Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-07-30
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game with Hutchinson only two
men played their regular posi-
tiOns. This also was the case
ln the first games at Welling-
ton on the former trip. On this
last trip to Wellington, Weber,
the heavy hitter of the team
and a star fielder, was un6ortu-
nate enough to wrench an ankle
in sliding to second when up the
first time in the first game, re.
suit, forced to retire, and ex-
cept for pitching a little at
Newton has been out of the
game since. That is little
of the luck that we have had to
contend with. There seems to
have been a .hOodoo. On the
other hand take Mcpherson,
whose winning streak was hard
ly jamed by the exodus of play
erS from the town one night.
That's the kind of luck they
have been having.
Every man on the team that
we have now is a rattling good
player. Some of these previous
ly released were the sam e kind,
others not. Take Green. he
pitched some of the hardest
fought games we have had, an6
lost, not through any fault of
hls own or any one else in par
ticular but the break was against
him. Mize, who did practically
nothing while with us, has had
excellvent success with McPher
SON. We may not be a judge
of good players, but we believe
that the team wearing the Mill
ers" uniform at this time is as
fast as amy in the league. Jok.
erst is acknowledged to be the
peer of any backstop in the
league, and is sought after by
three different cubs in the West
ern League. Patton, who has an
excellent success with McPher-
playing, has already been sold
to a Western League club. Fed
er, who is playing his first
year in protected ball, has made
good, especially with the stick,
has been bid for by a Western
League club. These things go
to show that we have the team.
We noticed in the batting aver.
age of HutchinsOn's team a few
a few days ago that ony three
men batted better than 200.
We have two men batting bet
ter THAN 300 and three over
the 200 mark, at the last re
port. Maple, the youngest man
on the team and the youngest
twirler i'm the league, has the
best record as a twirler, we be.
lleve he has won as many games
as any mann in the league. Bill
Salm, another man on the
mound, pitched two games with a
total of "a innings here one day,
with fewer hits off of him than
have been made ON some of the
crack pitchers in nine innings
Kennedy at first can't be beat.
Go all through the list, Hmack,
BOckewitz, Hoffman, Earthman,
King all of them, have done
good work. Some fault is found
with Kings management. Well
that is like everything else.
King is managing that team ac-
cOrding to his ideas. He has mai
aged teams, pennant winning
teams i'm higher Leagues, SO we
are Willing to let him handle
this team the way he wants to.
We belive he knows what he is
doing. One thing is sure, he has
had less trouble with the umpire
than any man that has managed
a team in theleague. With but
few exceptions, every game the
boys have played, the spectators
have received their moneys worth
Of course we want them to win
instead of lose. But that can't
be all the time.
The management has kept with
in the prescribed rules of the
League. The team has worked
hard and faithfully. They have
rendered value received for