The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07
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WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW:
| Topeka at Denver.
| Wichita at Pueblo.
/ Sioux City at Omaha.
/ Lincoln at DeS MOineS.
! Fenlon is leading the Topeka team
| in hitting. He was the only player
on the team who failed to hit yester-
| day. Great game, this baseba
| McManus isn't catching for Des
| Moines now. The former Topekan
J hurt his foot a few days ago and will
| get d layoff of several days. At least
this is what the Des Moines papers
| say
| Many of the Topeka fans will re-
member Mike Erwin who caught for
| Topeka in 1907, playing here a good
| part of the season. This same player
| has been sold by the Rochester club Of
| the Eastern league to Brooklyn. When
he was with Topeka in 1907, he was the
property of the Detroit club Late in
the season big Germany Schmidt got
hurt and Jennings sent for Mike. Mike
went up and at the same time Archer
went there. Neither was hardly fast
enough and were sold to the minors.
Erwin went to Rochester and Archer
went to another Eastern league club.
Archer is doing valiant service for the
Cubs in their climb for the pennant,
and who knows but what the SuperbaS
will find our own Erwin just as good
a catcher.
Larry Milton. who was pitching
classy ball for the Little Rock team for
d while, has drawn his release. Milton
hasn't the endurance he once had. His
trouble at Little Rock was from this
source. He would pitch fine ball for
five or six innings and then he would
weaken and before he could be yanked
the enemy would have the game.
The Boston Boomer Girls will play
in Wichita tomorrow. Asa Slater, who
once signed with Topeka and Ward
Isbell, a former Topeka twirler. will
with Boston. was once with this
Bloomer team.
Although Bill Rourke is directing the
Omaha team from the bench. reports
from up north say that Bill Shipke is
acting as field captain.
According to the Pueblo Chieftain.
the Topeka team is a rowdy bunch. If
that is the case the English language
would be badly overworked in finding
a name suitable for some other aggre-
cations around this Western league |
circuit
Heinie Mag, has a peculiar record. |
The other day he was only at bat once
and got hit that time, but during the |
game he scored five runs. The oppOs- |
ing pitcher must have heard of Heinie |
before and made best use of his knowl- |
edge in walking the Grizzly third base |
man.
Doc Miller didn't do much to the
Topeka pitchers during the last series |
with Pueblo here, but he is certainly |
making up for lost time while he has /
the Topeka pitchers on his home |
grounds. He is still leading the league.
The Pueblo papers are taking a
whack at Kahl and abusing his good |
The Pueblo papers and the
Lincoln Journal seem to have some
sacker.
Leslie Nunamaker. the young catch
er whom Lincoln farmed out this
spring, Will join the Lynx in Des
Moines tomorrow.
There ought to be a great crowd in
Omaha tomorrow. Ducky Holmes and
his hated band of pennant chasers will
be the attraction.
Topeka has an extra game to play az
Denver and Manager Jones who has
the say-so may elect to have it staged
as one of the games of a double head
er tomorrow.
Cooley now has four pitchers with the
team in Wright, Kaufman, Thomson
and Harris. When the team comes
home Thursday two. others will join
the club-Burnum and Darrah. Those
who have seen Darrah work declare he
has the finest assortment of curves
seen on the local lot this season, and
that he has some speed to go with
them. Topeka has twenty scheduled
games to play on the next home series
with the chances favorable for double
header or tWo-one with Lincoln and
one with Omaha If Topeka finishes
am place the chance will be then
The Lincoln papers are not exuberal-
ing very much over the acquisition o.
Jack Forester. Jack has lost three
zarr,As thus far manv of them being