The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04

throw. But his confidence causes him
to take some dnWise risks.
Lincoln Star: Next Saturday is
boosters day in Topeka and the fans
have been informed that a f1zzle means
the probable sale of the ball club to
Oklahoma City or Pueblo. The only
thing for Topeka in a case of that sort
is to dig in and make the Saturday
event real buster. If Topeka quits
the Western League. it means that the
Kansas capital is out of baseball. The
class c or D stuff won't go for a
minute in Topeka after the fans have
been travelling in class A. This is a
long established rule and 1t seldom
fails to hold good. The loss of its
Western League ball club would be d
black eye, commercially, to Topeka
The town is on trial and everybody IS
looking on While it is most unlikely
that Topeka will be so silly as to tall
to keep its ball club, it is bit pre-
mature to discuss Oklahoma City or
Pueblo without first consulting Prexy
Tip. The Oklahoma metrop is live
wire and growing rapidly, but it is not
located. favorably from a railroad point
of view Pueblo. has been thrice tried
by the Western and each time has oeeh
fo,,nd wanting. If there is to be
new town in place of Topeka, the most
likely switch would be to Kansas lily,
Kan, while Cedar Rapids, Ia, is not
an outsider. The most sensible plan for
Topeka is to cut loose and make the
boosters day stunning success, thus
putting a muzzle onto the transfer
stuff.
lincoln News; More of the rough
stuff in Omaha Manager Arbogast in
vaded the diamond when a close decis-
ion went against the Rourkes and
shook Umpire johnson out of his shoes
for TnOhhInR q.
lacked the nerve to put Arby out OF
the game Pa Rourke let his manager
get away with it by falling to slap on
a fine Subsequently the ball game
degenerated into farce johnson ex-
pelIing Jack Holland, the Joetown boss,
and four of his players from the preml-
ses That night Holland made it worse
by wiring a long spiel to a st. Joseph
paper in which he roasted the umpire,
thus putting the Joetown fans in
mood to go after the umpire and in
spring his players to rowdyism when
they return home. Pa Rourke is in
position fully as indefensible by rea
son of his failure to discipline Arbogast.
Arby by the way, is the manager who
spun a yarn recently in Lincoln that
he never made trouble for the UNI
pires. Here is a fine chance for Prexy
Tip to separate a rowdy manager from
some of his money. A 80 days suspen-
sion. with stiff fine tackled on, would
have a wholesome effect On other row.
dies in this circuit.
Lincoln News: Omaha scribes were
very careful not to let distasteful in
cident in Sundays games reach their
papers. 1t was even suppressed over
the wires. D. z. Kerby, an official of
the Sioux City club, returned yester-
day from Omaha, where he saw his
club trounce the Rourkes twice in the
doubIeheader. 1t was almost more than
the fans there could stand, he said.
Andreas "l1idded'' with Pitcher Hall I'M
til that person was groggy, and Cad
man. formerly of Omaha, put up such
a game that the crowd longed to have
him back, but had to do the next best
thing-roast him. After batting in sew
eral runs, Sunday, Cad turned grace
fully to the grandstand and gave it a
nice bow. After the game, the crowd
surged toward Andreas and Cadman
and were making a real manly display
with several hundred men throwing
cushions and pop bottles at the two