The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17

Where They Play Tomorrow,
Des Moires at Topeka.
Sioux City at Denver.
st. Joseph at Lincoln.
Omaha at Pueblo.
Two in SUGGESTIONS from the Drunlners
just at this time looks very prornis-
ing for the Topeka ball boys.
It's been a great old shakeup and
there is a lot of fear that the kid
c:ies will not be able to hold the pace.
In the last five games, however, they
have taken four and that's good enough
for a while.
Drop a tear for Hafford, Crompton
and Hawkins who were released Satur-
day night. Hafford was beaning the
ball with regularity. Crompton was
down and out with a bad finger. Fe
lost ball in the sun and before he
could find it again it had beIted him
On the right thumb and laid him off
several Wet ks. Tommy Hawkins also
has hard luck with his fingers. He was
the best man to work Jack F'ugate that
ever came to town and could be de-
pended upon to get Jack away in tbs
good. None of them were notified in
time to get a line out for other jobs
but probably will get hooked on in 2.
short time. Crompton and Hawkins are
hardly able to work Cor d while.
Red Gardner is expected today to ill
the place Of Crompton and relieve
I3eecher of the right gardening. Chap
man has proven a sensation behind the
Plate and the management thought best
to keep the coming youngster, already
eyed by Detroit, rather than Hawkins
Emory is filling the Hafford holo ac-
ceptably.
There is a lot of kidding among the
old players left on the ball club to the
effect that Beecher is to replace Whit
ney as a first sacker. Whitney has been
in something OF a hitting slump for
about a month but just lately has been
pulling out of it. The talk Of his dis
missal along with the three let out was
| occasioned by the report that the man
| agement had been buying first base
mans mitt for Beecher Whitney is
playing a great game at first and is a
good man on the team.
Anyhow Rickert and his directors are
getting the boys to playing live bail and
| it remains to be seen whether they can
maintain he stride they have struck
The great work % the pitchers has 5oen
the means of winning the games won
since the return home. Had the op-
poneuts been able to hit the KaWS
probably would have lad too few rms.
But nevertheless, there is a great deal
more pepper in the team and the play
ers act like they were looking for work.
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| 1t seems to have been Sim Bear who
chase so hard on this Red Gardner
deal and finally pushed it through with
the assurance that the new outfielder
would be here today. Now If Sim Bear
4 shows Gardner on the field and he IS
all that he is cracked up to be. Sim
must be given better credit as scout.
According to the ycllying among the
| ball players these new men have not
vet drawn their directors. Merit Whit
ney was the originator of the theory
that on this club each player had his
own director and Mr.. Bear was allot-
ted to him. Now that Merit is hitting
egain he likely will remain under his
director but the selection OF directors
for the new men replacing the old ones
is a matter of great significance to the
players.
The total list of Kaws just added to
the roll call is eight. Krepps, Edmiston,
Emory, Chapman, who have already
been seen IN action, and Gardner, Dono-
van, a pitcher from Hutchinson. and
pitcher Brown ard Outf1elder Dale from
Abbott's Lyons club.
Sioux City Tribune: Looks like the
| Des Moines club and franchise is really
going to change hands According to
reports there are several bidders for
the property, and the one Tip
| O'NeiII selects Will get the prize. There
is a sneaking suspicion around the cir
cult that the Western 'prexy" is in
terested himself in the Des Moines
holdings.
Ira Belden, an Izzy outfieIder, is the
legitimate leader of Western league
hitters in the last grist of averages,
with a percentage of .34S in 23S times
at bat. King leads the regular Kaws
with 800. but Clark is hitting .317.
other Kaws hit as follows: Beecher,
1887, Hafford $50, Rickert .275, Crisp
$50, Whitney $50, Chapman -233,
Durbin .204. Krepps .1Ss, Fugate .125.
Buchanan .093.
TEX Jones of the st. Joseph Drum
mers is spending a few days visiting
relatives at Wichita while he is patch
ing up a badly split finger on his
throwing hand. Tex was much
pleased at the report that Comiskey
has nabbed Rabbit Powell, as Jones
claims he talked up that trade.
The report that Holland has been
offered $4,000 from the Boston Ameri-
cans for Jones evidently pleased the