The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-03
SMALL BITS OF SPORT

The Dougherty basebal team de-
feated the Santa Fe telegraph team
Saturday afternoon by a score of 5
to 4. The game was a pitchers battle
and with the exception of Keffer's
wildness. the honors were evenly di-
vided.
The feature of the game was the
ninth inning rally of the Dougherty
team, when they won the game on an
error, a walk and Forbes single.
The score by innings: R.H.E.
Santa Fe .....20000200O-4 4 8
Dougherty 80 1OO012O1|5 2 4
Batteries: Keffer and Martin:
Mechem and Kistler, Forbes.
Scandal, Kan. June S.-The third
set of games in the Republic County
Y. NJ. c A. Amateur Baseball League
was played Saturday. The contests re-
Chester. at Chester, IT to IL; Repub-
lie won from Munden at Munden. II
to 8, and ~BellevIIle beat Scandal at
Scandal. 16 to 6. Narka, Munden. Re
place. each having won four games.
Scandia is in last place, having lost
all games played so far.
GaIena. Kan, June 3.-Galena beat
Oswego, Kansas, in one of the poorest
played games of the season. Errors at
critical times excited pity. Bankso
was benched in the sixth at the first
OppOIluG1Lys OCOIe. IA.I1sIJ-
oswego ....OO01O3ooo-4 5 7
Galena .......1 2OOO012*- 10 1
Batteties-Lynn n Miller, Lynn
and BeSgs; Bankson, Ferns n Bell.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Time-2:03.
Winfield, Kan, June 3.-The Win
field Reds romped away with the game
with the Wichita Linwood Park team
by a score of 5 to 1. Seven walks were
given the local batters. The Wichita
team made six singles n one two-
base hit. Score: R.H.E.
LinwooG 100 l o. z 3
acknowledgements and Cast;
Breeder and Backus. Umpires-Jack-
son and Beasley.
Pittsburg, June 3.-Owners and rep
resentat1ves of six clubs of the United
States League met here to formulate a
plan for reorganization. They We're in
session fer several hours. After adj
journment it was announced that an
other meeting would be held Monday,
after which a formal statement would
be given out. The following clubs
were rel resented:
Pittsburg, Reading, Cincinnati, Chi
cago, Richmond and Washington.
It was sail that probably two west
ern cities would be taken into h
league in the places of New York and
Cleveland. the two clubs not represent
ed at the meeting.
It became known that Captain Mar
shall Henderson OF this city was elect
ed president of the United States
as successor to William A.
Whitman of Reading, Pa.
It is probable that ST. Louis and In
~dianapo1is will take the franchise of
the New York and Washington clubs.
Emporia, KAN, June 3.-The new
diamond at the fair grounds was open
ed by q victory of the Emporia team
over Strong City, 4 to l.. Lawson, who
sK4I@I f@- ~ - - o11nDyn1 onn hit |
a scratc1y single in the ninth. He set
down thirteen on strikes. The batting
of Frost, Merwin and Wind was re-
sponsible for Emporia's scoring.
Stockton, Cal, June 3.-Maurice E.
Mclaughlin, Pacifi; coast and western
champion. upheld his leadership in the
central California tournament COM
Long. 81, So, playing in brilliant
form. Miss Florence Sutton retained
her championship in the women's
singles.
New York, June 3.-Two new
worlds amateur records were made at |
the track and field games of the Met
ropolitan association of the A A. U.
at Celtic park, the proceeds of which
will go to the Olympic fund to defray
the expenses of the American athletes
to Stockholm.
Abel r. Kiviat OF the I~rish-Amer-
lean AEnIGL1C CIQD, VIC WOI the LOW !
meter handicap from scratch in :
1856 As, ran ? 20 seconds faster thai
his worlds record time made over the
same track last Sunday.
James H. Duncan, unattached, of
this city, who broke the worlds discus
record from the s foot 2 inch circle
here a week ago. scaled the discus
a Z foot circle a distance of 145
feet 81. inches. The best previous
record was 141 feet, made by Martin
a year ago.
Philadelphia, June 3.-Wm. Abbott
Witmann, ST., of Reading, Pa, presi-
of the U. S. Baseball league, a
filed a petition of voluntary bank
ruptcy in the U. S. district court here.
His liabilities are placed at. S53,S06
and his assets at $4,000. The assets
include the Reading baseball park,
valued at $500
Among the liabilities is an item of
1870 due as salaries to players of the |
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