The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-12

in the season.
Yens Weidensaul, the former Lin
coin second sacker to whom the Kaws
extended an invitation to play with
them, now is reported to be signed up
as manager of the Greeley, Colo,
team.
Immediate prospects are that the
Western league will be six club
league in the near future. The league
cannot stand the condition of one
length of time, and every day is max
ing it more and more probable that
the DeS MOineS team will not be sold.
The only other alternative is the
dropping of Topeka from the list of
league towns and the reversiOn to the
six club league. The Western had
only six clubs up to three years ago
when Topeka and Wichita were add
ed. Wichita has given up the ghost
and Pueblo is in her place, but the
Topeka team is none too secure and
will have to give way if some arrange
ments are not made concerning the
Des Moines franchise. All the mag
mates of the league admit that it is
i'm possible to find a town at the pres
ent time in which to plant the Des
Moines team.
This change will make a fairly
compact Western league composed of
Sioux City in Iowa, Omaha and Lin
coin in Nebraska, st. Joseph in Mis-
orado. 1t viii lalso make up a league
in which the O'Neill element will be
in control one in which Lincoln and
possibly Sioux City will be the only
discordant factor.
| Pueblo Star-Journal: The Western
! League pennant race has reached the
beginning of the second stage of the
/ + <@G4 fC0s MI
on this start of the second stage finds
Denver holding a slight lead over Pu-
eblo, with ST. Joseph in third place and
Lincoln fourth. The fans around the
circuit have had a good chance to wit
ness all of the teams in action Two or
three times and can therefore judge of
the relative abilities of the contending
| teams. Denver has, without doubt, lAe
| best pitching staff in the league, all
things considered, and this fact is go
ing to make the Grizzlies troublesome
right up to the last game, provided, Of
course, that the staff does not go upon
a protracted slump They have just
recovered from slump of the pitchers
and while upon Il lost the big lead they
| had established upon the occasion oi
their last home stand. Pueblo has a
stronger batting team than the leaders
and plays just as fast a game in the
| field, being a little better on the bases
| But the local pitching staff is not as
/
mains to be seen whether the locals can
\ overcome that handicap.
| Here's hoping.
| Seventy home runs have been made
in the Western League, according to
the report of the Baseball Publishing
company, which is maintaining an ad-
vertising campaign for smoking tobac-
CO. A third of these runs have been
made in the Denver park, that bit 81
ground leading with % home runs
| Wichita which had the hard hitting
team for a part of the season, followed
with 81 home runs in that town. To
peka has six, st. Joseph has tnree
Sioux City none, Omaha three, Lincoln
has eight and Des Moines four. Two
home runs were made in nes Moines
not credited in this report, being made
in the first games of the season.
| The bun sign has been hit but once
in the Western League, Kane, hrs'
| basenaan of Omaha, having the honor
of getting this hit, and the $50 which
goes with it. The hit was made June
o.
In reports from 1S6 parks, 1,26B home
runs have been made thus far this year
with a total of rs swats against The
sign.