The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-07
Where they play tomorrow:
Topeka at Oklahoma City.
Leavenworth at Springfield.
Joplin at Wichita.
St. Joe at Webb City.

President shiveley would adopt
stringent measures with players who
are tardy in reporting. He would fine
them 800 each and suspend them I'M
til the fine is paid.
The second bag is considered the
easiest one on the diamond. Miller
Higgins. who performs on it for the
Cincinnati Reds, knocks that into the
head. He has found that a second
baseman has plenty to do. Here is
his idea of what a player has to be
up to: The second baseman must
always be on the alert, cool and col
lected at all times, as his position is
the keystone to the diamond He
must be able to throw from any po-
sition-that is. from an upright or a
STOPPING position. He must be IA
miliar with all signs, especially those
of the shortstop, as a lnixup with the
latter always results disastrOusly t. his
team. He must make It a point to IA
niliarize himself as to the way va
rious batsmen hit, so as to change his
position when man is left field or
a right field hitter. He must not play
too far away from the bag, in order
that he may not be prevented from re-
ceiving throws from the catcher on
the inside of the base as from that
position he can best touch the base
runner. He must remember not to
make any movements whereby the
opposing batsmen can tell whether or
not he Is going to cover the base on
a throw. He must always be on the
alert for hunts to the left of the
pitcher, for frequently neither the
pitcher nor the first baseman can get
to the bag in time to take a throw, in
which case 1t is the place of the sec
ond baseman to be there. He must
have a thorough understanding with
the center and right fielders, so as to
prevent fly balls falling safely between
them. He must never take his eye off
the ball In running after a fly, for If
he does he will lose time and probably
self on slow hits to the left of the
pitcher"
It looks now as if Wichita would con-
NINTH Hank Gehring used to count on
that last round to the extent of saying:
Wichita generally has more real dyed
in-the- wool luck in the ninth inning
than in all the other eight"
The Joplin Globe tells in this manner
the sad story of how Catchers Corbin
and Lyons of Leavenworth both had
fingers broken in the opening game with
Webb City: And it was battle. all
right. aye, a bloody one. For Leaven-
worth not only lost the game. but also
ers. The index finger of the throwing
hand Is worth more to catcher than
silver and fine gold Without it he Is
exilea from the fray Leavenworth
now has a pair of exiles in Its midst,
paradoxical as that may seem. It was
in the third inning when Aubrey,
known as the Chicken" to the Webb
city rooters, showed his wing in froat
of a steamer projected by Spear. The
ball caroned along fatal orbit, tele-
scoped Corbin's finger, and the stoclEy
backstop, with blood gushing freely
from his fist, withdrew gentleman
of the name of Mcdowell was requisi-
toned, and was getting along satisfac-
toriiy until a foul tip duplicated the
Corbin accident. This brace of falami-
ties necessitated the transfer of Rapps
from right to the death valley back Of
the plate and introduced into the in
itiaI contest a Mr.. Ashley. Those unto
ward affairs that transpired right sub
sequent to the plate played havoc with
Iseaven worth. They put a crinp in the
corps d,esprit, so to speak. besides
depreciating the actual playing strength
OF the aggregation by q broad percent
age. Tt is doubtful If Webb would have
merged nose to the good had those
accidents not been recorded
Hurlburt. who was at Springfield
since the beginning Of time. but who Is
now running St. Joe's fortunes, had
the curious fate oyertake him Of losing