The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-03

ball. That night there was one less on
| the payroll. Kusel is said to know
| how to pitch but the manager likes
| to have orders obeyed. The finger
| should have little trouble catching on
somewhere. He is a better pitcher
than his last game with Topeka indi-
Gates.
While it was nice to win, the chief
event of Thursday was the hitting of
| Rickert. The outer gardener was the
| real fiend, getting four hits for six
bases in four times to the plate. A
report with som ething "on" Joe reach
| ed this office Thursday morning. When
he falls off in his hitting Rickert will
be told about it and urged to try it
again.
Gear wants to get the Bears good
and deep and plenty on their home
grounds and for that reason is saving
the older FINGERS for the mountain
trip. Cocreham and Wainwright, both
of whom beat Lincoln at home, are
counted upon to do the serving today
Cocreham to reverse the showing of
the other day and Wainwright is ex-
pected to slip something into Link
camp which will cause a panic.
Ricketts, double play to Gardner
was one of the full notes of the piece.
Rickert made difficult running catch
of Mccormick long fly to left. And
then he relayed the ball to Gardner
before Cobb could return to the initial |
sack. Gardner deserves special men
ton along with Joe, catching the ball
on a bad bound and thrusting it into |
the ribs of the brother to the Geor- |
gia peach.
Some one in the grandstand began |
to knock on Gardner and the way the |
nearby fans handed it to him was
pleasure to those who heard it. Con-
sidering the first base playing that |
has been perpetrated in Topeka it
should be a capital offense to criti-
else Gardner.
AS a rescue ship Fugate appears to
have the Carpathia beaten a mile
While there was little apparent danger
of the craft going down it was deemed
expedient to provide for the safety of
all on board. Fugate wanted to work
out a few innings, to keep in trim
for the Teddies of the west and Thurs
day afternoon was a good time to
crafty his whim.
Mccormick too earned some smoking
tobacco yesterday.
OF course ST. Joseph had to win when
the KawS did.
The wind blew pop fouls that looked
like they would light on the grand
stand back into Chapman's mits Thurs
day. But at that they We're not easy
to grab.
With Emory on second in the fifth
Gear hit a fly to Cobb which the
Georgian fell on. He came up with !
the ball in his hands. Emory who had
been called to third by the coacher
was put out when the ball was returned
to second. Cobb doesn't pretend to say
he caught the ball. Is
The gentleman who umpires on the
bases didn't have a particularly bril- {
liant day. In the first Chapman shot
the ball to Gardner who had Moore
blocked off first. Moore was tagged
but the umpire was standing back of
Leak sweetly dreaming of something, |
and called Fred safe. From the grand
stand Moore could be seen trying to
get on the bag long after the decision
was made. The judgment on ball and
strikes was fully up to the poor stand :
ard set the day before. The crowd !
groaned and pleaded for some, anyone, ,,
who could call 'em better.
AS was predicted in these columns t
a few days ago, Moore has signed up t
with Dwyer. While he didn't have a I
particularly good day Thursday Moore I
will strengthen the infield of the Links {
Dwyer likes Fred and will give him e
chance which Rourke did not. Wanner, /
4 friend of Arbogast, has been given
Moore's job On the Omaha team and
mis- salary went to Davidson, returned .
from Brooklyn. Meanwhile the men
On the Omaha team declare they do not
know why Moore was released and ?
Fred says he was told it was not his 4
playing. r
The Kaws continue their extra base +
smashing. Rickert got two doubles, t
Emory L and Lee a three sacker into t
he game.
Tomorrow is the last home game s
until May II when the Kaws open a T
the local park. The Topeka team
plays four games at Denver Begin I
ming Sunday, then go to Wichita for
four and then to Omaha for four.
The Majestic team will play with the
team of the Snyder
shows at Skene's park Saturday morn
ng. Z
Two years ago there was classy,
ready veteran player named King with
he Omaha team. Last year he was
raded to Topeka as an .'old head who | n
could hold down the erratic youngsters v
brought in from the Central Kansas a
League. This year King is one of the r
Using young fielders of the league If | s
lie isn't careful he will have all the L
icouts in the country camped in To- s
,eka- There isn't a man on the cir il
,uit anywhere who is playing the v
brand of ball he exhibits. Perhaps the a
lot weather will hurt his playing but n
t doesn't look reasonable. Maybe his
,atting will slump and his fielding ease s.
IF. But just at present King is the S
cal demon of the ball lot. His pres \
mt gait is likely to cause lot of S. o. A
]. signs by pitchers and he handles c