The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

! Heinie Schmidt the Hutchinson cast
off pitcher, has been signed by the Be
! lott team and will finish the season
with Eoright's bunch.
Earl White, of the Hutchinson team,
! IS in Wichita getting married. His
| ttanCee IS classmate of his at Fair
mount. White is the best outfelder
in the league.
The Manhattan Mercury advises the
fans who don't like the team to stay
| away from the game.
] The Newton owners had a chance to
I sell their franchise to another town,
but at d meeting called to consider the
proposition decided to retain their pro-
perty.
That Ginning game between Lyons
and Mcpherson must have been d real
battle. 1t will likely stand for some
time as the longest game in the league.
The real feature of the game was the
work of Umpire Cleary who stopped
the game while one of the bat boys
walked block to get him a chew.
Some interesting bali games are be
sc mi-profc-siCnal championship of
northwestern Kansas is being fought
cut.
Tie Kansas State league must be a
pretty slow one. Bill link stole three
bases in a recent game.
Hassler and Manda, of the Lyons
team won't report to Wichita until the
end of the season in the State League.
Lyons lGCTeS Ll3L IneIe - a SOOQ
chance to cop the rag. And there is
hut u few points difference between
Mcpherson, Hutchinson and Lyons.
Brannon and Perrine on the infield
ought to pull off some swell fielding
stunts for Mcpherson
Since winning that double header
from Great Bend Tuesday. the Newton
team is counted as one likely to finish
higher than her present position.
Bill 1Iowey again failed to land a
Victory Tuesday. Bill is certainly the
hard luck pitcher of the Larned team.
The way those Larned fans support
tail end team should be taken as an
example by the fans in some OF the
Western League towns.
Dutch S:egle actually caught an en- 4
tire game of nine innings for the Ells-
worth team a few days ago.
Salina according to the wise ones, 10
down and out as far as the rag is con-
cerned The knowing ones figure that
Salina is just beginning to take the
il evitab}e slump. while Ellsworth has
had hers.
That Gill who ever he is. who is
pitching for Junction City must be
pretty good pitcher. He won a double
header Tuesday.
Quigley has been after Clarence
Bakuie, the Santa Fe office pitcher
Ralxule, however turned the offer down
He won a lot Of games for Qulgley at
St. Marys, but he doesn't ike Qulg.
Abilene has a new pitcher, Johnson,
who seems to be a winner. Atty VIII
son has made winner out of the Abb
lenas.
Wichita Eagle: The players Of the
Kansas State league, who live in Texas.
will go on a transforming tour or
Kansas and Oklahoma as soon as the
state League championship season
closes. which is on August Is mum
Der of the leading players OF the CIR,
nit live in Texas and have organized
a team for transforming tour under
the leadership of Umpire Dit Spencer.
The team will be made up OF the fol-
loving pIayers: Meade or wellington
ND Mcdowell of Great Bend, catchers;
HAYES and Giffen of wellington, Salm
# CSreaL send and Lewis of Newton,
,itchers; Kennedy If Great Bend, first
base; Earthman OF Great Bend. seconu
oase. wells of wellington, third base;
BROWN of wellington. shortstop; Pitt
nan of Newton. left field; Pullman OF
Newton. center neld; Pankey OF Well
rgton, right field.