The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10

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bested only by Collins, Cobb Lajois'
Crawford Hoffman of St Lplis, H.
Lord, and Browne. Arts record is: %
games; 1919 A. b; 20 runs; SIS H; S.
H; s. B.; Percentage .292
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Where They Play Tomorrow.
KANSAS STATE LEAGUE.
Hutchinson at Newton.
Great Bend at Arkansas Clty'
LarreG at Mcpherson.
Wellington at Lyons.
CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE.
Minneapolis at Beloit.
Junction City at Abilene
Clay Center at Manhattan.
Salina at Ellsworth.
Johnson, the Clay Center pitcher,
evidently considers himself square
with Manhattan, which team turned
him loose a week or two ago. He re
Gently administered decisive beating
against his old teammates shutuns
them out with six scratchy and scat
tered hits.
Short who is just now acting as
manager of the Minneapolis team IS
a Concordia boy, but has been play
ing ball down in Texas all spring.
Wells, an outfielder who was re-
leased by Beloit is hanging around
Junction City waiting for job. He
is said to be a pretty good sort OF an
outfieIder, but Ebright wasn't pleased
with his style.
Happy westcott doesn't seem to be
getting away any too good with the
fans of Clay Center as the following
from the Dispatch will show:
lone Happy Westcott, heralded as
a wonder, who has been and may still
be a twirler of much merit, who is
costing the association good money.
was sent in to do duty against the
cellarites. Happys work for the most
part was farcial in the extreme and
had it not been for theeXcellent work
of our fielding staff the lowly Maroons
would have made him look worse than
a lead nickel. Possibly Westcott has
an idea that such an exhibition OF
throwing as he made makes run Tor
the fans who pay to see ball playing.
If he thinks that way he mistakes, FOR
his work neither pleased the fans nor
did it create any great MARTY
amongst the men who are putting up
the money he is expected to earn.
Cecil Bankhead must have life
mortgage on that job at Lyons. He
has already responded to the invita-
ton and has attached his name to a.,
1910 contract.
Hunt who was turned adrift by
the Great Bend team won all his
games since joining Hutchinson. He
is now saving himself for the final
series when Great Bend closes the
season at Hutchinson, Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday.
Patton of the Great Bend team is
known as the RUDE Waddeu of that
circuit. He doesn't booze like the
original, but he resembles him in
nearly every other way, fielding his
position in the same manner, and is
just as rangy and erratic.
Manager Cuigley of SaIina has re-
leased Harry Baird. who once tried
out with Topeka. Baird hasn't been
pitching very good ball this season.
lawrence the Haskell Indian catch
er was also released. With Swift in
good shape Lawrence wasn't needed.
The Junction city Sentinel is the
latest paper to join in the spitban
campaign. in discussing the saliva
ted delivery. the Sentinel says:
There has been more or less talk
that the powers that be in baseball
are going to legislate against the spit
ball. Here's hoping that they do.
Use of the spitbaIl is leading to much
doping of which the grandstand
knows little; but nevertheless it is out
of line with the spirit of baseball. Just
for instance. Williams. who worked
for Abilene yesterday, was in a crouch
all afternoon because there was licor-
ice on some of the balls and he there
fore could not get his saliva Squirt"
to break properly. Some of the juno
ton City players were chewing icor-
ice. just to make it hard for Will
liams to use his splitter" And VIII
liams while kicking because some Of
the Junction City players were chew
ing licOrice, was himself champing
away on mouthful of slippery elm.
in order to manufacture more spit q
for use in throwing his 'salica squirt
If the thing keeps up. ball players will
need to take course in chemistry in
order that they may know how to
work with or against a spit BALI
pitcher.