The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-19
GIVES UP
Quits Managerial Role After
Teams Poor Showing.
Rickert, Under Whom Team
Played Well, in Charge.

Sioux City. Ia. June 1e.-Frad
Moore, manager of the. Topeka club
OF the Western league, will leave the
team at st. Joseph. He came here
with Topeka only because one Of the
owners thought he should. The fTIn
vice. 81
When the team left here after their
nrst series. Manager Moore was com
PEELED to take layoff.
He intends to rest until his health
improves The worries Of the man
agement have not tended to improve
his strength.
Jack Hendricks. of the Denver club.
has offered Moore a good salary but
ne says he will play with Topeka if he
Rickert. left fielder. probably win
have charge of the team during
Moore's absence.
Moore viii continue to play with the
team until matters are such that he
can catch on with some other team.
Moore is well liked in Sioux City.
where the fans and members of the
Sioux City club consider him one of
the best infielders in the league.
Bill Hopke played his last game in a
left for the East Immediately after the
game to join the Utica club in the New
York State league Moore will play
short at st. Joseph, sending Breiten-
stein to second Topeka receives $500
for Hopke. who will play third base
Moore's wish that Hopke was sold
Fred Moore, who gives up active
work as manager Of the Topeka club.
is going TO take a long rest. He said
after yesterdays game that he intends
to leave the team at st. Joseph. He
came here with the Kaws only because
one of the owners thought he should.
Moore says that he probably will not
be in the game for two months. He
intends to rest until his health i'm
proves. The worries Of management
have caused him to lose weight and
become nervous. He says that he is
20 pounds under weight now. He is
too weak to use heavy bat and con-
sequently he is not helping the team as
he should with his batting.
So far as can be learned Moore's
action was not anticipated by the own
ers of the club. When he went into
the game again at Sioux City it was
apparent he wanted to go in at a iowa
where he is best liked-liked better
than at home.
When the criticism Of his manage
ment wa sat its highest in Topeka,
Moore said he would resign in a min
ute If he thought he was not wanted.
Yet he hung on with the explanation
that he would not show the yellow
but stay with 1t. Later he went on
the hospital list and continued to hang
on.
His resignation Of the managerial
reins at this time comes as a surprise
and is inexplicable unless it is that he
has suffered a relapse after the break
down which he experienced in Sioux
City on the last trip. Just what his
plans are has not been learned def
nitely in Topeka. That he should con-
tinue to play with Topeka is thor
ough1y reasonable. but would entail a
big cut in salary and place him in an
awkward position. ~
There never has been any doubt
that Moore was nifty fielder and
was good. But Moore has been in con-
dition to play only va small portion of
the schedule already played. In the
first place he was unable to open the
season and the club got away to bad
start at Wichita Then followed a
period Of conva1escence during which
he could not deliver the goods, and the
fans could not see his caliber. While
things were in this condition, he went
off altogether at Sioux City. Once
again in Sioux City, he has given up
Joe Rickert, who has been plotting
the club during Moore's liabilities. isl
to be given charge of the team at least
temporarily. Many think he will be
a great Improvement and have urged
the directors to make the change since
Riekert Joined the club.
Rickert knows the business and
seems to have the confidence of the
PLAYERS.