The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-13

The Cooleycrows left this morning
at 1850 for Oklahoma City, where
they play a series of three games with
the Nets. On this trip Topeka will
make her last visit of the season to
Oklahoma City, Wichita Springfield
and Webb City. They Will open in
Topeka Saturday, August 18th, with
the Hutchinson team and the last trip
of the season will be from September
9Th to 18th, when they visit Hutchin-
son, Leavenworth and Joplin in sue
cession. Manager Crow and Cole did
not accompany the team on the trip.
Emery Olson, who is slated to fill
Downs position at second next year,
will report at Oklahoma City today
Joplin has three more home games
than Topeka for the rest of the season,
but three of their home games are
with Topeka which always has had
but little trouble to win from the Min
ers.
Blaine Durbin was outpitched by
Becker yesterday afternoon and the
Joplin team was shut out. Durbin has
worked in three out of the last four
games and is showing the results of
overwork. Armstrong may need him
later on and he will be all in
The Wichita papers are now saying
nice things about Topeka as the fol
lowing from the Eagle indicates: It
now looks as though TOPEKA
would spell "pennant" at the end OF
the Western association season this
year. Although no team IS entirely
eliminated from the race. the leaders
are going at such a gait that there
seems little probability of their losing
out, although no one can ever tell to a
certainty until the end of the season.
The Champs look good for high
berth in the first division, and If the
leaders should meet with a sudden and
unexpected slump would probably fig
ure in the running
The White Sox leave for their swing
around the southern end of the cir
cult in much better form than they
have shown at any time this season
The team during most of the season
has been fighting along with only two
pitchers and has been above the 800
mark all season Now they have four
Of the best pitchers in the league all
of them pitching winning ball. Right
at critical time the team was left
without catcher except Henry VIII 0
at that time was a sick man and not
capable of good work. Now he is in
good form and is working we'll with
the pitchers. The infeid is so far
ahead of any other in the league that
an attempt at a comparison seems
ridiculous None can approach that of
the locals either in batting or fielding
Cooley after much trouble has an out
field that can hit and can pull down
lots of apparently safe ones from the
ether batters. The outf1eld has been
one Of the weak spots all season. Just
at the time when it got in good shape
Hurlburt had to quit and 6elders of an
amateur variety had to be used. There
are very few honest people over the
circuit but will admit that Topeka has
the best team in the league and thou
H. -
if the White Sox do not land the flag
Nick Carter has been given q tryout
on the ,7napirine staff He is working
with Goodman in the Leavenworth-
Webb City games.
The Leavenworth team is in such
sore financial straits that prize fight
has been arranged to raise money to
help the team along. Hugo Kelly and
Tony Caponi will hglt twenty round
battle in the opera house at that place
| August "A. It might not be q bad plan