The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-18


Topeka at Des Moines.
Lincoln at Omaha.
Wichita at st. Joseph.
Denver at Sioux City.
The Bug.
Once upon midnight dreary
L was feeling kind O. leary,
For the home team had been beaten
And it made me rather sore
While 1 nodded nearly mapping.
Suddenly there came tapping,
Sounding like somebody rapping,
Rapping at my chamber door.
g 'Tis some baseball bug" 1 muttered,
Tapping at my chamber door,
Only this and nothing more"
Presently my soul grew stronger;
Hesitating then no longer:
Sir said I, you must be nutty-
State your business, / inplore;
Why do you disturb my mapping
With your everlasting tapping
And your loud incessant rapping,
Rappng at my chamber door?
All the neighbors must have heard you
Here L opened wide the door
Quoth the stranger: What's the scorer"
Back into my chamber turning.
All my soul within me burning.
Soon again I heard tapping.
Something louder than before.
Suddenly jumped and grabbed him;
With a butcher knife 1 stabbed him
And 1 flung him to the floor,
Where, with dying breath, he muttered,
Can you tell me what's the scorer
Only that and nothing more.
-Post-Dispatch.
Wichita Beacon: George Hughes is
playing a great game now both in the
field and at bat but there are still
few wise ones who hate to acknowl-
edge that George is a good player. He
has been going good for so long now
that the knockers have hard time re-
membering some of his boots during
the early part of the season His play
yesterday on Lees hot grounder to-
wards second was as fast a play as
has been pulled off in the park this
year but a few hated to give him a
hand on it.
Lincoln News: Johnny Gonding has
the Columbus club in the Nebraska
State League to Red Smyth, the for
mer Lincoln outfelder, although
Johnny is sticking with the team in
the backstopping department.
prexy declared that the report that he
had appointed Jack Haskell chief of
UNI pires. was absolutely false and was
the weird pipe dream of an Omaha
scribe. He declared that Haskell
would never have another job in the
Western League unless he was sane
toned by the club owners.
The Detroit club has farmed First |
Baseman Burns, purchased from OF |
tumwa in the Central Association, to |
the Sioux City Indians. Burns got
away to great start with the Sioux. |
In his first game Saturday he picked
a single, a triple and a home run in |
three times. at bat, in addition to |
handling eighteen of his nineteen |
chances Billy Turner, a former Lin
coin fan, now making his business
hea dquarters in Burlington, a Central
town, spills the informa- |
ton that Burns is sweet ball player.
and we are willing to take Bills word |
for it.
Denver News: Ryan is with Butte, |
Mont Moran, the left handler. sent TO
Butte by Jack Hendricks, is slated for
release today. 1t is stated that label |
will report to Helena this week. All |
the above players are well known here |
Jimmy Sullivan, former catcher and [
manager with the Lincoln club, has
laid aside the mask and mitt for all |
time and now is handling the indicator
in the Central League. Jimmy ought to /
be a success as an umpire. He has
had long experience in the game and /
is bulky enough to command respect |
from rowdy ball players who delight !
in starting something in case they |
traitor. The rowdies aren't half so !
size.