The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-02

stolen bases. The Western league lost
a great player when the Denver man
agement sold Jones to st. Paul.
Denver has released Grover Gillen,
who last season showed well and then
jumped to the senipros because of a
grievance against Manager Charley
Jones. He failed to show form this
year.
Lincoln Journal: Almost every BAH
club has its lucky pitcher and Barney
McGrath Is it with the Antelopes. Early
last week Barney was bumped for ten
hits by the Cooleysox. Not only did
the Kansas youth get away with a
shutout, but not one Of the Cooleys ad-
-vanced as far as the third sack. Yes
terday he was wearing more or the
horseshoes. The Boosters stirred him
for twelve safe blows, despite which
Barney tucked his game into the vic
tory column. 1t generally happens that
whenever Barney pitches, the Ante
lopes are making a slather Of hits ana
runs. George Farthing, on the other
hand, is hoodooed. The tall parson can
pitch his arm off and held the enemy to
mere handful of hits, but must fight
to the limit in order to win. There are
two important factors in McGrath's
SUCCESSIVE is a fine fielding pitcher
and he has a world of courage under
fire.
Lincoln Journal: Jumps Spencer made
no friends in Lincoln by chasing Ma1-
ager Sullivan from yesterdays game.
pertinent on and off the field he Will
rank with any manager in the game.
Spencer was clearly in the wrong yes
terday. Niehon dripped Hawkins
throw and Jack Thomas was safe on
his steal of second. After the inning
was over, Niehoff and Colligan were
chuckling on the bench over the way
Niehoff had tricked Spencer in calling
Thomas out. Sully had a perfect right
to object to the decree, for Spencer had
been getting away with lot Of bad
umpiring during the series with Dss
Moines and a protest was never more
appropriate. Two or three weeks ago
the Wichita Beacon gave warning that
Spencer was a poor umpire and that
George Clark was a Sheridan or an
Emslie compared with Spencer. Now
that we have had both Clark and
Spencer in Lincoln. we admit that the
Beacon wins the argument. President
Tip only landed another lemon when
he shared this Spencer person.
Billy Fox has been showed down in
the Omaha batting list until he is the
eighth man. Is Bill Shipke deliberate
ly trying to humiliate the deposed man
ager of the Rourkes? The Western
league statistics to date show that Fox
has made ten sacrifice hits and stands
second in the league in that department.
of the game.
ing a spiked ankle. Phil Koerner, Izzy's
substitute, got into action Saturday
and thumped Ehman, the Denver pitch
er, for three safe hits, driving in four
runs. Uncle John Higgins did Izzy a
friendly turn by letting Koerner go 20
the Wichita club.
Lincoln Journal: The st. Joe secre-
tary ought to make a new guess. To-
peka has beaten the Drummers three
ont of the first position. If it's too
early to pick the strongest, the same
dope goes for the weakest.
Wichita Beacon: Frank Isbell may
be out of the game for a couple of
days on account of the spiking which
Chris Lindsay unavoidably gave him
yesterday. The play was a close one,
and when Lindsay,s foot came down it
caught Isbell on the right ankle bone.
Two gashes were made, neither of
which ought to prove more serious
than to be a bit sore for a couple of
days, unless there was an infection.
Denver News: It was an unfortu-
nate debut for Cranston in that every
false move he made proved costly. The
fans began to shout for Kelly after
four runs had been scored through
hits that Cranston could not care for.
The former Southern Lacquer handles
himself like a ball player, however,
even if he did make Denver's only
misplay.
Wichita Beacon: The Denver team,
under Jack Hendricks. is a different
organization from the Denver club of
last season. On paper 1t is little if
any stronger than the aggregation
which Charley Jones had under his
wing, but on the playing field it is no
more like the 1909 club than a bunt is
like a home run. The Denver team
inside ball, every minute of the time.
Last season it was a rare thing to see
a Denver man bunt. Sometimes Harry
Cassidy did it, but he was just as liable
to pull off the stunt for his own amuSe-
ment as he was to try it with men on
bases. Now every man on the club
plays the bunting game. Let a Den
yer player reach first or second and
the next man is pretty sure to lay the
worked no less than three times in the
games here. and twice it scored runs
Everybody is hustling and Hendricks
Is as peppery on the coaching lines as
Hughey Jennings himself. There are
three or four good base runners in
the lineup and the others are not slow
about taking chances. 1t doesn't mat
ter what the Denver team has done
on this trip-it has won six and lost
eleventh must be reckoned with if
the two games played here are any
criterion.
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