The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-13
WESTERN ASSOCIATION GOSSIP.
SATURDAY

WESTERN ASSOCIATION GOSSIP.
| Pitcher Gilbert is expected to arrive
tomorrow or Monday and will be In
condition to work as soon as he ar
rives. He and Tonneman played to-
gether this spring on the Pueblo team
IN the Western League.
Manager Pearl MURRAY. of the sprine-
neld teams says that the wonderful play
ing OF Topeka's two kids, Raglan and
olson, Is all that has kept To0eka up
SO wen In the race. It's a CT oh that
Topeka with Olson and RaRan has the
fastest infeld in the Association.
Efforts are being made by the local
Dalrymple affair and it is not unlikely.
that he will be able to return to the
locals within a few days.
Tom Hughes, the former Topeka
pitcher. has been sold by Manager
Clark Griff1th of the New York Ameri-
cans to the Montreal team in the East
ern League. This means that Griffith
mas given up hopes of developing the
big Coloradoan into a major league
pitcher, and that he will have to stay
with the minors awhile longer. Hughes
is a good pitcher with speed and con-
troll but a little shy of nerve which
probably accounts for his failure to
| make good.
Howard Price, the former Webb City
outf1elder, who has been released by
Webb City is now playing with the
Columbus team in the Cotton States
league
Stories that Buchanan had been re-
called by Little Rock are incorrect.
club until the close of the season and
cannot be recalled by Little Rock until
that time. Buchanan has been sick
ever since he Joined the Nets which ac-
counts for his poor showing near the
end OF every game he has pitched.
Wichita Beacon: Java Yer SEIZURE
been canned" by President ShfveIy.
He says the report Is absurd Yer
SEIZURE works only when he feels like
it. He hasn't felt inclined to work late
". s ~ g.,
The morning lickspittle is worried
again. This time he fears that base
Dall rumors printed in the State Jour-
nal will not materialize. What was It
the lickspittle said about the "Jimson
league" lasting six weeks? The State
Journal has no quarrel with the lick
spittle or his pal Captain Spec and 1t
will continue to print the news about
the baseball team giving the members
credit when credit is due and censure
when it is deserved.
Bert Jones was out at the game yes
terday for the first time since his ac
cident. He is out in uniform this af-
ternoon and If he feels able he viii go
in against Wichita tomorrow.
The members of the Springfield
team are congratulating themselves
upon the fact that they will have a
new park to play in when they return
home. The old park was leased before
the beginning of the season and the
games have been played In the far
grounds all season. This is said to be
very poor place to play a game and
the only way to tell where the OUT
fielders are playing is to watch and
see where the weeds are moving.
Lou Armstrong has made a shift in
the lineup of the Joplin team. Hiatt
whom he has been experimenting for
a couple of weeks have been turned
loose and he will pitch. Walter Quefsser
again. Queisser is said to have acuufr-
ed control and If he has, ought to
make a good man in the box Two
ny Fillman will play second base and
a new outflelder will be secured. This
will make Root, Westcott, WEIGH and
Queisser the pitchers for the Miners
The batting averages of the White
Sox for this week show great deal of
i'm provement. There is an interesting
race on for the leadership of the team
between Abbott and Raglan with the
odds slightly in favor of Abbott Err
win has had a slump and is now
fourth in rank. The average of
Dalrymple produced here is now COM
prete for the season but is merely his
average since he Joined the team. Dal's
average for the season is pretty high.
The averages for this week: