The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-30
WHAT THE VALLEY LEAGUE
PLAYERS ARE DOING.


PLAYERS ARE DOING.
Where they play Wednesday:
Sedalia at Topeka
Beginning with Thursday the sched-
ule of the Saints for the remainder OF
the season is as follows, given out Off
cially by President Sheard:
Topeka
September 4. 5. 6. Fort Scott at To-
peka-
September 8, 9. 10, Topeka at sedaliA.
September IL, II, 10, Fort Scott at
Topeka.
September IA, is, Sedalia at Topeka
Cloth morning games.)
Most of the Topeka players have de-
SINNERS and Cole will go to their homes
in Binghamton, N. Y, where they will
work in a shoe factory. Bert Dunn will
go to Seattle, Wash. Spec Hurlburt
Hughes will stay with his parents in
Denver. HOWE will go to his nome in
Bedford, Ia. Brown will spend the cold
months in Pittsburg, Pa, at his home.
cine. He has not yet decided where.
Abbott and Olson will both remain in
Topeka, and get work. Carter, Freil
and Gus Alberts (the latter ought to be
termed a Topeka player will work in
Texas for the Rock Island, putting up
block signals.
Topeka fans remember Lucky Bill
Rapps from Pappysville,' who is such
a peace disturber. He is now playing
the initial sack, and the Leayenwortn
Times has this to say about him: The
work of bill" Rapps on first base has
been the marvel of the fans for the past
few games. Rapps is a better infielder
than outfielder If that is possible. He
hoe 7odo
in the league this year. His croaking
voice in the inf1eld keeps the ginger
pot tumbling over itself at all times
and the management will do well to
keep Bill where he is"
sisler is now playing the right garden
for Leavenworth. The Oriole papers
tout him as a crack all-around ball
player of a very high class variety.
Wonder if they won't be disappointed
too?
Right here is where Topeka agrees
with the lola Record. The Saints lost
Armstrong in just this way: There
is one rule that should be enforced next
year. 1t is the habit of several mana
gers in this league to start negotiations
with player in another team and
when they have arrived at satisfacto-
ry price, to approach the manager of
that player with a proposition for his
purchase. If the sale falls through, as
it usually does, that player is sore for
ne has been Onere0 more money Inan
he is getting. Recently a manager in
one of the league teams negotiated with
an lola player. He knew the man was
not for sale, couldn't be purchased for
any price a Valley team could afford to
pay and that he was violating one of
the strictest rules Of the league in OPP
ening any negotiations for him. AS a
matter of fact the manager did not
want the player. unless as a. Gift, but
he could easily have made that player
sore at his present manager because he
wasn't getting as much money as he
had been offered. And that manager
ought to have been fined for interfering
with player under contract to another
club. The lead teams are always suf-
fering from such tricks. 1t ought to be
stopped"
Vice President Myers of the Topeka
people in Topeka who, are backing the
Saints that he will divide $3.50 equally
valley valley pen EN- in iso5 With this nice nest
egg as a starter, an effort will be made
The Ceiestiais if they bring home the
Tor the team to do good business.
Evidently Risley is NOT a hot favorite
IF the games Sunday Armstrong hit a
pail close to Risley and that gentleman
lust folded his arms and let 1t go past,
giving Army a hit; That's showing man
up some, isn't it?
Toledo under the name Of Moreton.
The following is from the Joplin News
Herald and labeled Three Cheers for the
Miners" 1t is not reprinted because Il
s good poetry, but because of the nerve
If the author:
'Ah, mel how great we thought them!
Those terrible batting fiends;
We learned to love our George
And to adore the 'Injun," too.
But now, oh how it's altered!
The teaSs to our eyes do spring.
Down the ladder they're slipping,
Horrors! it's an awful thingl
And the fate of Billy, the wonder.
It's worse than that of Munroe;
For Jack was alive at the second
BIT Billy went where all Billes go.
But histl hear a distant rumble:
An it's a happy, happy sound.
They're at their anvils again,
They're up for another round"