The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-21


st. Joseph Casinos wanted u game but
Cooley decided it would be better to
give the team a rest than to get the
additional practice.
If McManus doesn't hurry up and
join Des Moines he will find that young
Lewis has taken his job away from
him. Lewis, according to all accounts
is certciniy q conner.
The race will all be over in ten
weeks. 1t is time for tie clubs to be
making the final squirt. Just now it
looks like Omaha and sioux City to
fight it out for the finish. with the odds
l.: favor Of Sioux City. TIE Sioux have
been playing a steady consistent game
all season, while the RoUrlzes had one
slump the Rourkes might have been
ahead. Should the Sioux slump it will
be great fnish, probably Ringing on
the final series as it did last season
And the final series wiz be with the
Sioux N Omaha.
Speaking OF the first division, two
teams have it cinched-Sioux City and
Omaha. There are four teams which
seem to be in the running for the other
places in the first division, Denver,
Des Moines, Topeka and Wichita. Den
yer is going good now, and considering
the fact that the team is on the road,
that team has a good license to nrst
ed her present position though through
work on her own grounds. She has a
poor road team, and Will have to hustle
to keep up. With the two Kansas
teams, Topeka has the better chance.
Wichita is badly crippled, and has made
a fniserabIs record on the road. Topeka
is a much better road team, While with
two long series yet to be played on the
home grounds, Topeka will have bet
ter chance than Wichita. III
Lincoln and Pueblo seem to have the
contest for the. cellar championship
cinched. The odds are in favor of Lin
coin, but that team is making a great
effort to strengthen and may yet shove
the consolation nonors on the SunV1lle
team.
Snapper Kennedy is playing the
game with the
Pueblo franchise, getting himself ready
to snare the prey, anytime the town
fails to put UP the cash.
The Denver team is worrying along
now without any crippled list. Lindsay
is back on first, and Thompson is be-
hind the bat. Charlie Jones had
bum leg for awhile, but seems to be
playing regularly. And Denver has been
right along even with a Grip
pied aggregation.
If there are. more youngsters floating
around chicago, like THIS young dFlCS.
who pitched. for. Des Moines Monday
they can, find employment here. 80
Lincoln News: Pitcher Grover Gillen
Is still hanging back on the. Lincoln
Mr.. GiIlen has kindly
to report if Lincoln will raise
ais salary something like SO per cent
and also agree to pay him the 20 days
pay for which he is suing the Denver
stub. Unless the recalcitrant hurler
h there c a
Jague suspicion at local baseball head |
luarters that he will not be wearing a
lincoln uniform this summer. Much as
he Lincoln management might desire |
o have Gillen in line, it will not stand
or q shakedown.
Des Molnes has another amateur
,itcher, Seay, who comes from Virginia.
Dwyer is figuring on giving |
,im a workout this week.
ST. Joseph News-Press. That st. JOS |
.ph is ripe for league baseball is in
Heated by the record crowds that turn |
nut to witness the transferred games
# the Western League at League park. |
Yesterdays contest. Lincoln and Wich- |
TIA, was the third that has been moved i
o st. Joseph in two months, and the
attendance held up we'll. If such crowds |
urn out to see games between teams |
IL which st. Joseph fans have no par |
ocular interest, what would they be /
f Il St Joseph league team was play |
ng? That's the question the fans are
skiing each other, and they would like
| chance to answer it.
Lincoln News: George Farthing is
eveloping rapidly as a pitcher. The |
veek and yesterday he put It over
Wichita in one of the best pitched /
James of the year in Lincoln. The
Wichita players make no bones of it
al
asst bail and a bender that are hard
o solve. 1t was quite feather in
Tarthings bonnet to outpitch Brennan,
he star of the Wichita staff, whose re-
5ase has just been sold to Cincinnati
or $4,000.
Hank OImstead. the Eseanaba. Mich.
ddler, is undoubtedly one of the best
light handlers in the league. Thus far
his season he has won IL games out of
: for the Grizzlies.
Des Moines Evening Tribune; Look
ut for that Topeka bunch. they're some
umpkins. It seems the Cooleysox
ave. been injected with a brand of
peed bill. That is the real combina-
on, they're stepping to town at any E
ste.
Duclky Holmes fielding average is far
Glow the veterans normal gait. In
chances he has had eight boots, Civ
g him a mark of 1888. The Sioux City
oss seems quite content to play the
ench most of the time this year. but
is a safe gamble that he will get
ito action in case the pennant resolves
self into a dual battle between the
ioux and the Rourkes- Ducky's pres
ace seems to get on the Omaha
erve.
Lincoln Star: Being Johnny-on-
ae-Job, combined with a big degree
{ luck placed Owners Despair and
toner of the Lincoln Prohibs in
ossession of q crack pitcher - That
itcher's name is Jack Forester. He
rriyed in town Monday and registered
+ no al 0f