The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-03

Long of the Frisco team to pick out the
best right handler in the coast leagues
and send him to Washington. Without
a moments delay he commenced to ne
gotiate for Gates.
Manager Quigiey Of the Leavenworth
team has signed up Harry Landrum, a
player from the Southern League who
field position. He is expected to report
at any time to join the team. Quigley
will use him to strengthen the infield.
Specs pal on the morning lickspittle
is worrying for fear some of the state
ball writer may be wrong. No wonder
he Is troubled as nine-tenthS of the
lickspittle's baseball news is stolen from
the State oJurnal. The assertion that
the Western Association would not last
over six weeks is one piece of baseball
news that was printed exclusively in the
morning Hckspittle.
The fact that Manager Mcfarland
seemingly made no effort to stop Goes
when he went into the diamond to as
sault Umpire Guthrie does not speak
any too well for him. He may not have
known Goes intentions but it is certain
that he could have avoiled good deal of
trouble by telling Goes to keep still
while on the bench. Everything that
came up from the Oklahoma City bunch
in connection with the incident tends to
show that it was all premeditated. Nc
Farland must have known Goes inten-
lions and approved of his mission as he
allowed the belligerent player to enter
the diamond and did not attempt to in
terfere after he committed the assault.
Bakule, the St. Marys college pitcher
who was with Leavenworth, passed
through Topeka yesterday on his way to
Hutchinson where he will join the
Hutchinson team and complete the sea-
son with the Salt Packers.
Wichita Beacon: President Dan
Breese of the local baseball club has
received second telegram from Man
ager Cantillon of the Washington
American league club asking that
Milan be released to him mediate
ly. President Breese, however, says
that as much as he would like to let
Milan go, so that the latter could
make more money and gain more ex-
perience for next year, he does not
think it would be treating the local
fans right. He says he would try to
make a deal whereby Gehring would
come here in exchange for Milan If it
were not for the high salary Gehring
Is drawing.
Hutchinson has won eight and lost two
games for Hutchinson, Fleharty has
won ten and lost five.
The Dubuque team which has come
into prominence of late on account of
having caused the suspension of
George Dalrymple, the veteran who
played with Topeka for awhile, has
made change in management. John
S. Ray, who broke into the Western
association long enough to put Leav-
enworth on the bum for the whole
season and who later went to the Du-
buque team as manager, has been
canned. Killing, who played with the
st. Joe team last year until the fran
chise was transferred to Hutchinson,
has been playing with the Dubuque
team and has met fate similar to
that of Ray.
In the Southern league the double
umpire system has worked so we'll
that President Kavanaugh has hired
enough umpires to work the double
system for the rest of the season. How
would it work In the w. A.?
Bob Lowe, the Detroit scout, has
returned to Detroit after an extended
trip through the territory of the
Western : association and Western
league. He secured a few players but
said that Charley Dexter with Das
Moines and Ducky Holmes Of Lincoln,
both of whom are from the big
leagues. were the best players he saw
On the trip.