The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-26

VI CoAlPdl1y next year ana JOIN a Class
B league, which may include Denver,
Omaha, Joplin, ST. Joe, Des Moines,
wichita, Topeka and Oklahoma City.
Did you see that prospective lineup
| for next season? That isn't quite the
same the Denver papers and lincoln
writer's have been doping up. Accord
ing to their idea of the proposition To-
peka and Des Moines are the clubs to
be yanked. Maybe Lincoln and Sioux
from Oklahoma City. Apparently their
big noise has not made a hit down
south where they also have a right to
a line OF dope. Surely, it does not seem
| ing up Toreka's franchise. Maybe Cool
| ey VIII not get bid for his club after
| all but Towne or Despair. Again. Ha!
Art Pencil. who. was released by
Cooley short time ago when accused
of being the leader of dissension in the
team, has been signed by San Antonio
In the Texas League. His home is in
Texas He went there from Topeka
Lincoln Star: If there is a fan in the
league whose heart is not made glad
v hen he contemplates the present state
Of the race he lives in Topeka. Denver
clashes with. Wichita, and Lincoln with
st. Joseph this series. Every enthuSi-
asst in both Wichita and Lincoln will
attend all the games, roofing with bra
zen voice and ieathery lungs for the
home team to take four straight. The
two visiting teams will be fighting with
every bit OF cunningness they may have
to hold tight to their endangered posi-
ton at the top Of the pile. This league
has never seen a race with four great
teams like the above mentioned, fight
Ing with such consistency and spirit
for the pennant.
ST. Joseph Gazette: It's a safe bet
that Tex Jones was mighty tickled
when he got that three bagger. He
would rather get hits in Topeka than
anywhere else around the circuit. He
once told the writer that the scrihes
in Topeka had always had it in for him,
even in the old Western Association
days. The only reason he could give
was that he lived in Wichita. Johnny
towards Topeka that we do. When he
was sent in to pitch in the seventh in
ming there were eight outs still to be
made. Out of these eight chances john
ny struck out five men and did not al
low a hit.
Omaha Bee: Omaha has broken its
long losing streak and is apparently
coming out Of the woods. The team
was plunged into the worst thicket Of
successive defeats it ever suffered by a
series of accidents which has kept three
and four regulars on the shelf for
weeks, but all the time it has been fight
ing. Now, with the acquisition OF some
new material, things are looking better.
! Tim Flood has filled the biggest gap,
and with him at second, the team takes
on new confidence and life, and MORT
arity is covering third in good form. AS
soon as he whips into normal condition
he will give the team much greater
value. Lefty Davis in center has been
an agreeable surprise. Lincoln let him
| go because he failed to hit. but he has
been clouting the ball hard for Omaha
and fielding his place well. One of the
most encouraging signs is that WEIGH
and Kane have regained their batting
eyes, apparently. With these two big
fellows hitting in normal form the team
will win, but with them failing to hit
in the pinches. as they did for some
time, the teams winning chances are
terribly reduced. Jim celebrated his re-
turn to the sluggers' gallery Thursday
by cracking the first ball pitched him
on the snoot, driving it against the fence
| and sending two runners across the
plate. He made four hits for the day
| two singles. a. double and triple. The
| team has been playing a good field right
| along; the fatal weakness has been ac-
! cidents and poor hitting, but the ginger
has never left it, and local fans ought
| to feel like offering little congratula-
| lation for that, for it is hard for any
! team to keep up spirit against the sort
OF luck the Rourkes have had.
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