The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25

making MIN It's manager Ior next year.
Old Spartacus won't talk about the
matter.
Corr, Topeka's catcher, has the rep
utation of calling for more curves
the celestial pitchers make affidavit to
this fact. Batters say that a curved
ball is always harder to hit than a
straight one, but it has not appeared
from the safe Hit" column that Corr's
signals have materially decreased the
amount of clouting.
About three-feurths of the Saints are
guilty of trying what is known in base
ball parlance "of killing the bal" BY
that is meant that they want to hit it
too hard The leftlfield fence at Wash
burn park with its occasional nome
runs has spoiled a number of the To-
peka players. The silver showers that
follow a four-ba gger have turned some
of the boys heads, with the result that
they are trying to lift ore over that
fence all the time. On Friday Frell
pounded one over the boards and then
proceeded to fan out four times in sue
cession. Tom Hughes also likes to hit
in that direction too WELL But others
are also guilty. The sooner batters get
over that notion, the better it viii be
for everybody concerned. To swing at
the "ball like new hammock as Roxie
mess" A lesson might be learned from
White, Topeka's recent acquisition. The
big fellow simply lays his bat up
against the sphere with light easy
stroke and made eight hits in the first
three days here. Sedalia paid the price
for trying to kill the ball'' last year.
Then the fence was closer on the Gold
bug diamond than it is now. Almost
every man tried to put the leather over
those boards, with the result that the
hitting of the whole aggregation fell
with a "thickening sud" as a fellow
with mixed tongue would say.
Returning from Saturdays game.
some one on the car told Robinson he
can pitch if he wants to. The young
ster replied: Yes, I can pitch if get
something for it.
Lee Gramley. the noisy, once upon a
time at Washburn delivers himself in
this way upon Sunday baseball in To
peka. The story is from the Sedalia
Sentinel: They'll have to get another
ball player on second when we play |
there" said Lee. It's a cinch that
somebody will be arrested, and it's just |
as likely to be me as anybody else.
Then up will bob the old man and yell |
seize him. and then he'll HE himself
to the ticket office for a ride to Topeka.
If 1 have to play on Sunday at Topeka,
the first cop I see will mean over the !
center field fence with Lee"
The lola papers say that the people
in their town are getting hungry for |
a ball game. The Gaslighter grounds |
nave been flooded at intermittnt per- |
iods throughout the season and a great |
many games had to be transferred to |
other places.
Some people ask for an argument |
why Schrant is not a good manager |
and fieId-captain. Here is a. little state |
ment made by himself which might help |
out some: IT have no confidence, in |
this town, and can't play the best kind |
of ball here. Then I want to go back |
to Sedalia." Put that in your pipe and |
smoke it.
President Shiveley attended the open |
ing game at the new park Sunday. He
said: when this is finished you Will |
have the finest park in the league"
An overthrow, blocked by carriages
or automobiles on the side lines, is only |
good for one base at the new park.
This ground rule was established Sun
day by Umpire Alberts. There were
three occasions to use it. At Washburn
field a runner was allowed as many
bases as he could get on an overthrow.
On several occasions the sphere got
tangled up somewhere among the bug /
gies and before it could be located the |
score of the game had decidedly diff
ferent aspect. Scores are. earned in
that way too easily, said Umpire AL /