The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-07

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Lincoln at Des Noines.
Topeka at st. Joe
Sioux City at Wichita.
Omaha at Denver.
The old Western Association sent
several men to the big leagues. Some
stuck and some did not. But the one of
them who is first in the list appears at
this writing to be Joe Wood, who broke
in while Jay Andrews was managing
the Hutchinson club. He pitched his
first game against Topeka and lost it.
If the Bull Durham people are so
anxious to give away those So. checks
why don't they reward Outf1elder Lee
for sousing the Bull in the Des Moines
park Aug. 9?
Isbell's pitchers went better here on
this trip than any have done before this
season. At that the Kaws made 81
hits, during the series. to the visitors
30. Fifteen OF these blows, however,
were made off Northup in the last
game. The first three pitchers he
worked were going fine.
IsbeH didn't shoot Pitcher Sweet at
the locals saving him from Lincoln. He
has beaten Lincoln every time he has
pitched against that team and the
Isbell's hook up with Lincoln today.
Des Moines has only the present series
at home being on the road until the
seasons close.
Next weeks games with Sioux City
will probably be the last played at
hcme this year. The remaining at home
games, of which there are S, Will prob
ably be transferred. Here's hoping
they do better than the transferred
games last year.
Umpires Johnson and O'Toole left
last night for Denver. This shows that
these two men are considered the two
best in the league for they are sent
where the fight is hottest. Both Omaha
and St Joseph play the Bears and the
battles will be tight indeed. The good
umpires usually follow the winning
teams.
Reynolds is going 80 per cent better
than he did when he reported. Gear IS
working wonders with the big fellow
ard it is not necessary to state that in
this case, at least, there is plenty of
material for the manager to work on.
With any kind of luck the big fellow
Should be Gears leading tWirler an
other year.
You've got to give it to the local base
ball owners for gameness. Facing the
close of the third disastrous season in a
row they are right now making plans for
the next year aggregation. Negotiations
are now pending for the purchase of
couple of players who win go long way
men sought are not recruits but players
of ability who come high. We're planning
on different showing another year.
Nothing to the story of Topeka losing
the team. The writer talked with the
men who have stood by the game in To-
he ant nm
satisfactory season and they have not get
thought of giving up the team. Wen
stay with it, you bet,'' said one of them.
Soon after the close of the season
meeting will be held at which the stock
holders who are not satisfied with the
baseball proposition will be heard and ar
rangementS will be made to begin at one"
the work of rounding up material for the
coming year. There's no thought of quit
ting the league.
Borton, Hollands star first baser. is go
ing fine in the big show. A perfect field |
ing game and two safe hits in three times |
up is the record in one game
If the Lincoln sport writer would de-
vote more of his time to collecting the |
money he believes he is going to get from |
Hendricks for selling Healy'' and less to !
the Topeka situation we believe the towr |
have just as much luck. We're begin
ming to believe that the L. S. w. knows |
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one else to have a great deal of his own |
business in mind.
The Topeka club has had bad year. |
1t has had three of them. The team has |
been a disappointment. But it has neV1r |
yet been necessary for the president or |
the league to borrow $4,000 to keep the |
club going. The league stood good for |
loan to make a team possible in Linco n,
the land of the wonderful scribe, who !
specialzes in running other peoples bust |
ness.
Meanwhile you can go out next week |
and look over the fillies.
Albany, N. Y, Sept. ARTICLES in
cooperating the baseball players fra
ternity were filed in the secretary of |
states office here. According to the
papers, the fraternity was organized |
for the purpose of protecting the
reasonable contracturaI rights and en-
forcing such obligations of profession
al baseball players as to protect them
in their relations to public and to pro-
mote in every legal way the best in
terests of organized baseball
Chapman, Kan, Sept. chapman
League team easily defeated Salina
mere by a score of 10 to 8. Batteries
Borst and Hall; Scanlon and Schor-
ling. Umpire-Price.