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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
Washington's Large ban club.

In its present make up the Washing
ton baseball club is probably a collec-
ton of the largest players ever gotten
together They are the real giants of
the modern diamond. Nine of sixteen
players on the club roll are six feet or
better, and the other seven are of a
good height. The average total brings
the team to the surprising height Of
just six feet. Falkenberg is probably
the tallest man playing baseball. Smith
and Hughes are two more skyscrapers,
and Anderson, Stah1, Jones and -Altizer
are big husky fellows. In their blue
uniforms. which the club wears on the
road. the Nationals present a front
formidable enough to give any pitcher
uneasine ss.-Yas Post. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AAFERICAN LEAGuE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.


Chicago. July 1s.-Four pitchers
gave twenty bases on balls, making
the game tiresome. Chicago played
the fielding department perfectly. but
could not hit either Wiltse or Ames.
Three gifts by Lundgren in the first
inning, followed by Devlin's double,
scored all of New York's runs. Four
passes by Wiltse, together with a
single and a wild throw by Devlin.
gave Chicago enough to tie the score
in the fifth. when both sides changed
pitchers and the run getting ended.
The game was called at the end of
the twelfth Inning on account of
darkness.
Score by innings: R,H.E.
Chicago I'D 90 0 90 O0o0o-s 4 0
New York ,.....3 0 90 0 90 90 o 0-5 8
Batteries: Lundgren; Taylor and
King; Wiltse. Anlss and 1Bresnahan.
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Good WORT for Burcll.

Burch looks ike the lind" Of the
year This youngster is hitting grand
", and there is no chance or luck
about It. for he is picking out good
balls and timing his swings beautifully
Burch is speed wonder on the base
lines. and takes desperate chances. Nc
Closkey has three fast men in R1ertesy
Burch and Bennett. The first two will
rank with the best base; runners IN the
National league at the end Of the year.
st. Louis Republic,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Boston. July 19.=After losing seven
straight games Boston won from De-
troit, to 2. Fortune favored the home
team, all of their hits figuring in the
run getting. Mullin was put off the
grounds in the third inning for disput-
ing the umpire's decision. Though hard
hit, Dineen was steady when men
were on bases
Score by innings: RH.E.
Boston ...............00 30OO20s-5 2
Detroit ..--...--..-..-.0 0 , 0 O o % l
Batteries-Dineen and Armbruster;
Mullin. Sewer, Eubanks and Schmidt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
A oOo-8IILE PIGEON FLY.
Make Distance nom Atlanta to PhiIa-
deInhia in q Day.

Make DIstance rom Atlanta % FIllIat-
deIphia in q Day.
Philadelphia, July 19.-Three homing
pigeons honed to this city from the new
600 mile station at Mount Airy, Ga. yes
terday. being the first to make the dis
lance in one day for about u years. The
successful birds yesterday belong to DR..
Norton Downs Of Germantown, who. in
company with J. r. Schlag, of this city,
both members Of the keystone district,
National Association Of E1onning Pigeon
Flyers sent AZ birds for the trial
The birds were released at SOC a. m.
yesterday, and the first bird to arrive at
its Germantown loft bObbed at 7:29:37 p.
M, making an average Of about LOO
yards per minute for the 594.93 miles. air
line distance. The winning bird is a blue
checker. white flight cock, registered j.
NJ, 28,5ss." One minute later the blue
checker hen, b Y, 1888 was timed.
The third arrival was not timed. This
Also was a blue checker hen y NJ, o.
e4AI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
Cheap Rates to Canadian and New
ENGLAND Points. Santa ne

Concord. n. H. and return, $s6.O5.
Montpelier. Vt. and return, S38.05.
Portland, Ne. and return, $4,000.
And many other points at low rates.
on sale daily to June 30 and July 1s'
August and %. good 80 days from
date of sale.
Montreal, Canada, and return, sg6.Os.
Toronto, Canada, and return, 5000
Collengwood Can, and return, $3.50.
And many other Canadian points. on
sale daily to September 30th, limited
so days from date Of sale. Address
7. L. King, Agent. Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
Kansas Bail Games.


The home team lost a holly. contested
game of 13 innings here TO the Western
Association team of Leavenworth, by
the score of to 2. IeayenWorth used
Page, who pitched all the time and
pitched winning ball for the home team
Score by innings: R.H. E.
Leavenworth - 90 o 100000 Is 10
Bonner Springs. .O100 O000-2
Batteries-Ashley, Queisser, Speer. and
Harrington; Page and Page. Umpire
GarWood.
AT CLEARWATER
Clearwater defeated the CudRhy base
pail team in a fast game, securing 16
hits off Burgess. Bill Davis struck out
eleven, giving the visitors only two hits.
Score: Clearwater. runs, 16 hits, err
rors; Cudahy ! run, 2 hits, errors.
Batterles-Murray and Davis; Senter
and Burgess.
AT GREENLEAF.
GreenIeaf won a hard fought game at
Barnes by a score of to 0. The game
was close throughout with no serious
errors on either side.
Score by innings: R.HE.
Greenleaf .............0 0 1 0 0 0 u o. 8
Barnes ....-.-..-......0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 4
Batteries-Nelson and Hansen; Nc
kelVey and Brophy.
AT SYRACUSE.
The National Bloomer girls with Lady
Waddell pitching. won a 15-inning game
before 1000 people.
Score by innings. RHE.
Bloomer Girls.0 0 0 0 / 1 0 20 90 PA 10 2
AT OTTAWA.
The Ottawa lodge of Elks beat the
Osawatonie Elks on the Forest park
diamond by score Of to ]. Two
weeks ago the teams played a 12-in-
ming game, Ottawa winning by / to c.
Parrish and Neil furnished the battery
work for Ottawa and RenfroW and Hill
for tzsfa~ TO- IL
ish s, by Renfrow 9. F1its-By ottawa
8, by Osawatomie s.
AT HOLTON.
Seneca defeated Holton baseball team
here by score Of 8 to 4.
Score by innings: RHE.
Seneca ....-.-.........s 0 0 10 o 5 0-s 8
Batteries.Nqseman and CHAPMAN.
Nuseman 8. by Grindle H.
AT BLUE RAPIDS.
Blue Rapids beat Manhattan here by
Grimes; Lowe and Ames.
AT WEBER
The Haskell Indians defeated Web
Der here by score of to /. Batteries
Dahl.
AT MARION
The Marion baseball team met its
second defeat of the season at the
hands Of the HilIsboro nine on the home
grounds by the score of 6 to 3. The
number of hits on each side was about
the same but Riegle was invincfble at
critical times. The feature of the game
was the hitting of Hirschler of Hills
borO, getting two hits out of three times
up, including a three-bagger.
Score by innings RHE.
Marion ....-....s.....01 O0s1o1O0-3 8
Hillsboro ....-.........0 0 1031O o Is 2
Batteries Roberts and Sheldon; RE
gle and Bachus.
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Washington 6. Chicago 3.

Washington. July 19.-Washington
defeated Chicago in well played
game by The score OF s to g. The feat
ures were the pitching and home run
of Falkenberg Besides holding the
visitors down to six scattered hits he
batted out home run with three men
on bases, practically winning ais own
game. as
Score by innings: RH.E.
washington 40 20 1905 s 0
Chicago ...........-..-2'0 0 900 0 0-3 0
Batteries Falkepberg and Heydon;
Owen and Sullivan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
AasERIcAN LEAGUE GA0IEs.
St. Louis as. Philadelphia 2-1O.

Philadelphia. July Philadelphia
and St. Louis played two games and
each won one. PowelIs good pitching
gave the frst game to St. Louis and
the second contest was won by the
home team by heavy batting.
Score nv fr1inzs:s Ri. T.
St. Louis .............-o Q 0 Q = 5
Philadelphia -..-..---O 0 0 o. u
Batterie s-Powell and O'Connor,
Plank and Powers.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Score by innings. r II. e
St. Louis ---.---.---.-9 29 g9 :
misunderstanding. jacobsen and
Hickey; Coombs, Bender and Schreck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Catcher Edwards and Shortstop Fire
slime have been given their releases by
the Leavenworth management. Fire
stine was not shown to be better than
Johnson and; the mana cement has de-
cided to carry only one catcher for the
present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

many. It is certain that some of them
will be dropped sooner or later. but
while they are all on hand some gilt
edged pitching for the White Sox ought
to result for the men will be on their
mettle to make a showing which will
warrant them being kept with the
team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
BRASS BAND AND AUTOS.
Oklahoma Fans Give the Team a
Warm Home Coming

oklahoma City. Okla, july "a
l1lated over the success Of the okla
poma City baseball team in the series
played at Leavenworth and Hutchin-
son has., several hundred fans with
9 brass band met the team at the
train wednesday and escorted the
players in automobiles up town. where
s. BANQUET vas tendarad-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Leavenworth and Joplin teams play an
exhibition game in that city during the
next series to be played in Leaven-
worth with Armstrong's team. It is
understood a fair bonus will be offered
that the. proposition VIII be accepted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
Rock Islands Kansas City Service sor
TODeixn People.

Leave Topeka 1870 a. m. arrive at
Kansas City 9:15 a. m. Leave Kansas
City 6:10 p. m, arrive Topeka 1855
.. m. Double track. Rock. ballast.
Dining cars both directions. Try It.
A. NJ, FULLER. C P. A..
Rock Island depot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

South Central League Games.
At Tulsa-Game forfeited to Tulsa.
At Observation-Disclosures 10, Fort
Smith 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

with the arrival of Halla. and the
change of plans about the release of
Howey, Dick Cooley has now six men
on his pitching STAFF. a. couple too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Tate Perkins, the veteran ball player
has. received a commission from Presi-
dent Shiveley OF the Western associa-
ton as umpire. umpires in this league
receive not less than $125 per month and
railroad transportation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

(. st. Louis. July 19.-Brooklyn
bunched hits in two innings, which,
coupled with errors. scored enough
runs to defeat st. Louis, to g.
sore nv innings; RHE.
e. .o,,is O1210I0O0 s
13rooiSlyn ..............s 9 90 3 0 COS 10 3
Batteries: Brown and Murray and
Grady; Scanlon. Stricklett and Bergen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Not a player on the Leavenworth
team is batting above the three hun
dred mark. Kahl, the second base
man, leads with a percentage of .2s6
No wonder the team is down in fourth
place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

With any sort of luck. provided tn ey
play the ball they have been during
the last few days, the White Sox ought
to take two out of three games in the
series started today with Springfield,
and perhaps they will make it three
straight. This would give the team a
good lead in first place, but Springfield
is a pretty tough sort of a proposition
just now and. may take all sorts of
falls out of the White Sox. Ten
season between these teams and
Springfield has won six of them In
the first series Of four games which
were played here in Topeka, the
White Sox took three. Springfield
took three out of four in the following
series at Springfield and took the only
two games played at Springfield with
the White Sox last week.
John Halla. the giant southpaw.
arrived last night over the Rock Is
land from. Kansas City. He left
Sharon, Pa, Tuesday evening and has
been en- route ever since. While at
Sharon Halla pitched and played first
base, but had just been released by
that club when nabbed by Topeka.
The Sharon club is a bad tailender in
the race back in Pennsylvania, and
Halla was released because he
couldn't win. The fact is that the
team is outcIassed Fred Ulrich is
CaICQlllR 1Or the CtQBs out CAuAlOI Ill
as of yore. Halla is giant in stature
and his category contains speed, con-
troll. and head. He has not great
assortment OF curves, and seldom uses
them He was not given fair trial
with Cleveland last year. but ws< sent
to Des Moines to finish the season.
This year he has been with Indian
apolis and afterward with Sharon.
Wonder what is wrong with Falla?
Nick Carter has been released by
Hutchinson. He came to Topeka today
for a tryout with springheld's pitching
department.
George Graves arrived today to try
for his old place in the field. He says
that his ankle is well.
Although the Wichita team has been
the cellar champions just now. Her
man Crow, manager of the White Sox.
thinks that this team will be one OF
those to be reckoned with when the
final fight comes for the pennant. He
I expressed an opinion to this effect the
other night and says that the Wichita
team is an exceedingly fast aggregation
Of ball players and unless he is very
much mistaken they will give a good
account of themselves before many
days have passed.
His teammates say that Steve Ragan
is playing stea der ball low than he has
been all season, and that when 1t
comes to. covering ground. he has the
other shortstops in the league beaten
to a FRAGILE. He is also throwing as
true as a die and his stick work is
improving. This youngster evidently
has a baseball career before him. He
goes after fys and grounders that few
players would make an effort for and
1t is actually surprising the number of
them that he collars. OF course in
taking these unusual chances Steve
makes a few errors but those are the
errors which are excusa BILE. He is
making no errors these days on balls
that a shortstop would be reasonably
expected TO handle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Kansas state League Games.
At Coffeyville- CherryvaIe g. Corey
vile 0.
At Parsons-Parsons 4, Chanute 8.
At Independence Independence 8. Bar
tlesville 2.
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Cincinnati s, BostOn A.

Cincinnati. July 19.@Cincinnati won
the game by scoFitlg en4 Bridewell's
tumble in the tenth inning after two
men were retired and the bases filed.
Pitcher DOerner and Catcher O'Neill
Of the Bostons were benched In this
inning for protesting on called ball
that gave Deal a life when he ap
peared to have been struck out. Lind
anan, who succeeded Doerner, pitched
but two balls the second resulting in
the grounder that ended the game.
Score by. innings: RH.E.
Cincinnati ........O100 2o1-5 9 /
Boston .....--...--. 10 600 "a y
Batteries: Ewing, Fraser and
Schlei; Doerner, Lindaman and
O'Nefll and Needharl.-z
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At Des Moines-Des Moines Al. Sioux
City 0-3.
At Denver-PuebIo z. omaha 9.
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reins. and his release followed. Hutch
inson, a low salaried man. was shovss
onto third base. Il is believed that
Abbott probably will drop Casey in
the event he Is successful IN locating
a fair inf1elder at less money. Casey
and Pettigrew are two Of the best men
on Hutchinson's team and should
either be released by Abbott at least
two club owners over the circuit stand
ready to grab either at & good salary.
Few outflelders about the circuit have
anything on Pettigrew.
There is nothing like q cheerful
and optimistic spirit The Hutchinson
News thinks the Salt Packers may
win the pennant. Here is what Il
SAYS: 1.-THE pennant race in the West
ern association grows tighter day
after day, and although half of the
season is finished no team is any
nearer to winning the pennant than
at the beginning of the season before
a single game had been played.
Hutchinson may. wake up and win the
pennant, after all"
chicago and Return s2O.OO-st. Louis
and Rcturn S12.zO--Santa Fe.
Tickets on sale daily from June :.
Final limit returning October 81.
4. L. KING. Agent
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Pittsburg 9. Philadelpfia 3.

Pittsburg. July 19.-Philadelphia
punched five errors in the first two
innings. which. with four hits and
three passed balls, gave Pittsburg six
runs and the game. Lush retired after
the second inning and was succeeded
by Roy, the Carlisle Indian, who did
well until the eighth inning, when the
Pittsburgers scored three runs on
hit by pitcher. a base on balls and
three hits.
Score oy innings: K Il z
Pittsburg ..-....-s....4 Q Q Q - Q
PhiIadel1hia ........O o. 10 10 60 Is 10 5
Batteries: Lever and Phelps;
Lush, Roy and Donovan.
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Hutchinson News: When Pendry
got the lone home run for Oklahoma
City last Sunday he put the ball over
the sign that says "a SIS hat for the
man who puts a ball over this sign. .
The local clothing store gave him his
hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

According to the Springfield Leader
Manager Shinn is having trouble with
the owners of the Springfield team This
is the story the Leader tells: THE de-
feat Of the precious Midgets by Joplin
Monday brought about rough house
that for time disrupted the local base
ball arrangements, and threatened to
permanently change the face of the
baseball map. It almost lost Manager
Shinn his job. Had it not been for the
timely interference of Gus Bennert in
the new role OF peace-maker, Manager
Shin would have folded his tent like
the Arabs, and as silently stole away
The owners of the team went around
to Shinn and made distinctly audible
kick in no uncertain language and it is
said requested Bennert to tie can to
Shinn At this the genial Shinns an
gelic temper took flight for parts I'M
known and he politely told the mag
mates in historic words to hunt a higher
temperature and get another manager
If they could find one. However, the
peaceful Bennert prevailed and with
soft answer turned truce was declared
and Shinn is still manager of the Mid
gets It all came about by Harry Gross
being put In the right field Monday.
Gross made one very fragrant error. He
cannot hit and the chagrined maRnates
piled all the blame for the defeat upon
his head. They accused Shinn of nep-
otism in placing his relative in right
everyone else connected with the team
when he knew he could not play well.
Shinn took up the gauntlet spirftedly
and q Wordy war of sharp and bitter
repartee was the result The starting
point of all the trouble was when Shfnn
loaned skinny Horton to Topeka.
The local owners did not approve of this
at all and have never lost a chance to
criticise Shinn on this score Sea-
baugf's hand was out Of commission
Monday and he could not play There
was no one else handy and Shinn says
he was forced to play Gross or nobody.
The manager is still angry and saws
time they want to. but that they will
have to buy him out when they do He
owns one-third interest in the team.
It is believed however, that the trouble
Is settled temporarily, at least. Bennert
says that Gross will not play any more''
Hutchinson News: When Pendrv
got the lone home run for Oklahoma
City last Sunday he put the ball over
the sign that says "a So hat for the
man who puts ball over this sign
The local clothing store gave him his
hat.
Tommy Cope. who was released by
Hutchinson several days ago and who
games with Wichita, refused to ac-
cept pay for his services with the local
club. He did not sign a contract with
wichita but IS still in the city. Cope
carries a release from Manager
Abbott of the Hutchinson club which
with the Packers as the result Of q
cut IN salary. Cope refused to ac-
cept the wages stipulated by Abbott
when he assumed the managerial
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New York 8. CTeveland 4

New York. July 19.-After Cievs-
land had taken the lead in the second
inning the New York players began to
pile UP runs and won, S to 4.
Score by innings: RH.E.
Cleveland -....-......0 2 0 0 0 0 1 IA II /
New York -..--..-..- o 0 1 8 0 2 0 Sc 10 2
Batteries=Bernhard and Buelow
and Clark and Benis; Orth and
Kleinow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Clearwater defeated the Cudahy base
ball team in a fast game, securing II
hits off Burgess. Bill Davis struck GU
eleven, giving the visitors only two hits
Score: Clearwater. / runs, 16 hits, er.
rors; Cudahy ] run, 2 hits. errors
Batteries-Murray and Davis; Sentel
and Burgess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Where they play tomorrow:
Springfield at Topeka.
LeavenWorth at Wichita.
Joplin at Webb City.
Hutchinson at Oklahoma City.
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american Association Game

American Association Games.
At Kansas City-Louisville A. Kansas
City l.
At Columbus 2, Mime
apolis 1.
At MiIwaukee-AI Milwaukee s. Toledo l.
At st. Paul-St. Paul /. indianapolis g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

Nick Carter has been released by
Hutchinson. He came to Topeka today
for a tryout with springfeld's pitching
department..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19

George Graves arrived today to try
for his old place in the field. He says
that his ankle Is well.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-14

odd Arkansaw" will appear at the
Metropolitan tonight. 1t is Fred Ray
mOnd'o greatest play.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-14
THE FARMER OF TO-DAY.
A capitalist With Many Investments
Outside His Farm.

Evidences of prosperity among the
farmers of the United States have been
multiplying in recent years and assum-
ing an importance in the world OF
finance and trade. transportation and
manufactures which has attracted
worldwide attention. The first place,
and perhaps Of more fundamental i'm
portance than anything else, the free
or cheap land Of the republic and of
the states and railroads has become
substantially exhausted in its supply
for cultivation without irrigation. The
exhaustion Of such land has been
reached SO suddenly that it has given
sort of shock to the whole economic
structure of agriculture.
Accompanying this Ii.s been the
continued gain of urban upon agri-
cultural populations, SO that although
the quantity and value of agricultural
exports have remained at high figure
there has been continuing read
justment and gain Of demand upon
supply until farmers apparently have
at last reached an indefinite period
Of fairly remunerative If not high
prices.