The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-11
wonderful jumps whom Tip o'Neil has

wonderful jumps whom Tip O'Neill has
sent out here, and
Wouldn't you feel satisfied with all
this if the Grizzlies were beaten II tc
s after the St. Joseph Drummers had
secured a ten run lead in the first two
innings?
Well, that's about the way the 5000
fans who Travelled out to the Broadway
bear pit yesterday feel about it. II
sure was great game and there were
plenty of features.
But the umpires were the real stars
Yes umpires,'' with the "s'' on right
there otter the "e.'' Seems as how
O'Neill figured one umpire is not rot
ten enough so he sent two this time
They are travelling under the names OF
Spencer and Flynn and this is their
| first appearance in Denver. Let us
| pray it will be their last.
Sioux City Journal: The weakest hit
ting team in the Western league is
batting $50; Sioux City, at the close Of
tuesday evening, was batting .312; the
other clubs are between these extremes.
The conclusion naturally is forced that
the pitching in this league is of a. 10 "
standard. But Marty O'Toole. the
pitcher who recently Joined the Pack
ers, coming from st. Paul. in the
American association, has another ex-
PLANTATION of the high batting averages
in the Western. O'Toole has worked in
two game for Sioux City, winning one
and not getting results either way in
the other. He pitched the afternoon
game Of July and made a very favor
able impression, and his opinion on the
batting and pitching in this league is
worthy of consideration. He said:
''I know one thing that partly ac-
counts for the high batting averages IN
this league. I know-it's not guess
work with me. The chief trouble is
with the official league ball. The cover
is thick and the ball is particularly
hard to manipulate. It feels dead when
one takes it in his hand and 1t feels
worse when one goes to deliver 1t.
When q pitcher wishes to shoot swift
ball over, in order to be effective 1t
must wave more or less. The ball used
here, when thrown swiftly, goes all
most straight, with the result that y
swift ball is not effective. The Ameri-
can association uses the Reach ball,
and there is a wide difference between
it and the Victor. The cover of the
Reach ball is thin and the ball is live
~. and with it pitcher is able TO get
results that he couldn not think of get
ting with a Victor"
Lincoln News: The fans in Sioux
City probably derive as much fun from
the sport as in any other Western
league city, but the thing they are
seeing isn't baseball-only sort of
waited fences, is the answer. Dinky
fly hits. which would be easy outs on
an ordinary field, hit the boards back
of first and third or clear the ramparts
and are good for two bases. Unless q
pitcher has the horseshoes, he stands
a slim chance to get away with a
creditab1e performance. Yesterday was
a fair sample. Buck Freeman famed
sixteen Antelopes, establishing a strike
out record for the year in the West
ern, despite which the box score credits
Lincoln with eleven hits, five of which
were two sackers. In all likelihood,
most of these two base blows would
have been setup catches for the Sioux
City outfielders on a field of sensible
dimensions. The Packers have an ad-
much as they school themselves to hit
flies, instead of line drives, although
their hitting Immediately slumps when
they go on the road. Last month In
Lincoln, the Packers garnered only
twenty-five hits in four games. while
the Antelopes piled up more than forty
during the series The only excuse on
earth for that Sioux City park is that
it is close to the business section and
handy for the fans, thus helping the
attendance. But for the latter fact,
the league would be justified in requir-
ing the Sioux City management to con-
struct a real ball park. Fielder Ohm
stead, of Denver, told the story, quite
patty. of the Sioux City pillbox when
he said:
CITY is to put a prayer on each ball
and trust to Providence that 1t won't
be popped out of the lot"
Wichita Beacon: Three major league
scouts came near landing in the city
fbastile last night. all because they
wanted to do good turn. 1t was early
in the evening that CaSey GilkS and
Cooper were sitting in Hamilton park
when they heard some one yelling. He
seemed to be in trouble and addressing
them. They stroIed over that way and
found a man in the city JAIL He said
he wanted some one to go tell his
wife that he wouldn't be at home that
right and to tell her why. He gave the
scouts his address and they started out
te find the woman. They found her all
right, and she insisted that they wait
and accompany her back. When they
arrived at the window, a big policeman
appeared on the scene and came near
throwing them in for talking to the
prisoners. wouldn't that have been
fine thing said Doctor Casey. IT
never was in Jail, and I'd hate to say
that came all the way to Kansas to
get the experience"
Lincoln Star: Salee and JOINTS
fell in Love last Summer and were
caught Huggin (s) not many Weeks af-
terWard while they We're out Rowan en-
the Lake They then decided to get
married at once and not Waite until
the Cole Winter(s). So they had Par
son(s) Phillippi perform the ceremony.
John(s) wore his Overall, as he said IL
was too Hise German for s.hots) to
dress UpD. Sallee wore her Lavender