The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
Western Leaone Games.

At st. Paul-Toledo. No game; rain.
western League Games.
At Sioux City-Des Moines 4, Sioux
At Denver-Denver 4, Omaha 8.
At Pueblo-Ldncoln 4, Pueblo 2.
OVER WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Where They Play Tomorrow.
Topeka at Springfield.
Oklahoma City at Leayenw orth.
Joplin at Webb City
Wichita at Hutchinson.
Abbott's Salt Packers have had the
hard luck of playing practically the
leaders in the last four series. 1t was
Hutchinson that pulled Topeka into
second place It was also Hutchinson
that belittled the Joplin team and
forced II into the second position.
Leavenworth was also victim of ABB
bolts hopes and they suffered a fall
to second place and the team has just
finished a series with Webb City while
that team was in front. And today
eentage for q tailerder in the United
States.
There is a report around the circuit
that Manager Bill link of Leaven-
worth has asked for the loan of three
convicts from Warden Haskell. He
wants them for the rest of the season
as they will enable him to cut ex-
penses-
President Shiveley informs Conduc-
tor Durbin, father of the youngster
that he has taken Blaine's case up
with the Chicago Nationals, and there
IS but little doubt that they will draft
him for next season.
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great state for pretty girls, and this
may account for Speer's defeat at
Webb City Sunday. Perhaps he Kept
his eyes on the grandstand more than
he did on the home plate.
Webb City touched Ward Isben safe
" twelve times in his first pitching
stunt for Armstrong. Joplin was de-
feated by the score of 6 to 4.
Topeka has struck her old hoodoo.
The CooleycroWS can not win on the
Springfield grounds. The last trip to
the Missouri town we lost three out of
four contests, and we started Thursday
with defeat. the Midgets getting to
Forrester's shoots for fourteen bingles
but one run from the delivery of
Olmstead. The locals always did have
trouble with Springfield on the home
grounds and it looks as if history
would repeat itself
Tate Perkins. the veteran BAH May
er, has received a commission from
President ShiveIey of the Western as
ISOLATION as umpire. Umpires in this
lea que receive S125 per month and
railroad transportation.
Billy Dammann has signed with
Jackson, Miss. in the Cotton States
league.
Here's a little lecture from the
standpoint of a. ball player: The real.
dyed-in-wool fan is the man or woman
that would rather see a good close
game with the score against the home
team than a slaughter of the opposing
pitcher and the game decided in the
early innings. There are many people
who . to games and sit in the grand
stand that kick and kick necessarily ON
points of the game which they no
more understand than the average
foreigner. One point of the game that
some people can not get through their
heads is the giving of bases on balls to
strong opposing batters- They simply
think that it is wildness on the pitch
er'S part and that he could not get
EN- over" if he tried They never
realize that the pitcher is doing what
he and the captain think is best. but
chastise him from the stand for "hav-
ing no eye at all" and never was able
other feature which puzzles the aver
age fan. Now no one knows any bet
ter why he attempts to steal than the
runner himself and if he didn't think
there was a chance to get the base he
wouldn't try to steal and he isn't try
ing to be thrown out unless it is to
advance a runner. The people in the
grandstand boot a man for making an
error Still no one feels any worse
over that error than does this same
man. Liners go towards that infeld
der were he to be in the path of one
of them Still ball players handle
them They are paid to do so and
they viii handle every one of them if
possible. They are working for adj
vancement and therefore for perfect
records If it does not interfere with
team play. Men are seen in the grand
stand that jeer ball players who fail
TO connect safely who could not see
the ball If they were beside the plate
with bat in hand. but Of course they
breaking ms, outs and drops look big
from the stand but they look like bull
lets when shot out of a windup that
some OF these speed twirIerss produce.
There IS a whole lot to learn about
baseball after al and the daily at
tender notices something new each
game which had not come to him
before.
The 9olio5Flnz e contained in a dis
patch from Oklahoma city: George
Seigle, for two years the catcher on
the Oklahoma City team. was today
farmed out by Manager Chinn to the
Guthrie team ana is subject to recall
at any tine.