The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-05

Cooley made the propt sition. but was
os exorbitant in his demands with ref
etenee to the division of the receipts
that ID. d. utnred it down. About the
only thing that Sir Richard overlooked
IN naming his terms was Mike McGil-
lick and his ponderous baseball sign. Ev-
erythlng else. however, was to so TO
Cooley Lincoln owes three postponed
games to Topeka and If Sir Richard is
hankerlng to play them off, there will
De heap of baseball on tap during
the four days stay Of the Antelope
tribe in Cooleyville.
St. Joseph Gazette: Despite the fact
i5at he was hit rather hard yesterday
danlfan, the Drunu1ers' new pitcher,
made a pretty fair Showing. He had
little hard luck in the hits. One of
item was a single right through short
that Corhan would easily have gotten,
but the shortstop, had started for sec
had started for second the minute
Hanifan delivered TIE ball. CorEen
thought he was trying to steal and he
was going to take the throw. Instead,
1T was the hit and run play, and before
CUrhan could get back to his position
the ball had gone by. Manager Hol-
land took HaElsssn out because he want
ed to save him for one of the garles in
the double header Tomorrow. He be-
Eeves, that the young twirler can do
good. work and he wants to give him
a fair trial.
st. Joseph News-Press: 1t was ex-
to see the Drummers win a
game and we were glad that Bolivar
reported in time to grab the last from
the Champs. 1t was the last game of
the season for the Champs at League
park The Drummers will play two
series at Des Moines this month.
winding up the last series with a game
September 1. Perhaps Hollands boys
will be stepping along by that time
and it may so happen that Davis and
his chesty bunch win be repaid full
measure. - 49,
Lincoln Star: Jack Holland is get
ting the pruning knife sharpened for
recalcitrant players. The st. Joseph
crowd has been going poorly and
rumor from Joe Town has it that the
for the sights which can only be seen
after midnight, to say nothing of the
love of "suds.' Since returning home
from the last road trip the Drummers
have lost seven out of eight games.
four to Sioux City and three to Des
Moines. Support in Joe Town has been
so good all season as to merit mention
from all managers who have played
there and Holland has been laying
plans for buying campaign this fall
which will cinch first division team
next year. If the fans go back on him
he may be forced to take tuck in his
And that is just what the
fans are doing. They gave great sup
port to a first division team, they con-
tinued 1t through great streak of i'll
appeared to be trying to play ball. But
they won't stand for bunch that don't
care.
The great big showing Cor bluff that
st. Poseph is the best ball team in
the league despite a losing team has
gun to fade away. No use talking 10
the contrary, the fans Of baseball can't
stand the continued strain Of an ever
losing team. The st. Joseph Gazette
admits: In the same manner that st.
Joseph lost its Western league club
several years ago, it is going to lose it
again. unless the fans change their
spirit. The worst thing that rooters
can t1o-roast their home players-is
being done now at. League park, and it
Is something that has never failed to
kill a ball club Nov many claim that
t is time to criticise. It is. But it is
not time for knocking. The team has |
had losing streak and some rotten |
pail playing has been largely RESPONSE |
Ole. Poor pitching has been an inn
oortant factor also. But if the fans do !
lot stick by the club and see it through |
St.. Joseph lost it's club several years |
tgo it went to Lincoln, Neb. The team |
hat Lincoln got was rotten enough |
The players were at outs with each
)ther and were playing punk ball |
We'll, for three years that club stayed |
n seventh and eighth place in the per-
,entage column, playing rotten bail /
md losing most of their games But |
every year the club got little better. |
The owners kept changing players un- |
Ill they got the right kind. They |
couldn't get what they wanted in a
lay or in a week or in month, but |
hey finally succeeded in getting to-
yether a speedy bunch of ball tossers. |
Vow Lincoln, after several years, is UP |
n the race in the Western league, and
Every bug in that town is crazy with |
oy. And it was all made possible by |
he fact that in all the months the |
Tub was losing the fans stayed by 1t /
md kept roofing and hoping
Beggar-Please, ma am. 1 was not al |
ways like this. Lady-No, time brings /
hangeS. Last week YOU had the crutch /