The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-29

ham deserving to win except for that
ninth inning OF Barney McGrath's-
Barney heaved up 16 balls before he
got one over for q strike. Three were
walked and one hit in this starter and
then after a force and a strikeout, he
walked another. hit another and then
ended 1t with a strikeout. But there
were three runs without semblance
Of hit.
Joe Berger the big class shortstop for
the tribe of Il from the desert border,
fell onto three of Fugate's offerings for
safe ones and just as handily booted
three chances in the field.
Pitching as good ball as any pitcher
in the league Jimmy Durham fields his
position with the greatest ease and pre-
cision of them all. He made neatly
timed putout for Koerner Wednesday.
The first view of Kreps shows a stock
lily built lad with a lot Of stamina and
considerable speed. He ought to be-
come great fielder for he flies at
them accurately enough and while he
gets his throws In aWkwardly that
will wear off. He got on twice by err
rors Wednesday but could not bingle.
That was no particular dfscredit to
him, however. because Durham had the
whole squad at his mercy.
Herman Luettke. another new second
sacker. got workout before the game
and may be called upon today. Luettke
is fast fielder. He hit .245 in the
Western association last season. and
has been clouting at .271 this year.
Have to hand it to Merit Whitney for
being the steady boy always on the job.
Merit doesn't talk q lot which wouldn't
be a bad thing to do but he is there on
the spot when the ball flies and he is
apt to swat the bean any old time. He
saved shutout yesterday If that is
any consolation.
Pitcher Harper. of the St. Louis
Americans. will join the Champs in a
few days Tom Fairweather announced
yesterday that Harper had been pur-
chased. He il said to be first class
pitcher, but net fast enough for major
league company
Sioux City Journal: Sioux City is
badly In need of q utility player. Bar
Der Is one Of the few pitchers that can
pitch consistently. and he should rest
for that work
Pitcher Herbert JUL has been sold
by the Chicago National League to
Louisville. JUL was signed this spring,
coming from the University of Illinois.
The sale of Catcher Eddie Burns, of
the Northwestern League to the st.
nounced today. No price is given.
Burns win finish the season with Ia
coma.
King made his debut in a Kaw uni
form in Thomason's center garden and
on his one change did the right thing.
On his first trip to the platter, he stung
one on the nose for one of the FIVE bin
giles Of the afternoon. Everybody seems
to be highly pleased with the trade.
Sioux City Tribune: Tommy Campbell.
former Packer, received an offer to play
with Mitchell in the South Dakota
league. but declined it. Tommy can't
quite understand how such large pay
checks can be dished out in that cir
cult. Harry WEIGH is said to receive
$225 a month for managing the Mitchell
club. Fred Miller's monthly stipend is
placed at $500, and "Moxie'' Manuel is
credited with receiving 5000 per. Either
pitchers and managers are receiving all
the money up there, or it is q highly
prosperous circuit
Omaha Bee: Thomson played a much
better game for the Rourkes than he
has been playing for some time for Joe
Rickert.
What the Lincoln News thinks of the
big deal:
One of the seasons surprises in the
| Tip O'Neiil loop is the trade engineered
| by Pa Rourke the Omaha boss, where
by he delivers his veteran outfelder,
Bert King, for Tommy Thomson, the
Topeka swatter and speedboy. In
many respects, King was the most
valuable ball player in the Omaha
| lineup. A superb outhelder. danger
Gus sticker and heady ball player, he
was supposed to be anchored to his
| Job with the Rourkes. It seems to
be unlikely that Thomason can ever
master the fielding tricks sufficient
lv to become the equal of King in that
department of the game The ex-
Topeka star is a better hitter than
King. but he has not developed as
rapidly as one would ordinarily expect
from a player of so much natural
ability. Tommy, for one thing, ought
to be an expert bunter, considering
his keen eye and rare speed, enabling
, him to slap the ball on the nose or
to Law it down and beat the play to
first. whereas he has practically stood
still in his efforts to solve the bunt-
ing puzzle and is no better as bunter
than two years ago when he first
broke into the Western league. Pa
Rourke is credited by the Omaha pa
pers with being a superb developer OF
ball players. We shall see what he
does in the Thomson case.
CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE.
Manhattan. Kan. June 2s--Man-