The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-12
BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSIP.

Where They Play Tomorrow.
st. Joseph at Topeka.
Omaha at Denver.
Des MoineS at Lincoln.
Sioux City at Pueblo.
st. Joseph arrived from Lincoln where
they took the Sunday game with 13
runs and II hits. and win be the at
traction for three days.
Dryers bunch put up the appear
ance of baseball team while here and
by taking two games broke their sea-
son record, hiked their average and
made it four games they have won from
Topeka. or just half Of their winnings.
Fugate pitched great game Sun
day with the exception of the last in
ming, but that for which he was es-
pecially conspicuous was his perfect hit
ting record. He got a double, a single
and two walks in four trips.
Crompton, too, got to hitting Sunday
and found Mckee for two singles and
triple and walk in four trips.
Rather unusual these two triples in
succession in the eighth Sunday. Brel-
tenstein clouted the first on a line and
it tore to the right fence. Brit has not
been hitting the hard ones, heretofore,
Crompton's follow up for three was q
49,
evaded Anderson.
Anderson had quite a Sabbath. He
hit one through Breitenstein in tho
third and was caught on nrst SO ran 10
second where he was safe when Steiny
dropped the throw. Then he stole third
and scored because Beecher overran
the base on Hawkins peg. The run was
really gift.
hoH hits
Saturday as the Hopefuls. Joe Rickert
got their only score on an error. Al
ter doubling, Benz tried to catch him
off second and shot the ball without the
preliminary OF looking to see tnat some
one covered. Rickert executed a nice
piece of sack running and scored ne
fore the ball could be returned.
Sioux City Journal: Topeka's grand
squirt lasted just long enough to hand
sioux CITY a good. large dose of beat
ing. When the peppery Moore is aD!e
to direct his team again it Will be worth
the while of the other clubs to keep
a watchful eye On the Kaws.
Des Moines News: Andy Owens. who
has been on the bench since the
Hopefuls left on the last western trip,
announced Saturday that he would
Des Moines. Andy was sent word to re-
port to Comiskey at Chicago, from
whom Higgins secured him last sea-
son, but he has failed to report so FAR
and Saturday announced his intentions
for the future.
Smith Center (Kan.) Pioneer: The
Kaws have started on the warpath.
says a headline in the Topeka Journal.
Let US hope no down east mother
will think her boy out west Is going to
get scalped. The Kaws are not
tribe of bloodthirsty Indians. They
are just a scrub ball team down at
Topeka. The paper says they are go
ing after the scalps of the Sioux.
That will make the eastern mother
scream, but the Sioux. too, are Just
another ball team. It is the style of
reporting ball games, and no one can
understand it except baseball fan.
Wichita State League Town.
Wichita, Kan, June 1.-THE Well
ington franchise of the Kansas State
league was transferred to Wichita Sat
urday. The Western league, while still
holding this territory. granted the
Wellington club permission to play
| here the remainder of this season The
local Western league grounds Will be
used. Failure of the Wellington fans
| to support the team was the cause of
| the new move. C. e. Powell, manager
of the new Wichita team, says he will
| at once. secure some players 70
strengthen the team which now occu-
pies last place in the league standing.