The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

WESTERN ASSOCIATION GOSSIP.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
Oklahoma City at Topeka.
LeaVenworth at Hutchinson.
Wepo City at Joplin.
W1chta at Springfield.
critical time for the White Sox Red is
ieading the team with the stick and
during the past three weeks Red has
never failed to deliver a hit in a pinch
lnson the result might have been diff
ferent at Davis always did take kindly
TO the curves and swift ones of Joe
Woods, the boy phenom.
The double victory of the Nets over
the Leavenworth team yesterday after
noon practically cinches second place
for the Nets. They now have a percent
age of .6O7 while Hutchinson. which
| comes second, has only 1862. The only
| fight remaining seems to be between
Topeka, Joplin and Hutchinson for
| third place.
Frank Isbell has quit the Chicago
| team and is on his way to Wichita.
IsbeiIs hand was spiked in recent
game and he will play no more this sea-
| son. Next year he intends to manage
| the Wichita team.
The showing SO far on the trip has
| not been so bad. The locals defeated
Hutchinson yesterday on the Salt Pack
| ers' grounds. When anybody defeats
| the Hutchinson aggregation on their
own grounds they are playing baseball.
| With three out of the five games play
ed so far the locals can do no worse
| than break even on the two series be-
! tween the teams.
The Joplin team has arranged games
| with several of the teams in the Joplin
amateur league for the three off days
| following the Labor Day series.
Joplin News-Herald :Lawler, who has
| taken the place of Wooley in left for
| Leavenworth, seems to be playing quite
| as classy ball as the left-handed star.
Lawler made a difficult catch yesterday.
His batting has been good during the
series while his base-running is equal
ed by few in the association.
second place this year if it has to get
big league players" said President
Murphy of the local team last night.
although the Joplin team has been
hindered by every turn of fate, it is
still strong one and playing good
| ball. Oklahoma City seems to be
doomed to second place, but Joplin
will crowd it, For perhaps the first
| time since the season opened, the
Joplin team is in fit condition to meet
any and all rivals The pitching staff
which has been the lament of the
pessimists for weeks, is now working
| fine and all of the twirlers are in the
| best of shape. If the team continues
| its winning streak of the last week, it
will be left undisturbed by the man
| agement Should another slump
come. the team will likely be
| strengthened by major league pitch
| err The team as a lineup can scarcely
be improved. Effort was made to
give Joplin a pennant winning team
this year. said Murphy, but with the
| team that Wichita has this is out or
the question. The best any of the
teams can fight for now is second
place" The series with Wichita, com
| mencing today, will probably decide
whether or not Joplin can base hopes
on finishing in second place.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: The
Western association has had a stormy
career this season. 1t has had more
than its, share of troubles and almost
since the players commenced 10 arrive
the storm clouds have been lowering
about Much of the trouble in the as
ISOLATION this year has been caused by
the poor selection OF umplres py
President ShiVely. There mas been al
most constant turmoil as result and
instead of conditions being changed
every move made seems to result in
no good being accomplished. EVERY
umpire on the payroll in the associa-
criticism from press and public and
players and club owners and appeals
to President Shively for a clarified
ton of the staff have resulted in vain,
in some instances. The club owners
should see to it next year that a COM
mfttee be named or 'Shively be in
structed to select a competent staff OF
Indicator men. The wearers of the
blue shirt and cap this year have
been jokes, for the most part.
Hutchinson News: Fleharty has no
peer in the league. He was taken on
at mid-season last year but lost nearly |
all his games. This year he started |
out In fine order and has won con-
sistently ever since, with the excep- |
ton of a short period when he had
sore arm. The big majority of Fle- |
harty's games has been saved for the
easy teams but nearly month before |
his attack of sore arm, he was |
worked every second and third day. |
He won five of the first six games he |
pitched for the Saltpackers. He has |
worked in a good many games for
which he gets no credit either way. |
One of these was the famous twenty |
three inning game in which he
pitched for eighteen innings.
NATIONAL LEAGUE POINTERS.