The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-22

At last Sioux City has slipped below
St Joseph in the standing. For weeks
they have been back-kicKing strong
enough to prevent the catastrophe, but
Hollands lads found some fine picking
in the Kaws and pushed up notch.
Barney McGrath is not tar from be-
ing the poorest pitcher In the league
whereas last season he was one of the
best. That's not making any special
time toward the majors but Barney
has changed his style of delivery some
what and the new motion seems to
have little relation to the location Of
the plate. Barney was in the box two
innings yesterday. allowing five safe
ones. one a triple, and four walks.
Doc. Cook, one of the Three-I-Chica-
COST. Paul-Topeka pitchers, finished
up McGrath's bad job in creditable
manner but the game already was lost.
Dial Alderman, who quit the Kaws to
take care of his tombstone business az
Lyons, Neb., and then sold the bust.
ness, is reported to be pitching bail for
an amateur club at Wayne. Neb.
This third tribe of Indians, the
Pueblos, is the fighting band. Their
choice of instruments of warfare is the
primitive club and their swats are
mighty. What they did to the Sioux
Indians and their pitching STAFF yester-
day was a great deal. There were IL
rounds in the engagement, however.
and the Sitting Bull posterity showed
brilliant battling array.
Walter Boles, formerly a member of
Cooley and Holland teams in the West
ern league, but this season a hold ont
may go pack into the game in a few
days with Babe ToWne at Sio1x civ
Boles has been selling life insurance in
Iopeka thus far into the present sea-
son. His Wife'S health is a matter oP
constant worry to him again this sum.
mer. however, and he says he doesn't
Ieel IKE talking insurance to anyone.
BaDe ToWne has wired him an at
tractive offer as backstop and VvaIt
ADMITS ne is seriously considering it
Tom Fafrweather held a little consult
tatlon with Boles on the last visit of
the Packers. The deal whereby the
sioux get line on Boles is the trade
Of Buck Freeman to Holland. Freeman
reported some time since but the mar
uculars of the deal are unknown. Free
man refused to report to ToWne. say
ing other clubs got too many hits Off
him in that little park Both being
holdouts. likely enough the trade was
an even break.
Reports are that the new improve
ment in the Sioux City ''pilIbox'' has
resulted in many long flies being caught
which heretofore went over or hit the
fence The additional space Of Is feet
was gained by the removal of a rail-
road spur.
Crompton made a beautiful one-hand
catch of a drive by Kelley in that
close game by leaping into the air from
a running start. Seems Eddie is maxi
ing good on that promise to play ball
and the fans here are with him.
St Joseph Gazette: O'Brien, touted in
Denver as a strikeout wonder, struck
exceedingly rough going at Omaha yes
terday. The Rourkes took a strong
liking to his benders. He wasn't on
MS own diamond with a home UNI
pire working and it made some differ
ence-
Freeman also had an evening up with
one Walter Frambes over at ST. JOS
eph according to the Gazette which
-ecords: In the second frame, after
one man had persisted. thanks to Joe
Kelly, who made a wonderful running
catch, whitney, the visitors big first
baseman. met one of Freeman's twist
ers squarely and sent it to the centcT
field fence for a triple. It looked bad.
as a long fly meant q run. Freeman,
however. saw to it that the long ffy
wasn't forthcoming. He very wisely
gave Crompton free transportation
Then he made Breitenstein foul out 20
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