The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
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WHERE THEY PLA.Y
TOMORROW.

| Wk41FSE THEY HlxAx TOMOftfSOW.
Springfield at Topeka.
| Webb City at Joplin.
| Enid at Oklahoma City.
| Wichita at Hutchinson.
Only one game will be played tornor-
row. On the Fourth one game Will be
| played in the morning and another In
| the afternoon. Sunday there VIII be
| double header while on Monday, which
was originally an or day, another game
will be played. This will make Topeka
and Springfield right up to schedule so
| far.
| Bob Kahl returned home yesterday.
He can't play until Sunday as Shuster
| in addition to the fine Of few days
Shuster is getting a little too handy
| with his fining business. Everyone
| knows that an umpire has some auth
| GRITTY, but for him to be eternally ex-
| ercising 1t Just to let the fans know
| he has 1t is mighty disgusting.
| The local bunch returned home this
morning after their invasion of Mis-
| souri,. Barring Shuster the team made
a great showing but his work was d.
| rectly responsible for the loss Of at
least four of the six games played.
According to the reports which were
sent out from Webb City yesterday,
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| without ever giving him at least the
customary FIVE minutes notice. Shuster
| is getting too careless in the use OF
1.-The big stick
| Hard luck that the first game had to
be lost on errors. Webb City is GER
| tainiy the hoodoo team this season.
Both games which were played and
| lost to the Webb City team were lost
| through errors after the game had
| gone into extra innings.
| Talk about the irony OF fate. Bur-
mum pitched eight innings yesterday
and held the Cooleysox helpless, but
had to be taken out in order to allow
a batter to hit for him. Roach finish
| ed the game and the Tripletts event.
ually won giving Roach the credit for
| the victory.
Toman, who Joined the Railroaders
while in Topeka, is making good with
| a vengeance with the Enid team.
Toman fills a big hole and now Enid
hasn't such bad infield with Wright,
Middleton, Toman and Runkel.
Warren Gill. who is playing first
base for the Grand Rapids team, has
| been out Of the game for some time
with an injured hip. He Joined the
| team for the first time last Sunday and
his batting put the Wolverines back on
| a winning streak.
Fogerty has Joined the wichita
| team and will get chance in the box
during the present series. "
Maui, who was once a top notcher
among pitchers, is headed towards the
| Western association to rook over the
| likely looking stock in this circuit.
More scouts than ever are invading the
| Western association this season.
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| Oklahoma News: Fred Payne,
backstop for the Detroit American
| league champions, spent two days in
1 the local grandstand watching the
| Nets and Champs battle for suprem-
acy and departed with the Wichita
| team today to give Hollands pitching
staff further consideration before
making his report to Hughey Jen-
| regular work by broken hand. Payne
was sent to look over the promising
! material in the Western league and
/ then take a peak at the Jobbers' pitch
| ers. IT happened to see the Wichita
team at time when its pitching staff
was all out of condition from over
| work, but I believe that the Jobber
twirlers are good ones and expect to
see Clark and Speer before rejoining
oklahoma City has q nice team, its
great weakness being the inability of
| most of the players to hit the ball.
| You have a great pitching staff for
this league, a clever fielding team and
several players that know how to run
the bases and with couple Of more
dependable hitters. should have no
! trouble in staying at the top. Hugh