The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19

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BASEBALL DOPE AND GOSSIP.
Where They Play Tomorrow.
Topeka at Omaha. (
Denver at Des Moines.
Pueblo at Sioux City
Lincoln at st. Joseph.
Rain interfered with the Kaws and !
the Rourkes Friday and there was no
game Interest in the first game is
warm. the fans believing the Kaws will
break the jinx hanging over them. The ,
postponed game probably will be
played off during the series by throw
ing in double header.
Old Jim Buchanan is scouting for
the Kaws over in the Three-I league,
which is about on its last legs. Buck
has a bad hand and hardly able to
pitch, so Rickert is making use of him
In preparing for next season Buck
secuted through Kansas and decided
the KaWs needed Chapman. Krepps
and Edmiston.
The Three-T territory is pretty good
baseball country and the crop usually
is able to make good. The Chicago
Cubs took Slapnicka out of there the
other day. Pitchers Clark and Cook
were a dozen others, but these are
known here.
Look where st. Joseuh is. Loafing
around In second place with percen-
tage of -569. They are playing some
body now. too, but beat them Friday.
Little Zwilling was the hero again be-
cause his three Dagger and score was
all there was to it. Bull Durham was
back in form for the Drummers and
held the Lopes to two measley hits.
st. Joseph News-Press: Catcher
Chapman, the youth who is to get a
chance with the White Sox has right
pert peg and is a fair receiver How
ever, he will have to hit better than
he hit in the series here If he hopes to
stick. Dummy Reynolds, who
started the game for Topeka yesterday,
! is the pitcher who struck out twenty
batsmen in a local amateur game re-
Gently between the J. S. Britains and
the Nave-McCords. This Hick-
man looks like vest pocket edition
Of picture off the front of a baseball
guide. He's about as big as a min
ute. Second Basernan Krepps of
the Kaws pulled off a double play un-
assisted in the fourth inning. Zwtlling
was on second and Giffin hit red
hot liner right at Krepps. Dutch start
ed for third, sure that it was a hit,
over and touching the keystone.
Hugh S. Fullerton in Chicago Ex-
aminer: The one bright spot in the
day was Benz-Joe Benz, not ''Blitzen'
Benz, as his fond admirers assert, MOI
Benzine, nor Pertol nor anything con-
nected with the auto game. He has
the speed Of Bitten, a nice curve and
he looked good. Detroit welcomed
him with a single and a long double
before he really got settled and collect
ed his thoughts and other things thaf
pitchers need, and after that he
whirled like a four-cylinder mono
! plane, showed a great fash Of speed
set down three of the Tigers on strike:
and made a fine showing for starter
He was withdrawn to let Pat Dough
erty pop out for him in the eighth ant
in the ninth the Tigers fell upol
Young for long and solid swats and
made it unanimous.
Des Moines News: Whatever ma.
have been the history of the club TO
the past two or three years the storu
is passed. Today marks an epoch
Whether for good or bad, Des Nome
has no reason to surmise it is not fe
better conditions. O'Nein has takel
over the club under adverse condition.
and with his recognized baseball abili
ty. there is every reason to believe tina
|, his control of the franchise will be TO
the betterment of baseball in De
Moines.
Lincoln Star: Hagerman gave
good pitching exhibition yesterday
/ The real test of a twirler is not hi
ability to keep down the hits. but t
) keep the batters helpless when tn
hits count. The twirler who gets ava
with shutouts and one run game
) when the other side gamers eight to
dozen hits and a few walks in betwee
l is the twirler whose gray matter
working. The pitcher who is hit rare
ly usually wears himself out in q shor
t while. the "pinch" pitcher, Xix
! Mathewson, Young and the other grea
stars, lasts long. Matty has two no
! hit games to his credit, but he IS hi
: quite freely for star.
St. Joseph News-Press: Rabbi
. Powell has a rival as the fastest play
t er in the Western in Craig, Pueblo
right gardener. Dopesters classe
Powell as the fastest player in tn
/ league but since Craig broke in wit
Pueblo it is said that there are tw
Rabbits" Craig is youngster and
. good hitter. ..... Who did Tip O'Nei
= Moines franchise? Certainly he di
u not buy the club for himself-tla
:; would hardly be policy for the leagu
head Then who put up the money
: Doc White, pitcher for the White So1
; had his eye on the Des Moines clu
> when the Sox we're on their sprin
training trip. Maybe he is the ne
. owner. The name Of the real pun
chaser will probably be made know
before very long
Pueblo Chieftain: A meeting {
baseball fans will be held tomorro7
afternoon at o'clock in the rooms c
the Commerce club to arrange for
Booster day for Manager Frank Isbe
of the Pueblo ball club. BY the term
of the contract whereby Isbell trans
ferred his team here, besides bonu
Isben should receive one Booster de
each season.