The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-18

Wichita at Hutchinson.
Johnnie Ogee, who has been playing
second base for Oklahoma City for the
past two seasons. has quit the game
and will return to his home at Maude.
O. T. and will not play again this sea-
son. Ogee has had some disagreement
with the management and declines to
play ball for Oklahoam City unless
certain matters are straigh tened out.
That is the greatest trouble with the
Nets. There is always some friction
in their team and it destroys their
chances of winning games with so
many men pulling against each other.
The suspending of Root who was one
of the best pitchers in the league was
purely because of some little matter
of friction with the management and it
is presumed that the quitting of Ogee
was due to some trivial grievance. The
sooner the soreheadedness on the team
is eradicated the sooner the Nets will
be playing winning ball.
Wichita Beacon: It was stated last
night that Johnny Green, who until re-
Gently has been playing in right field
for Wichita, had been released -uncon-
ditionally. He was given his release
player with the. Wichita fans, and was
q good fielder. He got away bad early
in the season. and when the new
management took charge was loaned
to Oklahoma City. He came back to
Wichita when the Oklahoma City team
completed its series at Topeka. It is
understood that Oklahoma City has
made him an Offer but VIII ether he viii
accept or not is not known
Daily Oklahoman. Frank Lotion,
center fielder of the Nets. yesterday
rendered his resignation to Manager
Chipn on account of the fact that his
salary was cut during the time that
l. L 49,
ond baseman. left the day before on
account of a cut. While Ogee was
rated as one of the best players in the
league, he was not missed in the least
sack. If Lotion goes he will be Sc
we're loss to the team. He is one Of
the very best helders in the league.
While the big league managers are
looking around for new material to
give tryouts they are overlooking 4
prize when they pass Lotion. He
would make good in almost any base
ball organization with both his fielding
and his hitting. Bailey, the college
player from Kansas university, was
given his release on the last trip and
his place was permanently filed by
Gus Wiser, formerly of the Shawnee I
bunch in the South Central leageu.
Murray, Hutchinson's third base
man. has played in thirteen games
since Joining the team and has yet to
make an error
Games like yesterdays are not won |
from the White Sox- very often. Wich- |
tia is the first team this year that has
won from the remnant winners in a /
hair raising ninth inning finish like
that OF yesterday and it is safe to VEN
ture that she will be the last
Webb city Register: Eddie McDnl
came out with big honors at Joplin yes
terday afternoon. With eight chances
he came through without an error.
There were two putouts, assists and
he also made one hit. The Webb City
fans are glad to see him coming out
with such honors.
What is probably the rankest town IN
the world to play ball in is wichita The
fans there have not yet learned to ap-
preciate good ball playing The watch
word all along the line with Wichita is
to beat the opposing team by any means,
foul or fair. This is shown by the
treatment of the Topeka ball players on
their present sojourn in that little town.
The Wichita papers send out coIored re-
ports of the playing of the White Sox
and refer to them as employing Nc
Graw tactics in their work. Topeka is
accused Of trying to blum the umpire
and Cooley Is claimed to be the dirtiest
player in the league. It Is not improb-
able that the umpire was lfttle erratic
in his decisions. This is TO be expected
and is nothing to his discredit as he was
a former member Of That team and It is
absolutely impossible to be fair before a
crowd Of ball fans who know no more
than the Wichita people do IN regard
to the points Of the national game.
What is the trouble with Wichita is
that they have a losing team and To
pska. the rival Kansas town is going to
win the pennant. This accounts for the
statement that appeared IN Wichita
evening paper to the effect that Cooley
was Kissed on. his own grounds. Dick
has never been Kissed and has more
friends than there are people IN Wichita
or the whole Of Sedgwick county and
the whole Eighth congressional district.
Wichita is an experiment IN the West
ern Association. Last year she had q
winning team but this year her own
team IS not very popular IN the home