The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-21
The averages up to and including Sat-
A ,1,r,1St Al falln1us.

On Saturday afternoon through
little show of authority. the kind that
makes angels weep, on the part. OF
Ground Keeper Whitteker and two city
policemen. three young men were
shamefully Inundated at the baSeball
park just because their enthusiasm
got the better of their judgment. The
three boys are all we'll known in To-
peka and are employed at the Santa
F'e offices. They are members OF the
Santa Fee team in the city league and
are regular attednants at the Associa-
ton park. They expanded their lungs
a little too Justify on Saturday after
noon and Whitteker told them to keep
quiet. But they kept up their noise
and he sent a policeman, who hap
pened to be on the grounds to LOOK
after the matter. The 'biue-coat
came back in few minutes, got an
other copper" and Whitteker, and
they went into the grand stand end
yanked the boys out of their seats.
One of the policemen could have eaten
the three alive, but despite this fact,
they fastened chains to the wrists of
each one, marched them the full
length of the grand stand, and out of
the gates. The crowds Kissed in dis
approval. Tom Sheard followed them
outside with lot of other people who
were protesting against the act. Sheard
accordingly ordered them turned loose
and the boys came back into the stand.
When they returned the audience
ker was asked about the matter anil
said: "a lady complained that they
were swearing. 1 asked them to stop
and they wouldn't do it. So we took
them out. Sheard turned them bose
again. He can huve my job nov any
time he wants it." Whitteker may
have meant all right but why didn't
he carry out his drastic policy against
two tcuchs who disgraced che grand
stand about week ago? Two
drunken loafers, both of them unable
to walk straight, ambled ito the mid
die Of the main grand stand and there
began to curse and swear and wave
money around asking for lets. A
well known fan of this city sitting be-
side his wife asked them to stop try
ing to bet because it was prohibited
by the local baseball association. go
to -" roared back one of them.
Then the two began to swear and
curse all the louder and for fifteen
minutes put the worst kind of alley
rats to shame. Whitteker was inn
portuned to shut them up He came
and then turned around and walked
out. The two loafers guyed him
mercilessly. He came back again at
the request of some of the fans, but
did nothing more but again ask them
to keep quiet Again they Jeered him.
The result was that the two stayed in
the grand stand all through the game,
mounting out dirty insulting remarks.
body out of the park it was then. If
Whitteker and his blue-coat friends
had wrist chains for three young re-
spectacle boys. whose only fault was
too much enthusiasm. why in the
world did he not have a large wet-elnl
club for the two drunken loafiug
rowdies week ago who absolutely
insulted everybody within SO feet of
them. If the Topeka baseball associa-
ton is going to keep order at its
games, it ought not pick out the little
fellows alone, but ought to clean out
the toughs too, even though they
chance a broken head in doing so.
The White Sox left on Sunday night
for Oklahoma City where they open an
engagement of three games today.
Guthrie will be the next stopping place.
They will then come home to meet
I,eayenworth next Saturday.
The Sedalia Democrat is shooting
il into the Goldbugs: The only remedy
for such a condition of supineness. if
fhe Democrat may be permitted to
suggest a remedy, is for the players
to get together among themselves and
resolve to make an effort to honestly