The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-26
There to See the Savages Wal
IOp Wichita Wolves.
PUZZLED BY WORD BATTERIES
Finds They Arc Not Used for
Swatting the Ball.
SartOrial Notes and Personal
Mention of Those Present.

often enough, and those who can get
in at the pass gate ought to be able
to pay car fare to the grounds at least
once week. This woman is learning
the game, and is able to write of it
much more intelligently than she
could have done week ago.
Now take these Wichita players,
who have been in Topeka this week.
They have more men in their ranks
that have girls names, than any group
of men of the same number that
have ever seen. There were Lizzie
and Dolly and Alice. 1 don't know
whether it's true or not but 1 heard
some one in the grandstand say that
Dolly had to pay his own railway fare
to Topeka. He gave the grandstand a
good deal of sass which may have
colored their opinion of him some
what. Lizzie was the name of the
man who pitched for the visiting
team. 1 thought they were less I'M
com plimentary to him than they were
to the person they called Ham. Lizzie,
they seemed to agree, was at least
good looking; I gathered that the
spectators didn't think he pitched
very well. The jumps was constantly
cautioned to watch his step, or maybe
it was his foot they wanted watched.
1 have never seen anyone so uneasy
at a place of amusement as George
Godfrey Moore was. He had his mind
on that pitchers foot, to the eXclu-
sion of every other idea. l saw moth
ing wrong with said foot, except that
the shoes had the appearance of being
run down at the heel, though that
seems to be characteristic of base
ball shoes. 1 will say that Mr.. Moore's
attention was diverted from that foot
a little while when two men came
into the grandstand with j. VIII KEEL
ley, secretary of the Commercial club,
and sat with him in the box. Mr..
Moore had that honor at the last game
l saw, and l suppose he felt a little
chagrined that he wasn't asked again
to Mr.. Kelley's box party.
Mr.. Cook. who used to be with the
State Fair association, had q box seat,
and that was offensive to number of
people that sat in the grandstand sec
ton near one of those sawdust bags.
How to Recognize jackson.
When the game starts, the umpire
announces the men who are to be
what they call batteries" One would
naturally suppose that to mean the
ones who are to do the batting; so 1
decided to watch the batters, remem-
Der the names, and then be able to
recognize those men next time, and
thus learn baseball from the inside
out. 1t was not until the thing was
over that 1 found out batteries was
not a rube way of saying batters.
One can recognize the manager of the
home team always, by his sleeves. He
wears red flannel underclothes, and
rolls up the white jacket sleeves, dis
wrists.
The man who pitched for Topeka
was called Sweden, and one may al
ways know him because he is so huge.
When he ran to base he made one
think of a grizzly numbering to a nest
of wild honey. AS for me, I didn't
! think he pitched as nicely as the man
on the other team. That man Lizzie
could throw them so the batter could
hit them if he watched his business.
When the balls are hit good and
square and the man out in the field
catches them, they are called flies.
My word! if DR.. S. Jay Crurnbine had
but known the condition of his flyless
town, he had been at the park with a
corps of helpers and a ton of little
wire SwatterS.
I noticed that Judge r. N. Yates
of the police court had box seat at
the game. He wore a stunning palm
beach suit, and I thought it wise of
him to show it off before a real audi
ence, rather than hide it, so to speak,
in his criminal court. He gave his
approval to a helpful reference
pointed out by one of tie fans. a
white hat draped with a gray ribbon
band. 1t seems that one of the visit
ing players hit the ball funny strike
and landed it on the ground just in
front of him, and then he stood and
gaZed at it as if he were in a trance,
instead of lighting out for first base.
This young man kindly referred him
to the rules of the game. Rule one,
page one, says: When you hit the
ball, rum" ne told the batter.
Men in High Places.
1 always like to see men in high
places at the ball game. 1t lends dig
nifty to the occasion, and offsets some
of the frivolity of the younger set.
Now, Chief Justice Johnston is one of
those that L often see at the game.
The presence of the highest represent
ative of the supreme court tends to
create something of a highbrow at
mosphere even in a ball park. But
it couldn't tone down the rooters.
Rooters are the fellows with the big
voices who boost the home team. And
it's certain that those we have in To-
peka could root a twenty-five cent
coin out of Harry LADDERS deepest in
side coat pocket, should they turn
their attention to that branch of in
dustry.
Another state officer who graced the
ball park with his official presence,
was Mr.. Carey Wilson, state superin-
tendent of insurance. He had little to
say, but of course, there was a rea-
son. He brought his wife along. L
was reminded of the time Mrs. Wilson
dolled all up for a party and forgot
to-but that's another story.
But going back to the game, L am
convinced that the Wichita manager,
that man Ham, is a genuine black
guard. He took a fielder out of the
game because he dropped ball. Our
men in the grandstand fairly pleaded
to have Mr.. White put back into the
field, for they all said he was a good
player. One would think if he was SO
good q player they would have been
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