The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13

| w E1EfIE The P12A4 IOMORRCW:
Joplin at Topeka.
Oklahoma City at Wichita.
Hutchinson Webb City.
Leavenworth at Springfield.
| Several members of the Joplin team
claim that Topeka has a much better
| team than Wichita However they
say that Wichita has a better pitch
Ing staff. Topeka is playing ball all
| the time and unless Wichita gets a
run or two ahead early in the game
they are apt to lose out.
Oklahoma News: Wichita hasn't 1t
| on Topeka in any. sense and it is the
| opinion of most of the fans that last
| years Champs are the superior team
In base running and fielding the HUI
| burt crew has the sJobbeps skinned.
The teams are about equal in hitting
The only i'm which, SYichita= shows any
superiority is in the pitching staff.
That seems to be sthe, explanation of
the standing Of the Jobbers.
Arthur sQueisser has been appointed
temporary field captain of the Leaven-
worth team whiles Manager Quigley
has gone to st. Mary's to get some of
his old college team to join the Leaven-
worth team. -
Jay Andrews is now batting 393 for
Hutchinson. If the big doctor had
not been SO unluclzy in having fielders
on the opposing teams rob him last
year he would have had a higher bat
ting average than he has this season.
Poor old Dudley Risely. He is now
managing the Fort Smith team in the
o. A X. league and his team so far
has won 10 and lost 20 games which
gives him a percentage of 333 and
puts him on the lowest rung of the
pennant ladder.
Bonnie Henderson, who will be re-
membered as a Western Association
Guthrie played in this league is now
with the Stockton team in the Cali
fornia outlaw league where he is
making hit with the fans and is play
ing great ball. Bonnie always was a
good pitcher and was one of the best
who ever played in the Western asso-
citation.
Arnold has been playing with bud
Risley on the Fort Smith team of the
o. A. K. this season and went to Okla
homa City with Lawler, where he join
ed the Champs.
Walter Boles left last night to Join
the FIT. Worth team. AS soon as he
arrived there Merkel will leave the
FIT. Worth team and come to Topeka
to join the locals. He will be here in
time to pitch one of the games against
If Raglan had slid in home in the
ninth inning yesterday he would have
undoubtedly been called safe. Henry
was in position where the play could
not been seen exactly. but Ragan by
sliding, could have relieved Henry of
any doubt. The fact is that Wander
hill did not touch Ragan.
Sedalia Sentinel: doc" Shively, of
Kansas City, president of the Western
Baseball association, is coming to Sc
dalia one day this week, 1t is said, to
transferring either the Leavenworth
or Springfield ball club to this city.
Both of these towns are dead ones"
from a baseball standpoint, 1t is claim
dent Shively half way 1t is almost Ger
tain that the city can secure fran |
chise in the Western association.
Oklahoma Post: Manager Jack Hol- |
land of the Wichita baseball team |
wears a very glum expression. His |
pitching staff appears to be causing |
him loss of sleep and much anxiety. |
on the salary sheet. The work of this
corps during the past eight days, in |
losing four out of six games, is the |
cause of Jacks guinness. At |
Joplin. Wichita lost two out of three |
games. In each of the games where |
the Jobbers drew the small end of the |
final score, Holland used three pitch
ers. He was compelled to substitute /
his twirlers because of their lack of |
control Joplin's two victories out of |
three games is directly responsible to
the fact that the pitchers were unable
to put the ball over when Army's
men were at bat. Young pitched a
brilliant game against Oklahoma City
and had control. Speer lost
In yesterdays game, although it was
not especially responsible for his de-
feat.