The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

| Newton at Mcpherson.
| Arkansas City at Larned
! Great Bend at Lyons
| CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE
i Minneapolis at Clay Center.
/ Abilene at Salina.
i Junction City at Ellsworth
Manhattan at Beloit
I The seasons in the two state leagues
/ VIII soon be over. The Kansas State
! league viii exc out its existence until
] August Is. week from next Sunday
It looks MCPHERSON would win but two
weeks is yet time for the team to take
| tie long expected slump. Hutchinson
| is close second and link has been
! saving his mel; and making preparations
for final squirt. And Lyons with Ce-
Gil Bankhead at the head is not to be
counted out. The Central Kansas sea
son will drag along until September l.
Ellsworth and Salina are running a
| close race for the honors in this cir
cult. with the odds slightly IN favor
| OF Ellsworth. Ellsworth mas taken her
slump and has come out of it in good
shape Sajlna hasn't vet slumped and
the wise ones always expect a team to
take at least one slump during the sea-
son. But with over four weeks yet. the
dope may all be changed. One team
1 only has its position cinched seemingly,
ard that is Manhattan. which Is away
| to the good i'll the race for consolation
! honors.
! Newton has the honor of pulling of
a triple play. In a recent game witt tho
Eases filed and none out. a sharp hit
was nabbed by the third basemsn who
| threw 10 the plate catching a runner
hen the batter was caught at first on
q throw, while the runner who was or
| second was caught at the plate trying
| to score while the other two PLAYERS
were Icing executed. One Unusual fea.
1 tUre of the triple play was that the
| catcher got credit for two putouts and
enc assist.
| Such work as that which Pitcher
/ Hardin of off a Irrfr
| son Friday should be dealt with vigor-
cUsly. Hardin slugged the umpire with
a bat when a third strike was callel .
| on him. Hardin was arrested and held
| or state warrant. President Hostutler
| has an opportunity to uphold the dignity
| Of his league and the majesty of the
law, and should not allow him to play
again this season.
Great Berd seems to- have one classy
! pitcher in Maple. whom the dopesters
have overlooked in their selections for
the players who will go up. Maple is
inning with regularity and is the one
pitcher who Is keeping the milers IN
the race.
Choteau in addition to being a pretty
good pitcher, is good hitter, and in
the games he has pitched for Abilene
his hitting has been an important win
hing factor.
The baseball paragraphers in the Cen
trail Kansas should get together on the
proper orthogra ply of Abilene's catch
was Ergot. Now some insist that
Ehrgott is correct. with the season
to run 4 month yet. it is only fair to
presume that it will be spelled Ehrgotte
before the season ends.
Williford. Salinas outcast pitcher, is
now in Superior. Neb., where he is
pitching some great ball. In a recent
game he made the only score with a
home run Depew is catching him. He
won two out Of three games in a re-
cent series. Superior is a great ball
town, and has park much nicer than
that OF the majority of the Central
Kansas towns, although Superior is a
much smaller city than any of them.
Good attendance is reported at the
game which Arkansas City has trans
ferred 20 Winfield. The Grays might
well be called the Cowley county team,
row that Winfield is getting III on it.
Why not let Winfield have a franchise
rext season. instead of some Of the
r.oney losing towns now holding fran
chises.
Cloherty is doing good work for the
Merry Macks. He joined the ceam at
Il time when his services as a backstop
were more than welcome right after the
oeSertion Of Dspew. And he has caught
consistent ball ever since.
Lewis. of the Newton team, failed to
W in both games of recent double head
er. He went in against Mcpherson and
held the Macks to three hits in the
first game, scoring a shutout. In the
sc cond game he was hit hard for Is safe
rings and-h lost by only one run.
Kretzler Beloit's new pitcher, is de-
livering the goods to q queens taste Be
lott is pretty well down in the list right
now but p good winning squirt would
II AXE them Contenders Tor the nag.
Several of the Central Kansas teams
lave been after the services of Clarence
Bakulc. the former St Mary's south .
paw who now lives in Topeka Bakul1-
had turned down all offers, however.
although come were mighty tempting.
His reason for doing it is because he
desires to continue IS a college athlete.
Next season he expects to play both
baseball and football with Creighton,
ard the rules of eligibility in that school
precludes summer professional base
EaH.
But few if any of the Central Kan
sas players are expected to go to big
ger circuits next season. Most of the
G. K. players are college athletes who
have not completed their school work.
ard VINO are making pin money for
next season. Tire rules of the Kansas
college conference, known as the To-
reka conference rules. allow summer
baseball.
NEWTON WON'T SELL OUT.