The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-08

and Pueblo will be transferred there.
The chances are that there will be
no no-hit. games in the Western
league this season. Last season there
We're two in which Prof. Johnny
Jones of Lincoln and Dusty Rhodes
of Omaha carried off the honors.
This year the pitching strength of
the league seems to have deteriorated.
Lincoln Star: Abbott played a nice
game in the morning at first. He &C
cepted twelve chances without an
that put Topeka one run ahead.
Taken as a whole Topeka
looks better than Wichita. Hollands
pitching staff appears much stronger
however.
Omaha Bee Sentiment continues
to rise against the spit ball. Ger
tainIy it should, and the hope is this
enough to sweep this species of
curve out of use. 1t is telling more
and more on the men who use it
and the catchers who receive 1t. AS
an evidence of the opposition to 1t
bv managers in big leagues, the
writer recently received a letter from
big league scout asking for line
on a right handed pitcher who did
not use the splitter. Spitters are not
sought. A pitcher who must depend
lacks Just that much of being first
class pitcher, and, besides, he Will not
last long And when his spit ball
prowess has left him he is a has
medicine mixers may be able to lay
down some embargo against this
nuisance next winter.
Des MONIES Tribune: Owner John
f. Higgins arrived home this morn
ing from Chicago. While there ne
picked up another young catcher
Lewis is the name of the newest re-
cruit, and he has the reputation OF
being the best young receiver in Chi
cago. He will not be used in the
first game, but just as soon as he
learns the names of the members of
the team he will get into the game |
The local owner is still looking for
a. man or two. but he believes that |
the team is due for a winning streak. |
The club has gradually been getting |
better during the past two weeks. |
Matticks has got to singing the pail
ing more smoothly and the pitchers
have been holding the opposing bats |
men down in good shape
omaha Bee: The week has been
a bad one for Omaha. but a good /
one for the league as a whole. The |
standing of teams has been shifted |
and new life and interest infused into |
the Den0anL race. III GOQESE the LEI-
dencv of all fans is to criticise and |
complain when their team loses and |
that is a mark of credit rather than |
an evidence of loyalty that /
makes the game the success 1t is. But /
fans are prone to forget that while /
their team should win all the time, /
the others should have some show. !
They forget that while their town /
has corking good club, the other
cities have teams that are not so /
bad. But the fact is while Omaha /
has lost large portion of its games I
out west the larger interests of the |
league have not. suffered thereby. nor
has Omaha sustained any injury
from which it cannot soon recover. |
Pueblo, by winning three straight /
from the Rourkes. undoubtedly /
strengthened its position in the /
league and gave encouragement to /
some faint-hearted fans who needed |
such bolster. It would have been
highly desirable to Omaha fans If /
Omaha could have won instead OF
lost the majority Of its games. but 4
since It could not let's believe that /
the old adage, Its an i'll wind that
blows nobody good" applies in this
case. Rourke needs more strength
in his pitching box. That is evident /
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