The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-24

Katz finished the game.
This new umpire, York, worked
through the Wichita series without a
mishap. Clark and tryout, Shoe
maker, are handling the opening Sc
ries here.
When Tim Murnane. the famous
Boston sport writer. was in Topeka
with the Boston Red Sox he said
Wichita had something of a margin on
Topeka He had seen both teams in
action against the Boston Americans.
Maybe It wasn't a guess.
Every team at home won again Sat
urday with the exception of Lincoln.
The Grizzlies turned with growl and
won narrowly, 1 to 0. Ben Harris
once on the Cooley staff. was on the
mound for the Bears and slipped
shut-out in his pocket for his first
game of the season.
lowed on Chief Johnson's heels at ST
Joseph and handed the terrible Pack
ers another beating.
Ollie Pickering, Omaha's left field
er. counted the first home run of the
season in the Western.
Because Kelley, the ST. Joseph right
fielder, clouted for an extra base with
a pair en-, the fans now call him
Casey -who-did- d-hit-in-a-pinch.
St. Joseph News-Press: The new
Kaws are the only ball club in the
league who look strange in the box
scores Denver has several new faces
on the club but the rest of the seven
are made up practically of the same
ball tossers. This does not apply to
the Drummers, however as Holland
has practically a new club. Powell
was the only Drummer in yesterdays
game who played in the opener against
Des Moines last spring.
Cleveland is sure having her trou-
bIes in the first heat of the 1911 race.
If nothing else, then a snow storm.
What is there just in snow at this time
of the year? The weather clerk at
the Nap station may be a poor sport
and all that, but he might make it
rain if he has to stop the battle. Fans
can't excuse a snow on April p
Kansas City Journal: There will be
no bush league" ceremony when the
Blues and Louisville play the opening
game Of the local season here Tues
day at Association park. President
Tebeau of the Blues decided yesterday
to dispense with all ceremony except
to have a band play from 1880 to 3
o'clock at the park and play through
the streets in the morning. The game
will start at o'clock There Will be
no pitching by the mayor, parade of
the players through the street or any
speeches by prominent citizens. Presi
dent Tebeau decided that the only
thing this could do is to delay the
game and he believes the spectators
go to see baseball and not to see play
ers march around the field.
Hugo Felix has some interesting
"reminiscences of the days when he was
president of the Parsons club in the
old time State league Among them
is the discovery of Babe Adams of the
Pittsburg pitching staff and the man
who was most effective in wrestling the
1909 worlds championship series from
Detroit. Babe reported to Parsons
from Mount Maria, Mo, wearing a vel
vet suit and cap. He was a big, awk-
ward farmer lad and his first duty was
to help build the park fence. Felix
paid him $50 a month for pitching
ball He got away so well the st.
Louis Cardinals drafted him, paying
$500 into the Parsons treasury. Adams
is still thankful to Felix for that try
out and visits him often during vaca-
tions. Another Felix find was Dusty
Rhodes, now at Omaha. The Cardi-
nails, inspired by the success of Adams.
also drafted Rhodes. and Dusty stuck
to the majors until he dropped to
Omaha. Just to keep his hand in at
pushing the baseball busin ess, Felix,
who now is manager of the Topeka
store in the Felix chain, has offered a
suit of clothes ($20) to the first Kaw
to get a three base hit and a hat ($5)
to the first Kaw to count run on
the home field.