The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-10

| a team IN the A. A. made Fairweather
| ana Fowne tempting offer. Nothins
doing for the present boys. We can't
| break up that winning combination.
Sioux City Tribune: The story won't
down that ID, III dimes is again going
to assume the management of the
PACKERS. One man wanted to bet mon
ey the other day that he would. Here's
| a good chance to speculate and the tip
is this: Cover all he's got. No, we
don't bet.
Des Moines Capital: The hammers
ere out in st. Joseph The papers there
are demanding in their editorial col
umns that Jack Holland get some more
pitchers. Here is what was said in
enc of the editorials:
The St. Joseph baseball team has
been slaughtered so frequently of late
that 1t is time to arise and demand of
Manager Holland that he strengthen
his staff of pitchers. That the Drum
mers have fallen from first to fourth
place in the Western League standing
is hum1liaflng to every local fan. Man.
eyer Holland canrot afford to ignore
the sentiment here and should lose no
time fr Strengthening his weak places"
Isn't it to laugh? Boosters turn to
knockers in one day in st. Joseph. 1t
las been Predicted ali along that ST.
Joseph would begin to fall and now that
the slide has begun st. Joe cannot stand
the humiliation. AT the start of the
reason a first division place was all that
was desired. Now the fans there are
demanding something better than fourth
place.
Denver Republican,: Denver lost the
game to st. Joseph in one inning and
as result Pitcher Hagerman, who was
In the box when the run-getting was
started, was indefinitely suspended by
Manager Hendricks for failure to get
into condition.
"Scrappy Jack" is thoroughly out of
humor with the way in which his slab
artists have been working and Hager-
mans sentence is only preliminary TO
what may be expected unless other
members Of the staff begin to use their
arms as their past records warrant
Hendricks in believing they should.
Des Moines Register and Leader:
'Ducky" Holmes has gone back to
Sioux City and expects to remain there
during the rest of the summer. Holmes
talked freely there concerning his re-
cent retirement from the position of
manager of the Toledo team. Holmes
says that Mrs. Armour, the wife of the
owner of the club, interfered with the
management SO frequently that it made
his position unbearable. A Des Moines
business man telegraphed to "Ducky"
Holmes a few days ago, asking the
former manager of the Sioux City team
If he wanted the Des Moines franchise.
If he cid, the Des Moines man, whose
name has not been divulged, intimated
that he would buy it for him. Holmes,
however, said that he didn't want the
place.
Bradbury of the Champions was left
at home on this trip. He is said to be
too good a catcher to be released SO
that Des Moines will have strings on
him until the end of the year all right.
Showers, pitcher from Milwaukee.
has Joined the Omaha team. Pa
Rourke is trying to build up a team
that will get out Of the second division.
He is having hard time of it as his
pitchers are not exactly dependable.
Sioux City News: Peaceful Bill"
Dwyer is playing his usual steady game
for Des Moines. Clyde williams. the
Ames coach, is once more in the lineup
of the Des Moines Champs Daf Alder
man has been called to Tekemah, Neb.,
on account of the illness of his father.
Lincoln Jofffnals The Lincoln club
played to, something like $500 paid
admissions a Sunday included, in the
four days at Des Moines. Only a
week prior the Boosters had their
whack at 5000 admissions for four
games in Lincoln and on three of the
days the weather could not have
been more abominable for baseball.
The Iowa capital appears to glory in
It's reputation for being a dead ball
town. Otherwise the business men
would get together and work out a
plan to give the Boosters something
like decent support.
Lincoln Journal President Despair
came down from Omaha yesterday
evening and does not figure on rejoin-
ing the team during the remainder
of it's stay in Rourkeville. The prexy
of the Antelopes relates that Lefty
Davis is a finished ball player and,
unquestionably, has strengthened the
team =
Yen wiedensaul has batted his way
into the leadership of the -Antefopes'
hitting department and has topped
the 800 mark by comfortable mar
gin.
A silver shower at Des Moines last
Sunday netted Jack Dalton SIS in
payment for his home run smash in
the ninth inning.
Battling WEIGH has been moved up
to the fourth position in the Sioux City
batting order. while First Baseman
Stem has been showed down to sew
enth. The battler was hitting poorly
during the snfSI IlOHLE OI the CdAi-
paign, but of late he has been wallop-
ing after the fashion of T'y Cobb.
Lincoln Journal: Billy Fox was
missing from the Omaha lineup and
Grand Island Graham played second.
humping the. ball for two hits and
making one error in four chances at
second. If Graham's weak knee can
stand up, it is presumed that Pa will
soon put Fox on the market. That
S400-per is more than the Omaha
magnate can stand. The humiliation
of such a fine ball player and SPLEEN
did gentleman as Billy Fox Is one of
the tragedies of the year in the year
in the Western league. Topeka
in the tailend position, is less than
four and a half games behind the
Packers. And Topeka is no snap for
any club in the league to beat. In