The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-28

/ Shively might as well be given to un-
| derstaud, right now and here. that the
| fans of Springfield are not going to
stand for such deals as were handed
them yesterday by a wholly incompe-
! tent incapable and intellectually in
| capacitated indicator handler as this
diamond lightweight, Guthrie. has
/ proved himself to be.
| This. however, is very mild when
| compared with the adverse criticism of
| the Springfield Leader: AS for Guth-
RE, who Durported to do the umpiring
stunt, the least said the better. Many
| of the readers of the Leader are ladies
and that is sufficient cause for refrain
| ing from giving expression adequately
| to his performance Then the United
| States government has seen fit to pro-
| hibit the tranSmittal, through the
| mails, if certain language. Without
| this prescribed language~it would be
absolutely impossible to express, in
English the absolute rottenness of his
| work. He had about as much idea of
I baseball as a cross-eyed. half-witted,
hill county chicken has about a dance
in the ball rooms of the Waldorf As
toria- Some of his decisions were
about rank as a city boy after a
half hours wrestle with one of those
pretty Kittens famous for its far
/, he has acquired q sort of "Chimmy de
tough" walk that would set all the
hearts afiutter in a dance along the
leVee. Looking tough was his stock in
trade evidently for no one could ac-
cuse him of being an umpire. Any
remark, tending to show Guthrie knew
anything about a ball game, would be
good and sufficient grounds for libel |
suit. On two three occasions it |
looked like the big crowd in the grand |
stand would go out onto the field and /
hold a short interview with the al |
legged jumps but they contented them |
selves with hurting cushions at him |
and making rather disparaging re-
marks about his ability to operate.
The White Sox open up with SPRING
field this afternoon. Topeka always |
had better luck with the Midgets on |
the grounds of the latter than upon |
the home grounds. Two out of three
from the Midgets would not be so bad. |
As was reported exclusively in the
State Journal last Saturday night, Dick |
Cooley has come to the relief of the |
Topeka White SoX and has released to
the local club pitcher from the |
Louisville team. AS was expected it |
is Jack Bunton, who will Join the To- |
peka team Bunton is we'll known in /
this circuit as he pitched for Sedalia |
the first year Topeka had team in |
this league. He was a good pitcher |
then and is still a good one. although |
Cooley thinks he needs a little more
seasoning in the smaller leagues. He |
will fit into the present twirling staff
of the locals in fine shape.
Old Bill Kemmer. who was with st. |
Joe in the league a year ago, is now
playing with the Mobile team in the
Cotton States league and is getting
rich. In recent game played in Mo-
bile last week Bill came to bat in the
ninth with three runs needed to tie
the score and two men down. He Sc
cured a triple with the bases full and |
the fans in the grand stand coughed up
$2S.S0 for the old timer. He won the
game in the twelfth with a single.
Red Davis seems to be hitting the
ball in great shape. A single and a
home run was what he secured yester-
day. If he keeps uD this gait very
much longer he will be nesting at the
top of the batting column when the
season is over.
Umpire Mackenzie. who was given
his bumps in this association last fall, /
has met a similar fate this year He /
was an umpire in the Cotton States
league until last week when he was |
Internationally released because of
his inefficient work.
If the locals only take one game |
from Springfield they will have more |
than broken even on the trip, which /
has been long one. This is not a
bad record. especially when the team |
has been having the bad luck that the |
White Sox have. When the team gets
home Friday. McInnis and Abbott will |
be ready to take their places on the |
team and an upward march to the |
top of the percentage column ought to |
follow.
Old George Felix Blackburn, at one |
time captain of the White Sox is TAX
ing a turn in the box with the Vicks- |
burg team of the Cotton States league. |
Old George is pitching winning ball |
too, and occasionally puts the ball |
over the fence as of yore- In a recent |
game he was touched up for thirteen
hits but won his game, as his oppo-
nents were unable to get more than |
one man over the plate.
Winfield 3, Eairmount A.
Winfield, Kan, May 2S.-South- |
western college defeated Paramount of |