The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-08

| And because of Beechers' continued
| excellent work he is up for further
mention. Three bingles and three hard
! chances accepted yesterday. Surely the
Kaws have not lost because that cute
| little center fielder Tommy is out Of
| the game.
The management still is dickering
| with Joe Crisp, the catcher bought from
| the st. Louis Browns. 1t is thought
! Crisp has laid around Kansas City idle
| long enough to want to go to work but
] he is good sticker on his holdout pro-
position. He thinks Hedges did not let
him in on the sale velvet and wantc
the magnate to loosen up. The Brown
| boss has a nice draft that was drawn
at Topeka.
These Kneaves and Schoonover boys
are the speed kids for Omaha. They
worked it up out in the Kansas State.
With a little trimming at the hands of
Rourke they are likely to net him a
bank roll from some major magnate.
President w. w Stahl, of the Kan
! sas State is in Topeka today on law
business in the supreme court. HIS
home Is at Lyons and he brings word
that Spencer A. Abbott has begun to
show what he can do with a ball team.
Lyons has suddenly jumped from the
bottom into the first division by win
ming seven of the last eight games.
those youngsters they resented it but
now are willing to eat out of his hand
because they see what he was driving
at. He was telling them how to win
ball games.
Buchanan seems to be fated to bump
into bad inning every time he works.
Some times the Kaws overcome it and
some times they don't. Yesterday they
didn't.
Robinson, of Toledo. broke in with
Omaha yesterday much like Pepper
Clark got away here. Perhaps he will
turn out as well. 1t looked like he had
the goods.
St. Joseph Gazette: Here's one on
Owner Higgins of the Des Moines ball
club, which isn't half bad. Higgins, 1t
is reported, was in his ball park recent
ly before game when a collector came
up to him with bill for 81 so. How'd
you get in here?" asked Higgins.
"Walked in," said the collector. We'll.
here's a dollar. Receipt the bill. 1t
costs so cents to get into this grand
stand" declared Higgins.
Lincoln News: Everybody who
wishes the Western league well is con-
graduating Topeka. The Kaws are go
ing at fine clip and have won more
ball games during the past two or three
weeks than any team in the circuit.
Today they are close to the top of the
second division and are threatening to
be pushing the leaders before the first
of July. Meanwhile, the Topeka at
tendance has been more than flatter-
ing. In three games in the Kansas
capital, the Sioux City Packers played
to better than 5000 paid admissions.
Tom Fairweather, president OF the
Packers, vouches for the accuracy of
this information. It is evident that the
Topeka fans are made of vastly better
stuff than those in Wichita, which is
now being jabbed by every town in the
Kansas state league over the loss of its
ball club. Wichita has no cause to
complain. Frank Isbell could not pay
salaries on sunny smiles and Kansas
zephyrs.
Some Agnew dope from the Lincoln
News: Pa Rourke is backing up on his
determination to make a world beater
out of RUDE Agnew and has purchased
the release of Catcher Arbogast from
Columbus in the A. A. RUDE caught
two of the games for Omaha in the
series terminating Monday at the local
park. The Antelopes pilfered ten bases
and had Rube heaving to all points of
the compass. incidentally, he winged
his man only twice in IL tries. Arbo- |
CAST is supposed to be a seasoned back |
stopper and is due to perform the bulk |
of the catching for the Rourkes, with
Johnny Gonding going in occasionally !
t. give Arbogast a rest. 1t is back to
the state league for Agnew, unless Pa |
RECEIVERS from his peeve.