The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-16
AbiIene 4. Scranton 3

A AT st. Paul-St. Paul. s; Louisville 4.
Abilene 4, Scranton 8.
Abilene. Kan, July 16.-Abilene
and Scranton played good game
here. Giles pitching and his two base
hit in the eighth won the game.
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Batteries-Giles and sommers;
| Sherrin and Morris.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION GOSSIP.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW.
| Topeka at Webb City
| Joplin at Hutchinson.
Oklahoma City at Leavenworth
Wichita at Springfield.
Topeka has two postponed games TO
play with Springfield. These games
VIII be played on the next trip to the
| Ozark burg, which will mean a douhIa
header Saturday and Sunday. IF the
Champs can take the whole bunch II
VIII put us well up in the race.
Eddie Page, the pitcher of the Nets.
who was signed up this spring ana
| then canned only to be resigned. has
been loaned for the balance of the
season to Independence. Kan, in the
! o. A. X. league.
Clark. the young pitcher with the
Wichita team, is a very fortunate
! yOa1S 1IldI1. ne Is drawing a GOOD
salary with the Jobbers but doesn't
| have to work. He is carried probably
| onl yto pitch against Leavenworth and
| Springfield and never has to work
| against any other team.
Gilbert was expected in time to
pitch yesterdays game but as he did
not arrive he could not be used. If he
he will work He defeated Wichita
one game while working in a Joplin
uniform.
lowing fly at the Webb City team:
THE Webb City team is largely a
bunch of literary stars out on a sum-
mer's vacation. Aside from John Mil
ton, the great English poet who is
managing the team. Bobby Burns, the
Scotch jingler, and Gray, who wrote
the famous Elegy, are playing with
prose writer of note" -s.+.
Halla is entitled to a great deal of
credit for working in Sundays game,
as he was under the weather and al
most unable to be on his feet. Between
innings several times he said that he
was about all in.
It is not unlikely that the Western
Association will have new umpire
within a few days. A deal is now on
between President Shively and Presi-
which If contaminated will bring about
a. trade of Eckmann for Bobby Car
ruthers of that league. Carruthers is
an old umpire who has worked for
years and has had much experience.
He Is always recognized as a topnotch-
er. He got away bad with one team
in the Three Eye and as Eckman has
gotten away to the bad with several
of the teams in this circuit it is thought
that a trade would work for the mu-
tual advantage of both leagues.
Cy Young is badly disappointed with
the showing he made Sunday against
the Topeka team. He was worked in
the game by Captain Jack Holland
upon the request of Bob Lowe who had
heard much about him and was anxious
to see him in action. This is the third
time this season that the lanky Wichita
pitcher has made poor showing before
tia BIankenship of Washington was
there to see him work and Topeka
pounded him for eleven hits. Leaven-
worth batted him hard when Heilbro-
ner of Cincinnati watched him. Sun
days performance was the third.
And yet Cy is a good pitcher with a
record so far this season of winning
Is out of % games.
Porter, who is now pitching for
Springfield secured a tryout with Jay
Andrews early in the spring but failed
to convince the doctor that he was a
good pitcher
d The real reason that Mig Perrine was
traded to Minneapolis was because Mig
was not hitting the ball with regularity.
Mike Jacobs left Topeka Sunday night
for I.eavenwortIl. AS soon as President
Shively heard of the trouble with Eek
mann at that place Sunday he sent
Jacobs over there to use his efforts in
promoting peace among the pelligeren:
populace.
President D. NJ. Shively has written
~ all the managers and club owners
and unpires in the association making
a ruling that in the case of a passed
hall a runner has the right to score
from third base no matter whether the
catcher can throw him out or not. This
rule was made as no backstop in the
association Is removed 80 feet from tho
home plate as specified in the rules of
the game. AS yet, however, President
Shively has made no ruling as to the
game at Wichita where Captain Hurl-
hurt was thrown out by Bayless on a
pa ssed ball. The backstop at Wichita
is only 35 feet removed while at Okla
homa City it is still closer.
Hutchinson News: Doc Andrews re-
Gently sent in an inquiry to the Sport
ings News asking for opinion on tbs
decision at Wichita which robbed
of the game July /. 1t Will
be remembered that Cy Young after
taking his windup threw the ball to
third base but Umpire Jacobs DECLARED
that it wasn't q halk because Wilson.
who was at bat, had stepped out Of his