The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-12


Leavenworth at Joplin.
Webb City at Oklahoma City.
Springfield at Wichita.
Latest casualty bulletin on the
Western Association hospital list: Sc
beaugh of Springfield has q sprained
ankle. Pettigrew of st. Joe has a split
hand.
The st. Joe News-Press recounts this
unusual occurrence: A play was pulled
off that is not seen once in a lifetime
on the ball field. In the seventh in
ming Hetling hit a hot grounder to
king, and he got his hands on it only
to have it bounce up into the air. Casey
was playing the game here for all it
was worth. He was backing king up,
and as the ball bounded from Kings
hands he made a stab for it and caught
it. Wheeling quickly has threw in first
and caught the runner. It took several
minutes for the fans to awake to the
fact that the play was brilliant one.
and when they did Casey certainly did
receive a glad hand.
Croker is back again. on the Shive-
ley umpire list, so is Longley- Good
man has departed. LeWinsOn and Red
Brennan are the other two. Mcnamara
is handling the indicator in the East
ern league.
Are you going to strengthen your
team any?n was asked of Billy Kim
mel of the Wichita team. LAS O'Hooli-
gan says" he replied, Il won't make
any changes as long as my team wins.
No matter how rotten they are playing,
as long as they win, I won't do any
revising or reconstructing. Take the
finish of last season when I had a
great team. I got Jimmie Frick to
play third We thought he would
simply be a, wonderful help. In ten
games he got three hits, and three
games he lost entirely for us by bad
throws to first from third. No changes
now, if they win. But if they lose, then
I get busy"
The Daily OHIahoman is cheering up:
There is more or less talk among the
circuit managers of the teams in the
the Western League and the Western
Association next year. In the event
that this is done Oklahoma City VIII
drop from the merger and join the
slightly faster league, than the pres
ent Western Association. Manager
Chinn has received an invitation from
the Texas league managers to put the
be done, though OF course it largely
depends on the action of the managers
at the close Of this season. The Okla
hOrna City team Is drawing better
attendance on week days at Colcord
park has been gratifying to the local
/ club owners and on Sundays the
crowds are better than last year. The
team is now rounding into shape and
old-time form and it IS confidently pre-
dicted by many that ere long Topeka
will be nosed out of the first place.
Here Is something concerning Halla,
/ formerly with lola and Oklahoma
/ City, from the indianapolis Sun:
4 pitcher Jack Halla, q southpaw, who
I was sent to the Central league, has re-
] oil RI all 70
4 dispose of him. Halla was transferred
i to Grand Rapids. but Camel did not
care for him. and Watkins arranged
/ for him to go to Dayton. Luck went
1 against Halla at Dayton and he could
not win and the Dayton mana cement
/ sent him back to the indianapolis
team. Halla is suffering with a bad
arm. In the Western league last year
he overworked his arm, and this year
it has not been responding properly .
Taps on Sammy Morris. as blown
| by the sporting bugler of the Joplin