The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21

Where they play tomorrow:
Webb City at Topeka.
Hutchinson at Wichita.
Springfield at Joplin.
Leayenworth at Oklahoma City.


Hutchinson at Wichita
Springfield at Joplin.
Leavenworth at Oklahoma City.
Two additional men have been
signed for the Wichita pitching staff
Hendryx, a twirler who has been pitch
ing effective ball IN the South Central
league, Joined the team yesterday and
From, Of the Iowa league, who is ex-
pected to join the team today. Con-
siderable confidence is placed by the
Wichita management III From. and
they think he should show winning
form in the Western association. Not
so much is known of Hendryx's work.
although he has been pitching good
ball with the Tulsa team Jack Nash
and Mcdonald have been released
from the team.
Coach Quigley of St. Marys is cap
tain of the Shawnee team in the South
Central league. He makes a specially
of getting college men on the team and
among those he has working for him
at present are the following: Bachule,
McCreedIe. Holmes, pitchers; Charley
Newell, Canard and Jepson. 1nflelders
and all from Oklahoma university;
Nichols, from the University Of North
Carolina and Frank Turner. son of NJ.
Z. Turner. the Oklahoma millionaire.
He is expecting Roscoe Walker last
year catcher for Oklahoma university,
to arrive shortly and handle his pitch
ers. Tom Carey. player and last year
captain of the Oklahoma university
team, owns an interest in the Shawnee
club.
It is reported that Dad Ross. who
pitched for the Webb City Missouri
Valley league team last year. will again
wear a Webb City uniform and VIII
be given a chance to show what he can
do. Ross began the present season in
the South Central league.
s'Dud'' Risley thinks pretty well Of
the Oklahoma City bunch just now and
says that before long they will be oc-
cupying a commanding position In the
race for the pennant. This is what the
captain had to say on his return to the
home town when his boys were met
with a brass band and things: All the
players are in excellent condition ana
are working fine. They are hitting the
ball hard and are stealing to bases al
most at will. We are glad to get back
to town and I must say that we are in
deed appreciative of the cordial home
coming welcome given US today II
makes us all feel good to know that we
have the support of so many. We are
playing to win and with the team we
now have It will not be many days I'M
til we will have obtained a command
ing position in the league. We are in
the race for the pennant, reports to the
contrary, Notwithstanding, and will do
all that we can to bring the pennant
here this year
A Tennessee jury has gone the Kan
sas reapers one better, by refusing re-
Gently to set on the case in hand unless
it was furnished with bulletins of the
baseball games. The judge inmedi-
ately complied with the request of the
Jury. This is just a little bit worse
than the harvesters in the Kansas
wheat fields, who refused to work I'M
less given bulletins of the Joplin
Hutchinson game being played at
Hutchinson
Someone is continually telling stories
on Armstrong. Joplin's player-naanage
now has another one, which it tells as
follows: Watermelons are aseribed as
the principal cause for the defeat of
the Joplin baseball team at Webb City
Thursday, and Manager Captain Arm
strong is charged with having been the
tempter in causing the downfall of his
team. None Of the members viii tell
the story Of how they suffered whole
some fuIlness around the region Of their
wide white belts in Thursdays game,
nor will any of them admit that the
benders served to them by Campbell,
the Webb City slab artist, looked like
Of the matter they did not care for any
more melon, hence they did not hit the
ball. On the trip from Oklahoma City
Wednesday night, the team had tour
fst sleeper None of them could sleep.
Even the old sage, Vanny Tonderhill,
could not tell what WAS the trouble, al
though he has Travelled under similar
conditions many a weary mile. Arm
strong himself was an old railroad man
and could not offer suggestion as to
the cause of the apparent unrest. Fin
ally Obey Olson, the farmer lad from the
wilds of Kansas solved the mystery.
Boys, there is a car of watermelons on
this train at least It feels to me as If
I am close to a big patch An investi-
cation began. Holly and Isbell, the
two lengthy members of the team, were /
spliced and poked out the window and
the car was spied just as Olson. who
Is an ex-Watermelon "rustIer, had
But how were they to get
a. melon. The train was going so miles /
an hour and the melons were several