The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-11
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Tomorrow will be Palm Sunday.
Skating tonight with Marshan's
The streets of Kenwood are being
graded.
The state fair committee still has
some work to do.
There are plenty Of peach buds left
in Topeka orchards.
The future ball player stars are now
utilizing the vacant lots in Topeka
Albert Reid has not changed greatly
since he became editor Of a farm pa
per.
Wild vioIets are plentiful. This is
just the season to enjoy a ramble In
the woods.
The Elks baseball team is compel
ing with the White Sox this afternoon
at the local park.
Yesterday was Arbor Day but not
very much vegetation was added to
the city as result.
The commencement exercises of the
Kansas Medical college will take
place Thursday, April 2S.
The domestic science girls of the
Topeka High school dined the mem
bers of the school board yesterday.
The robins are nesting. Bad boys
should remember in this connection
that 1t Is now crime to rob birds
nests.
The West Sixth avenue pavement has
| reached the place where, it can be no
worse but 1t is to give way to brick
ere long.
The weather after having been of
the chilly order for the past few days
has once more taken on a bright
spring aspect.
7. M. G. A. colored department 4O6
Kansas avenue, tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock. Men invited
The Washburn baseball team will
return tonight from a trip through
western and central Kansas in which
they lost but one game.
1t is now Councilman Pete Miller
| and Councilman Lou Fraser, these
two gentlemen having been sworn in
| at the meeting last night.
The Rev. H. E. White will baptize
| fifty converts in the Kaw river to-
morrow afternoon. The baptism will
| take place at the foot of North Jack
son street.
Second Vice President Kendrick of
| the Santa Fe was in Topeka for
short time last night on his way to
| his home in Chicago. Mr.. Kendrick
| had been in the west for some time.
The old saying that it takes the
| Irish to play ball was forcibly Illus
| trated yesterday at ST. Marys when
| the Irish collegians administered a
coat of white wash to the local team.
| F. J. Curnick and H. M. Herbert
| the New York men who are inter
| ested in the Topeka-Southwester
road, will be in Topeka some time
| next week to look into the conditions
/ of this road.
Cooley has a new outfielder on the
string who may join the locals in a
| day or two. He is Kennedy who has
been playing with the Blues at Kansas
City. He will not quite make the K.
c. team and he is trying to get his
release from Tebeau so that he can
| play here. He is good outfielder but
| has just little too much competition
at Kansas City.
/ The White Sox leave tonight for
| Bartlesville where they will open a
| series of three games. The team will
play several games in southeastern
towns after which they will return to
| Topeka for a game with Bartlesville,
| Easter Sunday. The White Sox Sec
onds will go to Atchison tomorrow
| and will join the rest of the team in
Bartlesville Monday.
The Topeka ball team will play the
following games on the trip: Baftles-
vile, April -, 1s. a; Independence.
April 10, 16. II; Tulsa, April 1913;
McAlester, April 20. 81. and lola, April
%, %. On the oath the team will re-
turn home and play a three game
series with BartleSville. There will be
| three days left before the season opens
and during this time st. Mary's will
probably be engaged for another game.
The team of Yannigans which
| Cooley will send to Atchison in the
morning will line up as follows: Bart
/ ley, catcher: Arnold and Merschon,
/ pitcher and right field; Hagerman,
first base; Plank. second base; Boles,
| third base; Ragan, shortstop; Craig,
left field, and Crumrine. center field.
After the game Plank and Crumrine
leave to join the Enid team while
Merschon and Bo1es will return to To-
| peka. Merschon will be left until
Cooley secures him a place with some
| other team mad Boles will complete his
| work in the law school.
There will be no game in Topeka to-
morrow. The Kansas City team which
Cooley had booked for tomorrow has
| refused to come. Instead Cooley will
| take the regular team to Bartlesville
| tonight and will reach there in time
| to play a Sunday game. The Yanni-
gans will play in Atchison. Cooley
| will take the following players with
| him tonight to Bartlesville: Brennan,
| Pollard, Jarrott, Kahl, Funk, Cuthbert
| Wooley, Landreth and Farrell. Runkel
| should have arrived last night and if
| ne gets in today as he should he will
| be taken along. Ragan will not make
the trip with the team as his medical
work is still hanging fire. However,
he is in good condition.