The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-14
BASEBALL DoPE AND GOSSIP,

BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSIP.
Where They play Tomorrow.
st. Joseph at Topeka
Denver at Omaha
Sioux City at Pueblo.
Des MONIES at Lincoln.
Holland and his Drumners Will be
the enemy tomorrow. In the dozen
games already played with this gin
gerry aggregation, the Kaws are hold
ing them down. I to 5.
O'Brien delivered a nice line of slab
mans goods out at the park and had
the Kaws at his mercy-which wasn't
much His splitter and a fast high one
outside did most of the fooIing.
Joe Rickert win have to order foot
halters for some of his new recruits to
keep them out of the ! alter bucket.
They'll be spiking somebody in the
boxes next.
Spencer Arthur Abbott is back at
his pool business from the manage
ment of the Lyons club IN the blown
Kansas State. Abb has a couple of
good youngsters to sell and would like
to see them have a tryout here. Then
there Is always a chance for Abb to
sell himself TO them. too He never
has failed to get In OH part of a sea-
son here. He was hitting for homers
in the small circuit
Isben picked up five OF the State
leaguers for a try. Outfielder Bech-
told from Great Bend mad an error
Thursday which cost the game
Larned had the cream of the kan
sas state catchers in Crittenden. There
is some chance of Rickert taking him
on for workout unless some other
club has gotten at him first He has
ers in the league and Buchanan looked
him over on his scouting trip.
Red Donovan, q Hutchinson twirl-
er, recommended to Rfckert by Ed
mission, arrived in time to work out
at the park. Red has a reputation.
Since he is the property of the home
club, this reputation should be
quashed. When you see him you will
know what it is.
Umpire Morgan is having his trou-
bles with the Denver men. He just
can't square himself for chasing Hen
bricks Wednesday and tae whole lot
calls him everything in .he ball play
ers' choice vocabulary both from the
bench and the field. He ought to be
big enough to stop it.
Eddie Crornpton said Thursday
morning he surely would be in the
game, but when the garne was begun
he was in civilian clothes in box.
The thumb of his right hand, which
was injured by a fly bah he lost in
the sun. Is twice its natural size and
still sore.
The proper way to spell it is Krepps.
and the home of the new Topeka sec
ond baseman is in Salina instead of
Concordia, although he was playing
there when spotted by Scout Buch-
anan. Krepps took a high school
course in football for the purpose of
getting even with a fellow on the
Kansas Wesleyan university team with
whom he had q misunderstanding
about a girl. The high school man
agement. however. insisted. along late
in the spring, that Sam should study
something else beside football, the
season being over. Sam brought in a
minority report. The Central Kansas
league was being organized then and
Krepps decided to take a course in
baseball He signed up with Salina
and has played each season since IN
the Central Kansas he was a favorite
because, winning or losing, making
errors or handling them easily, he was
always full of "pepp'' and trying hard.
Krepps may or may not stick" but
he will be playing his best all of the
time.
Lincoln Star: Jack Hendricks isn't
satisfied with the Bear lineup. He Of
fered Gilmore and $1,000 to Higgins for
Chink Mattick. Higgins demanded a
$500 raise and the Bear leader turned
to the South League for his new man.
The most enlightening feature of the
tale is that Higgins would have sold
his best player if he could have got
his price, regardless OF the effect of
the sale on the team.
st. Joseph News-Press: Jawn Higgins
is wishing now that he hadn't parleyed
a perfectly good job printery into a
baseball franchise. Higgins owns a
does all of the Western League print
ing.
Sioux City Tribune: Manager Towue
made a wise move when he showed
Hub Dawson to fourth place in the
batting order. "Ducky" Holmes wasn't
the man for the cleanup" position.
Some fans are of the opinion that the
batting order could be changed other
wise to better advantage. Reilly ought
to have place higher up. and in view
of Andreas' hitting this season, he
could do more good in any other place
than at the head of the list. $500. AS a
result of his performance last Sunday.
when he Wh1fed IL Marty OTOOle,
is likely to be sold for the highest
price of the season. Roger Bresnahan,
manager of the st. Louis Cardinals, is
said to have offered S16,500 in cash
for O'Toole and Catcher Kelly, his
running mate. Comiskey of the White
Sox is reported to have bid $1,000 for
the pair. Manager Lennon of ST. Paul
will not sell his stars unless he can gat
part of the purchase price in players.
Somebody, according to the St. Paul
Dispatch, wrote the following letter to
Marty O'Toole, graduate of the West
ern, now burning up the A. A: Honor
obIo Martin 0,Frooia- paSpeo+cd sir.