The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-25

the least. But it's the fans that should
come to the rescue. A first class
Mount Pelee' club housed in the grand
stand willing to exude cheer and
well, would put the old ginger. the old
nerve back into the game again. Re
member these are the same Nets who
fired the league month ago. And
they have the same stuff as ever. A
batch of encouragement might help.
A soulful knock is sure to do no good.
Now is the time for true fans to boost
the Nets. They don't need boosts when
they're winning.
Enid has again secured the services
of Pitcher McGill who started the sea-
son with Enid. McGill at the begin
ming of the season was in tangle
with the Austin team Of the Texas
league and had to quit until the tangle
was Strengthened out. McGill played q
his release. He will fill big hole in
the Enid box.
Red Wright has signed up Braun, a
catcher with big reputation in the
now defunct Gulf Coast league. Trans
portatfon has been wired and Red
looks for his new man in few days.
Larry Milton has made a few changes
in his team. He has signed Downey,
a new outf1elder. and is playing Cuth-
bert regularly at first base. Milton is
taking a turn in the box. Cuthbert is
proving a good man for the Triplets
and Jimmy is singing the ball regular
ly. 500 -
Roy St. John made a bobble in his
first game with the Midgets and failed
to get a blow At one time st. John
looked promising but he has fallen by
the wayside since. In 1905 he helped
the locals near the end Of the season,
joining the team at about the same
time as Jay Andrews.
Peg Bemis lost again yesterday and
it was the third straight defeat for
the pride of Melville.
The Daily Oklahoman and the Okla
homa City management evidently wish
to let the public down easy in the Hol-
iingsworth affair as is evidenced from
the following squib in the Okla
homan: Pitcher HollingswoI>h was
left at Topeka by Manager Mcconnell,
upon orders from PresideIy Moist.
While it has not been definitely decid-
ed which team is entitled to hold the
lauky boy, President Moist is inclined
to think that Topeka will get him.
lust as was predicted the Oklahoma
City papers which have been making
such a spectacle of themselves during
the past few weeks, are now knocking
on the team. Several juicy punches
were handed out in the Times of recent
issue something like the following: :
The locals did not display their. usual
pep and their lack of ginger, was no.
ticeable. They surely showed the ef-
feet of cruel road reverses. A
conspicuous feature of the game yes
fact that the Meta did
not run bases like they did early In
the season. = The Nets did not
run out anything. When Emory hit to
Persch and the ball hit the ground, he
should have reached second. There was
nothing to stop for. but the third sack
err only reached first base. Then it re-
ouired a sacrifice to advance him a
neg. -. The second inning of the
game yesterday resembled a brush
league contest. Errors at critical times
and bone head plays marked the game
as a poor one.
The following funnyisms appeared in
the Joplin, Globe under the caption,
Are Better Than Leaders: Today
the team opens a four game series with
Topeka at Miners park. This after
noon will be ladies' day, in accordance
with the custom of reserving the first
game of each series as free day for
the fair fans. Topeka has been a sort
of hoodoo for the Miners this season,
taking seven games from the Ffllman-
ties. But the Cooley sox will not find
the same team on this trip. that en-
countered them in the two previous
series. In fact the Miners will present
a much different and highly strengthen
ed lineup. Right now Topeka is not
going so well as in. the early portion
of the season. The team possesses but
two pitchers. who can twill consistent
ball, and the infield is neither hitting
nor fielding In the form which it dis
played early in the season. The hard
hitting outfeld Is about all that is
sustaining the Cooleysox in their pres
emit position at the bottom of the first
division. 1t Is difficult to see any point
where Topeka has anything on Joplin.
The pitching staff Is much inferior. as
Boles, Brennan or BARLEY do not pre-
sent any catcher equal to Noyes. The
infield is inferior to that of the locals
and II there is any superiority ON the