The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
JACKS ARE CONE
Bears Depart Leaving Happl-
ness and Second Place.
RICKETTS,. Home Run Didn't
Bring Him a Cent.
ALDERMAN PITCHES WELL
Tuesdays Crowd Was Too
Anxious to Cheer.
wedding Out Time Draws Nigh
and Puzzles Gear.
ALDERMAN PITCHES WELL

The Tribe of Jack has came ana WeiAI
leaving in their wake happlIleSo 60
second place in the western Aea9 ~ :.
race Three out of four is always d
V,iee record whether the team is play
ing a gainst leaders or tail enders' AM
the Kaws played ball for every plt "
the advantage they secured over tio
Bears The fight was never eds
Sometimes it looked that way .put =
was due usually more to the good WIN
~ the locals than poor work on part oL
the visitors The Kaws proved conclu-
sively that they are not an experiment.
or course the Bears will be :nt
stronger one of these days II may "
they will strengthen before we see Iie ~
again. But the local team snoulo go ~
inprovinG also. The players VIII De
doing better, according to all present
indications, than they did in the series
Just closed. They are now playIhs
better brand of ball than when me
season opened. If they keep it up they
will continue to make all KINGS oA
trouble for pennant asplrants.
Don't expect any cinch with the An
telopes who open here today. The LINKS
have been kept sinless for some time
and are likely to take a squirt now IN
which some fancy ball will be played.
And Lincoln has always done things 10
Topeka.
Joe Rickert made the first home run
for the locals tying the score against
the Bears and making possible the WIN
Joe didn't get anything in the way OF
money for his demonstration rms IS
the first home run in the history oI
baseball at Kaw field, it is believed, IN
which not a dime was thrown through
the screen. Joe's homer was fly
which was lifted over the left field
~. iy-5
Tessie Alderman demonstrated that
he has the stuff necessary to win
games. He was in trouble frequently
but it didn't worry Tessie. When
things looked their worst he was smil-
ing and working in the same old easy
fashion. He made a good showing.
When a pitcher can walk three men.
allow fivee hits and have four errors
made behind him and still win a game
1t indicates that some one on the team
is doing pretty good work Only two
putouts were made in the outer
gardens.
Tuesdays crowd was the most quiet
on record. The game was too tight
for noise. The crowd seemed to be
on the ragged edge of nervous pros
feeling wasn't relieved until Schmidt
ate Lloyd's difficult pop foul in the
ninth. Schmidt continued to demon
strate that Gear has three good catch
ers What to do with all of them is
still a problem.
Wedding. out time is coming, due
about May Is. and Gear is still puz-
zled over the situation. 1t is the
hardest kind of luck, he claims, that
a manager. who can get a good COM
bination together, must dispose of a
number of good players to get inside
the IS man limit. 1t is not likely
that any of the men now in town will
be released this week. Burns closed
his stay with the locals last night, go
ing to Salina, where he will play in
the Central Kansas League. Burns is
a good player but it is impossible to
play more than six or seven men in