The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-19
Higgins Says His Pennant
Chasers Must Be Irish.
Race Not Begun According to
Des MOines Owner.
STRENGTH is ADDED.
Half of His Team Will PrOba-
bly, Report June 1.
ROurke Plans Shakeup When
Team Gets Home.

Team Gets Home.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW.
DeS Moines at Topeka.
st. Joseph at Denver.
Omaha at Wichita.
Sioux City at Lincoln.
Owner John F. Higgins, the unique
parsonage among club owners, is max
ing the trip with his ball players-and
he is right there among them-at the
hotel. And if there is one thing he
| insists on with his ball tossers it is ma
tionality-they've got to be irish.
Higgins claims to have had more
Irishmen on his club than all the 9TH
er owners in the league and he in
tends to have it so in the future. AS
for himself he says there never was
doesn't invalidate the pedigree.
Somebody mentioned the percentage
of his Irishmen in the league race, viz,
.115. but that disturbed him only so
far as to draw the predlctlon:
"This race has not yet begun. I'm
going to be in the finish when the time
comes, mark my word. This is a good
baseball team now and I've got more
players coming
So if anyone thinks Colligan, Dwyer,
Curtis, Matticks, Hersche and others
of the Emerald brand are not in this
league, ask Higgins. And then this
aggregation will be reinforced by KEEL
ly, Clemmons, Mitchell and Marian
and there is strong indication of
Irish there.
J. ]. Marian, a pitcher whom Fred
OImstead of the White Sox recon-
mended to Higgins. will join the Des
Moines team here today. He comes
from Ell Paso here and is a youngster.
Pitcher Mitchell, Catcher Clemmons
and Outfelder Kelly along with Clyde
Williams, second sacker, VIII join the
I al T1d
CTemmons was about the highest
priced battery in the league last season
and played at Des Moines. Kelly Is
coaching Notre Dame and Clemmons is
student there. Williams is coach1ng
Just at present Topeka can not rea-
sonably claim any superiority over
Des Moines and perhaps the next three
days will show a reversal Of SUPPOSE
ton.
The two clubs will meet for the first
time this season today and the cellar
championship must be decided before
either gets a chance at the lead race
And-lest you forget-reme mber the
league
But speaking about still being in the
Western league, Higgins declares Hol-
land tried to throw him out the otner
story that Isbell bought Higgins fran
chise. thinking to run Des Moines and
let Wichita slide. Higgins was not
consulted about the sale of his club
and seems to feel put out about 1t.
When Pa Rourke gets back to
Omaha with his club, there will be
big shake up. He has made a num-
Der of changes on the trip which ne
SAYS are proving to be just the thing
he wanted He has put Shipke on the
bench to run the club and sent Pick
to third. Pick did not look look espe-
cialIy good here but Rourke believes
when Niehoff was brought in from In
dianapolis and is said to have PAD
leg. Pickering has given place to Gus
Williams from the Brown recruits, and
Anderson ci no longer needed ana
somebody will have to be dropped.
The dope has it that Anderson,
Pickering and Graham are the ones to
go. Rourke, while he did not say SO,
seems to have the opinion that Topeka
could use Pickering or Anderson IN
the outfield.
Manager Moore got in very, very bad
with Rourke on that Monday game.
The omaha boys arrived about two
hours late and their owner did not
suppose there would be a game. But
when he was told a crowd had been
held at the park for the game, he went
out He considered that favor. Then
Moore stopped the n, game sfockin psk and
can because they did not have any
green on them, further delaying the
game That trick, While Wltnln tne
letter of the rules, Rourke CONTENDS Is
entirely without the spirit OF tnem ana
tberefore a raw deal on Moore'S part
Rourke opines that his club has
more inside stuff than the rest or the
clubs and that this Will pegin 70 snow
u-i1rinOC admits he
did not have this until he got his team
reorganized just recently and that II Is
due solely to the speed OF the men
whom he has sent in to supplant the
slow legged ones.
Ambv Mcconnell and Harry Lord. of
| the White Sox team, are the Sla1nese
| twins in modern baseball. For five
been together on three different clubs
and by peculiar freak of fate 1nexpla1n-
able have batted first and second re-
| spectiyely. on each team, Mcconnell
leading off, followed by Lord.
ue1 Chase manager and first base
man of the New York Americans, says
that his sensational one-handed stops
while covering first base add greatly to
his quickness as player. by eaten
ing many throws with one hand, says
| Chase. ''the baseman can swing into
nosition to throw the ball to another
part of the field more readily than If
he used two hands. OF course, the
player who aspires to make one-hand
catches must have a very quick eye
and a pronounced aptitude for holding
on to the ball.
Sioux City Journal: Apparently the
| Sioux City ball club is to be without a
southpaw. Towne wants to get rid of
Fred Miller. This big chap looked like