The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-01


Wichita Beacon: Umpire Flynns de-
tut in Wichita was not a glaring sue
as some persons thought. Men VINO
were in a position to see, disagree as |
to whether Kane's hit over the score
board was fair or foul, and on balls
OmahaS constant nagging at him dlon |
tend to help matters any. He took f1ore
of 1T than he should have taken fer the
good or the game. On the whole, the
teams Jared about evenly on FLYNN
mistakes. He has good voice, ana ne
did another thing that was commenda-
BILE: He went to the trouble to tell
the scorers when there was change
made in the lineup. You can't make
Frank Isbell believe that there IS noth,
at the right time. After Tony .,ad
lpassaged his hairless pate, Wichita
scored five runs. But Icy wasn't sat
isfied and again the scene was enacted
end five more runs were rung up pc
fore the third out was made. Henry
the big pitcher who came from Tuisa
with Jones and Schrnid, has been turn
ed loose. He has gone to Sapulpa TO
join Larry Milton's team.
ST. Joseph News-Press: Manager
Jack Holland. of the Drummers. has
purchased from the VicksSurg. Miss
club in the Cotton States league, danl-
fan, a crack right-handcd pltcner,
whose work has been the talk OF thaI
association this year. Transportation
was wired Hanifan and he will report
| here at once. Hanifan has been rec
| om,nen1ed to Manager Holland by sew
eral big league scouts who have peen
here i'll the last few weeks. The fact
| that each scout recommended the
| tWirler caused Manager Holland to be
lieve that there was something to INN.
| He made an investigation ana all re
| ports he received were in favor 9f the
| pitcher. The purchase price was $9oo.
| Des Moines Capital: George Daw-
son, a new catcher, arrived in Des
| Moines and was sent to Omaha to JOIN
| with the Albany, n. Y, State league
| team, but was badly injured and mas
not been in league ball this year. he
comes on the recommendation OF
Bugs Hersche. Dawson likely Will
get into the game at once, as Glenn
mons is not hitting at all.
Lincoln Star: AS the period of draft
ing draws near, Western league mag
mates are getting anxious for the extra
bit of cash which comes from an ad
vance sale to the majors OF players
| whom the big teams want to cinch.
There is a great deal of difference De
tween the $1,000 paid as a draft price
land received for Jones and German.
Personally, while admitting that the
two Drummer players are GOOD per-
formers and being glad to see them 60
I'D, we nevertheless feel that far bet
ter pickings are to be found in this
league. It goes to show that old Boss
Jack hasn't lost his ability as a sales
man.
Sporting Life: President John L
Taylor of the Red Sox, has caused sur
prise among his American league col
leagues by voting in favor OF the re-
tention of the S5-player-limlt rule IN
the off season. In last winters law
making in the two big leagues regu-
lation was passed that no club should
carry more than 35 players on Its ros-
| ter from October 15 of one year 70
April Is of the next. Since its enact
ment several magnates have complain
ed to President Johnson about the
Regulation, and johnson has put the
| matter to a vote. In explanation OF
his action in voting for the 35-limi'
rule President Taylor said: 1.-THE
regulation will not get its first trial
until October Is, of this year, and
think it should be tried at least. NC
| club needs more than 35 players at any
| time. I have had as many as 81, and
it never helped my team. With a 35-
player limit the weaker clubs will have
a chance to get a good many men the
other clubs don't need"
| st. Joseph News-Press: Manager
Holland is trying his best to pick VI
several dependable slab artists anc
says that he will not let prices stanc
in the way if he can line up severa
deals which are now smoking. Hol-
land is lust as anxious as the mos
rabid baseball bug to see the Drum
mers start going good. but altnougf
he knows where the weakness hes nj
has been helpless because OF the scar
| Io1 MI the market thl,
season.
A. r. Gatty in Sporting Life: Sci
dom can you see the top notch nlne
| in the National ''lay the ball down,
even when they want one run, in thl
i. race. Early in the season it was hint
ed that several clubs would not sacri
fee this year. However, the idea wa
soon exploded. 1t was noted, however
on last trip, that the Chicago and NeV
York mines rarely used the sacr1f1c
hit. "Swing on the BALI was thei
racket at least 80 per cent of the time
There was day not so many year
ago when the tables were turned. The
| came a spell of mixing up the hit an
run and sacrifice maneuver. Most club
| will order a batsman to lay the bal
down in a certain case, that is witt
| men on first and second and no hand
because of shift from the beate
path. Cap Chance resorted to tn
play. Perhaps if any other man tina
the team pilot had taken the chanc
there might have been growl. Mos
| men say that it is baseball for tn
| batsman to at least take two attempt
\ I at bunting under the situation men
} toned Chance even didn't take one
but swung with might and main o
the first pitch over, and drove bling
to the right spot, thereby scoring tw
). runs and winning the game. Pirate
5 reasoned that they were getting tn
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