The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12

in a busy afternoon with six assists and
a put out He failed to connect with
the ball, but King and Rickert were
the only ones to hit all day.
There were no errors in the game
and that is some Improvement over
the Kaws play of recent date.
While Lincoln was winning, Pueblo
] lost to the Bears again and shortened
! the gap between second and third
places. Unglauh and his gang have a
chance.
Lincoln News: Crompton. formerly
with Topeka, is suspected of being the
the Brownies against the Tigers re-
Gently.
Sioux City Journal: This to Umpire
Clark when an especially malodorous
decision peeved some of the fans:
why don't you sell lead pencils and
papers if you want to earn a living as
blind man"
''Moxie'' Meixell is carving niche
all for himself in the hearts of the
Sioux City fans. In addition to his
proved ability as a hitter. the young
outfielder's defensive work is stellar
SAFE hits to the outfield are covered
in a manner that prevents their count
ing for extra bases. and all flies are
as good as in a well when they float
in his direction. Several times he has
backed up first base with his spec
when slip would have been costly.
Bitten Benz also made good with
vengeance in a White Sox-Brown game
at St Louis. Going in as relief pitcher,
the ex-Des Moines twirler allowed but
three hits in eight and a quarter in
nings.
st. Joseph News-Press: Blonde Jim
my McGiIl, owner of the Denver club,
has used a barrel of money this sea-
son to land a pennant. and he is prac-
ticanv sure of success. The purse
strings were loosened when the season
opened and Manager Jack Hendricks
was given a free rein. He has spent a
big bunch of greenbacks in getting a
pennant winning crowd of athletes to-
gether, and the club is costing McGill
between 1900 and $1,000 per month for
salaries alone, an amount altogethe-
too large for a league like the Western.
There is no salary limit observed by
the nagnates of Tip O'NeilPs loop |
They pay out whatever they choose |
and make their own terms with the in
dividua1 players There are good |
any athletes in the league today who |
are getting more than they are really !
worth to their respective clubs, but tho |
owners cannot get along without them |
if they keep the leagues pace. There |
has been very little said about a sal |
ary limit for several years, but it is !
of the nagnates- If one or two clubs |
spend a substantial sum of money and /
make a farce out of a pennant race |
TIL. others lose. McGilI has practiced
such tactics this season and the other |
even owners are hollering about it.
st. Joseph Gazette: Owner Jack HoI-
land of he Drummers, announced last
nigh. that he has secured three |
youngsters. an infielder. a catcher and
a pitcher, out of the Mink league, and /
that they would all report to the st.
Joseph club at once He could not give
out the names of the players last night,
as the deal for them would not be COM
pleted until this afternoon He is GER
tain of getting them, however.
The Drummer boss has been watch
ing the players during the past week
and he is enthusiastic about them.
''They are all strapping big fellows
h. said, land they are fast, too. The Il
infielder is as big as Tex Jones and
as fast. The pitcher is southpaw Il
and has world of speed and has II
shown good control while 1 have seen
him work. The three players are the Il
class Of the league and believe they
will make good with the Drummers. I
will give them all a chance to show
this fall. The infielder will be tried
out at third base
One of the men will probably Join the
team at Omaha. The others will be
with it by the time it opens at home
next Friday.
Omaha World-Hera1d: In connection
with the American game of football
Creighton will take up soccer practice
again this fall and if games can be Sc
cured will organize a regular soccer
team.
Last winter some of the soccerites at
Creighton proved themselves adopts
in the sport, but restricted their ac-
tivities to the college, as no other
teams existed in Omaha or vicinity s
This year soccer promises to become a
regular Omaha game and Creighton is
considering the organization of a team. X
No plans have been made yet, as all /
regular football, but it may be that the /
two branches of the game will be t
worked together.
The Western league al1-star team to !
play Lincoln Thursday. the fourteenth, ]
1t Despains field day has been Sc S
ected as follows:
Catchers3Clemons of Pueblo, Spahr z
# Denver S
Pitchers-Hueston of Des Moines. q
schrieber of Denver, Chellette of st. 7
Joseph. 7
First base-Jones of st. Joseph. /
SECOND base-Lloyd of Denver. /
Third base=Quillin of Denver. t
Shortstop top-Berger of Pueblo. 6
Left field-PoWeI1 of St Joseph e
Center fie1d-BealI of Denver i
Right field-Mattick of Des Moines. 7
The program Of field sports preced- ld
ng the ball game includes such events i
Is fungo hitting. long distance throw r
ng, throwing for accuracy. circling the c