The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
BASEBALL CAB AND GOSSIP.

At Kaw field tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock the team will be placed on
exhibition. Gear and Wikidal, head
ing the squads with which they have
been travelling all spring will leave
Tulsa tonight for Kansas City. To-
morrow before noon they will be in
Topeka. Tomorrow afternoon will not
only be the first chance the local fans
have had to see the team but it will
be an opportunity to see all of the
players in action. The weather man
has been behaving moderately well for
a couple of weeks and it may be that
he will give a fair day for the opening
OF the local exhibition season. This is
merely a hint to sunny Flora, To-
bias B. Jennings, ct al, but surely it
IS not necessary to make more specific
mention of what he is expected to do.
Beside seeing the team tomorrow
the fans will have an opportunity to
see the work that has been done at
kaw field. And there has been
mighty change. Fans who haven't
seen the place since last fall will not
know it. The diamond is as pretty a
raised and rolled and the field drain
ed until it looks like another place.
Instead of the mud hole around and
back of home plate there is we'll rails
ed ground on which water couldn't
stand if it tried. The new bIeachers
are completed and add to the appear
ance of the place. The first base
bleachers have been removed. The
entrance to the grandstand leads up to
the press box and the long walk I'M
der the grandstand is done away with.
One ticket will admit to both the
grandstand and the gate this year.
The bleacher exits will help the spec
tatorS to get out of the grounds quick
ly and with less crowding. The in
field is perfectly drained and the hills
and valleys in the outer gardens have
been removed. The club house is
nearing completion and will be finish
ed in a short time. The diamond will
be little soft for some time but that
is the fault of the weather man who
delayed spring until nearly time for
summer. A little time and the work
the surface. But there's been vast
improvement since last year.
The Boosters are preparing to do
more boosting than the town ever saw
on the opening day. One thousand
booster buttons will be sold today and
early next week. This money will be
used in defraying the expenses Incl
Charles E. Joslin, was elected secre
tary of the Boosters club at the Fri
day night meeting. Vic Newman, the
11-year-old, baseball prodigy and mas
cot for the Boosters has consented to
accompany the Boosters the opening
day. The stores are being asked to
close for the opening, the hours being
from until o'clock The parade
which will be given will start at be-
tween 1880 and o'clock. 1t has not
yet been decided whether or not the
Santa Fe offices will close, but the fans
there employed are hoping they too,
will have a chance to attend the game
Both Kaw teams won in Fridays
contests and today marks the close of
work on the southern trip. WikidaPs
insurgents won from Okmulgee by the
score of to 8. Wainwright and G.
Chapman did the battery work. The
teams made three errors each. The
best crowd of the training season saw
the contest. Gears regulars punched
hits on Oklahoma City and won by
the same score. Fugate and Cocre
ham pitched fair baseball. The Kaws
made seven hits of which Cocreham
got a single and a two-bagger.