The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-22
KaW Management Had FewHOme
Postponed Games.
How Magill Came to Kaws' Aid
Last Spring.
WILL THERE BE WAR?
Holland and Hendricks Will
Train at Excelsior Springs.
This Years Race to Be a Dress
Affair.


In addition to his other accomplish
ments, Mr. Lee stole 45 bases last
year This is about as many as the
entire Kaw team pilfered during the
five and a half months the players
drew salary.
Des Moines, as evidence Of her re-
5uvenation as a baseball center. points
with pride to the money made there
by Mike and Joe Cantillon. And the
two brothers did pick up bunch OF
lucre there. So much so, in fact, tnat
they are now among the wealthier
class Of baseball magnates.
BIZ Dryer has come IN for good
deal of friendly comment since Holland
named him as the first baseman for his
20 greatest players in the western err
league. Dwyer is a good player He
knows the game. He can think quickly
= and acts as rapidly as he thinks He
is q good first sacker and swings on
the ball in a manner that brings de-
spair to the hearts of the opposing
pitchers And what counts a great
deal in 8 circuit this size he has one Of
the best Irish dispositions on the O'Neil
roster.
ticIes. The baseball scribe uses as
many pleasing adjectives as the society
reporter on a country paper The man
agement trying to build up a winning
team is boosted as much as possible
The phenom secured from Bingyille
and Midtown is praised l. glowing
terms. The fans are complimented for
the way they supported last years
team and promised better one.
Everyone comes in for share or
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self who is condemned for not giving
more dope on this and that But It
is the boosting season. And while say
ing good things for others sport writer's
in Topeka should not miss the oppor-
tunity of saving good things for Aagtll
and Hendricks of Denver. Magill gave
the Denver fans a winning team
which they wanted and which they sup
ported well. He put his money into
ball players at a rate which caused
some of the managers around the cir
cult to wonder what next. And Magill
was one of the best sports in the West
ern league At no time did he raise
his voice and howl. Magill got the
worst of it a number OF times last year
as we'll a some of the rest of the Gnan-
ayers and owners. And when an at
tempt was made one year ago to slip
TOpeka the worst of it in the schedule
proposition 1t was Jimmy Magill who
was Robert at the Rat hole in defense
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one of the best drawing ones which Wis
tied here. But that wasn't why Magill
did it He was on the square, natur
ally, just the same as some fellows are
crooked. and he was shrewd enough to
know that the stronger towns could
take care of themselves without aid
while the weaker ones, such as Kaw-
town was last spring, needed all of the
encoura cement they could get.
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train at Excelsior Springs. Remember
some of the yowls that came from the
Joe town boss about his treatment in
Denver last YEAR, Jack always clever
at that sort of thing. The abuse he
and Cooley used to heap upon each
others heads brought the money to
them in large quantities. When Hol-
land returned from Denver last year
with his stories Of being mobbed and
mistreated the fans docked out in large
droves to show their sympathy by de-
lfvering % cent pieces. And when the
Denver team came to town there was
some crowd at the ball park. All of
which pleased Manager Jack i'm
mensely.
Among the holdouts in the Western
league are Johnny Beau of Denver.
The outfielder was sent up to Boston
but has been turned back to the Griz-
Elies. Beal1 wants part of the $4,000
for which it was said that he was sold
Magill says that as Bean failed to
stick he was compelled to return the
money. But Beall will be in all right
A little warm weather will bring in his
signed contract.
Rourlze has traded Shortstop
Kneaves and some money for wild
Jack Ryan Ryan was one of the de-
pendable twirlers of the Lincoln team
in years gone by and finished the sea
son with Mobile last year, landing
near the top of the pitchers records.
1t is to be hoped that the Lincoln
club soon gets its difficulties settled
Lincoln is too good a ball town to be
involved in such a turmoil. Last years
record is not to be blamed upon the
Lincoln fans Something like nine
Sunday games were lost by the Ante
lope management on account of rainy
weather. This viii put a hole in the
finances of any club.
There Is one way in which the local
club made a record last year It did
mt lose more than couple Of Sunday
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