The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-08
BASEBALL DoPE AND GOSSIP.

BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSAf.
Where They Play Tomorrow.
Lincoln at Topeka
Denver at Pueblo.
st. Joseph at Sioux City.
Des Moines at Omaha
The Kaws are not playing today.
They are waiting for a big crowd Sat
urday and at double header Sunday.
The management has it dOped that the
double bill Sunday than have to string
out both Friday and Sunday to see the
same amount of baseball.
The three Pueblo has just finished
taking from the locals gives them a
comfortable margin over st. Joseph
and Lincoln. who are still contending
for that second place.
The tribe of IL is losing some sleep
Matching up a scheme to keep Il away
from them. Not that the bald eagle
isn't one fine manager, but they never
/ lose q game while he is away. Al
Shaw is plotting the club like a Frank
Chance and they don't want to get
| their jinX crippled by Il returning to
the drivers seat. They kept him away
on the trip. but they are at a loss
how to keep him from coming home.
Hickman and Manning were ampu-
| tated from the kaW roster last night
according to plans and specifications.
| Rickert was going to pitch Hickman,
but at the last moment decided to try
! to take one from the Puebs. Man
ming was sent in as pinch hitter for
his last appearance and skied out.
Emory was cracking the ball hard
for Perry and succeeded in sacking
single and a double, the latter lacking
but a few inches from going over the
q cd another
good looking punch and Berger
scooped up likely grounder.
Dali and Chapmen also were meet
ing the bean more than half way, each
getting two good ones. One of Chaps
was a double which scored Emory.
Aside from pitching a good enough
game to win Pepper Clark hooked into
his customary bingIe and then went to
second on an error at first, but there
was no one to bring him in.
Whether Intentionally or not, Pep
per executed the delicate operation of
passing two to get at an easy mark.
After Clair doubled in the second, he
walked Clemmons. a danger mark. and
Schmid, an outside chance, and then
whitfield Perry, the pitcher
Pitchers Tom O'Brien and Casey
Hagerman are reported on their way
to join the Boston Red SoX. Denver
doesn't need them any more this sea-
son and they may get a chance to
show in the big company. All around
this circuit, O'Brien is looked upon as
the equal of Marty O'Toole. His rec
ord in the Western was better.
Pueblo Star-Journal: Those boys of
ours return here Friday in time to
start q three game series with the Dem
Mi
and Sunday. Following those three
games here, the two teams journey to
Denver and continue their argument,
playing six games in a row, three here
with Denver are going to prove hard
fought anG closely contested and just
get hold of this tip-PueblO is going to
take majority of the games from the
cess for our boys. The last time the
Grizzlies were here, O'Brien was the
only Grizzlie pitcher that could hold /
US and at that. the first time he as
sayed the task he was driven from the
mound Somehow or other, just why
we cannot explain. that terrible |
bitching staff Of the Grizzlies has not |
appeared So terrible On the local |
grounds. In all of the garles played 1
between the two teams on the local |
grounds the boys have hit every pitch |
er that Hendricks sent to the mound |
and hit them hard. O'Brien will not be |
Win the AfTlZZnSS on IHlS OCCASION as !
he has left 10 join the Boston Red |
Sex. All of which makes our chances
of grabbing the series appear all the /
brighter Watch us go.
Sioux City Tribune: Occasionally Geo. |
Clark shows signs of being a fit can
didate for the big shoy. Yesterday was
one nf those occasions. He had the
Rourkes at his mercy allowing but five
Its and walking fewer men than usual.
Clark's greatest fault is lack of con-
troll. He has speed and plenty Of it,
A again, Clark is inclined to work too
fast. The showing of ''MulIy' Miller
in the last few games has been crafty
ing to the local bugs who have not for
gotten his many timely wallops of last
season. Not only has Miller been clout-
ing the ball of late, but his pegsing
shows an Improvement In view of
the success of the dual field meet be-
tween the Des Mojnes club and the
Champs, President Tom Fairweather
may arrange a similar meet between his
club AMI rhe Denver Bears the next
time the western team visits Sioux
City. It probably will be arranged f5r
either a Saturday or a Sunday
The comparative strength of the
Western and Southern leagues is an
oft recurring topic. The Pueblo Star
Journal takes it up with the Denver
News in the following:
The able sporting writer on the Den
yer News let's his loyalty to the West
ern league get the best of his Judg-
ment, either that or he never witnessed
a game of baseball in the Southern
league or, in fact, never studied the
dope very carefully. In an article IN
his paper, he comes out with the state
ment that there is only one Class A