Westerns Base Ball Club of Topeka

We like the alternative field so much we're going to play the second game here too! So meet us at 2:00 across from Reynolds Lodge.

3315 SE Tinman Cir, Topeka, KS 66605

Your Topeka Westerns will be playing their 10am game on an alternate field on Saturday. The game will be on the east side of the lake across from Reynolds Lodge.
3315 SE Tinman Cir, Topeka, KS 66605

Here is your Topeka Westerns schedule for the year so far. All home games are played at Lake Shawnee across from Ted Ensley Gardens

April 25 vs Menomonie 10am & 2pm
May 23 – Freestate Festival. Hutch and Wichita. Times TBA
June 13 vs Emporia – 1pm
July 11 at Emporia – 10:30am
July 25 at Wilson, KS Czech Festival – 11am
September 26 at Hutchinson
October 17 at Wichita

Here is our 2025 schedule so far. Hope to see you at a game! All home games are played across from Ted Ensley Gardens at Lake Shawnee.

April 26 – Westerns at Hutchinson – 1pm
May 24-25 – Free State Base Ball Festival - Topeka
June 7 – Westerns at Emporia – 10:30am
June 28 – Westerns vs Emporia – 10:30am
July 5 – Gering, Nebraska
July 19 – Madeline Island, Wisconsin
September 13 – Westerns at Wichita – 1pm

A great day of base ball and a Topeka Westerns win.

What can be more American than watching vintage base ball on Memorial Day weekend? Come watch us play teams from St. Louis, Colorado, Hutchinson and Wichita. As always, across from Ted Ensley Gardens at Lake Shawnee.

2024
Free State Base Ball Festival

Saturday, May 25
10am Salt Packers vs St.Louis/Colo
11am Westerns vs Prairie Dogs
1pm Wichita vs St.Louis/Colo
2pm Westerns vs Salt Packers
3pm Wichita vs Prairie Dogs
4pm Prairie Dogs vs St.Louis/Colo
5pm Wichita vs Westerns

Due to the rain we have had and field conditions, we have had to cancel our game tomorrow. We hope to see you over Memorial Day weekend.

Some great pics from last weekends Free State Base Ball Festival

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The Westerns and Prairie Dogs starting off the Free State Festival.

Your hometown favorite Topeka Westerns are featured in the Summer issue of Topeka Magazine. It's a wonderful article written by my friend and old professor of mine, Tom Averill. And, damn we look good!

Vintage Base Ball | Sunflower Publishing Topeka Westerns play base ball according to 1860s rules, outfits and equipment Story by Tom Averill | Photography by Nick Krug | From the summer 2023 edition of Topeka Magazine Thus the attraction of the game in its earliest days [1840–1850] was first the novelty and exhilaration of play; second t...