The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
6sO-63x Kansas AUensts

O'Nei1 has always taken kicks against
his umpires with complacency, but he
will be forced to listen in the present
| case, as the inconsistency of the pres
i ent gentleman goes beyond the limits
| of anything ever presented to the
| league before.
| Denver Republican: Topeka and
| Des Moines need be considered only
when they meet a prospective cham
| pion. The mines are away below the
others in real strength-just the sort
| of teams that break up a winning
streak by doing something unexpect-
! ed. That is, neither of the teams can
have hopes for doing anything more IN
the race than trailing the bunch. They
can not win anything for themselves,
| but in a pinch may cause some other
| team to stumble.
Sioux City Journal: Baseball like
Topeka played yesterday. deserves bet
ter than next to the bottom. The
Kaws will bear watching.
/ Hopke robbed Wagner of a perfect
hitting record. He is some shortstop.
The way he handled Wagner's hot
! terially the Champs chances to even
up the score.
! Pueblo Star-JournaI: Frank Isbell.
manager and owner of the Pueblo
| Western league team, who has no SUI
| perior in the league as handler of
men, says: at have a fine bunch of
boys. They are the best in the league
and will win the pennant for Pueblo.
ST. Joseph Gazette: The Topeka
Kaws, who are scheduled to make
their first appearance here Friday. are
fighting every club they meet. That
| victory over Sioux City yesterday was
! hard earned and as a rule, any club
/ that cleans the Packers on their home
| lot is playing ball.
st. Joseph News-Press: If Butch
| Kerns does become Drummer, may
| be some of the umpires in this league
who have been slipping something over
| on the home boys will cut it out. Butch
| is some fighter. He would fight in a
minute and, what's more, he knows
! how that said mixin' is DONE
Sporting News: An odd case of in
| reference came up recently in a game
! in the Southern league. Paul Senteil
scored on a throw to the plate. He was
safe and to spare, and as the ball came
/ bounding in he "speared" 1T for joke
and tagged himself with it. thus pre-
| venting the catcher taking the tardy
| throw. Umpire Carpenter called him
out for interference, which was tech
| nically correct.
i Kansas City Journal: Joe Crisp, a
! Kansas City boy who formerly caught
| for the Blues, is likely to be idle this
year Crisp is taking life easy in KAN
| sas City and does not care about
/ catching for Topeka, Kan, to which
| club he belongs Crisp was with New
ark, N. J., last season and caught win
| ming ball. He was so well thought Of
Il there that the ST. Louis Browns bought
= him in the fall. This year they turned
Joe over to Topeka, under an optional
agreement and Crisp stopped here on
his way to the. Kansas town. Crisp
does not care to catch in the Western
league as he believes he is fast enough
for the A. A. or E. L. if not for the
major leagues.
Sioux City Journal: Whitney plays a
great game at first for the Kaws. He
is some slugger, too. This man
Moore is a hard worker. He accepted
some difficult chances. He failed to
cover first base once and it cost the
Kaw pitcher a hit.
st. Joseph News-Press: Now that
Wichita is out of the Western league.
the task of upholding the honor Of
Kansas rests upon Topeka's shoulders.
Can Topeka deliver? The question is
worrying the Kaws more than anyone
1 else. As far as Spirit is concerned To-