The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-17

ISbelPS prize, Westerzil, who has
been sold to Detroit, is another ex-
ample of the hard working player
going up to bigger money and better
class.
Old Eagle Eye BeckIey is unable to
play on account of his illness and
Catchers Shea and Brown alternate
at catch and first. Tuesday was
Browns turn to catch. 1t is rumored
Beckley is suffering with infantile
paralysis.
When they dipped coins to see who
would play left field Tuesday Barber
was stuck for the job.
The Rocky Mountain members of
the Western league are having a hard
time keeping up. their averages on
Omaha got in for one, with the re-
suit that the Packers are pulling away
from them.
Sioux City Tribune: In case Wich-
ita is really in dire need of three or
four games, it is hoped that Izzy will
wait for the Cooleysox. They give
EN- away every day, with an extra
package added on holidays.
Des Moines News: Cooley consent
ed to transfer the series to Des Moines
after he discovered the attitude of the
Topeka fans in endeavoring to boy
colt his club because he had sold six
of his star players. Cooley, however.
declares that he sold the players be-
when he was giving them high class
baseball.
st. Joseph News-Press: The Cooley
sox are easy picking for any club in
the league, now that Dick has weeded
out hi Io11 w,1k To
peka lineup is a loose combination.
Dick kaufman tried his skill
against the. Packers for the second
time Monday and they went after him
like a gang of tramps after free
lunch Dick was pitted against Marty
O'Toole and it. turned out to be a
great day for the Irish. Marty didn't
get very neat support from his mates,
but he got the Drummers' nannies in
the pinches and managed to keep
ahead of the game. Somehow Kauf-
man seems to have lost out with that
fickle goddess, Dame Fortune. He
has been losing games that he should
have won and although we're not try
ing to cover up his losses, we honestly
believe Dick has his share and more
of hard luck, for he is good twirler.
Wichita Beacon: By the way it might
not be out of place to call the atten-
ton of the dopists around the w. L.
circuit that Wichita is not out of this
race yet With something like 81 games
yet to be played, the Jobbers are close
on the heels of the three clubs now
games separate them from the leaders.
| A little luck may cut down that mar
gin during the next four days, for just
now, even during the. absence of
Belden from left field, Wichita is play
ing as good ball as any club in the
O'Neill family. The pitchers are going
nicely, the team is fielding In brilliant
fashion and the hits have been timely.
For the past four days honors have
been coming easily against the be-
week, when Sioux City and Lincoln will
| be taken on, there may be some trou-
| BILE in store for our athletes. An even
break at Sioux City would be salts
factory. and it is to be hoped that the
Jobbers can bag the odd one of the
| FIVE games to be played at Lincoln,
where postponed entertainment Is to
| be played off, On the last trip TO
Bryan's town. Wichita took 8 out of 4.
| Omaha ought to contribute enough TO
make the trip altogether satisfactory.
| In this connection let 1t be said, as a
good o. fan told me the other day.
that I'VE are not boasting; we are just
/ thankful"
Lincoln News: An II to 1 beating
/ SllSuC0S oil CI1IlClSIl COHC6IHlHR Ills
umpiring, but it cannot dispose of the
fact that Mickey Mullen last Saturday
gave the Antelopes the rawest deal of
| the local season Lincoln was entitled
to that game and the count for the
| series would have been three for Lin
Mickey's wretched DEGREES. To Presi-
dent Desplain, Mullen denied that he
had any grudge against the Antelopes
la statement which fails to coincide
with his constant reviling of Manager
Sullivan in the Saturday game Catch
er Kruger declares fatty that Muller
begrudged the time to rule on ball:
and strikes when behind the plate, sc
busy was the jumps in his vocal casti
cation of the Lincoln manager. al
though he was careful to turn his tricl
in an undertone and unbeknown u
Sully and the spectators. Lincoln fam
are fully conscious of the fact tina
Sully is not an umpire batter. Thu
Antelopes are playing the game clean
ly in this and every other city in tn
circuit and Manager Sullivan is alb
solutely guiltless of setting any ex
ample calculated to bring the spor
into bad repute- Mullen's protestation
! can avail him nothing. His partisan
, to condemn him beyond hope in tn
, estimation of every intelligent patro
of the game. Lincoln player
who were on the team of last year ar
= wise to Mullen. They are convince
! beyond all shadow of doubt that it wa
a tainted pennant which went to De
Moines in 1909. They are equally cer
tain that Sioux City was the rightft
: | winner. The Lincoln club conclude
: the campaign of last year in De
!, Moines, playing three games with tn
+ Boosters. In order to win the pennan
it was necessary for Des Moines
= capture all three games. Manager Su
Ivan and the players assert that Mu
len who was handling the Indicate
handed two of the games to De
Moines by a procession of rulings s
rank as to convince them that 1t wa
n design so far as concerned Mullen an
that "rnisjudgment" played no par
- BEING secure in their possession
It seventh place and having nothing
). stake. the Lincoln players refraine
}, from any protest. Most of them oil
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