The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-04

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There will be doubleheader tomor-
row. Two postponed games are left to
be played in Topeka by the Nets, but
one OF the games will be saved for
next trip when the Nets have a Sun
day date here. Hagermsn will pitch
again, Thursday.
The Nets on. this trip are in charge
of Bill Hoffer who one time was a
great pitcher and landed the National
pennant for the Baltimore Orioles.
Alloway, Burke and Shuster object
to working double with Setley Allo-
way went so far as to write Shively
Letter about the matter. The trouble is
Setley is SO fair that the other officials
feel ashamed of themselves when COM
PEELED to work with him.
The Daily Oklahoman saws that the
Topeka team in a desperate effort to
win Saturdays game transferred Boles
from behind the bat to the box. This
is reprinted for the benefit Of Mr..
Boles who will probably be greatly
surprised to hear. it.
Earl F1eharty has been sick for some
time at his home in Gridley, Kan.
Early in the season he pitched great
ball for the Birmingham team in tile.
Southern League. He will return sEtof
he expects to deliver the goods in as
fine shape as ever. -.-..,
Cy Young III, who helped Wichita
win the pennant last season, has been
farmed out to the Jersey City team in
good health this season which accounts
largely for his dropping to the Miners.
Umpire Gardner. who gave promise
of developing into a good handler of
the indicator, has resigned and quit
the circuit. This will probably give
Shively chance to hang onto Burke,
Shuster and Alloway a while longer.
Just why he don't do a little better
with his Empirical excuses is hard to
see. No other league in the country
has such a batch of officials as this
circuit.
Forester lost the first two games
he pitched for the Fort Worth team
in the Texas league. He won the
next three all Of which were shutout
games. In the next he let in four
runs in one inning and lost to 0.
Since then his work has been about
on par with some he showed in To-
peka this spring.
1t is said that Alloway's first name
is Homer and not Podge. He seems
to have been well named.
The Louisville team is now at the
top. of the American association. Jack
Halla contributed considerably to
this event by taking two games in the
same series from Milwaukee last
week. Jack is pitching the game of
his life and is being boosted by some
of the American association papers
for the big leagues.
Young Cobb is batting 342 for the
Joplin team. He is said to have been
sold to Cincinnati. But he better
wait year or two as he isn't ready
for the big leagues yet.
Here are a few illusions concern
ing the Topeka team, from the Hutch
inson Gazette: In taking a summary
of the entire Topeka squad, no credit
can go to any single man on the
squad for the winning of the game.
Since their last appearance on the
Hutchinson field they have improved
so per cent in general alI-around
work. Oklahoma City had q team the
fore part of the season that was al
most a unit in its clock-like mechan-
ism. but the manner in which the
Cooley tribe runs bases and fields to-
gether places them far ahead of any
other team in the circuit. There is
not single note of dissension in the
squad and the rhythmic swing of the
TWO OlSGnS Oh SHUT anu second is
phenomenal. Topeka has got the
classiest bunch in the league, and. the
Gazette acknowledges that they are
the best tribe of pennant possibilities
in the race. Spencer Arthur Alb
bolt is a good hitter and more than
held up the record he has maintained
since his joining the association this
year Some criticism could be made
of his base running. In two instances
once yesterday and again on wednes
day. he felt 10th to depart for an ex-
ira sack when the attempt would-have
been circh- -. Although dad"
Roach is walking hand in hand with
Father Time, he is far from having
reached the stage where he can only
be used for ornamental purposes. He
hasn't got much speed. but-his curves
are as elusive as ever, and his control
is probably better. He allowed six
hits, walked one man and struck out
eight Not so bad for one that has
been dubbed as a fit subject for the
chIoroform sponge in the baseball
world. He is far from having lived
his usefulness.