The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-02
WHERE THEY PLAY
TOMORROW.

,anos.h ~ WaG1E THEY PLAY
TOMORROW.
Webb City at Topeka
Hutchinson at Wichita.
Enid at Oklahoma City.
Springfield at Joplin.
WHERE THEY PLAY MONDAY.
Springfield at Topeka.
Enid at Wichita.
Hutchinson at Oklahoma City.
Webb City at Joplin.
Jack Lawler, who was with Topeka
awhile last season, has caught on with
Springfield and is playing outf1eld and
leading off in the Midgets batting or
der.
Louis Armstrong after drifting about
the circuit has caught on with Wichita
in good shape. Wichita has been
mighty shy on catching talent all
spring.
Yesterdays games made no change
in the standing of the teams as the
same teams won and lost yesterday as
in the opening game.
The locals are certainly having more
than their share of hard luck. Two
games have been lost already when
the locals should have won.
In the opening game the Triplets
secured four hits in one inning and
were unable to score, while in yester
days game they secured but two hits
and won with six runs to their credit.
1t is seldom that pitcher will have
the bad luck that Forester did yester
day in having every battery error
count as a run.
The game tomorrow closes the series
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series commences with the Springfield
Midgets, the old hoodoo team. How
ever, this hoodoo was practically van
quished last season and Webb City
proved the hard nut for the locals to
crack last season. Looks a good deal
that way this season too.
Larry Milton, the popular owner of
the Webb City team, feels that he has
a grievance against a Topeka paper
ago to the effect that Tom Hayden
owned the Webb City team. Millions
resentment is certainly justified when
Hayden's standing in baseball is taken
into consideration. Milton secured the
entire possession of the team during
out of Western Association baseball.
Milton has spared neither pains or
money to give the fans of his constitu-
ency a good baseball team and judging
from the showing Ulduc So IdI Ills cl-
forts would seem to be successful.
At Wichita in 1906 Milton was man.
ager of the Wichita team that won the
opening game from Topeka. So that
winning from Topeka in the first SER
les is nothing new for the Triplett
manager.
The Oklahoma City Times prints
the following about Topeka's man
f<1vp
Cooley would really be the manager
of the Topeka White Sox this year,
which means many games prolonged
until shutdown by wrangles with the
umpire" However, the Topeka fans
would much prefer to see prolonged
By multilating the umpire as Okla
homa City's team attempted to do last
season.
Stevenson, the pitcher who was
with Springfield awhile at the latter
end of last season, is with st. Paul
his season. Just why he should re-
GIVE a tryout from an American asSO-
cation team was not demonstrated
by his record with the Midgets last
season.
Outfielder jacobson of the Joplin
team has been released. He started
out like a world beater with the will
low but soon ran his limit. AS re-
suit Fillman recalled Peck Harring-
ton from Enid.
Judging from the following the
sporting editor of the Joplin Globe
would do well to change his brand
of smoking before the season gets
very far along or he may make some
breaks that will make him look fool
ish around the circuit in his predic-
lions. Here are a few Of his thoughts
on the pennant race which he inserted
in his columns. To a Topeka fan
they tinge Of ignorance. Here is what
he says:
From the original lineup of the
Topeka team, given out by Manager
Cooley some of the stars on which
Dick placed SO much dependence have
failed miserably and will be chased to
the forestry. The official roster of
the Cooleycrows looks nothing like
the invineib1e aggregation at which
the Western association sport writers
have been booing and casting tremor-
Gus shivers. Jarrot, the marvel sold
to Cooley by 'Ducky Holmes. has de-
veIoped to be a first class gold brick.
and will be shipped back to Sioux
City. Arnold, Craig. Hagerman, For
roster, and Pollard. will compose the
hurting stan and there Is nothing
tremendously impressive about the