The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-12

home runs of Mr. Rathburn. who also
wanted to come here once upon time.
Leavenworth is sick already because
of defeats and the Times is throwing
the harpoon hard in the following:
The inability of the locals to make a
better showing at Webb City has been
largely due to hard luck In the first
place the injuring Of the veteran catch
ers has bothered the team very mate
rally; again Umpire LewfTlson with
his customary good judgment fined
two local players the first day without
occasion and had to remit his fines
without appeal, and then the last game
with the Webb bunch should have be-
longed to the locals on the basis OF
hitting and fielding. The locals have
made less errors than any team in the
league and outhit Webb City in three
Of the contests, yet they have lest
with regularity. Probably the failure
to win Is partly due to the fact that
the locals have not hit their stride or
possibly to poor head work. The best
local fans get out of it is the hope
that there will be something doing
shortly.
Down at Oklahoma City they call the
White Sox Tee Box Cooley's Squad 1
That is rather suggestive.
Wichita has picked up a big chunk
Beacon on the acquisition: Outhelder
Pencil, who worked throughout the
spring with Comiskey's White Sox and
who covered one Of the outer gardens
in the ante-season series against the
champions at Association park this
spring, has been signed to play the
sun garden for Wichita Pennell should
report for work by Monday. He Is az
present at Sherman, Texas, and trans
pcrtation has been mailed with in
structions to report at once. He was
released by Corniskey early IN the sea-
son. Chicago having too great a supply
Of outfelders,. Pencil is known, per-
haps, more for his work in the West
ern league with Colorado Springs than
in the American Association. One year
ago in the Western he was counted one
Of the fastest feeders and ground
coverer whose work was marvellous.
Coniskey grabbed him out of the as
ISOLATION last spring. During the prac-
tice season he was not IN the best OF
health, which in great measure ham
pered his showing with Chicago. He
hits well and is a heady base runner.
Unfortunately for the past two years
with Colorado Springs he worked with
losing club. With the addition of Pen
nell the infield will be frightened to
some exeent and should prove a veri-
table stone wall. He will also, II IN his
old-tirne FORM add materially to the
hitting strength Of the team. This fea-
ture has been Johnsons greatest fall
ure In the early part of the season
Johnson hit the ball at terrific clip
and It seemed probable that he would
continue his pace. Yesterday ne was
shifted to the bottom Of the hitting list.
in an effort to bunch the clouters at
the brea kaway. Johnson Is fast OUT
fielder and only his ineffective hitting
President Milton is st1H making q
strong effort to land an innelder and
either of two men he has under consid-
GRAFTON will he believes. I'll the hole
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attractive fashion butt has fallen far
short on the fielding end Of the game
Seemingly, constant workouts should
remedy this failing. His poor showing
on the infeId can be traced IN a great
measure to his lack of work this spring
shorty Hurlburt is explaining some
of St. Joe's hard drubbings by saying
that he has been trying out young
pitchers to see what there Is TO them.
He has about made up his mind to fall
bach. on Companion and Red Craig IN
til he gets some new recruits.
The Oklahoma city Times-Journal
takes a shot at the knockers in this
manner: Now, a word to the anvil
chorus. COMPOSED Of those both on the
bleachers and in the grandstand- A
Inocfxer never was IN any instance q
benefit to the community IN which ne
lives and it can be said that he is Of
no benefit at ball game His money
is not sought by the management and
the players of either team have no love
FOR Tir1s. At the game Thursday a lot
~ tHvo-bit tfd-bit. two-by-four -four
eved'' knockers sat on the east end
bieacners and knocked Capt Dud Ris-
lev. They knocked him because Of IN
error after he had accepted four hard
chances stolen a couple of bases and
scored a hit and a run. These knocking
individuals overlooked his good plays,
but were eager to hammer him on his
rnis-play. The cheap individual that
navs his way or sneaks into the ball
park to knock IS a poor excuse for a