The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
by Hal Chase. he was very much in
terested in his shoots and curves.


st. Joseph Gazette: A movement is
being agitated by some Of the West
ern League club owners to make Den
vcr put up a guarantee next spring
with President O'Neill, to insure the
other club owners against loss on their
trips &c the Mile High city. The move
ment is looked upon with favor by
four of the ragrafes and IL is proba-
bic that action on it will be taken at
the fall meeting. 1t is planned to drop
Denver If McGill doesn't care to put
up the guarantee. Even with Denver
in first place and drawing bigger crowds
than it ever has before visiting clubs
lose money while there 1t is true that
bigger crowds attend the games in
Denver than at any other city on the
circuit but even with the increased re-
ceipts tho visiting clubs can't make
expenses. 1t cost Owner Holland of
the Drumme S. just $40 more than ne
get for his share gate receipts. on
his last trip to Denver. And he played
before 10000 people in three days. hav-
ing Sunday g.suae. II Denver hadn't
been Up in the race it is probable that
only half as many people would have
attended the games. Owner Holland s
loss then wOulG have amounted to sew
eral hundred dollars. It is to guard
against such contingency that the
club owners plan to make Denver put
up a guarantee With the exception
of Denver, St Joseph is drawing bet
ter crowds than any city in the league.
And as there is no heavy expense to
be incurred in a trip here, like there is
in a journey to Denver, the other club
owners are always IN a ~;ramble for
the good dates here. In the event of
a reclassification of the American AS
sOciatiOn and the Western League,
which is extremely likely. it is certain.
that st. Joseph will be considered
ahead Of several other cities in the Tip
O'Neih loop.
Sioux City Journal: Just when the
Sioux City baseball fans may be feel
ing down in the mouth over the pen
nant prospects in the Western league
it may not be inopportune to see just
where the team is at present and
what the prospect is for the rest of
the season. Today the team has a
percentage of .495. with a record of
49 games won and so lost.
Looking over the official schedule
will disclose that the team has the
major part of the remaining games
on its home grounds. To be more
exact, there will be an even so games
of the schedule played in Sioux City
and 20 away from home. This in
cludes the one unplayed game with
Pueblo and the two SEXES with Des-
Moines, which have been transferred
here. according to the latest report on
the subject.
Following the proportion which
has obtained in the past few weeks,
the Champs should win approximately
two games out of three at home and
one game out of three on the road.
With 40 games already won, "a to
win at home and only out of the
20 away from Sioux City, there should
be 50 victories chalked up to the
Packers at the end of the season. Al
lowing for Is defeats at home out
of 9 games, IA losses on the road out
of 90 to be played, there would be
70 games lost during the season.
The percentage resulting from SO
wins and 70 losses is .527, which
ought to be good for third place this
year Lest this estimate be consid-
cred too optimistic it should be fair
to allow past performances as an ap-
proximately correct figure for the fu
ture. Sioux City has more games at
home during the remainder of the
season than any team in the league,
has strengthened the team wonderful
ly in the past few days and without
doubt several of the other teams in
the league have been playing above
form.
Third place may not be reached, or
the team may continue in the second
division, but gauging from past per-
formances and the unexpected turns
which are ever present in the past
time, the above estimate will prob
ably not be found so greatly in error
at the ending of the pennant race.
The leaders of the race at present
will have to fight most of their bat
ties on foreign soil. Denver, Pueblo
and Lincoln each have from 90 to 80
games at home out of the rest of the
season. Sioux City cannot win a pen
nant every year, but there is just
enough left of this season to throw
some mighty bad scares into the
towns that are already ordering red
light to celebrate the winning of the
flag.
Some more about Higgins in a
Sioux City dispatch: Acting upon an
Holland, representing Lake Bower of
Des MONIES, Deputy Sheriff Barker
seized the gate receipts of the Trav-
elers- Sioux City baseball game here
today.
The attachment was made to salts
fy an attachment of $210.90, which
Attorney Holland claims is due to Mr..
Bower for board for the members
of the team during the training sea-
sons Of 1910 and 1911.
The Des Moines share of the gate
receipts did not satisfy the entire
claim and the gate receipts of the
rest of the series will be levied upon
to complete the amount.
Nothing is known here of the sale
of the Des Moines club. The mem
bers of the team know nothing of the
reported negotiations. They admit,
however. that they are to return to
Des Moines Wednesday to meet the
st. Joseph team there.
GOLF PROGRAM RECEIVED.
Announcements Is for Transnlississippi
Tournament at Omaha