The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-06

The first exhibition game for the
Pueblo Indians yesterday resulted in a
| victory over the Colorado college team
| by the score of z to 2. The game was
a fast one and Selee is very much
J elated over the showing made by his
cubs.
A deal is how pending whereby
Cecil Bankhead, who played with Jop-
lin most of last season, will again play
with the Miners. BanINhead was last
winter traded to Oklahoma City for
Jack Root. However. the deal now
pending is for the sale of Bankhead
to Joplin and this will probably be
contaminated.
For the infield of the Midgets, Ben
nett now has several men trying out
whom the Springfield papers insist will
make the strongest infeld in the
league. this season. However, this is
the time when the best team in the
son, Reed, Welter. Smith and Kerscher
are the infelders. Kerscher is only
six feet tall. Going some for an in
fielder.
Cheney. the big erstwhile pitcher of
the White Sox, who was later re-
plevined by Gus Alberts and sold to
Chicago White sox, pitched in the
fore part of the week. He lost the
game by allowing too many hits In
the first two innings, but after the sec
ond inning he got his steam agoing
and the Packers could not do thing
with him. He only walked four men
during the whole game and famed as
many.
Joplin is planning to shift Bill link
to another inffeld position and let
Dick Rohn play first base. If Bill
ever gets so that he can play any
other fn1eld position it will be the
eighth wonder of the world.
AS Johuny F'illman has. not been or
dered to report oin Wichita, the Joplin
papers arc fullsef stories. to the erect
that the little infelder will be seen in
the Joplin lineup this spring. If such
is the case Joplin is one good clean
player ahead. ~ g ases
Up at st. Joe the sporting page of
the papers is devoted to tennis and ping
pong. Before long the papers will pro-
badly tell of a grand marble tcurna-
ment and will probably run. a picture of
the best marble player in the city. No
wonder the town never had a good ball
team. @sf qT~-"
RED" Ehret, the former star slabmar
of the Cincinnati Reds of a decade
ago and who later pitched for Lincoln
in the Western League, has signed up
as an umpire in the Pacific Coast league
this season. 51a
Sizemcre, the Oklahoma City tom
serial artist who made his debut in the
Western League last season by pitch 4
ing a game or two for Oklahoma City,
has come to life again. He is now pitch
ing for the Pittsburg team in the Kan
sas State league. In a recent game
against his old comrades Of the Okla
homa City team he was touched up for
20 safe hits and Is runs. This is not as
good as his first game in fast COM
pauy when he went against Cooley
crows ana held Them without run for
IL innings.
Jake Bauer won a recent game be-
tween Sioux City and the Chicago
first inning with two men on bases and
scored them both with safe hit This
put the Packers one run to the good
and they won the game.
From the present line of dope which
is being sent out from Kansas City and
Topeka must continue to
play in the Western Association this
season. This condition is extremely IN
fortunate for the town not to be adj
vanced to a higher class of baseball
All that can be done now is to make the
best of it and trust for something bet
ter another year. O'Neill will carry |
the case further and will eventually
get Topeka into the Western League.
1t is an unfortunate thing for several
other towns that Topeka is allowed to |
remain in the Western Association as
Wichita, Joplin, Oklahoma City, Leav- |
enworth,, Springfield, Webb City. and |
will thus be cheated out OF |
a chance at the pennant. Perhaps by |
the time Topeka walks away with an
other pennant the other towns will be |
willing to let her out.