The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-04
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! WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW:
Lincoln at Topeka.
Wichita at Sioux City.
Denver at Des Moines.
Pueblo at Omaha.
Charlie Jones, the Denver manager
is having his troubles. In addition to
being at the head Of a losing team
Jones is being grilled by the newspa-
pers Of Denver. All will admit that
Jones is good player. He Is a finished
outfielder and is hitting over 300, al
him out of the big leagues. But Jones
isn't much of a manager. With one OF
the best hitting teams in the league,
game after game that has been lost
might have been won by a little inside
work in the method of attack For in
stance, Denver many times this season
has had runner on base with none
out. The next three batters attempted
to put the ball out of the lot The
chances are that the batter would hit
into a double play. A little sacrifice
hitting would have changed many a
game. Then the team is careless in
running bases. All seem to be after the
individual base running honors, throw
ing the chances of the team to the four
winds. Many times with two men ou-
Jones himself has tried to steal third.
isn't good baseball. The runner 90
second with two out is nearly as close
to a. score as the one on third.
The fault hasn't all been with Jones.
The management is partially to blame.
The battery all season has been weak.
With Gillen, an experienced pitcher.
and Zalusky, good catcher suspended
all season for trif1e the team has beer
weak. The team has fought its way al:
through the season with an inf1eNle r
behind the bat, and only one capable
pitcher. Olmstead is a good pitcher.
Adams Is fair and that is ALL Young
WATSON showed promise but the team
laid down on him. A good team in
Denver would make more money than
the mint in that town ever did.
With Sioux City and Des Moines both
at home, the real fight for the pennaps
is just starting. Both teams are great
winners at home. The Sioux are gen.
orally considered the better roadsters
but on the last trip, Des Moines did
better than an even break and the ex
team out Of the running didn't ma
teriaIize.
If all those players drafted from Pa
Rourke's club stick when they get to
the big show, Pa will have an awful
time getting a team together for next
season. He had a hard enough Tina
this season and spent more real money
than any magnate in the circuit, but
some bad looking gold bricks were I'M
loaded in his ball lot, and many of his
best acquisitions were injured during
the season. Truly it has been bad
year for Pa.
Eddie From one of the Sioux City
pitchers, has been released. Eddie has
not been in good condition this season,
and hasn't won many games. The last
time he was here he looked too fat.
Otto F'1oto in the Denver Post: The
release of Jack Haskell, the well known
Western league umpire, caused much
rejoicing among the fans Of the city.
No one for a single moment believed
that Haskell was a pickpocket, and
only a local paper, to make capital out
of the arrest, brought about this
charge. For twenty years Haskell has
been connected with the game and az
no time has there ever been anything
crooked laid at his door. Jack is one
of those fellows who loves company. He
never wants to be alone and naturally
when two old cronies whom he had
known for years came along Haskell
didn't stop to inquire how they made
their living and chummed with them. 1t
probably was not the wisest thing to
do, but at the same time it placed Jack
in an unfortunate and embarrassing
position. OF course, he has not lost any
of his friends through the incident, be-
cause they all understood that serious
mistake had been made.
DeS MONIES Ir1Dune: Two new play
ers have been added to the payroll OF
the Des Moines team. One is the new
second baseman East; and the other is
a pitcher Burnum, who has been SOLD
by Topeka to Des -Moines. East is a
youngster picked up by Comiskey and
is highly recommended. Burnum IS
one of the best pitchers in the league
when he keeps in condition. He has re-
fused to play lately with the Cooleysox
and promises to do his best for Des
Moines the rest of the season. He is a
southpaw and will help Biersdorfer OF
pose the team that dislike the southsid-
ers. Clyde Williams, the Ames coach
who has been starring at second base,
has already reached Ames: and viii
take hold of his work there Immediate
~. All of the members of the Des
Moines team were exceedingly sorry tn
see him CO. Since he Joined the team
during the first part of July he has
braced up the infie1d wonderfully ana
the team had won steadily since then.
During the recent trip he has played
wonderful ball according to those who
have watched him. 1t is hoped that he
will be with the team next year. East
will be tried at second base immedi-
ately.
J. Locke. the Pueblo pitcher who
was called east by the death Of his
the team at Omaha. Locke has been
doing some good pitching of late.
Did you ever notice the placid at
titude assumed even in the most hair
raising crisis by Peaceful Bill"