The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-18
BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSIP.


Topeka at Omaha
Denver at Des Moines.
Lincoln at St. Joseph.
Pueblo at Sioux City.
The Kaws drift over to Omaha to
open up today. Rourke's gang is go
ing about the same as formerly and
the kaws have an even chance with
them The local tribe of war dancers
have lost IL games in a row and that
ought to be enough to turn the luck.
Chick Edmiston got back to the
club from his st. Louis visit and went
IN at short. The Kaw aggregation IS
around. 1t seems to upset what sys-
tenn they have learned. At normal
they put up good game of baseball
This Reynolds fellow whose name
appeared on the score bard yester-
day unheralded and unknown is a
southpaw and a. dummy and halls from
the famous Cheyenne team that roamS
around in the Rockies wiping every
thing out of its way. He didn't wipe
up much of the Drummer camp, how
ever, and had to be replaced after
three innings. Hickman took his po-
sition and after allowing two runs in
getting settled, pitched stellar game.
Emory was there some more with
the willow in the st. Joe final. He
WallOped three safe ones out of four
chances. Rickert, King and Whitney
all had two each. Looks like they
came within an ace of whipping Chel-
lette.
Manager Rickert also is trying to
get Catcher Gibson of the Cheyenne
club. This is the big Gibson who got
some notoriety as the catcher for Hal
Rustenhaven, the diminutive twirler
who was sold to the New York High
landers last fall but slipped back this
summer. Manager Joe writes that he
expects Gibson to join him in Omaha
during this series.
Furthermore. Manager Joe doesn't
try to kid somebody into believing that
only hard luck, rotten umpiring or a
pop bottle brigade is losing his games.
we haven't been hitting in the
clinches or We would have won two
games" is the way he says it.
The Kaws might have won it Thurs
day If there had not been failure in
a pinch. Roy Beecher was the boy to
miss fire. No player can hit every
time at the plate but that is hard to
remember when he pops out on a
beautiful chance.
Spitballer Slapnicka of Topeka's
first time in the Western league and
formerly a slabman in the old Western
1850 10 ILL., SO4AAS " nave d CndnC6
with the Chicago Cubs. Murphy pick
ed him up from the Rockford club of
the WI league.
Sioux City Journal: Unless all signs
fall, the present year will be marked
by the smashing Of more records than
has been the case in the memory of
those interested in the world of sport.
Up to this time no less than 40 world s
marks have been established, to say
nothing of rai~ Iii IL
three or four new American records
have been set. Not a month has gone
by without some addition to the grow
ing list and almost every line of sport
has been involved, including racing, ice
yachting, automobiling. skating, walk
ing, skiing, bowling, billiards, SWIM
ming and track and field athletics. In
some cases the performances have been
little short of remarkable and it begins
to lock as if the present crop of ath-
letes was set on placing the marks be-
yond further reach. No compilation has
been kept of the host of college. asso-
citation, league, board floor and track
records that have been made in num-
bers 1t is quite enough to keep ac-
count of and tabulate the worlds marks
Of a history making kind.
Pueblo Star-Journal: We are going
to put in a claim for the hard luck
championship of the league and after
Tic Ot44C1 SCIIUSS dTOuuu TIE circuit LOOK
over our claims and study them care
| fully, we think they will agree with us
that we are entitled to all of the hard
/ luck -honOr5 Of the present season. Al
the same time we want to remark that
we think we have & right to feel proud
over the present standing of our boys
when all these things are taken into
consideration and that we will have tt
/ hand it to Frank Lsbeu for accomplish
! ing results in the face of obstacles and
| accidents
other less courageous manager throw
up his hands. The team has been with
out the services, first of Phil Koerner
who had his finger broken just WheT
the team was fighting for the Leaf
with the Grizzlies. His loss was a hare
blow for we had no available substi
/ tute that could fill the shoes of tn,
/ hard working Phil. Then came the sick
ness of Hughes, the accident to Mid
| dleton, the sickness of our manage
and row the accident to Davis. which
caps the climax and which will keel
him out of the race for the season. 1
Roxle Middleton were fit and ready Il
play we would not feel so bad abou
| it, for we would still have great out
field in Middleton, Craig and Belden
But Roxie should have few more day
in which to give his broken rib a chanc
to mend thoroughly and although n
viii leave Immediately for Omaha an
jump into the game right away still
he cannot perform as only Middleton
can. especially on the bases We vii
fight all the harder.
st. Joseph News-Press: Barne,
Reilly, tn : Drumners' second basenar
is not only a hall player. but he /
some orator and a vocalist, as tn
Columbus club found last night whel
he responded to numerous demand