The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18

The Oklahoma News calls Bill Rapps
hero because he knocked Landreth
over the other day when the latter was
playing first and caused him to miss
a throw from Andrews. This let in two
scores and won the game. Is it this
kind of playing that the Oklahoma pa
pers approve. and has kept the Nets
up in the race all season.
The optimism of the Hutchinson
Gazette is to be admired. Read the
following and notice the vein of cheer
admire his nerve: Hutchinson is again
placed in the down and out class by
outside correspondents, presumably
from the fact that AE.drews has been
released. There is another guess com
ing to those who wish to make such
a conjecture. Hutchinson will make
some of the upper ones "humph" be-
fore the season is over. We've got a
classier bunch than any of the other
organizations in the circuit. It's a lit
tie late to commence and it might take
some time for the men to get to work.
ing together but once they do, it would
take a cyclone to stop them.
Oklahoma News: Because of his ex-
travagance in buying ball players,
Larry Milton, pitcher-manager of the
Webbfeet, has sentenced himself to
two months of repentance. II have
been very extravagant this season."
said Larry during a fanfest today. Il
actually spent SIS for one player this
year and then he jumped me. Even
the s., $50 that have received for play
ers doesn't compensate me, for my ex-
travagance in buying Dennis O'Brien
and then losing him before he had de-
veloped sufficiently to net me hand
some profit. guess baseball is about
dead at Webb City and that there
a q there next NV
team hasn't drawn to amount to any
thing there this year and L had to
keep q team, SO l sold some OF my
players for enough to pay those that
stayed with me- We may not be win
ming as many games as some teams
but we have more fun than most of
them and we cause lot of trouble at
unexpected moments. l sold good
man when I let Downey go to Moist,
and 1 would like to see the Nets win
the rag but I am afraid that they will
never land. AS long as the local pitch
ing staff held up, they won a lot of
games but during the last few weeks
the pitchers have not been finding the
going so smooth. TWO victories out OF
the last eight games doesn't look well
for Met pennant chances"
Steyie Ragan isn't playing his usual
good game for Joplin, but it is little
wonder Stevie had bad attack or
fever in mldSeaSOn ana mas not entire-
Nv recovered as yet. In fact he is about
fifteen pounds below weight.
The Webb City team lost all its uni
forms in the fire which consumed the
Lee hotel at Oklahoma City. Jimmy
Cuthbert was especially unfortunate
as he lost a fine new suit of clothes
which he had bought but day or two
beforehand. The Nets and Tripletts
PLAYED a game yesterday for the bene-
At of the Webb City team and 1T is
presumed that enough was realized TO
assist Milton in purchasing new base
bal robes for his hired hands.
Umpire Bill Setley arrived in Topeka
Yesterday and will work in the pres
emit series on the home grounds. Setley
is the best umpire in the association
and Topeka and the visiting teams are
all assured of square deal.
There are a few familiar faces in the
lineup of the Hutchinson team which
arrived here yesterday, but it only
takes a short conversation with any OF
the old guard to see that conditions on
the team are far from satisfactory. A
more disconnected lot of ball players
never appeared in Topeka
Underestimate Is Recovering.
Milwaukee, Aug. 1S.-Word has
been received here from London, Eng
and, that George Hackenschmfdt. the
ex-champion wrestler, who was defeat-
ed by Frank Gotch at Chicago April
last. has just returned to England