The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
Sandy GriswOld MOurns Over
Long Schedule.
Calls the 16S Game Men Sap
heads.
TWO REILLY'S HIRED.
BOthAre ShOrtstOps and Wichita
Has "Other" One.
Don Despair Kicker of the
Western.
TWO REILLY'S HIRED.

Sandy Griswold in the Omaha World
Herald: From the appearance of things
this morning it looks as if the new
sapheads in the Western league are
going to burden us with a 1853 game
schedule this season, and if they do
they will only live to regret it. One
hundred and sixty-eight games means
that the season must open not later
than April 26 or 81, at least two weeks
too early, and close along about the
second week in October. 1t is really
surprising that Manager Rourke would
favor this prolonged schedule in the
face Of the fact that he hasn't had but
one favorable opening day-that is, half
decent baseball weather-since the
present league has been in existence,
and the first series of home games, the
season opening here, are as good as
thrown away. Exhibition games with
state teams at a 25-cent admission
would put more money in the Omaha
clubs Golfers than series of cham
pionship contests at % and 80 cents,
pulled off to a handful of hardy fans,
fortified in ulsters, arctics and ear
muffs. That is, according to the gen.
eral early April dope. And, again, for
a tail-end team, which we hope will not
be Omaha, to stretch the season into
October is next to suicidal 1t is hard
enough to induce cigarette money into
the gates Of several Western league
cities after the chase has been pretty
well defined, say along the latter part
of July and August, and then on top of
this to force them along into the true
melancholy days, is asinine. The West
ern league is in no position or condition
for innovations or experiments, and
what she had better do is heW pretty
closely to the line in all matters that
call for courage and dough, either in
the sweet vernal season or lachrymose
autumn.
Manager Jack Pickett has purchased
from the Des Moines club five players
for his Green Bay aggregation as fol-
lows: Outfielders Felix ChOuinard and
Thomas O'Hara; Pitchers John McDon-
aid and William Kermin and Catcher
Lon RadeL.
There are four Scanlon brothers play
ing baseball. Besides Pitcher Doc Scan
Ion of Brooklyn, there is Frank with
the Phillies, promising southpaw; an
other brother caught under the name of
Wilson in the Eastern league last year,
and the youngest will pitch this year
for Worcester. in the New England
league.
Des Moines came near to getting
Reilly, the shortstop secured recently
from the White Sox by Wichita. But
it was last year. ComfSkey tried to
get waivers on Reilly, but some of the
CLUBS III the american IedSu0 WOulO
not waive and Higgins was forced to
bring Bader into the infield and play
him at second base. There are now
two Reillvs in the Western league, one
of them playing shortstop for Topeka
and the other the same position for
Wichita. There will be a merry time
in this league this summer keeping
the records of the two men separate
-Des Moines Register and Leader.
Many have been wondering why
Fred Clarke, the Pittsburg manager
let Vic Willis, the veteran pitcher, &C
10 st. Louis. 1t is for the same rea-
son that Abstein was also sold to the
st. Louis Nationals. After the sixth
game of the worlds series last year
Willis made a sighting remark to Abb
stein. There was a hard fight in prog
ress when Clarke found and separated
the two men. He swore at that time
that he would sell the two men before
the next season had started. The
curious part of the matter is that he
sold the two players to the same club
The National league adopted {
schedule of 154 games-another vic
tory for B. =. Johnson. the presiden
Of the American league. He seems t.
be the biggest man in baseball in the
winter time. Wagner is during thu
summer.
81 think it is blamed shame" say!