The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-29

| thought, begins no conversations, asks
no questions, and courts no favor. On
the field he stands the center of a
| howling mob and warning players
and keeps cool. He says what he
thinks and has to think fast He has
no time to consider the reception of
a decision one way or another and
cares not. To him holler is a joke
and he laughs inwardly while he yells
| play ball. It is true his mind often
finds time in its alertness to form likes
and dislikes on the field. but this is
never shown in a discernable way.
| Otter he will give unconsciously a lit
| tie the best of it to a player he has
never spoken to simply drawn by that
players personality and conduct. On
| the other hand, it also is true, that an
| umpire can easily favor a player or
| a club in a covert way and carry a
stays in the game. Off the field,
therefore, the umpire is an uncom-
| municative and unpretentious indivi-
dual. If he shows a like or a dislike
for anyone that will be misconstrued.
He takes his little package of protec-
ors and mask and makes for his hotel.
Frequently some one is laying for him
and he eludes that one-perhaps. U.s.
ually he does, and he chuckles to think
| of it when he gets in his room. How
| he spends his evenings he only knows.
He dares not hobnob with the players
or others would cry prejudice. And he
doesn't want to. He is self sufficient
and wants no comment on his work.
Loneliness is his passion, let him pass
as a man of mystery.
An example of what a college ath-
letic career does for a man in the way
| of pepper and class is Williams, Sec
ond sacker of Des Moines, recently
the crack all around athlete of the
| University of Iowa
| Lincoln News: Gagnier muffed an
infield fly Wednesday. his first break
of that sort seen in five years of base
ball in this city. When Gag blunders
| on that sort of a play it is not to be
wondered that Lincoln loses. Most of
/ the bugs could not believe their own
/ eyes.
Sioux City Tribune: The fact re-
mains that the Soos are not doing as
we'll on the road as we were led to ex-
pect in view of their recent remarkable
/ the opinion of the writer, the fault lies
in the pitching department. At best,
Sioux City has not more than a medi-
OGRE staff of beavers. To be candid,
| the pitchers have been lucky, many
games having been won because of the
Packers ability to clout the ball,
rather than the superior pitching. In
some of the gam IS abroad the pitchers
/ nave D66n acCOrQoQ WI6Icn6Q SuDD0rI,
and it is safe to assume that the mis-
| plays have figured in the scoring. Civ
! ing due consideration to the support,
/ the fact remains that Sioux City does
not possess a bunch of slabmen that
compare favorably with some of the
others. All this leads one to believe
i that there is no chance to cop the rag
unless the pitching staff is strength
ened by the addition of at least two
more beavers. It should be borne in
l.
ent is not always obtainab1e, but if it
is to be had and Tewne and Fair
weather believe that they are needed,
the Packer bosses will not hesitate in
spending the coin Lincoln and Den
yer have fine bunch of tWirlerS, eS-
lpecially the former. Regarding the
Denver staff, in Schneider, Olmstead
and Ehmann the Grizzlies have a trio
without equal in the league. Rick
Adams is now rounding into form and,
with Hagerman dependable pitcher,
Denver is unusually strong in this de-
partment.
Wichita Beacon: This is Pitcher
Jones' first year out. Last year he
tried out with Dallas in the Texas
league, stuck until May IL, and was
cut loose because pitchers were a drug
on the market at that place He won
the only game in which he worked.
This spring he was at Oklahoma City
and again remained until May H. An
drews wanted to farm him out to a
Western association team ct reduced
pay, but Jones refused to go. He
worked in one game for the Nets, and
was taken out with the score 8 to / in
his favor. He apparently has every
thing but experience, and can slug the
pill some, too Lou Armstrong
looks natural in a Jobber uniform
st. Joseph News-Press: Fred Clarke
1a--o& -
ers, is also with the Burlington clut
and the way Fred pastes the pill in