The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-03
BALL GAME a FTzzLE.
Two Hundred and Fifty People Pay
to See the Farce.

A nine act soda-pop combustion
farce, with nothing at stake but the
empty pOcketbooks of the participants,
and the latter no more like advertised
than a Chinese Boxer is like a Chris
tan, was perpetrated upon ESQ fans.
of which the majority were Kansas
City excursionists, at League park on
Sunday afternoon. Lew Armstrong,
labeled "All Professionals" which was
to have been composed of American
Association players from Kansas City
Bankhead had promised to produce
the lola pennant winning Missouri
Valley leaguers as the other side of
the combating forces. Just two of the
Gaslighters turned up-Bankhead and
Wilson. The others failed to get
here" according to official informa-
ton.
Armstrong; followers consisted of
Charley Crum, Joplin's first baseman;
Dick Brown, Topeka's third baseman;
ers; Big Kelly, st. Paul's first base
man; Olson, Reardon and Wilson of
the J. ]. Foster team of Kansas City,
and Gus Alberts. The crowd labeled
them THE Last Roses"
Bankhead's gang consisted of Will
son, Iola's center fielder; Harry Cheek,
Davenports catcher of the Three-I
league; MacLear. Pittsburg's short
Kahl Cummings, Paddock and Saw
yer, also of the Kansas City ]. j. Fos-
tiers. To this outfit a tag was attach
ed which read: "Forget-Me-Q uicks."
With this preliminary diagram it is
possible to append few facts. THE
| Last Roses 3; ''Forget-Me-Q uicks'' 3.
That represents the score.
Herewith follows the feature. THE
and made hits. while the Forget
Me-Quicks" made IL errors and hits.
Eli Gates pitched for the former, and
Circus Clown Haney whisked the
leather for the latter bunch.
If one can overlook that one dozen
errors, tied into a knot with don't
give a continental for anything but
the gate receipts" playing, the game
was not half bad. BY a strange mix
ture of circumstances the score ran
closely throughout the disturbance and
helped out some with the crowd.
The winners found theirs in the
sixth and seventh rounds, making two
and three runs respectively, off three
errors and a hit in the sixth and five
errors and a double in the seventh.
The losers gathered their harvest in
the seventh and ninth. MacLear got
a home run in seventh act, and
brace of doubles and an error. coupled
with a base on balls, gave two in the
last round.
President Tom Sheard stated after
the game that the baseball season in
Topeka is now at an end. 1t is about
time for such statement. Although
the Topeka Association had nothing to
90 WIN yesterday ITacdSs the EdEk
association rented the field at its usual
rate of interest, 10 per cent. The To-
peka-Sedalia series was a frost with
nothing at stake, and resulted in moth
ing but horse play. Sundays game was
to have been an exhibition between
the Valley leagues pennant winners
and a team made up of the American
association players from Kansas City.
A perusal of the lineup will prove in a
minute that the teams which played
were everything but as advertised.
The Topeka baseball public does not
probably not 100 people from this city
in the crowd, the rest all being excur-
sionists. Topeka patronized baseball
well this year and was given what was
promised. There Will be another sea-
son in 1905, and a repetition of Sum
days farce would be decidedly ruinous
if put on at the park again.