The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-10
Western
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Gossip
WHERE THEY PLAY
TOMORROW.

Webb City at Topeka
Wichita at Enid.
Hutchinson at Oklahoma City.
Springfield at Joplin.
The Webb City team will be here
tomorrow. Webb City is second
division team but is one of the teams
in the circuit that is liable to do most
ANYTHING. Milton has taken more
falls out of the first division teams
than any other manager in the asso-
cation and he may do it here. Any
how the game will be worth watching.
And it may be the last series of the
season.
The Joplin team has different uni
forms than have ever been seen in
Topeka before. On the two previous
visits of the team in Topeka, uniforms
of gray color with a red stripe were
used. The suits which decorate the
anatomy of the different Miners on
this occasion are the home uniforms.
Persch made one of the best throws
of the season when he fielded
Andrews grounder in the eighth. The
| ball went back almost to the flag pole
in deep center but the Dutehman made
almost a perfect throw to third and
held the big doctor on second.
When Root went to bat for Brennan
in the ninth inning, Eddie had already
| taken two wallops at the ball and the
big soldier boy didn't have much of a
show.
Madame Everhart has temporarily
| left the Nets. His wife is sick in
Webb City and now that Emory has
returned he will in all probability
not play again this season.
The Oklahoma City Times says the
| fans of that town don't loosen up
enough for a home run. And they
only contributed $3.50 for that pen
nant fund which was being raised
there. Too many tightwads in Okla
homa City.
Bartlesville and Tulsa have five
| games to play to decide the seasons
| championship of the o. K. league.
The season was divided, Bartlesville
winning the first half and Tulsa the
second. Cooley has allowed Thomson
| to remain in Bartlesville until the
| close of this series.
| On three occasions during the week
! thus far, KahI has delivered the goods
| in the pinches. Each time he has
| been sent in to bat in the ninth inning
| to pull a game out of the hole. On
4 the first two occasions he managed
| to reach first and score a run, al
| though he didn't hit Yesterday his
| timely two-base hit saved the day.
And he isn't such a bad outfielder
either. judging from the ease with
| which he handled three chances in the
outfield.
The Joplin pitching staff is on the
bum, not pitcher in the bunch being
able to deliver the goods satisfac-
torily. Chenault is troubled with
wildness, Pollard is not in the best
of health, Queisser has a sore arm
and Shaner is out of condition.
| Earl Hamilton, a 16-year- old south
paw from southwestern Missouri may
! join the Miners here tonight. He has
made a great record in semi-profes-
| sional games this season and Fillman
believes he has the making of a good
pitcher.
Tom Doran had just returned from
| Wichita Wednesday morning and got
back just in time to officiate at the
game. He makes a good umpire too
| and if half of Shively's umpires were
as fair as Doran showed himself
Wednesday there would be but little
trouble from this cause.
This department is in receipt of a
letter from the manager of the
| Arkansas Travellers, a baseball team
from Arkansas which is touring this
|
| would like to secure a game to be
played in Topeka, Sunday. September
/ 20. The Oklahoma Indians who are
also touring this section are pre-
| ferred, but any strong team would be
| acceptable. The Arkansans will play
for sixty and forty per cent of the
| gate receipts. Anyone wishing a
| game should address the sporting
! editor.
Joplin News-Herald: considering
| the amount of money we have ex-
pended in purchasing players we have
done mighty well this season. said a
| local fan at the loss to find anything
| else to be optimistic over. You're
| right. loyal bug, according to the dope
| the Miners management has spent all
OF SIS for players this season.
Joplin News-Herald: 1.-THE sched-
ule this year cost Joplin 81, 900 that
would have been saved under a good
schedule" said Secretary Max VOL
| farth of the Joplin Baseball associa-
ton, The many successive off Mon
| days, the loss of games because of the
I impossibility OF making railroad con-
| nections in the time allowed by the
| schedule together with the extra mile
| age caused by the poor arrangement,
| have all tended to make the thing
rather costly. And Joplin is not the
| only town to suffer. Nearly every
team in the league unless it be To-
peka has a kick coming on the sched-
ule."