The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-12

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| is under reserve, however and ii is
believed he will make his mark next
year"
| Charles Sisler wasreleased from the
Saints Monday night. Few people pro-
baby knew this gentleman's first name
but it's fair to give it in an obituary.
| He is a Jonah to the team" said Pres
i ident Sheard. And the rest of the di-
rectors of the association at the Cope
land meeting took shots at Sisler that
should have bade his ears burn. For
| at least three weeks this anomaly in
baseball has been receiving the butt
end of the whipstock in the hands of
the Topeka fans. But his Unreasonable
work of Monday afternoon cooked his
goose and brought things to a climax.
The directors in talking about the mat
ter, openly stated without reserve that
Stsler deliberately played off behind the
bat, probably because Cole was pitch
ing and because the two men do not
like each other. Sisler sulxed all the
time that the center fielder was in the
box, and when Tom Hughes went in to
pitch he braced up and played his posi-
ton in good shape. That kind of bull
medicines cannot be tolerated on a
baseball team. He is a disorganizing
factor" continued President Sheard,
land I'll release him right now" This
much space is not devoted to Sisler for
himself, but it should serve as lesson
to some of the other ball players. That
this man can play ball is not to be
doubted, but that he only played about
one-third of the time is indisputable
fact. When he first came, the fans
thought that they had a good third
baseman. He won their hearts by
knocking couple of home-runs the
first week the team played here. He
led the team at the stick during June.
But in one day he lost the confidence
of the grandstand and bleachers. A lit
tie grounder passed through between
his feet. He stood still and sulked and
let the base runners advance. Olson
had to handle the ball. The next day
he went to sleep. Carter was pitching
and tried to catch a runner who was
playing wide on third. Getting the sig
nal from the catcher. Carter whizzed
the sphere to third. Sisler was looking
at the ground and the horsehide rolled
over to the ticket Office and the run
ner went home. That has been Sisler
in Topeka. One day he was good and
another very, very bad. He has a good
arm and is a good catcher. But he
wants to do things according to his
own ideas and seems to be impervious
to instructions. That kind of a man
hurts a team and should be rooted out
as soon as his disposition is known. 1t
took the management some time to
knock the scales off it's own eyes, but
waking up late is better than never.
Big DR.. John Schrant. now playing on
first base, will be made captain and
field manager of the Saints on Wednes-
day when Luttke and Archiquette are
expected to join the team and gem
eral Shakeup VIII take place. Cole mas
proven himself too quarrelsome. He
cannot hold his temper satisfactorily.
Schrant will do better. The big doctor
is not over anxious for the job, but he
will take it, to do all he can i'm the
general effort which is being made to
revive the failing fortunes of the ce-
lestials. Then there is another reason
why Schrant had better turn the pilot
wheel He is an infielder. A man in
the gardens or suburbs is too far re-
moved from the immediate scene of ac-
tivities to successfully control the
game. Schrant plays at the keystone
position of first base. He coaches well,
holds his temper, works hard, is clean,
and a thorough gentleman
and sportsman.