The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-07

There was no game yesterday on
account of excessive moisture. few
faithful fans went out to the park
and watched Manager Cooley dish out
| rain checks. Next time Oklahoma
comes here there will be five battles
and they will be played in three days.
How is this for nerve. Just before
the game yesterday Shively wired
Cooley that there would be no game
| unless Setley umpired. Shively added
| that he would stand for no player
| umpires and that if players or any
one other than Setley should officiate.
the game would be thrown out. This
is about the limit, but still 1t will
who have learned to expect Shiveiy's
harpoon to be thrust into Cooley on
the least possible pretext. If Cooley
wins the pennant, he will have to beat
seven other teams and Shiveiy.
President Baker of the Joplin team
is planning to get Dick Bayless to play
the last three weeks of the season
with the Miners. Bayless has been
playing With wit hi the II, DAYTON team in the
has been playing a great game. Ru-
NOR has it that he has been sold to
Cincinnati. Baker has asked Shively
for permission to play Bayless. and
of course it will be granted. Baker
you know doesn't belong to the To-
peka team and as a result can ask
favors wit hthe expectation Of having
| his wishes complied with.
Hollingsworth won a game which
he pitched for the Nets at Webb City
after his ownership by the Topeka
team was substantiated. DR.. Shively
has thus far refused to throw the
| game out. Had Topeka pulled off a
| similar stunt the game would have
gone out of the won column.
The work of Bill Rapps around the
initial station has surprised many of
his friends around the circuit Rapps
is putting up a good game for the
sistently as any of the players. Rapps
won his reputation in the outfield,
but used to loaf occasionally. He has
shown the proper spirit all season.
| There is only one fault that can
be found with Thirdbaseman Emory
| of the Nets and that is that he is
afraid of the runner. Frequently he
| fails to tag the runner with the ball
| when the play is close, just on this
| account
| Frank Genins who will be remem-
| bered as the leading crab on the
| Hutchinson team Of two seasons ago,
has been having hard luck this seas
\ son. He has been manager of the
league and succeeded in getting his
team on the top of the pennant lad
| der. Then he injured his foot about
six weeks ago and hasn't been able to
play since He may not be back
management has cast him adrift on
! account of financial considerations.
The Webb City-oklahoma City
| games which were to have opened in
| Webb City tomorrow have been trans
| ferred to Oklahoma City. Webb City
| isn't drawing enough to keep up ex-
| penses and Milton is forced to trans
fer some of his games in order to
criticised for turning loose soms
good players but the receipts of the
team on the home grounds have made
| it necessary to retrench in the
| salaries.
| fans have, both guaranteed their
players a thousand dollars bonus at
| the end of the season if they win the
pennant A similar movement Is on
| foot in Wichita. Are Topeka fans
| asleep?
If sporting editors wish to clip
items from this column for their
sporting page the editor has no OBJ
| jections. But he hates to see the
| items credited to other papers.
Robert Kennedy, the Enid out
fielder formerly with Topeka, has
been here for several days. He was
recently injured in a game at Joplin
by sliding into second. He has stiff
ankle. More than likely, though, he
will get into the game during the
present series.
Trolley Dodgers New Man.