The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-02

a gutter when his team is behind and
it was because the Miners outplayed
his bunch yesterday that he acted so
foolish"
Harry LaFrance who broke his leg
early in the season in a preliminary
practice game between Washburn and
the Saints, came back to Topeka Mon
day and wants try-out with the team.
He says his leg is about as well as ever
and that he would like chance to get
into the cage on the first sack. The
management does not look very favor
ably on his request.
Abbott has made a great hit over the
circuit as manager while with the
Pittsburg team, and on top of that is
considered a crack player. When Sc
for him and Schrant, they wanted to
make him manager and stated as much
in the telegram. ie-- s3l.u
Joplin Globe: ''Sisler will stick to the
Miners like fly paper Twice now in
games since joining Joplin has this re-
port followed: Sisters hitting was the
feature of the game" 1t will be remem-
bered, too, that when with Topeka he
batted second all through May with an
average of .307.
Springfield is still having trouble in
getting a shortstop. Jimmie Burch of
Eureka was tried out but fell down on
his hitting. Hurlburt let him go and
is hunting another.
The Clarksdale fans presented Harry
Kane with diamond pin on his birth
day last week. He is still burning up.
the Delta league. His hackers have the
Memphis Southern League team bluff
ed for a match game with good money
on the side.
Harry Cheek, ordered to report about
three weeks ago at Topeka by Manager
Sheard, is now, according to the Pitts
burg papers, negotiating for job with
the Pirates. He is hanging around
somewhere with Red Morton, who was
turned down by Sedalia a few days ago.
Morton was with the Goldbugs last
year and Cheek with Fort Scott. After
a letter stating that he would join the
Saints, nothing more was heard of the
latter.
Bill Terrence has patched up his diff
ferences with the piratica1 crew from
Pittsburg and has signed a protocol
and is back wearing the blue uniform
again. Joplin consequently will not get
the good pitcher. although President
Baker made flying start to nab him.
Oh Lord now the Sedalia manage
ment has again lost Bob Lawson. Last
telegram and now the Will-o'-the-wisp
Bob is "off agin.' For the sake of the
nerves of the rest of us, will Sedalia
please get Lawson and hold. him, or for
get all about his existence.
KilliIay has been released from the
Leavenworth pitching staff. Last sea-
son he was one of the best twirlers in
the business, and for a while was the
only pitcher on the lola staff who was
ready for duty at all times and never
said no. He worked hard and often and
as result was unable to get into con-
dition this season. He was let go by
lola a few weeks ago.
Randolph, who played third base for
a part of the season with Joplin and
first base for a time with Topeka. is
working in the company store of a
large mining concern in Arizona There
are some others who ought to be there
too.
After heating up the keys on his
typewriter, the baseball man on the
Springfield Leader ground out this bit
of decidedly original news: John
Schrant is arrested again. Last year
UP in Fort Scott, when the rooters used
to 'cuss' visitors so, John Schrant got
mad and 'cussed' back The officers
heard nothing but Schrant's bad words
and they pulled him. Then came the
Springfield incident. Schrant, Kane and
Perrine got into a fight and Schrant
was arrested. Now, with IT other play
ers, he went on the grounds at Tope-
ka Sunday and played ball. The officers