The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14


Topeka at Sedalia.
lola at Joplin
Pittsburg at Springfield.
Leavenworth at Fort Scott.
The revision and revamping at Fort
Scott has commenced. Earl Green will
go back to play first base. He has been
managing a Sem1-prOfeSSiOnal team a I
Atchison this spring. Jake Bene had
strings on him, however, from last year.
Holiday will go back to pitch. Then
1t is also stated that a strenuous effort
is being made to get OrrendOrf, the
Leavenworth discard to do the catch
ing. 'Orrey'' is a good catcher, but he
is quarrelsOme- There is also some talk
that the Giants will get St. John, also
an ex-Leavenworthite. There is not a
better shortstop in the business than
the latter, but he is not consistent in
his work Bene and HOrnaday have
/ evidently read the handwriting on the
wall It was up to them to make good
with team, or drop from the league.
Fort Scott absolutely refused to sup
port such an aggregation as was
brought out of St Louis. with flying
colors. band playing and a good deal of
talk. If the above named rumors are
true, it will not be long until Fort Scott
Is again in the running, and the win
ners Will have to look for fat percent
ages, other ways than in the direction
Of Hornadayville.
Manager Leach of Washburn claims
that Beech, the young t'Iong-hafr'' who
pitched for Southwest Kansas college
! Friday afternoon against Washburn,
tried out with Springfield Of the Val
| ley League this year and was found
wanting. Evidently they have not
heard of the Chicago conference rules
down at Winfield.
When Leavenworth and Sedalia come
| back to Topeka again, double headers
will have to be played with each, on
account of the rain interfering with
in Ecr-faG
The St. LOUIS Browns have offered
Dick Rohn $500 for Bob Lawson, the
premier pitcher of the Sedalia Gold
bugs. Lawson will not report for work
until June l.
4 Sedalia Democrat: 1.-THE Topeka
Journal gives the street car company
there a deserved roast because it re-
fuses to permit the Missouri Valley
league players to ride to and from the
park free while in uniform. And yet
the street car company is the greatest
single beneficiary by reason of the
teams existence"
The Leavenworth outfeld is said to
/ be the rougnest in the circuit. This
phrase has gone the rounds of the pa
pers. but nobody has explained wheth-
er it means the players or the field
Probably both
Ford, the Oklahoma find" garner
ed in by L4eavenworth last Tuesday,
will be retained. He worked against
Seda1ia, and although losing his game
made a good showing. To win the
contest, Dick Rohn sent in Hutter,
succession. That shows how tena-
cfously the GoIdbugs wished to hang
on to that 1000 mark. They let go
at Topeka Friday and their teeth still
ache
Kansas City Journal: Topeka
players are a strenuous lot Recently
/ they attacked the scorer in another
city. because he refused to credit
them with a hit when they reached
first on a fielder's choice" That hap
pened at Fort Scott and on last sun
day, and it looked a good deal more
like bunt than a helder's choice.
But in scoring there is always a
chance to fight, and some fellows look
for it.
shorty Hamlin is the name OF
Leavenworth's latest shortstop to take
st Johns place His wing is weak,
but otherwise he will probably man
age to hold down the job
DOC" Goodell, a young pitcher who
signed up with Pittsburg. has retired
from the game, due to the fact that I
that violent exercise gave him a re-
turn of the trouble caused by a horses /
kick some months ago He lives at
Independence Kan.
Manager. Gus Alberts has released
First Baseman Abbott. In the game 2 [
Sedalfa today he put Worral on first
base. The latter was tried out in the
field. but had to stop playing because |
of an injury to his ankle. The Topeka
| team needs n first baseman badly, and |
Worral who played at that place last |
year viii be given an opportunity It
is not known what he can do, but il
he falls down. another man viii be Sc
cured The first sack is practically the
only weak spot in the Topeka team /
Abbott made scnle grievous errors this !
week at first. failing to catch throws !
which fell directly into his init. At
the stick his work has been mediocre. |
and poor Gus AIberts says that his
Inability to hit. forms the principal rea- |