The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-16


learned by Parson Frantz OF the Enid |
team. Frantz ever since his advent
into professional baseball has been
top notcher among the hitfers In class
A leagues and when he dropped back
to class C Organization. the Enid
papers thought they had the pennant
cinched. Frantz is still a pretty good
man but it takes several more like
him to make a good team.
Emory the Oklahoma CITY third
baseman who has been setting the
fans of the Met town afire. has rapid |
ly deteriorated during the past few
days. He is proving TO be the weak
sister of the Oklahoma City indeld.
Jay Andrews has released Frank
O'Leary, the youngest member of the
famous family, because OF his inability
to deliver the goods Fully three
Packers this season on account Of
the errors OF OLeary. Stoffer, the
utility man of the Salt Packers. will
fill the keystone position until Pat
Casey gets back into the lineup.
Old Man Roach got his first bumps
yesterday at the hands Of the Midgets.
Roach is the leading twirler on the
Webb City team and has won four or
Sfes fra for Mten Each Hs has s taken
good splitter but beyond that has
nothing tantalizing in his offerings.
Tom Hughes, the former Topeka
pitcher is cutting a big swath in the
Eastern league this season. The fol-
lowing is Buffalo dispatch in the New
York World: tom Hughes. lent to
Newark by the New York Americans,
pitched today the kind of ball that will
send him back to the big league, when
he let the heavy hitting Buffalos down
with one hit and shut them out by
score Of to o. Nine OF the home team
struck out in attempts to get hook on
his benders.''
The Sporting Life picks a team Of
Whites" from the various players in
the country by that name and it is said
Western association is strongly repre-
sented. Here is the team: The Whites
Of professional baseball last season
were: DR.. White of the Sox: White of
Denver. first base; White Of Lancaster,
pitcher; White of Oklahoma. short
stop; White of Dubuque, catcher;
White Of Charleston, pitcher; White Of
Edmonton. short stop; White OF Buff
falo. fielder, and two White, positions
not given, in Kansas. The Whites, by
shifting a couple of them. could put
up an awful battle as family team.
Larry Milton has made some
changes in his team of Tripletts. Mid
second base when the team was here,
has been sold to Enid. Kellerman will
play second until the close Of the
Springfield high school, when Johnny
Nee will fill second. and Kellerman will
then go back to the utility role. Mid
dleton will make two inf1elders whom
Kimmell has secured from Milton this
season. Jack Frost. who is playing
third. being the other one.
Tom Reed, the Joplin first baseman,
who is suffering with an injured foot
expects to be able to get into the game
during one Of the games Of the To-
peka series.
Mckee, who is playing first base for
the Joplin team, is a Joplin amateur
who is looking for a chance to break
into faster company. He Is not fast
enough for this league. however.
Clyde Milan is out of the game at
Washington. After hitting three times
out Of four a few days ago he was
struck in the face by foul tin In the
ninth innino and forced to retire.
Joplin Did Not Lose Yesterday. It
Rafned." These words in big letters
appeared at the head of the Joplin
Globes sporting page few days ago.
| Walt Mason in Emporia Gazette:
There is a better world. they say.
where tears and woe are done away;
there shining hosts in fields sublime
are playing baseball all the time. and
there (where no one even sinS) the
homo team nearly always wins. Up
on that bright and sunny shore, we'll
never need to sorrow more; no UNI
pires on the field are slain, no games
are called because of rain. So let US
live that we may fly, on snowy pin
ions, when we die, to where the pitch
er never falls or gives man first base
on balls; where goose eggs don't
Bile never more.
A communication to the sporting
department of the State journal from
the manager of the team at Damar,
KAN, states that pitcher Is wanted
at that place and a good price viii be |
paid for one.
.Tomorrow's White Sox-JopIin game |
starts at O'Clock II you want to |
see the reproduction by wire at Olym-
pic theater, better go early.
The Wichita team will probably
sell Rhody Hendrix in q few days.
Hutchinson, Enid and Dubuque have
all made offers for him. Wichita has
a number of good pitchers at the
present time and Hendrix is not need
ed, He is good pitcher, however. |
wichita secured him from Tulsa In |
the fall of 1906 Last season he was
out of the game most Of the time on
account Of sickness.