The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-31

be counted on to be up near the top in
the race.
Watch out for Washington in anoth-
er season." says StahI This is no
pipe dream but is the logical result
Of the hard work we have been doing
this year. Let me show you.
When we started this season we
made great beginning, and jumped
TO the front in the race, while Boston
and New York tunabIed low. Every
thlng looked rosy then and we made
the most of it. But evil days came.
Injuries to some of our best players
soon mad its effect and we slid down
the ladder. When New York was ham
dicapped through injuries to its play
ers every one took occasion to tell how
hard the lot of the Highlanders was,
ana one of the club managers even
loaned Griffith, player, to help him
out in tight pinch. But when we
were tied up with injuries that did put
us out of the running in a hurry be-
cause we had hardly enough men left
TO play the game no one thought OF say
ing it was due to the injuries that we
were going backward, but simply said
we were finding our natural level.
Washington has practically recover
ed from those handicaps now and you
see what the team is capable OF doing.
Yesterdays game ought to be convinc
ing that the Senators are a combina-
ton that have to be reckoned with in
winning a pennant. No bunch of ball
players could have been more conf
dent of success than the White Sox
were yesterday They had right to
be for they had just finished mar
Vicious series with Boston, but we took
the ginger out of them in a hurry when
we showed them that we could pitch,
bat, field and run bases bit ourselves.
There are a few men on the WASH
ington team that are not good ball play
ers, but we have a bunch that are Our
infield right now looks pretty good to
me. 1 am the weakest of the lot in
some respects and still L am 1mproV-
ing right along. A man can't learn
to play a new position right off the
reel and I found first base more diff
ficult than L had imagined, but L am
getting onto the hooks and crooks or
the game from that corner and Will be
better all the time. Hill at third, cas-
sidy at short and Hickman at second,
are a great combination. Hickman's
purchase has added greatly to the
strength of the club. He likes to play
second base and that is the very spot
needed a man most. His batting is a
wonderful help for he puts US in many
a game with timely singles.
In the outfield we need some
changes, but what they will be / can
not tell yet. But the way it is working
now we are going better than we have
for a long time. Anderson plays bet
ter game in left than right and Knoll
can't play in left at all. Knoll can't hit
quite up to HuelSman'S mark, but he is
a better fielder, and so L made the
change.
with Heydon and Kittredge I think
I have a couple of pretty foxy back
stops. Kittredge has the old head. Hey
don the arm and ginger of the young
ster Besides that, Kit is one of the
best coachers in the league.
Our pitchers are as good or better
than any other staff in the league, bar
none. Where is there to be found any
better and steadier aggregation than
Hughes, Adams and Townsend? Falk-
enberg has been added and so FAR ne
has proven his ability to work in fast
company. Since leaving Pittsburg he
has had lot of experience and now he
is ripe for the major league. After
seeing him work once there's no doubt
but the White Sox will think so, TOO.