The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-03

/ st. Mary's Star: Coach Quigley of
| the college baseball team has signed
| with the Leavenworth team In the
Western league as manager for the
| summer vacation. This is in con-
| sequence of a proposal made Wednes-
day. He had decided to sign with the
| Portland, Oregon, team but the Leav-
4 enworth proposition being nearer
| home he felt that for the shortness of
| the time it would be better. He will
likely take Bakule and Govreau with
him as battery for the team.
Nee, who is playing third base for
| the Springfield team at the present
| time, is graduate OF the Springfield
high school and is rather young at
the game, as well as in age.
| Frank Barber, who is now playing
| second base for Hutchinson, is an old
time pitcher and at one time worked
with Milwaukee in the old Western
league. He is still a good pitcher and
it is only of late years that he has
gone to work on the inf1eld. He is
good batter. 1t is not unlikely that as
soon as Casey is back in the game he
will be played at short instead OF
| johnson who is not getting away very
good in that position.
Springfield has annexed a can to
Carl Hunt who has been playing right
league but this year has not made
very good showing. He is not as live
| ly as he once was. probably due to his
| advance in years and increase in
avoirdupois. Cuthbert has been
shifted to right.
| Wichita Beacon: Texas Jones is
no longer playing in the Western as
evening for Columbus. Miss. where he
will Join that team in the Cotton States
league. He and Meredith were traded
to the Mississippi town in the deal
Lawrence Milton. Jones is Wichita
product. He played ball in this city
in his amateur days. In 1905 he play
ed with the Guthrie Western associa-
| ton team and last year was an umpire
in the same league.
Springfield Republican, Winfield
Osborn, whose home is in Columbus,
Ohio, was signed yesterday and will be
given a tryout at Wichita in the box.
Osborn halls from the New England
league and is said to have played good
ball last season. Haas, a catcher, who
has been playing in the Kansas State
league, was telegraphed yesterday to
join the Midgets at Wichita. King
to saT Helene The to T Sy in tsi
Midgets will. the local fans believe,
give a good account of themselves.
SelDy, VINO is playing WIN the LEVY
enworth team in the outfield. is an old
Three-Eye league man, and ought to
make a very valuable acquisition to the
Convict team. He has been catching
spring He is somewhat of a hitter,
judging from his records in the Three
Eye.
merly owned by T. c. Hayden also of
Webb City has disbanded, and as
South McAlester has already quit bust
ness the o. A. K. league has been
boiled down to six clubs.
Stiff, who was with the Springfield
team when they payed here this
spring, has been released. He frac-
tured his arm in Wichita a few. days
ago and since that time he has been
of no use to the team.
joplin News-Herald: Bright new suits,
as loud as they make 'em, are being
sported by the Convicts. They are so
loud that the players cannot sleep in
the same room with them. In fact, they
make noise like thunder or Art Quies-
ser, and it keeps the grandstand busy
roofing to drown the racket. The new
uniforms are of deep, lurfd blue, blue
caps, black sox and bright. glaring yell
low stripes on the upper portion Of same.
One might form the impression that the
Convicts have the blues, but such. they
claim, is not the case.
In the game last Friday which War
rem Gill won with home run, Manager
Jay Andrews of the Hutchinson team
was put on the bench by Umpire Eek
man. Jay was talking too much.
After everything has been said about
the Topeka team in regard to who can
hit and who can't, there still remains
one strong point in their batting. Tope-
ka has the best bunting aggregation in
the league and can play the hit and run
game with any of them. They can
also pull off the squeeze play with the
best of them This feature of the bat
ting of the team has already won many
games for Topeka. With Olson, Runkel.
F1alla, Captain Hurlburt and several
others who can sacrifice every time they
come to bat the team earns many runs
without the semblance of hit.
So far this season the Topeka team
has played six extra inning games on the
home grounds. The first one was played
with Leavenworth and was won by q
score of 10 TO g. The Champs dropped
two double headers to Springfield, losing
second by a score of to 6. The Champs
took double header from Hutchinson
by a score of to 4. In two double
headers with the, Webb City team To-
peka has broken even. Webb City took
extra inning game by q score
Of to 1 and Topeka yesterday ran
away with the second by score of
to 4. Topeka has just broken even in
extra inning contests on the home
grounds.
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