The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-11

EVENING, AUGUST IL, Il
BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSIP.
Where They Play Tomorrow.
Pueblo at Topeka.
Denver at Lincoln.
ST. Joseph at Omaha.
Sioux City at Des Moines.
The Kaws open a three-day round
with the Colorado indian tribe. Looks
like Clark to pitch. In Pueblo, on this
last trip, the Kaws broke even with
the Pueblos and somewhat shattered
their jinx.
The Antelopes cleaned house with
the Kaws three times in succession
and let them return from the trip with
three won and seven lost. Topeka is
doing all it can to help Lincoln get the
flag. They can't beat the LoDes but
they can trim the Grizzlies now and
then.
That last at Lincoln, however, was a
hard one to lose The Kaws, with
Blaine Durbin pitching swell ball. had
the running tied in the ninth Beecher
LED off the inning with double which
he thought was a triple. In taking the
extra base he was thrown out. After
that Gardner and Whitney hit safe,
but the next two were easy outs. The
Links made one in their half with a
pair of clouts. the first a double.
Durbin got a pair of safe ones in
four trips to the plate, one of them
triple and the other a two-sacker.
That's the hard hitting pitcher.
Lincoln used three pitchers and yet
got away with the game. Thomas and
Cole, the deposed loafers. were sent
" fn In mir hr1f
failed to connect.
They had another swell ball game
over at Des Moines. St. Joseph won
both teams played an errorless game.
The Drummers got only three more
hits than the Hopefuls so the fans
there have no yell coming yet.
George Clark got into the going
again over at Sioux City yesterday and
shut out Omaha 2 to by allowing
them only four hits.
Des Moines Capital: Now that
| Manager Bill Dwyer and his Prodigals
are in our midst again we should give
them a royal reception. They have
been playing great ball on their Ions
Denver Times: To satisfy the curl
osity of scribe and also to settle in
the minds of some 5000 fans just who
is the fastest man on bases in the
Denver club, the Grizzlies did q little
| base running yesterday afternoon be-
fore the game, trying the run to first
on bunt and circling the bases.
The test wasn't satisfactory because
one Mike McCarty, able groundkeeper,
was busy wetting down the diamond
before the game and he had worked
a trifle too conscientiously between
first and second, making bog in
| ~, els
Gilmore made the best time between
home and first. According to James
McGills stop watch Gilmore went
down on bunt in 8 2-5 seconds. The
worlds record is 8 is, and it is be-
Iieved that Gilmore often does it in
that time.
BealI and CULLEN went down in
3 As seconds, Beall doing 1t once a
shade better than that. In circling the
| bases Lee CULLEN made the best time.
The record for circling the bases is
13 LIS seconds, though it was recently
claimed that some kid in the Southern
| league did it three times in succession
in 13 fiat. This, however, is not Off
ciaI. CULLEN went round in more or
less mud in Ii 3-5 and Beal was but
one-fifth of a second behind him.
Gilmore slipped in the mud and lost
his stride, so his time wasn't taken.
other fast men on the team were not
allowed to run, as it was but an hour
until time for the game to. be called
and it was not a good thing to take
chances on firing the men. Harris
match race, and they wanted to run in
opposite directions. Barney won by
several nec1s, but Harris, who really
! is fast, believes he can beat him.
Sioux City Journal: Cy Neighbors
arrived last night from Canton, s. D.,
where he has been nursing his injured
arm. Cy will don a uniform today
and see whether the injury has affect
| ed his playing. He has been chopping
wood for two weeks and believes the
bone, which was broken by a pitched
| ball, has knit firmly enough to permit
him to play. Cy will be a welcome ad-
dition to the Champs.
Des Mcines News: They're hot after
Benz. The one big pitching noise in
the Western League arrived last night
with the Hopefuls and right on his
| heels came Larry Sutton, Brooklyn
scout to get a chance to see the second
Marty OToole work. Sutton was in
Sioux City for three days for the same
purpose, but didn't get a chance to see
Benz work under favorable circum-
| stances. 50 followed him to DeS MOineS
Benz is one of the best bets now run
ming wild and though he will never
| draw q price that will touch the gigan-
tic sum paid for O'Toole, he is a pitch
/ er after the O'TCOle type. He has the
| two essentials that make MAJOR leaSu e
pitchers and the first two things the
scouts look for-speed and control. The
big German is credited with being the
speediest pitcher in the Western League
and demonstrated that he had control,
| by pitching 90 innings in succession
| during the last six weeks stay on the
road, without passing a single man,
one of the most remarkable feats for
a youngster who has not yet had a
whole season of professional baseball
Pueblo Star-Journal: Those cripples
| &c &c rIn,rnd rim orc around the lead