fight out
the battle That is how Topeka has
a team this year Alberts is to be
thanked for 1t. he was Immediately
elected mana ger-that, thought the
directors, would in a way compensate
him for his ginger" But baseball in
! Topeka is not Thunder Mountain
gold mine. On the contrary the as
ISOLATION is now $500 in the hole, in
plain, unvarnisned language. But
there isn't a ball manager on the face
of the earth who could have prevented
this. The business simply did not
come The scheme of having 4 play
/ er-manager has possessed the Topeka
management as one of the panaceas
i
/ berts' salary was about 800 month,
and it is thought that If Earl Green
could be obtained to play the first
sack and manage also, that a Wad
4 of money could be saved in that way.
/ From the business standpoint it is
1 good one-but it don't make the hon
/ est, fair-minded fan feel right to dis
miss from service the little. old bow
/ legged figure, denominated Sparta
/ GUS Alberts, just because the lid has
to be screwed down on the strong
box
The Leavenworth Orioles have been
strengthened by the acquisition of Cor
4 bin. last year a short stop with the
Kansas city Western league. He is a
4 good batter, finishing in 1903 with an
average of 2S7.
The Leavenworth Times took par
ticular pains in congratulating the
! Saints upon having secured o. H. Nor
ris Of Springfield. No, as manager
cup and the lip Mr.. Norris did not
want to invest about $4,000 in an ath-
letic field and backed out
Wonder how Army likes jabs from
the Fort Scott Tribune like this one:
If there are any hopes Of the Fort
Scott baseball team winning another
game the fans are DESTROYS of know
ing who entertains such.''
Bankhead leads the lola. team at
/ the bat with an average of 3O7. Mil
| sap, the first baseman has the big
| honors on fielding with a mark OF
-94s after his name. But there were
others in the 800 fielding column.
The sedalia fans think that Bevis
| IS just about as good as Schrant at
! the bat Bevis has a. bad hand while
| Schrant is as sound as a dollar Their
hitting has been at a stand-of late
ly, with Bevis' fielding about 900 per
cent to the good
Baseball is getting so hot over in
Joplin that the Western Union tele-
graph company has run its wires to
ers at two places downtown Guess
that's putting on style
Twice this year there has been M
/ street car service to the ball park in
| Springfield and carriages, etc had To
be used That hit the attendance
like hailstorm does a glass roof.
This is from the Joplin News-HeraId
/ but it sounds very much like talk
from some OF the Topeka ball players.
/ me Iopeka papers are very change
I able in their affection for Pitcher
HOWE II he wins a game he is
/ good and the management is advised
I to hold onto him while, when some
/ team gets up against his speedy ones
! for bunch of hits, the pspers think
he Is a dead one and should be re-
leased.
1T is cinch now that Pittsburg
| likes Abbott He has been made cs.p-
| tam and field manager of the Little
Pirates The Pittsburg Headlight
passes the pie to him with this re-
| mark: Abbott works harder than
any four men ia the field and is al
ways in the game"
( In Sundays game between Iols. and
Sedalias Mflsap the lola first baseman
nso but two-put outs to his credit
! 1ll1e y remarkable. for a consulta-
ton OF the tabulated scores shows
a usual list of to is.
4 There is no hope for the man who
can't tell the truth without Ivin~ aho,,t
it 49,