The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-11
WESTERN ASSOCIATION GOSSIP.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW:
Topeka at Webb City.
Joplin at Springfield.
Oklahoma City at Hutchinson.
Wichita at Enid.

Oklahoma City at Hutchinson.
Wichita at Enid.
The locals left last night for Webb
City where they will play. four games
With the Tripletts. The Webb City
team Is the surprise Of the league this
season. They are now in second place
while the locals are battling right close
behind them. Milton has q bunch OF
Did heads on the team and they seem
to be playing good ball. The locals
the wings Of Millions proteges than
during the opening series. Cooley has
his bunch playing a great deal better
stride. From Webb City the locals will
tackle the Midgets in their own camp
and will then invade Joplin where they
will trim the Miners again-pefhaps.
Despite the fact that the Cooleysox are
on the road the local fans are expect
ing to see the locals win q majority OF
their games on the road and as the
team is composed Of youngsters and
hustlers, such seems to be probable
ity.
The reproduction Of the game at the
afford the fans a great opportunity of
following the games during the series
of twelve which will be played abroad.
Every play which is made will be re-
produced and announced from the stage
of the theater while the play will be
scored upon large score board which
has been arranged expressly for the
occasion. It will cost only ten cents
admission and the fans can follow the
successive steps Of the Cooleysox up
the pennant ladder and the final perch
ing on the top thereof.
Pollard did not accompany the team
on the trip last night. Cooley knows
about what the Evansville doctor can
do and he is planning to work the 9TH
what he can expect Of them. He Is up
against the proposition Of reducing the
pitching staff to four pitchers and will
probably make UP his mind who to let
go during the present trip.
Umpire Pokorny left last night for
Springfield where he will work during
the Springfleld-Joplin series while
Joseph Burke goes to Hutchinson to
onfciate in the battles between DR..
Topeka is now ahead of Wichita The
Jobbers dropped another to the Nets
yesterday and fell below. Webb City
took second place by winning from
Springfield while the Miners were tie
ing the locals. Oklahoma City is hold
ing first place by a margin of a couple
Of games but the downfall of the Nets
can be expected most any time. The
Nets do not look SO dangerous from
distance. The best that can be said of
them is for their pitching staff which
looks pretty good with Bandy and
Folbre, two southpaws and McClintock
and Hoffer, right handlers. The infield
however looks shaky and the outf1eld
does not rank any too high. The To-
"a he -
them right now and it is a safe bet
that Topeka will be fighting all the
way through for the pennant.
The batting feat of Landreth last
Saturday will probably hold the rec
ord in this league for long time to
come. Five hits in as many times up
is pretty good. He hit for a total of
eight bases. This, however, is less
than half the worlds record for hit
ting. The worlds record for hitting
was made by the elder Delehanty sew
eral years ago when he hit for a to-
tai OF seventeen bases in one game Sc
curing four home runs, and a single
out OF fve times up. However, his
percentage Is no better than that of
our own hero. Mr.. Landreth.
The following from the Daily Okla
homan is. a good summary Of the diff
ferent points of the Wichita team and
makes a good comparison with the
Jobber team Of last season. It should
does from Oklahoma City where the
Jobbers were trounced pretty lively
by the Nets. The Oklahoman says:
If Wichita manages to grab the w.
A. pennant again this season, it will
not be with the same corpulent per-
centage OF last season, for the team
this season is not the same bunch Of
pennant winning phenoms which car
ried the handsome "W's" proudly on
their manly breasts last season to vic
tory. The ranks of the Jobbers are
badly shattered. Fast youngsters and
club, last season, are not in their
places this year. In the first place,
Wichita mourns the loss Of "Buck'
Weaver. Buck" was a little bit too
long drawn out; but he was a ball
noodle full of baseball brains. Then.
too. Cy Young is gone. Fresh West
ern association players, often talked
slightingly of Cy's ability with the lit
tie pellet. but the glaring fact remains
them all. But, with only this champ
battery missing. Wichita would not be
so badly or. Just take glance at the
outfeld. wichita now. has Pennell.
Middleton and Cermack Pennell and
Their ability as consistent hitters.
baserunners and flelders don't come
up to Beals Becker, now leading or
for Pittsburg, and little Dick Bayle~s.
whose jobs they hold. Middleton is a
good fielder. fast on the bases, but he
does not hit, the ball like McIear.
like Nichols or Milan. At second
Wichita has q youngster named Mise.
He's fast, plays with Judgment, but he
does not hit the ball. and the team
that wins the -pennant must hit the
ball. despite the best opposition slab
men. 1t takes hits to win pennants.
Shut out pitching is of no avail with
out the hits and runs to win. But
take THIS hunch. Wichita will land in
division number one, and it's ikeiv
that the team beating the ex-chamns
out will land the rag.