The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-20
adjoining mounds In a higher league
! than the Western association.
SATURDAY.

adjoining mounds in a higher league
than the Western association.
The Enid team lacks ginger Per-
sonally every man on the team is a
good one but the players don't get to-
gether ad they play a listless sort of
q game.
The Wichita papers are beginning
to notice falling of in the attend
ance at the games played In the windy
city. Wichita has always been q good
drawing town and should be better
this season than year ago when the
Jobbers had a walk-away race.
Ebright, the new second baseman
of the Jobbers has reported at Job
berville. With the signing Of Plank
| 1t was decided that Ebright was not
needed and he was wired to this eff
feet, but failed to receive the wire.
Just what disposition will be made
| OF him has not yet been decided. !.
| The Oklahoma City Oklahoman ac-
counts for the Nets defeat in the
games played in Missouri by the fact
that Missouri is not a dry state.
The Joplin Globe hands the follow.
ing bouquet to our old friend. Stevie
Raglan: This lad Raglan Is a sure
enough pinch hitter. Steve does not
murder the ball but his raps have a
nice way of wandering in at the prop
| er intervals.
Wichita Eagle: In the Western as
ISOLATION, which is a pretty fast little
minor league, there is a race that is
about as lively as any in the country,
not counting Enid and Springfield as
strong contestants. Hutchinson has
made a pull for the top and landed in
second place. being within fifty~points
of the Nets, who a week ago were
tmaking a runaway affair of the race
| in that circuit. Oklahoma City, Hutch
| inson, Topeka and Wichita are close
together, and another week may see
them changed around considerably.
Joplin and Webb City, which teams
were strong at the beginning of the
season. do not seem to be able to keep
up the pace, although they are not
many games behind the leaders and
can catch up in a couple of weeks of
good fast playing.
i Wichita Eagle: Frank Moriarty.
scout for the New York American
league team, has been in Wichita for
the past two days looking over two
or three of the promising members of
the local team. He wants recruits for
Clark Griffith's 1909 team and came
west for the express purpose of seeing
several of the local players who have
the New York team. Neither Mortar
ty, Manager Holland nor President
Isbell will say just what players the
New York Americans have their eyes
on, but it is said that Scott and Speer
are two of them. He is especially in
terested in the big Highlander. He
| watched Scott work Tuesday In the
poorest game that he has twirled this
season. Scott was wild and got him
self in several holes, but managed to
pull out of all of them pretty well.
Moriarty may stay another day or two
in order to get another chance to see
Scott work. At the request of the
visiting scout, Manager Holland had
the team report at Association park
yesterday forenoon and the members
| worked hard for a couple of hours go
ing through their PAGES. Moriarty
put on a uniform and worked with
them. Moriarty did not announce him.
self to the local managers until after
he had seen the game Tuesday fro1x
the grand stand. 1t has been known
for some time to those on the inside
that Clark Griffith was watching the
| work of one or two of the local play
ers. On account Of the high water
Moriarty was delayed fifteen hours in
getting to Wichita.
The Topeka team opens in Joplin
next Tuesday and the games will be
reproduced at the Olympic.