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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01

borhood of 100000, according to the
estimates of those best posted, which
paid admissions must be received be-
fore the team owners can break even
on their investments, not counting in
terest-
half of the baseball club owners of
the United States lose money every
year. The teams that are beaten in
the playing, even in the great leagues,
are lucky to escape heavy financial
losses, and, in the minor leagues not
over half the clubs, and in many cases
only the two leaders, break even on
the season.
s.. "As business investment baseball
ranks with wheat speculation-or even
more risky than that-and few except
the rich can afford to go into the game.
A few men-like John T. Brush-who
now owns the New York cIub-or rather
holds it in his name for A. Freedman
and others-and Colonel John Rogers,
of Philadelphia, have made money in
baseball as an investment. Corniskey,
too, has made a lot of money, and the
owners of the Chicago National league
club GALL except Anson) have made mon
ey-but what has been made has been
put into improvements of the plant. But
even in those big organizations. like the
National and American leagues. there
are times when it is hard to make the
leaguesa money maker"
The Kansas City Star has this on
harmony in the Missouri Valley league:
The harmony which prevails in the Mis-
souri, Valley league is the result of a
resolution on the part Of the press
throughout the circuit to lift up rather
than knock. Some of the teams have
played in hard luck this season, but the
first knock is yet to be heard through
the columns of the papers. little
knocking from a few of the fans has
failad IN have its influence with the
writers.
Wichita Beacon: If Tom Sheard had
the players he has traded and fired since
the season opened, occupying the same
positions in the White Sox lineup that
they are in other teams, he would come
nearer having a first division bunch. 1t
seems that Topeka fans want variety
and Tom is trying to please them all
by tying the yellow papers to a player
when he does not suit his friends
Just read this from the Oklahoma
CITY Tirnes-Journal: 1t is not the in
tention of the sporting editor Of the
Times-JournaI to dishearten or dis
courage the managers and players or
the seven other clubs, but the truth had
best to be known at this time. Okla
Iloma City is to win the pennant at any
cost. If it takes money to buy the PEN
nant, then this is just what will be
done Tomorrow the preliminary work
of raising a large amount OF money viii
be. commenced. This sum will be used
to get the team on a winning basis and
to buy outright a pitcher for the sum
of $500. Funds will be expended for the
purchase of a third baseman and
first baseman. Oklahoma City VIII get
a team that will win the pennant and
with the addition OF two pitchers, a
first baseman and a third baseman, it
will be all off for first honors.
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CREASED GROOVE.
The White SOx Have Struck 1t
Fast.
Guthrie Helps Us to the
Cellar.
ALDERMAN DID 1T.
Let Topeka Down With Five
Hits.
Mcclure, New Pitcher, Helped
HOwey, But They Lost.

Guthrie, o. T., Aug. 1.-One mile
nearer the coveted last place are the
White Sox. 1t won't be long now I'M
til they viii be able TO reach forth the
helping hand to Springfield and yank
her out of the cellar. Soon will Sir
Felix Blackburn and his fossilized crew
be the bottom card on the deck dis
carded and defeated, but happy.
To Allie Alderman. the same boy
who once wore a White Leg uniform
in the Kansas capital belongs the hon
or of having taken the visitors down
the corn row. He was in great trim,
allowing but five hits, walking four
men and striking out the same num-
Der. He is getting control and it is
only a matter of time until he will
make the best willow artists in the
league hunt the tall rank verdure.
Howey and a new man by the name
of Mcclure were the artists for To-
peka. The erstwhile clever little Bill
lasted but six innings when Mcclure
went in. Bill gave four compliment
aries during his regime, while Mcclure
gave five in the seventh inning alone.
Altogether the Senators made twelve
hits off the two pitchers.
1t was Guthries victory, clean-cut
and earned. The White Sox played
with a lifelessness that would char
Rcterize a football game between dead
men. The word inability" explains
the whole situation Five hits were
made by the White Legs and Lazotte
as usual got one.
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Since joining the Pirates he has made
Is hits, among them three doubles.
one triple and a home run,
Wilhelm, the Boston twirler, it APP
pears, cannot win a game away from
home. He has had seven chances and
lost all of them.
Peitz has not made a triple or home
run this season. Nor has Cariseh
three triples, while PETIT has six
doubles.
Donlin has hit safely in So out of the
first IS games this season. He has
made Is hits in the last 10 games. His
record of games without missing hit
was IS.
New York has scored $50 runs and
leads Philadelphia by "a runs and
the only teams that have passed the
400 mark in runs.
Tommy Leach is batting better
since he has been playing the outfield.
He has hit safely in the last IL games
games in the last 40.
Levers record on the rubber is a
peculiar one. He has won the. sa me
number of games at. hons as he has
abroad, six, and lost two games at
home and the same number abroad.
Mike Donlin made his one hun
dredth hit of the season Saturday. He
is the first player to reach the century
mark in hits. Donlin has made So
runs. only one less than Roy Thomas
of the Phillies. who leads the Ma
tional league in crossing the home
plate
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Baseball Notes.

/
1t costs 500 a day to incur the dis
pleasure of umpires in the National
league. st
Mike Kahoe, last year with the
Browns, has just drawn "can'' from
the Phillies. They had no need of
him.
Jack Taylor has lost ten of his If
teen games on the road. He was, while
with the Colts, great road winner.
| The highly-touted base-stealer, Ma
loney, of Chicago, passed through
fourteen games without getting a
stolen base.
Only three clubs in the National
York and Philadelphia have 112 and
Pittsburg 103.
Raymer. the Boston second base
man, is playing a wonderful fielding
game. In the last SO contests he has
not made an error.
game in the National this season, also
has two three hit and one five hit
games to his credit.
| Detroit has uncovered two pitchers
in the Iowa State league who are
'comers.' so Armour says. They will
report late in September for their
trials.
| A Toledo paper says Umpire Gift
| ford was impossible meaning that
his work contributed to the defeat of
| the MuQnenS. Inere is nOthlnB I'M
possible about the umpire.
| It is reported from Chicago that
Charles P. Taft. owner of the Cincin-
natl Times-Star and brother of Secre-
tary Taft, has bought big slice of the
stock of the Chicago Nationals
George StovaI1, CieveIand's first
baseman, had a carbuncle on an ankle
i which developed blood poisoning and
necessitated an operation on Wednes-
day. tits not thought to be serious.
! .Reulbach and Jack Taylor hold this
seasons. record in the National league
Wadden and Young pitched in a
twenty inning game in the American
league.
Pete Browning has been admitted to
a Louisville hospital again, and is said
] to be in serious condition An abb
scess in the left ear has affected the
| old ball players mind, and there is
! not much hope of his recovery.
The only players on the Boston
teams whose names start with A are
leading their clubs at the bat. Arm
| bruster, a new one picked up by Col
| Inns, is first for the champions, and
Abbattichio is the best for the Ma.
tionals.
Hickman's second base work was
highly commented on by the Cleve-
| land press. He went through the
series of five games without misplay
and several opportunities were exceed
ingly difficult ones. Hickman loves tc
play the position.
Overall, the giant Cincinnati pitcher
has pitched four games in which foul
hits were made and four in which five
were made. He also has a one hi
game and a three hit game. He has e
pair of shutouts in his favor and two
against him.
Pittsburg has been shut out si2
times and has shut. out her opponent:
five times: Chicago. S-13; Cincinnati
| 4-5: st. Louis, Gas New York, 5-11
Philadelphia. SIS; Brooklyn, 14-3, and
Boston, 81.
Young, the Boston southpaw, lead;
the National pitchers in three hi
games, having three to his credit. Only
two pitchers, Overall and Corridor
have pitched four games in which
their opponents have made but hvt
hits.
Brain. while a st. Louis player
made SO hits, among them four dou
bles, i've triples and one home run
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
Sheldon WON EASILY.
Kansas City Tennis Player OutcIassed
Herbert Jones.

Kansas City, Aug. This after
noon D. L. James will play Frank
Sheldon in the finals in singles in the
Missouri valley tennis tournament and
a match in doubles between Sheldon
and Vernon and James and Jones will
decide whether the latter will retain
the championship of the Missouri val
ley. The winner of the James-Shelden
match may not play Vernon, the
singles champion, until Wednesday
afternoon.
There were many interesting
matches yesterday afternoon and
morning, but the one which probably
attracted the most interest was that
played between DR.. Sheiden and Her
bert Jones in the semi-fnals. Con-
siderable disappointment was occa-
stoned by Shelden's very easy victory.
He simply played Jones off his feet
from the start and never gave any of
the spectators a chance to doubt his
superiority over his opponent. The
scores, 6-1 and 60, are a good indi-
cation of the decisiveness of Shelden's
victory.
The finals in doubles resulted in an
other easy victory, Sheldon and Yer
non outplaying Carey and Gilman at
all times. In this match a team to be
successful had to win three sets out
of five. Sheldon and Vernon took no
chances. They played their best game
and won in straight sets. the scores
D. L. James had considerable
trouble in disposing of Easton, the
energetic little st. Louis man. So
aggressive was the latter in the first
set that James did not realize victory
until II games had been played. In
the second set the improvement in
James playing was marked and he
had won four straight games before
Easton got his bearings. The latter
perked up bit and snatched three
craT Of I7o T11If IF
took all that he had and James won
the next two games and the set
easily.
Of the morning matches the most
interesting was that in doubles be-
tween Sheldon and Vernon and the
ST Louis pair, Semple and Gleeson.
The latter team succeeded in winning
one set out of the three. They put up
very pretty tennis in the first two sets
but weakened lamentably in the last.
The summary of yesterdays play fol-
lows:
THIRD ROUND-SINGLEs.
DR.. F. E. Sheldon, K. C. A. c.. won
from ]. S. Tritle. K. c. A. c.. 6-2, 7-5.
W. S. Gilman, Sioux City. 6-3, SIS.
D. L. James, K. C. A c., won from
DR.. H. S. Vaughn. K. c. A. C.. So, SO.
SEMI-FINAL ROUND-SINGLES
DR.. F. E. Sheldon won from Herbert
Jones, 81, 6-3.
D. L. James won from w S. Easton,
st. Louis Triple A, 7-5, 6-3.
SEMI-FINAL ROUND-DOUBLES
Sheldon and VerRon won from Glee-
son and Semple, St. Louis, 6-4, SIS,
ell.
Carey and Gilman, Sioux City. won
from Vaughn and Trit1e, 6-3, So.
FINAL ROUND-DOUBLES
Sheldon and Vernon, Kansas City,
won from Carey and Gilman, Sioux
City, So, Sd, 81.
FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION
DOUBLES.
Chandler and Riley won from Cheek
and Stimson, 6-3, 3-6. Ga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
WORK WEAkENS
THE KIDNEYS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Have Done Great
Service for People Who
Work in Topeka,

Most Topeka people work every day
3n some strained, unnatural position
bending constantly over a desk-rid-
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laberious Homework; lifting, reaching
or pulling, or trying the back in a
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shop in the Columbian building. and
residing at 231 Tyler street, Topeka,
Kan, says: "I have never lost my
confidence In Doan's Kidney Pills since
I used them six years ago. I gave a
statement at that time telling how
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EAST, WEST AND NORTH.
Santa Fe Offers Low Rates for Sum-
Tuer Travel Everywhere.

Special rates to California, Colo
RADIO, Chicago, Wisconsin lakes, Can
ada and the seashore. Circuit tours.
to bring in the Great Lakes, Niagara
Falls, Buffalo, ETC., at very low rates.
We make all arrangements for you,
thus saving you any annoyance or
trouble.
TRY the famous Colorado FLYER to
Pueblo. Colorado Springs and Denver.
Leaves Topeka at 10 p. m, arrives at
Colorado Springs at noon.
Tickets and berths at Santa Fe
depot, Fifth and Holiday streets.
T. L. KING. C. p & T. A.
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THE LONGEST BALL GAME.
Went Twenty-Five Innings at Devils
Lake. N. d.

Lake, N. d.
New York, Aug. Although each
of the two big leagues now has twenty
innings set as the record for length of
contest in its championship series,
neither has the worlds record, as was
set forth at the time of the Waddell-
Young battle in Boston, on July 4.
This went twenty rounds, the Athletics
winning to 2, and it tied up the Ma
tional league record, which had stood
Chicago and Cincinnati met in the lat
ter city and played twenty innings to
a. to z tie, Tony Mullane and Ad
Gumbret being the opposing pitchers.
Those are the big league records,
but almost a year before the Cincinnati
Forks. meeting at Devils Lake, N. D.,
had fought out twenty-five innings to
a to tie, with only &c hits in a
total of 191 turns at bat and with
only IL out of 220 fielding chances re-
fused. This remarkable game might
have gone thirty innings had not Um-
pire Walker called it to let the teams
catch a train.
Its most remarkable feature. of
course, was that not a single man got
around in all those rs innings. Next
in interest, doubtless, were the 10
double plays that frightened the dia-
mond busting. Thirty-one men We're
left on the bases Only three balls
umpire breaking the seals on all
three" adds the succinct description
published at that time.
The 25 innings tie was played on
July IS. 1891. Raymer. pitched for
Fargo, and Gibbs handled the hide
for Grand Forks. The captain of the
Fargo team appears to have become
dissatisfied with the work of the first
baseman because that luckless wight
committed one error. Anyway, he
called Carman in from right to cover
the base to the field.
No man made more than two slips,
which was pretty good in view of the
fact that the second baseman took adj
vantage of 33 chances, the third base
man of 81, and the shortstops of 20.
Twenty-Five Fargo batsmen died at
first How many Grand Forks locust
filters did the same is not shown by
the score, owing to the swap in posi-
tons between Fargo's first baseman
and right fielder.
Forty-five outs went to the credit
of the backstops, 81 of which were
strikeouts. Nine men, counting both
teams. made two hits or more. Four
batters didn't rap safely even once.
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and in a few days reply will be re-
ceived which Sloan is confident will be
favorable to him. Sloan says there
can possibly be nothing against him
SO far as the English Jockey club is
concerned, and he believes that the
English authorities will be lenient. II
Sloan's plea for reinstatement, it is
believed that the Jockey club will re-
store him to good standing. as many
members of that body are anxious to
see him ride again.
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Chicago 8, Philadelphia ?

Chicago, Aug. 1.-Wiclzer and Nichols
each had one bad inning, the former
being hit safely for four times, and fore
ing in one run by a gift, in the first in
ming. Nichols came in the third four
hits and two outs scoring three runs.
Score by innings: R-H E.
Philadelphia .....2 o 90 90 o. 1
Batteries-Wicker and Killing; Nicholas,
Abbott and Doom.
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Bradley Weary Of Managing.

Cleveland, O., Aug. Tim sick
and tired of the job. I've worked
hard and we've all done our best, but
don't hear anything except knocks.
I want to go back to playing ball, with
somebody else to shoulder the blame
for everything that goes wrong. Larry
is welcome to his job for the rest of
his life. No more manager for. me
after get rid of this assignment"
Such was the announcement made
in New York last night by Acting
Manager Captain Bradley of the Cleve-
land baseball team, according to a
dispatch from the metropolis.
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Sloan May Ride AGAIN.

New York, Aug. AFTER having
been deprived of five of the best
years of his riding career Tod Sloan
believes that it will not be long before
he is restored to good standing on the
metropolitan turf. Officials of the
Jockey club have written to the sec
retaries of the English Jockey club for
details of the charge against Sloan,
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Boston Buys Pitcher Barry.

Decatur, ILL.,, Aug. Ed Barry, the
pitcher for Decatur team of Three-I
league, was sold today to the Boston
club of the American league, the price
paid being $3.50. Barry came from
Freeport, Ind. Tfiis was his first sea-
son in the league, but he was highly
successful, and won more games in
proportion to the number pitched than
any other player in the league.
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Main Thoroughfare.

To Lewis and Clark Exposition, Port
land. oregon, June 1 to October Is,
1905, via Union Pacific This historic
al route, traversing the heart of the
great Northwest with its boundIess re-
Sources. gives you zoo miles along the
match less Columbia river and a trip
to Portland and the Northwest with
out change and a chance to visit yell
Iowstone park, June to September
10, by side trip from Pocatello or
OEd&a tkr<&gA Nonida-
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
BrookIyn 4. Pittsburg q

Pittsburg, Aug. latter nine innings
of fine work by both pitchers, who
were given excellent support, Case in the
tenth, when two were out, in trying to
field Malya's bunt, threw wild, putting
Maya on third Bergen's hit followed,
scoring the winning run.
Score by innings: R-HE.
Pittsburg 30 0O00OOOO-O 6 l
Brooklyn ......O 0 OF o 90 90 IL 8 o
Batteries-Case and PETIT; Scanlon
and Bergen.
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Indians were shut out till the ninth in
ming, when the bases were full, and
Houser, the Indian. came to bat and
knocked home run. bringing in four
scores. Batteries-Garnett, Etryker and
Freeman; Haskell, Houser and Law
renee. Umpire-Judy.
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New York 6. Cincinnati ..

Cincinnati, Aug. New York benefit
ed by the errors of the locals, every run
being assisted by a misplay. Cincinnati
outbatted the visitors. but could do lit
tie real execution after getting men on
bases.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Cincinnati O0o10OOO1-2 8
New York ............o O-6 1
Batteries-Chech and Street; Ames
and Rresnahan
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Totals
LEAVENWoRTH.

The summary: Earned runs-Spring-
field 1, Leavenworth 2. Two-base hits
Hunt, Seabaugh, Rapps, Harrington 2,
Armstrong 2 Three-base hit-Begley.
ter g. off Ashley l. Struck out-By Ohm
stead 8, by Foster Z, by Ashley 1. Left
on bases-Springfield 7, Leavenworth 5.
Double play-Hetling to Ellis to Beg
ley. Wild pitch-Foster. Hit by pitch,
er-Hunt. Hits-Of Foster in seven
and one-half innings, off Ashley 2 in
one and one-half innings. Time-1:45.
Umpire-Ghio. Attendanee-35O.
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.srhe Line Beautiful /"

Lehigh Valley railroad. Delightful
route to New York. Philadelphia and
Atlantic coast resorts. Five through
trains daily. Dining cars; la carte.
Connects at Buffalo ami Niagara Falls
with all trains from the west. For
time tables and descriptive matter,
address George Eade. 5r., western
Passenger Agent. ais South Clark
afraat. Chicago. III.
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st. Louis Z, Boston 4.

st. Louis, Aug. 1.-St. Louis took the
fourth straight game from Boston with
ease. Egan was effective, but Wilhelm
succumbed to a batting rally by the
locals which netted six runs
Score by innings: R.H.E.
St Louis ..............0OO o61OO ~ Il 0
Boston - U U U u D
Batteries-Egan and Leahy; Wilhelm,
DoIan and Moran.
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Pecnliar Disanpearance.

J. D. Runyan of Butlerville, O., laid the
peculiar disappearance of his painful
symptoms of indigestion and bfliousness
to Dr. Kings New Life Pills. He says:
'They are perfect remedy for dizziness.
sour stomach, headache, constipation. ETC.
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AT HUTCHINSON.

Hutchinson was shut out by Els
worth in the first of the series, the WIS.,
itors making five scores. Chase, for
Ellsworth, batted the first ball thrown
over the fence for a home run. and
Cabel caught line fly with his left
hand in the ninth.
Score by innings: RB-E
Ellsworth -. ........1 00r1 o o 3 % 8 2
Batteries-Wilson and Mehl; Griggs
and Haas.
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The SUMMARY: EARNED runS-JOpIln
1, Sedalia 8. Three-base hit-Baerwald.
Bases on balls-Off Wilkinson g. off
Cravens /. Left on bases-Joplin l, Sc
dalia 1. Two-base hits-Persch Rohn,
Bauer, Pendry. Struck out-By Cravens
4, by Wilkinson 8. Hit by pitched ball
Bauer. Stolen bases-McDill, Lee,
Cheek. Time-1:40. Umpire-Lewinsohn
Attendance-800
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Caughnawaga wins 10000 Purse.

Saratoga. Augr 1.-The Saratoga
handicap of $4,000 for 3-year-olds
and up, one mile-and a. quarter, was
won by Caughnawaga, Waterlight sec
ond. Beldame third.
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Guthrie -. .......-.1 o 0 O IS
Topeka -. $500 0 O. 0 o 0 IL
The summary: Earned runs-Guth-
RE 4. Two base hits-Downs, Petit
grew. Home run-DalFymple. Double
BY Howey 5, by Alderman 5, by Nc
Clure 1. Bases on balls-Oh Alder
man 4, off Howey 4, off Mcclure 5. Hit
by pitched balI-Quigley. Wild
pitches-McClure 2. Umpire-Reagan
Attendance-S00. Time-1:53.
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PhiIadeIplaia 4. Chicago 1.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-Splendid hitting
by Philadelphia at the right time gave
the home team a victory over Chicago.
Score by innings: RHE.
Chicago ...... ....... % 1 0 0 0 0 0 OIL
Philadelphia -. .....2 0011 20 50 10 !
Batteries-White and Sullivan; Plank
and Barton.