The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03

| seems to be no help for it. The luck is
bound to turn after while. The champs
gathered seven errors. Every team in
the league has reached the mystic
number in the yellow column some time
since the opening of the season. Field
ing has improved, however, in more
rapid strides than the pitching
Minneapolis Journal: "Ducky" Holmes
is said to be slated to become a brother
of the can at Toledo-if stories emanat-
ing from Columbus are true. These
rumors run to the effect that Armour
and Holmes are on the outs and that
Armour is looking around for a sue
cessor for the fiery one.
Omaha Bee: Announce was made by
Pa Rourke Sunday that he had obtain
ed Pitcher Slower from Milwaukee.
The Lincoln management had a chance
to land Pitcher Slower several months
ago. but passed it up after an investi-
cation of the players record in the
South Atlantic league last year. Pa
Rourke is in dire need of a good pitch
er, but Slower must pitch better ball
than last season if he is to fill the bill.
Otto Floto in the K. c. Post: In the
Western league I look for the Grizzlies
of Denver to make good showing all
year. They are now back in first place
in the race and with a long series of
games at home should manage to hold
their lead. The team on it's first east
ern invasion met with a severe set
back. They seem to have recovered.
however. Their infield has been
strengthened by the addition of Gran
ston of the Kansas City Blues and once
more they are off in the front. Mind
you, too, that it's a pretty fast article
of baseball they play in the Western
league.
Sioux City Tribune: Tom Fairweath-
er says there are more knockers in
Omaha than Sioux City. The fans there
are not entirely satisfied with the
showing Of the Rourkes, and they 10
not hesitate in letting the fact be
known.
Lincoln News: ICY" Landreth is no
Hall Chase at the first sack, but he is
that ball like a Turk. Dick Cooley is
possessed of the belief that he will yet
convert big Cyrus into a clever first
| sacker.
st. Joseph News-Press: Daily games
in the Western are growing more and
more to be battles Of brains. The
managers are not depending alone upon
their stars, their well balanced teams,
nor their pitching artists to win games.
BOSS" Holland uses his think tank 10
advantage, and the showing his Drum
mers have made proves the theory,
when one stops to consider that the
team never played together before I'M
til last April. Isabel, Hendricks, Sulli-
van, Towne and the rest are working
on the same plan. If you keep your
glims open you can observe plenty Of
clever inside baseball in the Western.
Lincoln Journal: That downtown
park in Sioux City is a beautiful pill
box. Seven home runs in the final
chapter of the double header. Harry
WEIGH. of Sioux City poled out three of
the homers. Mr.. Durham, who gives
| away five pounds of smoking for every
four-b smash, may soon be bank
rupt at that rate and be forced to sell
his bull. No wonder the Packers lead
the league in team batting. Playing
nearly half their games in the pill box,
they ought to bat at least a million for
the season.
Lefty Davis, the new outfielder, Is
due to join the Antelopes. If Mr.. Bar
rows would quit pouting and come into
the fold, the situation with the Ante
| lopes would brighten immensely. The
chief need of the Lincoln club is a bet
ter brand of outfielding and more speed
on the bases. In other departments the
| Antelopes are not asking odds from
any team in the league.