The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-02

The Kaws will leave tonight for Lin
coin. where they will try to hold In In If
| advantage over the Antelopes. 1t Is
the only one they have at present. And
the Kaw front will look better than
ever. Catcher Crisp and Eddie Cromp-
ton, center fielder, will make the dlr-
ference. Butch Kerns, who was IN
jured in a Lincoln game, will not De
| carried. Denver goes to wichita,
where Isben will have chance to get
back those two dropped in the mile
high town.
The Topeka club will be gone six
days, jumping out to Denver from Lin
coin. Then the team will report home
again to entertain Sioux City, st.
Joseph, Omaha and Des Moines-
Mondays game with Denver was
called off principally because there was
no house to play to. Both teams went
to the ball yard and had a workout Dut
only four fans had arrived at $3.50
o'clock. The postponement can DE
taken as fortunate for the KawS as Joe
| kins injured his bad hand again Sun
| day and Butch Kerns still breathes
with difficulty, so there was no sound
| backstop on hand. Eddie Crompton,
who has been out of the hospital q
| week looking for a chance to break
| INTO the game, was out III uHl1OI1u yes
| terday. He wanted to play and Moore
was going to send him in. His appear
ance will give the outfield its intended
cast and the fans can draw bead on
| what the management was thinking OF.
The passing of Harry Syfert cuts the
pitching staff down to a low limit or
| five-Beecher, Fugate, McGrath, Bu-
chanan and Leak. While the manage
ment says it is looking for some lead
| ing lights, no promises are made The
| boys on hand will probably have some
thing to do for a while. Ovits will be
along in June from his medical college.
Better lay off Hafford with those
| hammers until he has a chance to alb
sorb a little sunshine. He has had
some fielding hobbies but has Won
derful whip. That is something one
can't get back while the matter of
scooping them up can be easily over
| come when they turn on the heat. Then
while he doesn't prance around and
| "show" much, he Sits along right neat
| ly on the sacks. And above that he
| lands safely with a frequency The
first averages of the Western league,
covering the first five days, gave Half
| ford, Whitney and Thomson the same
average hitting at .316
became so popular, Police Commission
er Croul was forced to suppress their
use. When placed where they could be
seen from the streets, traffic was
blockaded, and the boards regulated
against on the grounds that they were
nuisances.
The deal for Catcher Mitchell of the
New Orleans club was passed up by
the local management after line was
obtained on Crisp. There is no posi-
BILE comparison between the two if rec
ords are good for anything.
The Grizzlies came here leaving two
regular outfielders at home. Ken
worthy is out of the running and Beau
was the other one on the hospital corps
| This Kenworthy has not yet stepped
| firmly on his sprained ankle and Beall
has a strained side, something in the
nature Of Butch Kerns' injury.
| After the Lincoln series in Denver,
| President Donald c.. Despair of the
Lincoln club gave out statement as
| follows:
1.-THE Antelopes have overcome the
prejudice of Denver fans and they are
loud in their praises of the great exhi-
| bition of the game given here. The
| stubborn defense displayed in yester-
| days one to nothing game when the
| Bears had runner on third with none
out and then failed to score was one
| of the greatest and most thrilling pieces
of ball playing ever saw. That grand
stone wall defense was like the rock
of Gibraltar and would do credit to the
| Cubs or Athletics.
1.-The Lincoln club is bound to win
credit for itself and Lincoln all over the
Western league this year. The heart
of every Lincoln fan would have throb-
bed with joy and gladness to have seen
/ the Anfp1nn0S show their steal in 11A
| two great battles here. Wolverton has
| won high place in the league by his
mastery pitching, Thomas made one Of
the most spectacular catches ever seen
and Stratton climbed the netting on the
| stand to get Quillen's foul in the ninth.
| Gagnier was the hero with the stick
being scored by the mighty Mccormick
| Lincoln can well be proud of her
Antelopes for they will bring renown
| to the town. The Antelopes are right
improve steadily. Just watch them
from now until October
What if they do go around the bases
here frequently. down at Kansas City
yesterday the Blues went around II
times and Toledo 13. And it wasn't a
track meet, either.
Then pipe the hitting at Detroit
They haven't hit like that yet on the
Kaw reservation.
Des Moines did not get to play yes
terday either and they still hold the
lowest dungeon. Higgins bunch seems
to be Topeka's only hope of staying out
of the bottom and it would never do TO
give a chance when the Kaws have
day off. They might beat somebody.
Comiskey has let Springfield have
Paul Mclean, an outfielder. Mclean
was looking good when here with the
White Sox- He played in 65 games with
the Sox last season and was about to
get a steady berth for this year.
Lees I ice KILLER kills all lice and