The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-19

out the gate AMI in Il minute were go
ing hammer and tongs. When the rest
Owens was in a licked condition. The
next day, all of them. with the excep-
ton of Owens, were fined SIS In The
justice of the peace court, and fined an
extra SIS besides, which, however, was
not enforced.
Dutch Fersch was another feature
with Springfield last year. But that
was when he could not only field sensa-
tionally but batted no around the 300
mark as well. He was just as n1outhy,
but had a little better control. This
year he has been with Topeka and Sc
dalia, and his vocal gyraticns have If
come nauseating. OF late he seems to
be on better behavior. But the big
plaster which "Heine" Leist tackled onto
him may have helped some. There was
Speck Hurlburt of Topeka, now with
Oklahoma City. If there ever was a
ball player, whom the fans really en-
joyed hearing beef, it is the speckled
one. He Hicks all the time, on the field,
off the field, at breakfast. supper and
dinner, and his team mates say when
he is asleep. Jack, hear you are get
ting to be quite a rowdy," he said the
other day as Henry came up to him.
| Guess I am replied the crack little
Topeka catcher. well, a fellow has to
be- said Speck, serious as the face of a
clock That must be about his idea OF
the matter.
Let me tell you something" he said
the other day TO the writer, Il have
gone on the field hundred times in my
life with vow On my lips not to open
my head under any conditions, but he
fore the game has gone two innings and
I see a bad play pulled off, I'm gone,
and I shoot off my face to beat the
band. just can't help il. ! get mad
at dumb playing, not MT mistakes" To
| jump on an umpire is Speck's special
delight. There is probably not an indi-
Gator man who has not heard from him.
Recently Hurlburt was fined 800 by
Gene Barnes for going off on tear and
deserving his team. Bu- Genial Genes
heart softened, he forgave his great,
hard-hitting centerfelder, and took him
| back into the fold without enforcing the
| fine. So really of the old guard there
are but two left, Rapps of Leavenworth
and Hurlburt of Oklahoma City. The
latter has not changed, but what diff
ference there is in Noisy Bill. In fact
| he no longer deserves the adjective.
From the Wichita Beacon: Tom
| Sheard's friends have been talking to
| him again. Yesterday he released
he can lose games with a cheap team
as well as a dear one. He is running
| the team for the money in it, and not
for the good of his health or as an
advertisement to the city.
| From the SedaIia Capital: Harry
| Cheek is again captain of the Goldbugs
lat least Manager Leist stated to the
Democrat during the progress of yes
| terday's game that he would make the
appointment today. This makes three
| captains the team has had this week,
in the persons of Rohn, Lee, and
Cheek. The deposing of Lee was
brought about by his filming Rohn and
Cheek a couple of dollars each for
amateur ball playing in one of the
Joplin games.
| 1--WE have been playing the rottenest
kind of ball for over a week now" said
Manager Ben Henderson of the Guth-
| RE team, land the slump began with
| the negotiations for our sale to Enid.
Before that we had been going like a
prairie fire. but have fallen very fiat.
| It Just seemed to take the starch out
| of the fellows. Personally every one
| is attached to Guthrie. We have been
treated mighty nicely down there, and
would absolutely have not stood for a
transfer if there would have been any
wav of helping it