The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-02

6Ob6r. Boston is the favOrite, with the
betting about even as between Cincinnati
and Baltimore for second place. The man
who is betting on Boston first, last and all
the time will, if you will give him time,
tell you just why the ''dope book" will
show that Boston cannot lose. An admir-
er of the champions after figuring it out
to suit his own way Of thinking called in
the official schedule Of games. After a
careful perusal of the figures he was more
confident than ever.
He argues that the race will be a close
one up to, say, the last month of the play
ing season. He believes that if the Bos-
tons are within few games of either the
Cincinnatis or the BaltimOres the first or
second week in September it will be all
over but the shouting. From Sept. to
the close of the cham pionship season the
BOstons are scheduled to play "a games.
OF this number the team has 25 games on
home grounds and only nine away from
home. Beginning on Sept the BostOns
have four games with the WashingtOns
and these games are followed by three
each with the New York, St. Louis, Louis
vile, Pittsburg, Brooklyn, Philadelphia
and Baltimore teams, all on home grounds
Their nine days trip away from home will
begin on Oct. and end on Oct. 10. In
this series the BostOns will play three
games each with Brooklyn, Washington
and Baltimore. The friends of the cham
ties viii have such lead after playing
those 25 straight games on Boston grounds
that the others will have no chance.
The Cincinnatis will find the closing of
the season a hard proposition to get away
with, in spite of the fact that Ewing's
men have played in fine form away from
home. OF the last 81 games scheduled
for the Porkopolitans only nine of them
are to be played on home grounds, leaving
% to be played away from home. So if
Pork and Beans are close together in Sep
TENDER just turn over your handbook and
wager the surplus, if you have any, on
Beans. Through a peculiar arrangement
of the schedule the Cincinnatis have no
games from Sept. % to Oct 8, inclusive
nor from Oct. to Oct. 10. These open
dates will give the Cinoinnatis an excel
lent opportunity to play of postponed
games
had the honor of a lengthy talk with
A. g. Mills yesterday. When Mills was at
the head of the National league, he was
instrumental in making baseball history,
and although connected in no way with
professional baseball for many years the
ex-president takes a lively interest in the
sport. While his business arrangements
will not enable him to see the games reg
ularly still he is far from being a stranger
at the New York and Brooklyn grounds
Mr.. Mills is vice president and manager
of one of the largest elevator companies in
the country. In speaking about the trou-
bles of the magnates this year Mr.. Mills
said:
At do not think that professional base
ball is going back particle. The attend
Rnce this year is smaller all around than
the rnsgnates expected, but the samo COM
plants are coming in with regard to other
sports. The war will cost the club owners
a pretty penny this season, but as soon as
we annex what we desire of the Spanish
possessions sports, and especially baseball,
will boom again as of old. The stability
of the game has not been injured. I have
been watching the effects of that Brush
rule with q great deal of interest and must
say that I like it, OF course one cannot
reform the universe in day, a month or
a year, but if the club owners will stick
to the rule regarding rOwdy baseball much
good will result. I particularly pleased
to see how we'll the rule has worked in
Cincinnati. We have not been as fortu-
nate in New York. I don't know but it
would be good idea for the club owners
to have a several days convention at some
seaside resort, as they did some years ago
There are several things which might be
straightened out. Then let them jump
into bathing suits and play another game
of baseball as they did once before at As
bury Park. would like to see Spalding,
Reach, Young and Brush in ball game
| once more
There are some people who are of the
opinion that there was "a niger in the
woodpile'' when Tucker went to Brook
Ign, and that the coon did not get out of
the pile until after Tucker was released to
St. Louis. just why Tucker was allowed
to go is a mystery TO everybody. His all
round word was good, and he put lot of
+ ginger into the team President Ebbets
is a firm believer in LachRnce and he still
more firmly believed that Lachance was
J better man for first base than Tucker.