The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-09
WashOuts in Western Nebraska
Spoiled Their Schedule.
But They Will Probably Turn Up
in Lincoln Tomorrow.
DIES MONIES AT HOME.
Fuss Over Control of Team Has
Not Hurt Playing.
''Tip" O'NeiII Says There's No
Chance for Transfer.

Chance Tor transfer.
where They Play Tomorrow.
Topeka at Lincoln.
Pueblo at Denver.
St Joseph at Des 9Ioines.
Omaha at Sioux City.
BY whipping Pueblo Yesterday the
13ruins further demonstrate that their
near rivals have no chance with them'
Neither Lincoln or Pueblo seem to De
able to capture the Bears. All they
can do IS wait until the Grizzlies hit
the road ana hope they will be beaten
there.
No adyices have reached Topeka con
corning the delay ID the Topeka team
en- route to Lincoln. It Is even ques-
tion whether they were on the Rock
Island or the Burlington The local
Rock Island agent called up Secretary
Catlin yesterday saying the clup naa
been on a Rock Island train but that 1qt
thew had lost Them somewhere He
wanted to know where the team hao
gone.
A letter has been received by the
Topeka Baseball association from Pres
fdent N L. ONein which may cast a
little light on the Des Moines deal
The rrexy says there IS no chance 10
get any more transferred games 1rou,
the Iowa capital and that they WIN
have to play out the season at home
when they should be home. That looks
like the action of the Des Moines com
snercial club in petiuonlng that the
territory be declared vacant had some
ss5eisl,t with the league head F'urther
A.. elves some crdence to the Des MONIES
allegation that the sale of that clup
was a phoaey one and designed % Lool
the people there into supporting HlS-
gins stock.
No word has reached Topeka Of the
disposition Of the new inhelder' Fe Le
Mclaughlin, who was taken on tlI9
{rin nv the Kaws- He has not appear
ed in any games to date but SO Tar aS
known is still with the club.
The Des Moines wanderers viii be
ut home today. VIII there be reJolc-
mgr Not likely. because they sun ,E see
fhe shadow of Higgins over there. Ine
.I1h which has been going fine on the
hoard celebrated their final day out yes,
terday by piling up seven errors an, anu
vet grabbing the game from SIOUX
CIV on their errors, getting IL runs
with eight hits
Des Noines News: Des Moines'
baseball team is coming home. They II
arrive IN Des Moines next wednesday
morning shortly atJer n LLIalL 81 ~.
Wednesday afternoon they'll play the
first game with st. Joe at the East size
mark. after five weeks Of burfetlns
about the Western league with little
prospects of having a home toT the re-
mainder Of the season.
In softe of the WorsL beginning in
the Western league and the unpleas-
ant rupture that threatened to take
baseball ont of Des Moines for the big
gest end of the season they have
rounded into form and are playing
baseball. Some of the bes- in the
Fans-Why not forget the squab-
bling over the control Of the club and
turn your attention to the team itself
for a few days. Give the men your
support next wednesday when they
open with st. Joe. They have done
their part and will continue to do it.
Why break up their winning streak by
throw ing cold water on their efforts
with non-support?
Higgins has shown thu right spirit
by transferring the control of the club
until the real sale is contaminated. If
abe deal is not made in one week 1t
will be made before the season is over.
Des Moines didn't lose tts franchise
and it didn't even come close to losing
it. new owner is assured and also
a downtown park. Such deals can not
be closed in day.
Good attendance and u intimation
that the Des Moines fans have the in
terests of the players and the success
of the club at heart will encourage
some new purchaser or add fuel 20 the
cid negotiations.
Lincoln News: The AnteIopes open
at the home yard for u three-game
series with the Topeka Kews. The To-
pekas have been doing surprisingly
well and are a vastly better ball club
than when the season began. There
are five or six new faces on the Kaw
team and Lincoln fans are anxious to
look them over. Straight defeats
at the hands of the Bears have
rather depressing effec. on Lincoln 3
chances to climb to the tor of the pile
but there are more than sixty ball
games to be played before the curtain
thuds in October and there is still an
abundance of time to null Denver
down. The Grizzlies have been going
at a swift pace of late, hut are fairly
certain to develop a losing streak when
they hit the road. The Antelopes and
Lincoln fans are not mado of the stuff
that quits and when the Bears come to