The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-19
READY FOR CAME
Santa Fe Chooses 3 Teams and
and Is Substitutes.
Railroad Officials VS.. Officers
at State House.

General officials at the offices of the
Santa Fe railway in Topeka today did
not announce the completion of new
$4,000 600 branch line. No news of a
100000 equipment order was given
out. No appointment of a $4,000 a
wear official was forthcoming. Not to-
day. The Santa Fe preferred to hold
back the minor news for the real big
story of the year-the announcement
of the lineup for the baseball game
with the state officials at League park
Saturday afternoon.
And it is some lineup.
Three separate teams-one for each
inning-have been chosen. For rear
that there might be vacancies on &C
count of injuries or heat prostrations a
list of 10 substitutes has been made
out
These teams include all the general
officials of the road who have sporting
blood in their veins And they are go
ing into this game with the state oIl-
GERS for the love of the sport-and Tor
the staging of an afternoon of comedy
TO the crowds. Incidentally, all the
proceeds will go toward the mainten-
ance of the orphans home.
Now, just to give you an id sian OF q
brass collars of the Santa Fe are
planning to pull off for the benefit OF
the spectators
March Behind Bands.
In the first place the team, 80 strong,
will march into the grounds behlno
the Santa Fe Apprentice band. with
the team will march a dozen or more
attendants carrying apparatus, signals
equipment and other paraphernalla
for use in the three-inning combat be-
tween the representatives of the soulless
red dragon corporation and the pro-
tectors of the dear pee-puPs rights.
The state house team Will 1oIIoW the
reform school band.
Then, in true circus fashion, will come
a company of militia in full UNIFORM.
Snugly hemmed in between stalWart
soldiers will walk L. L. kiene, sherlH
and noble citizen, with ]. E. House.
paragrapher and notorious prohibltory
witness. These two men have abandon
ed all family cares despite the warn
ings of their life insurance companies,
and have agreed to umpire the game
Judge A. w. Dana has been chosen
master of ceremonies. He Will be as
sisted by Tom McNeal
AT large, Madame F'rederiSh Nipp-
ski and Mademoiselle Johanna Haugh-
eyavitch, will keep close tab on the
games progress. Women police under
personal orders of Chief General Col
onel J. W. F. Hughes in disguise will be
there to puncture the storm cloud.
Among the unique features of this
baseball farce gwill be brand new
set of rules drawn up by the Santa Fe
officials. The state officers have not
agreed to these rules, to be sure, but
the Kansas supreme court justices
have promised to attend the game in
a body and all decisions that extend
beyond the jurisdiction of the umpires
and assistants will be appealed to the
court.
Isaiah Hale, general safety commits
sioner of the Santa Fe. will be on hand
constantly. The score will be kept by
the entire state accounting depart
ment and will be checked by the audit
ing department of the Santa Fe. Au-
tomato block signals will be operated
on the bases and will be placed in
operation when the runners are in
action a complete wireless station
outfit will be maintained in center
field that President Wilson and Sena-
tor Thompson might be kept informed
of Governor Hodges success.
State Officers are Serious.
A thousand other features-details
never practiced before in baseball will
be inaugurated at the game Saturday
afternoon.
And the best part of 1t is that the
state house officials are in the game to
beat The railroad off1cers-the rail-
road men, on the other hand, are there
for the fun of 1t. Mix comedy and
tragedy-and sausage of delight can
be promised the bugs"
The game begins at o'clock at
Western League park. The grand
march will be started at that time
sharp. Practically all of the boxes in
the grandstand have been reserved by
Topeka's silk stockinged society. 1t
promises to be a game of social dis
tinction as well as excitement. The
money will be given to charity.
A combination between tragedy,
a musical comedy, a dramatic farce
and the national sport-all for the
price of one common everyday bottom
of the league ball game-and you do
not need to go home cussing Gear and
his Texas Leaguers-
Take a squint at this lineup of
Santa Fe officials:
First inning:
kouns. p; Collinson, c; Koontz 1b;
Copeland, 2b; Cornell, 3b; Hamilton,
IS; Smith, IF; Parker, CT; Strickland,
If.
Second inning:
Bunnell, p; Collinson, c; Mowers,
1b; Thomas, 2b; Rice, 3b; Burnett, SIS;
Drury, IF; Walsh, CT; Merrick, If.
Third inning:
Cartridge, 2b; Wood, 3b; Mitchell, SIS;
Lautz, rf; Hale, CT; Stevens, If
Substitutes-Gray, Rutledge, Meade,
Jones, German. Rex. Montgomery
Shakeshaft, Wellman, Nichols, Raster,
Freeman and Morse.
Civil Service Examinations.
The following dates have been an