The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21
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81 his abilities as a railroad man. Many
time he had ridden on top Of box
cars with the train going go miles an
hour. He could do 1t now with a wa
termelon under his arm, If they could
con- the conductor and other train
men. Then Vanderbilt came handy. He
is an expert in the con" game, so he
took care of the train officials while
Armstrong ambled along the top Of the
cars and purloined the green fruit. Then
they ate melons. There were only Is
members of the team. but IL is stated
authOrita lively that II melons disap
peared during the first session. and af-
ter recess eight melons were taken
aboard.
A new ruling in regard to the selling
of tickets to children" has been put
in effect a Webb City and it is report
ed that the other towns in the league
viii Immediately follow the example
of Webb City Heretofore q child's
ticket has been sold for Is cents. The
youngsters are now to be charged %
cents and given free admission to the
grandstand.
Says the Leavenworth Post ct
takes mighty quick eye to keep track
of all the baseball rumors that float
around in the Western association. The
latest, and by long odds the most sen
sational, is to the effect that a wager
of $500 has been made that Wichita
Will win the DennanI. Al present Inc
Wichita team is the highest salaried
aggregation in the Western association
and when the new players recently
signed arrive it will be abe to make
the other teams play ball all the time.
It is a pretty safe bet right now that
Wichita viii be above Topeka in the
standing when the season closes. No
one, outside of a few cranks in To-
peka, expect the Topeka team to win
the pennant"
Co1sfdara
cranks" in Topeka think that the
White Sox are going to win the pen
nant. About every one in town thinks
So One thing Is certain: There Is
plenty Of money in the city to bet that
Topeka is ahead Of Wichita when the
season closes.
Johnny Cravens. who has not been
playing ball since he was released
from the White Sox on July 5, has
signed for tryout with the Springfield
team.
Jimmy Reagan does not seem to
make much of a hit as an Indicator
man in Leavenworth. This is what
the Times of that city has to say about
him: In tuesdays first game. at the
Soldiers home, the crowd went after
Umpire Jimmy Reagan harder than
any local crowd has ever been known
to assail an umpire. All sorts of cpl
thets were hurled at him from the
stand and he was even threatened
Reagan's umpiring was off, as usual
He seems to be unable to discriminate
between balls and strikes, but he did
one thing which ought TO be com
mended when he called balk on
Speer. though it was done in an in
stance where an umpire with Judg-
ment would have done the other
thing Speer had raised to throw
when Corbfn discovered that his pro-
st. 1onrn 1r1d rs40ff0Y7cF
Speer to wait a moment Reagan
called it a balk, and let Green score
Though no balk should have been
allowed in this case, it is unquestion-
ably true that all Of the pitchers IN
this league balk too much without
ever being called on 1t. Baking
that is to say of the kind that is not
too evident and Migrants conducive
to closer results, but It Is practiced too
much in this particular league =
The Springfield Leader wrote up a
recent game with the White Sox with
this for an Introductory paragraph.
1.-THE Growers can't crow. The White
stockinged crew Of Crows Of Cooley
came. cawed and were conquered
That Is certainly real cute.
George HUFF. official scout Of the
Chicago National league team, is now
travelling about in the Western assoc
expected that he will pay Topeka a
visit before long. HUFF has attained
wonderful success in picking up play
ers IN minor leagues who have made
good in fast company. He developed
Lundgren, one OF Chicago's best pitch
ers. and placed him with Chances
men. Carl Beebe. now with the st.
Louis Nationals. who was traded to
that team for Jack Taylor, IS another
Of the finds of Huff. The Chicago Ma
tional league team scout has a habit
of watching a player closely and never
expressing an opinion of his playing,
until he returns to confer with Presi-
dent Murphy If he thinks q player is
deserving Of a trial he recommends
him and Murphy takes the necessary
step to give the player tryout with
fast company. There Is considerable
"big league timber" IN the Western
association IN the opinion OF experts
of the game and the chances are that
HUFF will single out few Of the crack
Attacks on his present trip.