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

w. A. circuit. but it is different now.
Even the Midget occupying . place
der have been braced and bolstered
up by Haydens and Hurfburt's hands
until Any Wilson has made them q
squad which can infiict dire punish
ment on any team of the circuit
few more trips like the last one
would put Hutchinson out of the race
entirely.
The Enid team Is making few
changes. Texas Jones' who started
the season with the Railroaders. is
back again after having run the
Sheldon, the outfelder, was given a
chance in the box few days ago
against the Joplin Miners and gave
a good account of himself. He held
the Miners hitless after the game had
been lost to his vs own team ann He viii vii
mound. A left hand pitcher by the
name Of Brown has been signed. Nc
Gill objected to decrease in salary.
and quit the team, reverting to the
he has belonged all season. Frantz
isn't having the best Of luck, but Is
trying to give Enid a good team. And
he has a big job on his hands IL he
succeeds.
A Webb City paper says: An extra
catcher in the person of Jack Law
has been engaged for the Webb City
ball team. and he will report during
the series at Wichita which begins
tomorrow. Manager Milton has
known Law for several years. and
ho 10 -
and experienced catcher. a good bat
ter and useful man in the outfield. He
Is how at Hot Springs. Everhart,
the new pitcher, who had been ex-
pected here on Saturday. met with an
accident while playing in the vicinity
of st. Louis, which crippled him for
several days. He writes that he will
report here the latter part Of this
week.
land sent the following batch of spe-
cial correspondence to the Wichita
Beacon. regarding the work Of the
Jobbers on their trip: Our club 10
certainly having its troubles on this
trip. Along with our slump we are
up against all kinds of hard luck.
Middleton's getting hurt was costly to
our club as know Of two games in
Springfield that the youngster could
have probably saved for us.
INOt tHe least Oh our TROUBLES ID Inat
same old cry against the umpires.
Neither the team nor the pitchers
should be blamed for our defeats.
Shuster deliberately took two games
away from us at Springfield. Speer
had one game won, 5 to 1, up to the
sixth inning when Shuster started in
on him and the way he called balls
and strikes and base decisions was a
shame. He made his brags all over
the league as to what he was going to
do to Speer at the first opportunity,
and he made good. I would like to
know what chance we have to win I'M
der such circumstances. Over in Jop-
lin Finney and Burke just refused to
give our pitchers anything. Speer
t Should a.. have ;v won n,, his game to O. II
coming to him. Instead we lost to
2 in favor Of Burke and Ffnney.
Yesterday Scott never had more in
his life and this same Finney makes
him look like the widest pitcher In
the league. We are up against It good
and proper with F1nney. He II weak
kneed official, who has no nerve at all. !.
You will all remember about the .trou-
BILE Topeka had in Webb City. Kahl
was suspended five days with q small
What did they do to Wichita? When
they got chance at us they nned
Speer $40 and me IS besides suspend
ing Speer for five days Just when we
neSueQ ne ndQ 10 BLSsy out the
Nmit, too. The Wichita club IL forced
to pay its fines the very next day or
have its players remain out Of the
game. while Topeka can be fined and
suspended and Mr.. Cody can do just
as he 1leases in observing instructions
from the president Of the Western as
ISOLATION The same conditions exist
here as they did in 1905. Cooley has
these umpices blurred and they do
Just as he says. I will leave it to the
fans in Wichfsa II we have not beaten
all these clubA at home and I-don't
believe that ANYBODY can say the
Wichita team goA any the best of the
umpire Why shouldn't we break even
at least on the ROAD? Because these
umpires give their decisions just as,
the bleachers, granditands ana home
managers see them aAd It is easy
enough to guess who \wiu ret the
benefit Of the doubt. am irving "a
get Kelley back and al o have lines
out for two other p1ayersSDoran looks
fine. He viii certainly. Nmirld the
fans Of Buck" Weaver. Me had =
little bad luck to start within havinr
a finger knocked out but Nthink he
will be back In the game toby or to-
morrow. Don't blame the Glib or ths
pitchers. It's these weak-kked Of :
f1cials that are giving us ouA TRIM
mings. The attendance has ben avn
full. Nothing but the guarantee in
every town SO far.
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