The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-30

okldnOD1d lily dL JOplln.
Webb City at Hutchinson.
The Topeka team will go to Wichita
tomorrow for three games. The job
bers are going good lick now and
may be pretty hard for the locals to
beat But there Will be a little salts
faction in knowing that the Oklaho-
ma City team, our most dangerous
rival, is playing at Joplin, and Joplin
took couple from the Nets last week
on the Nets own battlefield.
Dad Roach will be on the firing line
this afternoon for the locals while DR..
Jason will probably send McNeeley to
the mound. This will leave Root to
open against Wichita ,.a -
In the third inning of yesterdays
game. Dtckenson walked three men
with only one out, but managed to es-
cape without letting a run across. Ills
worst trouble yesterday was his IN
ability to propel the ball over any
section Of the home plate.
I,andreth succeeded Davis in the
fifth inning yesterday, going to Dat IN
the place of the golden rod. The fans
greeted Mr.. Landreth with Few
strains from "Mornin' Cy.
T Olson was the worst offender of
the Hutchinson team yesterday, max
ing the most Of the errors. In nearly
every game against Topeka thus far
Olson has done some booting.
Now for three hard games with
wichita. BY wire each day at $3.50
at the Olympic. Admission 10 cents.
The Oklahoma City papers are
again in error. The no-h1t game
Of a
few days ago has been cited by the
Oklahoma City papers as a rare
occurrence in the Western associa-
ton and the feat performed oy
Pitcher Clark of Wichita last season
against Leavenworth is. mentioned as
the only other such instance in the
history Of the association. 1t can't
be that the press agents of the Nets
are overlooking the no-hit game
pitched by Halla of the Topeka team
while many others might be men,
toned. The season of 1906 closed
with a no-hit game between Webb.
City and Springfield which was
pitched by Cy Young then with the
Springfield team. There have been
several others as well.
Jack Halla pitched a game against
the Minneapolis team Monday, IN
which he scored a shut out. holding
the Millers to three hits; every, one
of them scratch hits. Mike Welday,
once with Joplin and leading batter
of the Western association, secured
two of the trio. Mike is being picked
as one of the eligible candidates for
the big leagues again next season. ne
season but was sent back to- the
miners for seasoning. &c.
The webb City team is crippled
again. Harry Cheek. the handspring
in Millions works is laying off with q
sore finger Harry is the life of the
TripIetts too, and is as good catcher
as there is in the league this season.
What is going to become of shus-.
ter is the question that Is WORRYING
many of the sport writers over the
circuit Topeka doesn't want him.
Joplin is circulating a petition to
Shively to keep him out Of the min
ing town, while Hutchinson and
wichita would mob him If he set
Sled Allen, the backstop of the
Enid team. is now the property OF the
Railroaders. He was loaned q few,
manager of the wheeling team In
the Central league. A day or two ago
the Wheeling management wired
Enid of Aliens release and he
promptly signed an Enid contract
Hutchinson Gazette: The past
"away from home" trip of the Salt
Packers was one of the most disas-
trous expeditions made by the locals
| this season. Springfield, Joplin, Webb
City and Topeka. all took turn about
| in pommeling the Andrews bunch
and as a result they were driven
| backwards from the second station
| in the pennant race, to the head OF
| the second division teams. Time was
sidered one OF the hottest ouaps in the