The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-18

homa City are all entitled to consider
alton. link and Holland are running
Abbott a pretty close race. Rom is
ordinarily a good first sacker, but has
not been doing as good this season as
| usual. Gill will outhit any nrst paSe-
man but he is rather awkward at ms
| position, not having had the expert
| ence of the others.
At second base Emory Olson of To-
| peka stands at the. head. olson Went
| to second this season an unknown
quantity and has made good despite
| the prediction of a bushwhacking
sporting authority" on a Topeka pa
per that he was too weak. The sea-
son is half gone and he mas put nve
errors to his credit. but one of which
is on a ground ball. The hardest
| chances look easy when handed by
| him. Scarcely a day goes by but
he knocks down couple of apparently
safe hits.
| Raglan also of the White Sox is put
ting up strong fight for the first place
among the shortstops- Billy White,
the king bee of last season mas stump
ed this year. Olson of Joplin is good
man as is also the Olson with Webb
City. However. Raglan is hitting Wen
| this season and covers lots OF grouno-
titled to the honors. The big Dutch
man is playing a great game this sea-
son and is hitting good as Well jay
Andrews is out of the running tenn
|
finger which has kept him on the bum
all season Runke1 is good man out
is not quite as aggressive as Hetnng,
Jack Pendry, the miniature specimen
on the Oklahoma team, is running
mighty close to the top this season.
Out in the outfield it would be nara
to find better trio than Milan,
Wooley and Bayless. All OF 4 Jnesv
we'll and are sure f1elders. AT the pat
they can all hit and can run bases as
well as any three men in the league.
| A team picked from the stars OF tne
western association would be mighty
hard to defeat by any minor league
team in the country.
An Oklahoma City baseball statis-
| tician has given out the following hg-
ures of extra inning games played by
western association teams this season:
| Hutchinson, SO extra innings,
games; Oklahoma City, 33 extra in,
nings, 7 games; Wichita, "a IN
games; Topeka, Fl in games; Joplin,
Is in 9 games; Webb City, Is in .
games; Springfield, 16 in z games;
Ieavenworth, in games.
Walter Roles of Topeka. the captain
| of the Fort Worth team in the Texas
league, won a great game for his team
| last Sunday by knocking a home run
| in the ninth inning when the score was
! a tie Walter caught the game ana
| nut I'D a great o4AllOlllOAA OCAAAAo SAAS
bat. He is making a great reputation
with his team.
The Springfield team opened up on
their new grounds yesterday with the
| Wichita team. The grounds are To-
| Gated in the White City at that place.
There was a grand opening yesterday
| with a ten cent admission price which
admitted to all the game and grand
| stand besides being good for a free
| vaudeville performance in the theater
at the White City after the game.
| Strange how they have to offer in
ducements to go to ball games in this
| once fan craZed town.
I,eavenworth Post: The Leaven-
| worth Baseball association has pur-
| chased Second Baseman Blausser from
| Webb City and he will arrive in a few
| days. A letter from Manager Milton
| of the Webb City team states that
Blausser will start for Leavenworth
| lust as soon as some one is found to
| take his place. Milton was anxious to
| secure Schumyer, but the husky Ger
man will continue to play with Leav-
| enworth.
Blausser is a fast fielder and an ex-
| celIent hitter and he will greatly
strengthen the inf1eld of the Leaven-
worth team. The local baseball men
| are determined to strengthen all the
| weak places on the Leavenworth
| team and within another week the
team ought to be able to compete with
| the best of them. The pitchers are all
working in good shape and with the
right kind of men back of them they
will have no trouble winning games.
Stevenson and Brennan, the battery
who worked for Springfield against
wichita Yesterday come from the st.
Louis Browns who farmed them out to
Manager Murray. Judging from. the
! fact that they gave Wichita ten
inning battle they must have the goods.
Red Davis must be stuck on the pro-
| position. that he is to stay with the
! White Sox Yesterday he connected
| With Burns and Milton for a single, "A
| double and a home run out Of four
times uo.