The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-09

INTO shape, BoleS, who Is warming up
every day, VIII take his turn at pitch
ing If 1 need him. I have a bunch of
pltcners who are going to raise some
trouble for these fellows. We're doing
II now. We have three weeks longer
OF our hard schedule, but after July
the nome bugs will see some of the
SWEETEST baseball they ever saw. My
club looks to me like a big league.
club. 1t is the best I ever had"
Won the game for Topeka in the second.
when he caused the Bull Durham sign
TO Sndver-Wt1at there is left of ft-wlth
a drive that would have splntered
board or two had It gone a few feet
to the north and bit lower. As 1t
fence and instead of $50, Cyrus picked
up five pounds of makin's and Mr..
Kaufman's sincere thanks
Reilly, Kunkle and Kahl We'd with
in the inf1eld, while Harris, subbing
for Pennel! in right, ran down IsbeMs
long foul in the ninth and picked 1t out
of the ozone Just when Izzy was ex-
pecung to start q real rally. Harris
went after the ball much like Auntde
used to shoe the chickens out of her
| posies, but he got the ball. The fact
that he drove in the second run OF the
clay is enough to show that for one day,
at least, he didn't weaken the lineup.
After Izzy had died, Belden walked
ard Middleton put all of his % pounds
against one of Kaufnlan's straight ones
The thing looked like a sure hit and
possibly a home run, for Thomason was
laying in close to third when Middle
| ton swung. How Thomason got back
TIC that fence in time to catch the ball
but few persons who were IN the grand
stand know. All they saw was his arms
doing Dutch windmill stunt as he
| noated through the air. As a matter
| of fact Tommy is something of stud
| ent of aeronautics, and he found that
| his imitation biplane movement was
| just the thing yesterday. He Rugged
that ball to his breast when he came
down and Jimmy Durham. who was
running for Belden, had to back to first
instead of trekking home as he most
certainly would have done had Thon1a-
son been less ambitious.
Wichita Beacon: 1t is seldom that
two teams in any league will play as
pretty a game as that yesterday be-
tween Wichita and Topeka. The fact
Topeka won is a mere incident. The
visitors deserved to win, though the
Jobbers. too, played great ball and
Shaner showed why Manager Isbell has
confidence in him. Art Pennell
! showed up on the coaching lines, but
the big fellow hardly will get into tho
game during this series. He suffered a
| broken finger at Denver Sunday that
will keep him out for several days to
come. wooley was sick and out of the
1 lineup, too. Danny Claire pull
ed off good one in the third. After
| Harris had singled and Kaufman had
popped out, Thomson got on when
| Claire and Hughes between them fell
! down on an attempted double play and
everybody was safe. Boles drove q
/ liner at Claire and the shortstopper
| dropped it. He quickly recovered the
| ball, threw to third and took WeSter-
| zil's return peg for a double play while
| the Topeka base runners stood speech
less. Topeka claimed an inf1eld fly, but
| Umpire Mullen very rightly couldn't
| fly 1t was quick thinking upon the
| part of Danny, whether he dropped the
| ball purposely or not. There
were five fast doubles yesterday, one
| by Westerzil unassisted. Reil-
| ly's fine catch of Pettigrew's liner over
| short prevented Hughes from scoring in
the second. 1t looked like a, sure enough
| and pulled it In. It's no dis
| grace to be beaten by tailenders when
they play as Topeka played yesterday.
| Harve Pelton. president of the
| Western Warehouse company, present
ed Manager Isbel with a brand new
broom the other day. 1t was made
especially to sweep off the home plate,
| the wrapper was printed this inscrip-
! ton: 1.-The flag follows the broom.
1 Here's hoping Wichita wins the 1910
/ pennant." But that broom won t
| sweep any dust off the plate. Izzy says
it's too nice, and besides the umpires
carry their own busters. Izzy took it
| home and put it in the front parlor
| along with big Betsy the war club
| that got four doubles in a, worlds series
4 game against the Cubs