The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-02
KANSAS STATE LEAGUE.

Salina ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Hutchinson
Batteries-McCoy and Hale: GRADER
and Diamond. Umpire-Hamline.
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.
(By Jake Lewis, Official Scorer.)
But one member Of the old Cub ma
chire. acknowledged to have been the
greatest aggregation Of baseball play
ers assembled together, remains on the
payroll Of the Chicago National league
club. OF that famous club OF 1SO6.
Frank Schultz. the greatest home-run
hitter of the majors. is the only man
who is still at the post.
Now as one watches the Cubs in ac-
ton, they wonder, but not as they dad
eight years ago. Eight years ago one
wondered with admiration and thought
that baseball has reached Its zenith
when this great club was assembled,
and now one wonders with recollections
of the past and with desire to see
another club, equally as great. assem-
bled in the major leagues. They also
wonder where this galaxy Of stars have
gone-some with other clubs ana some
have quit the game on account OF age
and deterioration, which comes to all
The first to recall is the great Z. w:
Murphy. who made more than ha1
million. He was forced to retire.
Frank Chance, his manager is with
the New York YANKEES anu Is 1AceIAA6
with more or less success.
The Iineup of this great machine was:
Slagle. CT; Sheckard. If; Tinker. S.
Chance. 1b; Steinfelt, 3b; Schultz, RI;
Evers, 2b; King, c; Brown, p Ruel-
bach, d; and Hoffman. utility- Anng'
once the marvel Of catchers mas retlreo.
and ia running a billiard hall in Kansas
City.
Brown, the three fingered wonder no
longer effective, is managing the st.
Louis Federals.
Chance. the peerless leader Is with
the Yankees; Evers Is with the sos.on
dash: Tinker is virtually the whole OF
the Federal league; Sheckard Is play
INC with the American assoc1at1On'
Steinfelt is no longer In the game ga
gle has disappeared from the diamond
Hoffman is with the Brookiyn euea IA
And Schulte-he alone remains OF an
that Industrious, fear-inspir1ng ana
hea rf-electrffying machine. He still Is
Having good ball. but not so long ago
he was taken out to aIiO% anctneIs 70 va.
for him-a silent message shat the eEu
is drawing near to the man wy ns
made more homeruns in the big leagues
than any other and who was once az
judged the most valuable ball player III
the National league. And when the enc
i1oes come (and we hope 1t Is Iar away,
We will not only see the last OF a 9rea'
y,Io
.Red" Doom, in charge OF the
PhiIadelpfia Nationals. is said to ne
having trouble with the players ana
with the owners and he may retire
before the season is completed. with
a club riddled by the outlaws and
Matched up by players who do not
come up to tie scratch, has caused
Dooin's trouble in a manner, ano any
nerson who would be manager OF sucn
he
Pow Middleton, with the Wichita
,,vh last wear and for several other
seasons. is hitting .315 in the Paclrlc
Coast league. There are less tnan
dozen in the 300 class on the entire
circuit.
OutfieIder Nicholson of the Wichita
club was recently awarded SUIT OF
clothes by Wichita club as prize
hits bv June Is. On that date. Mich
olson had made 81 safe blows.
81 Joseph Gazette: Topeka, under
the management of Dick Cooley, has
improved 200 per cent in its ball play
Ing II Dale Gear had used the inside
Of the game as we'll as he used Its
rudiments. he would still be in this
league and would be in the first di-
vision. No matter how good 1eiloW
81.
had signal for his men. They ran
the game as they saw fit and there
was bound to be some friction some
where. Cooley is a man who must run
the contest or he gets out. That sort
| Of a man. II he uses the right sort OF
tactics, is bound to win.
Fans who wish to give the Topeka
club the once over, have but two more
! DAYS to take advantage of the oppor-
! tunity. Wichita is the attraction. The
Wichita club will complete its stay
| here Saturuly and then the Kaws will
be gone until July rs.
| Jimmy Durham of the Wichita club
appears 70 be getting his ''bumps'' q
little more regular than ever, and that
| ia what reveals the strength Of a pitch
err Jimmy at one time was as good
as the Western League could afford
but he appears to be near the end Of
the bolt.
Frank lsbell has signed Pitcher
John Turner of the Minneapolis Amer
lican Association club. Turner has re.
ported
1t appears that the Western League
race will not be settled until the end
of the season. The Denver club has
such a small margin that some othel
AGGREGATION is liable to take it out OF
THE lead at any time. The St. JOSEPH
CLUB appears to be the strongest con
tender at present. The Sioux City clul
Hooked like a good shot until last
week when the Drummers won an en-
tire series from them.
nd Of <hA ri, he -