The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-02
O'NEIL POPULAR IN LINCOLN
Denver PeeTed Over Loss of
Schedule Meeting.
Des MOines Pretenders Have
Joined HOIdout Crowd.


Only a couple OF weeks until tbs
work on the grounds begins and the
manager makes his headquarters here
It's q little hard on the local bunch
this thing of having manager win
ter in another town But the fans
have eagerly gobbled down the NOR
sells of dope sent 10 them and they arr
hoping Gear will show up we'll enough
after the season opens TO make up fol
the time he spent in Kansas City The
beginning OF the season itself is not
such e long distance hence now, and
the tanning begins every time the
weather man allows a decent brand OF
weather to light here
The work 70 be done on the grounds
this spring recalls the first spring Dan
berry was here. Cooley sent him with
a bunch of men to the park 10 start
operations Richard was busy then
disposing Of his drug store A few
days later he visited the park What
conversation passed between him and
Danberry has never been published
But Cooley was worried when he re-
turned to town That -Danberry
has my ball field all plowed up and il
looks more like some one was grub
bing stUmps than getting ready to
play ball on it." Dick announced He
continued 10 worry until he saw the
shape Danberry put the grounds in
had the park in as good shape as he
could get a dirt diamond.
This year. however. Topeka passes
into the sodded diamond class It's a
distinction Il marks the difference
between town ball and league ball
The sodded diamond viii not only be
much better IN every respect than the
old dirt field for the players but will
make life more bearable for those who
sit in the grand stand.
There IS the usual spring talk about
the indicator handlers for the season
There will be more or less talk until
the teams begin to lose Then there
will be more 1t is likely that the
unpfres in this league are much the
same as in every other minor league
There are some incom petent umpires-
Providence made them incompetent
And we've got to have our share along
with the other fellows.
Denver is more peeved over losing
the Western league meeting than St
Louis was over losing both OF the ma
tional conventions
It is hoped there will be no return
to the four trip 1873 game schedule OF
last year The last month of the sea
son costs money for everyone unless
there IS a red hot race in which three
or four teams have a chance up TO the
last day. And the added trip around
the circuit is costly The fans don't
care to see the teams play when the
rag IS cinched. And the sporting edi-
tor has trouble enough under the
shorter schedule
Incidentally it isn't the most pay
ing proposition on earth to knock on
Prexy O'Nen in Lincoln these days
Thin persons should try some other
play of putting on weight When it
looked mighty dark for the Nebraska
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the club. And anyway we're willing
20 admit that Denver and Omaha are
both cities of the first class. If It will
help along the moment for information
al peace.
From the way the members Of last
years. team are talking the holdout
stuff you'd think the Des Moines ag-
gresation Of last year were worlds
champions Herche. Owens and sam
Lafferty, known better as sam Hous-
ton. are already declaring that they
viii never play ball for the money Of
fered- It is likely that If they do not
they viii not play al all But they
will and viii be glad TO. when the
weather gets a little warmer and they
get all of the advertising they can
land
Ed Hanlon, new owner of the Sioux
made a pleasing impression on the
Lincoln scribes. Somehow they near
head OF the Sioux club.
some one feels badly over the re-
ported declaration Of George Tebeau.
that he IS going 10 get Pa Rourke.
Aside from the fact that Rourke looks
at this distance 10 be in the -'unget-
table class. and that Tebeau has q
club IN Kansas City which attracts
most Of his attention there may be
some cause for Worry.
Prexy O'Neil, the Des Moines pa
pers and Jack Holland have exoner-
ated Isbeu from wrong doing in the
Pueblo Wichita affair Topeka is
willing TO let It go at that
ONLY il has never been necessary
TO bring Billy Sunday here to revive
baseball
Wichita scribe has something to
cav about the trouble Lincoln had in
keeping the ball team It viii be re-
called in this connection that the
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