The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-16

HE TOPEKA DAILY STAT.
BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSIP.
Where They Play Tomorrow.
Topeka at ST. Joseph.
Pueblo at Omaha
Denver at Sioux City.
| Lincoln at Des Moines.
Errors had lot to do with the los
ing of the opener with the Drummers
but they bumped Jack Fusate pretty
consistently.
Winnebago Johnson keeps getting
harder to whip. The Kaws hit him
enough, however, and particularly
Gardner who slammed into four safe
ones in four times at the post.
Bert King is being kept at short and
/ plays a uniformly good game there
Looks like Manager Joe was afraid of
i the st. Louis recruit, Pete McLaugh-
lin
Who wants the grand old man of
baseball? Denton 4. Young, the fam
GUS Cy, has been released by Cleveland
with an unconditional clause. Mean
pitched his last in the Western, for the
present at least, and stepped up to
the majors with the Chicago White
SoX. And Marty OToole has gone to
Pittsburg. The old boys have to give
way sooner or later.
There were four stolen bases on Chap.
man yesterday and he als5 had an err
ror. The trouble is reported to be too
much of a home crowd in the grand
stand. Chaps home is over in Donl-
phan county and the gang went over
to watch him go.
Now that the check for Catcher KEEL
ley has been seen TO be for $500 in
stead of for $12,5OO developments tow
ard a reduction in the price for O'Toole
are anxiously awaited
Denver has sold Pitcher Kenworthy
and Outfielder Johnny Beau to the
Boston Americans, to whom Casey
Hagerman was marketed early in the
season. The Red SoX probably are
| simply exercising an option on Ken
worthy, as the Bears secured him from
them. Bean has ''been up once before,
having had a trial with the Chicago
White Sox. Hagerman is not expected
to appear with the Bears again this
season, Manager Hendricks having
granted him permission to join the Red
Sox. This would indicate that Hen
bricks is satisfied his present staff or
beavers can win the rag for 1srVer-
The Lincoln News gives up. The sue
cess Of the Grizzlies in capturing three
in a row from the Antelopes practically
precIudes all possibility OF the Denver
| gregation being overtaker, A1@
henceforth the only question at issue
| involves the dimensions of the Bear
tribes lead when the curtain falls III
October. 1t is absurd to deny that
Denver has the best ball club in the
| O'Neill loop. With a superb pitching
staff and the bulk of the catching bur
dens lugged by Spahr, who is easily one
of the most reliable backstoppers III
| the league the strength of the Denver
battery department is Of quality De-
yond all dispute. In the other positions
there are no weaknesses. In fact, the
Bears present more star performers
than any other team in the circuit. Tne
hitting is steady and timely, the neld-
| ing almost haWless and the base run
! ming executed with a dash that drives
to rout opposing teams.
Benz at Chicago will have an eigh-
teen day stay on the White Sox own
grounds to demonstrate his worth.
| That the Sox are badly in need OF
pitchers is evident from the fact that
they have been sendirg HoVlik, a
Three-I recruit. to the sab in many
games during the two weeks since he
Ijoined the club. Benz viii probably
be given a chance to show what ne can
do with his famous splitter in this Sc
ries of games.
Pueblo star-Journal: The boys
have now played six games on the road
and four of them have been placed in
table, and as Lincoln failed to hold
the Grizzlies, the boys are now right
upon the heels of the Antelopcs, ready
to jump into second place. -Four out
of six games played is q great record
on the road, but we are going to wait
a little longer before growing too
much, for those boys of our are likely
to take a slump. Still we feel that
we have a right to crow, as taking
three straight from Topeka, in spite of
their present position in the race, is
some feat. The entire team is going
nicely at present and now that Isbell
has Joined them we can feel just
little bit more certain that the boys are
going to keep up their present gait
We want to call attention to the fact
that the team won those four victories
without the services of Roxie Middle
ton and without the guiding hand of
Frank Isbeu on the COUGHING lines.
Every one of the pitchers is going
nicely, all showing splendid form.
Peaster is the leading pitcher on the
team at present, having been practi-
cally unbeatable in all Ct his recent
games, although he lost a game to
| Denver after holding the leaders to six
hits in the nine innings Ellis has
shown a return to his pest form and
the tall boy is pitching his best ball
of the season. If the pitching holds up
we will be right up in second place
very soon, hot on the trail of the
Grizzlies.
Des Moines Capital: That Des
Moines has as good club as Bill
Rourke at Omaha is shown by compar-
ison Of the Des Moines-St. Joseph and