The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-10
American Association Standing.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION GOSSIP.

WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
Wichita at Topeka.
Webb City at Hutchinson.
Springfield at Leavenworth.
Joplin at Oklahoma City.
Pitcher Jack Root of the Joplin team
has made a great record this season.
He is believed to be the only pitcher
in the league who has not lost a game
on the home grounds this season.
Outfielder Bell of the Butte team in
the Northwest league who was for
merly Outfielder Baerwald of the Jop-
lin team has been ordered to report at
New York to the American league
team next Wednesday.
For the first time this season Pitch
er Charles Mcfarland of the Oklaho-
ma City team was driven from the
box Sunday by the Wichita team, One
queer feature of the game was the
fact that the Oklahoma City crowds
who have seen Mcfarland lose but a
very few games all season clamored
for his removal.
Daily Oklahoman: Umpire Mike
Jacobs has been forced to sue the
Western association here for the bal
ance of his salary, $35, which he says
is yet unpaid. The suit was filed here
yesterday in Justice BealPs court and
league were attached. The league gets
ten per cent of every games receipts
for expenses and that was the amount
levied on. Jacobs made a mistake by
not suing the league at Topeka, where
Police Judge Simons would send the
whole caboodIe to Jail.
Oklahoma Tfmes-Journal: Catcher
Jack Henry is just about the finest
catcher that ever stepped on the local
I, ~ d,
best base runner in the league and
none OF the catchers in this associa-
ton are ahead of him in either re-
ceiving or throwing to the bases. The
Oklahoma City management, was for
tunate indeed in getting him. away
from Topeka.
Mig Shaner, the little dark complex
Toned pitcher of the Webb City team,
pitched a great game against Leaven-
worth last Saturday afternoon. Shan
er pitched twelve innings and allowed
but one safe hit which was little in
field hit which Fisher beat out. Dur
ing this time he did not allow a base
on balls nor hit batter.
The Joplin Globe says that the first
of the series of the games at Joplin
with the Topeka team was kind of
hshy affair. With Persch and Gill on
the Joplin team and Finnie umpiring
sounded somewhat fishy but when
Halla had the Miners biting it made
things that much worse.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Little Johnny
Kane, Cincinnat's baseball find, was
married at noon Thursday to Miss Ada
Hill Porter, of Pittsburg, Kan. Kane
met Miss Porter three years ago, when
he was manager of a ball team at
Pittsburg, and ever since then has
1Sr11- II
today. 1t was a sort of surprise party
for his team mates, as foxy Johnny
never said word. Kane is a former
Missouri Valley Lacquer and is well
known in Topeka. He played with
Pittsburg during it's last year of pro-
fessional baseball and from there went
to Cincinnati, where he has DEVELOPED
into a crack infielder
The following definitions of base
ball terms are going the rounds of the.
Western asso citation papers:
A strike-out-Fine pitching. if the
home hurler pulls off the trick; bum
batting when the other pitcher turns
Fine catch-Any time running
catch is made by home player.
Good luck-The same catch when
made by the visitor.
Good umpiring-There is no such
phrase in the fans lexicon.
Good pitching-When the local |
slabnlan holds the visiting team to |
three or four hits.
Poor batting-When the visiting |
slabman holds the local team to three !
Or four hits.
Good game-Any game which the |
home club wins.
Poor game-Any game which the
home club loses.
Washington Post: All that has
been said of Milan by Captain Ganley |
and Manager Cantillon was corrobo-
lated in a most pleasing way by the
young man himself in the double
header. He showed that he is a hit
er in both games, and with any kind
IF luck would have had two more hits
n the second game. In the field he is
asst, and seems sure of flies, while he
gave a great exhibition of his speed in
he fourth inning of the first game
when he hit for three bases into right
Few players would have gotten far
her than second on that hit. but
remarkable speed easily car
led him to third. Milan made big
lit with the crowd.
Detroit News: Detroit nearly lost
is best find of the season this year,
imply because he never imagined he
Gould play ball. This Is Jerry Downs.
Jerry is an odd sort of chap Colby
critical, he looks at everything like a
-eteran now, rather than like a colt.
lie takes his success calmly and posi-
lively refuses to show the slightest of
he signs all managers fear when
Dung player does make good-a ten
Iency toward conceit. t'I never took
baseball seriously until this spring."
avs Jerry. ct was working in rail-
Dad office and had chances to work ]