The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-10
OVER THE WESTERN ASSOCIA.
TTON.

ct am getting a good bunch to-
gether now says Manager Armstrong
of the Leavenworth WOodpeckers who
are now playing here with the White
Sox. Il have had to make a good
many changes. Pitcher Tanning
jumped me. He is playing independ-
ent ball in Las Vegas, where he gets
$3.50 for pitching in the summer and
has hundred dollar job in the win
ter. Neither Chicken Luettke, my
second baSeman, or Lyons, my third
baseman have been able to hit, though
both played a great fielding game. and
I let them go. I have R. B. KahI with
me from the Western league from
Denver at second. He got his first
try-out yesterday. I believe he will
make good all right. Shumeyer is be-
ing worked at third. Ulrich. while a
good catcher, is not careful enough
with young pitchers, so have gone
back behind the bat and have sent
him to first base. I am trying to get
Harry Corbin back again. He be-
longs to me, though he is now work
ing at Winfield. I shall keep right on
bolstering up my aggregation. We
won't fall down very much, can
promise you. Crickets, but this league
is fast this year"
Leavenworth rooters to the number
of 500 will come from the Woodpeck-
er town Sunday. The game will be
called at 2:30 O'Clock so as to give
them time to catch the 5 o'clock spe-
cial back
Curly Speer. the little fellow who
pitched for Leavenworth yesterday. is
an omniverous dime novel reader. A
good many of the people who are see
ing the LeavenwOrth series have
doubtlessly heard the othe players call
him "Dick Merriwell.'' Anyone who
has ever dabbled with the yellow
backed literature has heard Of the
famous Dick who won about the
most sensational records alive in
everything from football and tiger
shooting to ping-pong and croquet.
Well. Speers thinks himself a second
MerriweIl. He fairly delights in get
ting three men on bases and then IL
he manages to strike out three in sue
tacularly pull himself out of the hole,
he swells up and there is no living
with him. His teammates say that ne
wakes up at night yelling, 60 II
Dick That's the boy" and similar
expressions. One thing is a certainty,
the youngster will always be nick
named Dick Merriwell as long as he is
in baseball. Another thing is certain,
and that is, that he is a good pitcher
and better than last year
Lest you forget-Tuesdays and Fri
days are ladies' free days.
The Wichita Beacon nows says that
the Joplin team is the best looking
and most gent1enanly which has been
seen in the Windy City. That is Moth
ing. The Beacon has made the SINE
remark about every team which has
visited there this year.
Peck Harrington, with Topeka a
short while last year and released be-
cause of poor hitting, is connecting
with the ball at q $50 gait for Leav-
enworth this summer.
The story that Skinny Horton had
jumped the Springfield team proves to
be a piper. The lengthy twirler is err
ratio. His wife and baby are sick at
Chillicothe and becoming worried he
left for home suddenly to see them
He has returned to the Miners.
Eli Gates, the scrappy. crack, hard
hitting pitcher with Leavenworth last
wear is playing with Tacoma on the
coast this summer
PAM Champion, formerly with the
Joplin Miners the twirleT whom the