The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23

Today the Cooieysox meet the
Drummers in desperate combat. The
Drummers no longer are Just one
notch up but have climbed to the
head of the second DIVISION. Iney
have showed past Des Moines and
Omaha and left the Cooley eripples
behind. While it is not likely Topeka
can overtake the Drumrners right
away because they are going up. they
may be able come back and slip past
Des Moines and Omaha, who are
tumbling down the ladder. The great
hope in the home camp now is to turn
around and start back with a deter
mination the slumping teams can not
resist. Des Moines is nearly a hun
bred points to the good and Omaha
shade above. While Topeka battles
the Drummers, Des Moines and Oma-
ha battle each other and probably will
hold their present percentages. The
Champs follow the Drummers here
and they ought to get a lot of addi-
tionaI juice shot into their toboggan.
Pitcher Geist of the Antelopes will
go to the Chicago Cubs at the close
of the present season. Geist was
member of the Cubs spring training
squad. He was sent back for further
development.
Pitcher George Shears. that lanky
side wheeler whom Holland got from
Minneapolis, took side trip to Falls
City, Neb., and worked Wednesday
against the Nebraska City team. The
boys touched him for seven and won
the game , to 1.
The report is out that the next pay
day will close the business for the
Western association. All the good
players of the league are being Gov
ered' by managers and scouts who
~ watching for the
balloon. A number of sales already
have been made.
Lincoln Star: The fans had
chance to estimate Rip Zip Hager-
mans terrific speed Tuesday when one
of his wilder offerings tipped off
Krueger's glove and smashed into the
base of the grandstand to the side of
the pad. Jumps Spencer told Kruger
to hurry up and get the ball, but the
catcher simply showed him the hole
in the board where the ball had
smashed its way through. Manager
Davis of Des Moines was pleased with
the showing made in the Wednesday
contest. He thinks that four double
plays and a triple in the same game
are pretty near record. The clean
cut nature of each play adds to the
exhilaration. Not a single close de-
cision arose on one of the plural outs.
st. Joseph News-Press: Jack Shea
had a fingernail on his right hand torn
off in the last of the sixth and proba-
bly, will be out of the game for several
days as a result. Just some more
hard luck for the Drunmers. Frambes
is a mighty swell little backstop, but
if he has to work every day there is
a chance for his being hurt, too, and
should such a thing happen Holland
would be up against it for a catcher.
First it's one thing, and then another
that always hobs up to hinder the
home boys Just as though it isn't
bad enough to have bunch of six
pitchers without a one who is really
going good, Holland has to face more
| trouble in the way of untimely little
accidents to his other players. First
| it was Powell who was laid up, then
| Fox and Corhan, although Roy stuck
| in the game. Although the old game
| jinx' was left behind several weeks
| ago at Omaha, there is some sort of a
hoodoo following the DFummers.
] Wichita Beacon: Jack Haskell has
been doing nice job Of umpiring this
Iseries. There has been hardly a kick