The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-26
BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSIP.

BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSIP.
Where They Play Tomorrow.
Topeka at Des Moines.
Pueblo at st. Joseph
Lincoln at Sioux City.
Denver at Omaha
The Kaws will be home Monday for
three games with the league leaders,
the. Denver Grizzlies.
A double header will be played
Tuesday. ladies' day, moving the
Wednesday game up SO that the
Bruins may catch q train for their
mountain lair, where they meet Lin
coin. and that the Kaws may reach
Pueblo in time for their opener.
It was a joyous swatfest for the
Kaws and not so poor for the Dwyer-
ties. Topeka hammered out 18 safe
ones, five of them for extra cS-s. The
Hopefuls bagged II, two of them for
extras.
Merit Whitney waIloped out a homer
in the third with the bases full. The
fans have been waiting for that-ever
since Lincoln opened the season here
His other hit was a triple. "
Kid Buchanan worked against three
pitchers and hung on all the way. Very
funny, too, this youngster clouted for
a pair of singles. That ought to raise
his average above .O89.
Everybody hit safe one or more,
but it is interesting to note that Chap
man got into the heavy class with
three safe ones, one of them a triple.
Emory and Rickert continued to hold
up with three each. Emory had a
triple. double and single.
Edmiston had only one bingle. but
he set the league afire with his field
ing stunts and accepted nine chances
without a wobble.
Manager Unglaub of the Lopes got
rough over at the Sioux's little yard
and punched Umpire Knapp's physiog.
All because the jumps allowed Cock
man only two bases when his drive
"a homer. Don't know where this
screen is, but presumably it is to hold
balls inside the pillbox and is in the
fair region. Rather bet on Unglaub
than on Knapp for the correct thing,
but this league has been pretty rough
this season.
Manager Rickert has secured Eddie
Manning, second sacker late of the
Pacific coast Angels, and will throw
him into the game to try to beat
Krepps out of the job. The M. G. r.
is looking for some next year ma
terial.
Sioux City Tribune: The smallest
crowd of the season saw. Wednesdays
game. It was due in a measure to the
poor game of the preceding day, which
froa to,
stage. Yesterdays game was played in
one hour and % minutes. The games
here have been much shorter than last
season, majority having been played
in less than two hours.
St. Joseph News-Press: Walter
Frambes has played on three differ
ent clubs this year. To start the sea-
son, the ex-Drummer was with the
Kansas City Blues. Then Topeka
purchased his release, and now he is
wearing a Denver uni. From present
indications, Walter has been shifted
into a championship club. Waits ex-
perience will not be unlike that of
Bris Lord of the Athletics. who was
with Boston and Cleveland last year
before being acquired by Connie
Mack.
Denver News: Is Norris O'NeiI presi-
dent of the Western League in his chief
capacity or is he scout for the Chicago
White Sox? There is grave cause for
believing that he is the latter in the
terse American League bulletin receiv-
ed here today which states that Chick
Matticks, premier center fielder of the
Western League, has been purchased
by the White Sox from Des Moines.
Last Friday night President James CT
McCilI of Denver closed negotiations
with Pa Higgins of Des Moines for the
purchase of Natticks. Saturday a wire
received from ONeil stated that Hig-
gins had no authority to make the
sale. as he (O'NeiD had purchased the
club. Further, Mr.. O'Neil stated he
had no desire of selling Matticks to
anybody Had Matticks been disposed
of to the White Sox at that time the
simple statement to that effect would
have left the whole matter clear. But
neither Higgins or O'Neil said anything
about selling Matticks to the Sox and
it now appears that Matticl1s was sold
to the White Sox after McGin had
wired Secretary Farrell of the Nation