The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-13

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Hutchinson at Joplin.
Cole has Joined the locals and is play
ing his customary good game. He is
getting hits in all the games and is
getting on bases with his usual reg
field better than Landreth and will be
a more valuable run getter.
Umpire Setley closed his work here
with yesterdays game. He has more
than made good and has been absolute
ly fair in his decisions and is not in
any sense of the word a homer. It's
a cinch that he will have to stick and
that one of the others will get walk
ing papers in the near future. Shuster
will probably receive a tin appendage
within a few days.
The locals leave for Enid tonight and
will open tomorrow there for three
games. From Enid the locals move
over to Oklahoma City, the town of
hotheaded sport writer's, an impartial
baseball rabble and home umpires.
Three games will be played in Melville.
The Joplin Globe recently printed a
statement about the Miner twirling
staff being superior to that of the
locals. But Ffllman was forced to use
seven pitchers for the three games mere
and then got sbut one of the three.
Cooley released Hollingsworth last
night Hollingsworth failed to snow
very much during his stay In Iopeha
and the loss of the only game OF the
past home series can be attributed
solely to Hollingsworth. This VIII
leave the locals with only Haggerman'
Selby and Root to perform on the
mound and Boles to help in emergen-
cies. But Cooley has lett hanoer
coming in few days who will prob
ably join the team on the present trip:
All the pitchers are going good and
ought to hold their own on foreign bat
tie grounds.
President Baker Of the Joplin team
was in Topeka for the series Juse
he came here with the avowed inten-
lions of seeing that Cooley employer
no underhand methods of winning pan
games. After making detained IN
vestisation, Baker was so satisneo tnat
he got cold feet after agreeing to play
a doubleheader. But then he is ex-
cusable for he only had five pitchers
and should have had eight or ten more
In the series just closed the locals
have taken ten out OF eleven games.
This has materially increased the
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leave tonight for his Oklahoma trip
with the most dangerous team in the
league and it would not occasion mucn
surprise should the locals come BACK
in first place.
Red Downs is playing on the Detroit
team right along now. Last Friday he
cot a single and home run out Of five
times up.
MilIsap has Joined the Wichita team,
having been given by the Midgets In
mart payment for Atty Wilson VINO
was a Wichita possession.
with Grady, Meredith, Brennan,
Krunkel and the host of others, the
Springfield team ought to wake up a
little bit. At least the team with new
blood from lola couldn't be much worse.
Sylvester Olson is planning to take
the trip tonight but may not be able to
r,Iax before the Oklahoma City series
even then. He has been pretty sick.
Cooley was back in the game yester-
day although he was still suffering
from his recent attack Of cholera NOR
bus- He poled out two nice hits, both
OF which counted In the final result.
Hutchinson News: The way that
PLAYERS were benched up at Topeka
the other day one would have thought
that Sinister was on hand There
must have been some bad acts when a