The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-31

tifat. has been putting up & game fight
al season, and with Armstrong at
the helm they have a general who
VIII be game till the end.
Springfield is not putting up the
game now that they were q few weeks
ago, but they are still factors to be
reckoned with. With their staff of
tWlrlers they may yet be able to strike
winning stride and land on top.
Webb City has the most cratic
bunch in the association. and after a
string of defeats they are apt to climb
clear UP and be in the race. Their
final standing will depend very much
on the direction they happen to be
going when the race ends
Leavenworth is now I'm the throes
of hard luck. but a couple of addi-
tons to their team would put them in
the race once more.
Oklahoma City has some strong
points, and with the eradication Of
one or two weak spots will make
them all hustle
Wichita and Hutchinson have been
contending for some time for the Gel
lar position, but at the same time
they have .crawled UP until they are
both within hailing distance of the
top
The present race is one of the most
sensational ever recorded in the an
nails of the game. For circuit Of
eight clubs with all of them within
hailing distance of the top and the
season two-thirds gone is a remark
able situation. It is worthy of any
league and is evidence that the league
is one of the best in the G class
The league was composed A few
years ago with Doc Shiveley at the
head and was composed Of a group
of small towns in the southeasternz
portion Of Kansas and the adjacent
territory of Missouri. Now the league
embraces some of the best towns in
this section and is second only in the
west to the American association.
This year a large number of players
will find their way into faster com
pany and we will in time become one
Of the great feeders of the major
leagues.
That Springfield has given up hopes
of landing the pennant is shown by the
write-up of last Sundays game in the
Republican.
The A1fdgets, once recognized as ban
players, rather above the ordinary. have
given UP all idea of becoming experts on
the diamond and have developed into
right bright little class Of Sunday school
boys with two golden texts deeply i'm
printed in their minds And in the last
few games these texts have been follow
ed to the letter and the record has been
accordingly.
It is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive. Do onto others as We would that
rules and admissible texts for sermons
but when 1t comes to letting another
team win, just to show that you would
like to do that way. it is too much to
bear.
The Midgets suffered another shut out
Friday. Becker, the Wichita. slabrnan,
making the whole Midget bunch look
like a counterfeit Canadian dime with
plug In it and the inscription rubbed of.
Some of those Midgets couldn't have hit
that ball with a tennis racket as big as
a barn door The Wichita Champs gath
cred in six runs. Cyrus Young tossed
the sphere for the locals and did his
share toward making the game close.
but he had support about as solid as a
hotel foundation made out of hot lard
and cottonseed. They slapped at the
ball. they kicked at it and they showed.
It as though the exhibition was one
grand medley Of football, pushball and
ping pong, with a faint trace of baseball
here and there.
In the old days when this burg had
winning team there was plenty OF en-
thusiasm among the fans, land an &C
casional piece of money for a brilliant
play but the Queen City, consistent
with her title, is not interested in corner
lot baseball OF the amateur kind, nor
the article they dish out at Bolivar II
something isn't done to get the aggTega-
ton here to playing baseball there won't
be enough people in the grandstand to
whip the umpire, who, by the way. Is q
very small man and wise in proportion
to his size.