The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-05

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i Up to the eighth inning not one
clean hit had been made off Cy
| Young There were four of them
against him but all were of the scratch
! order. He should have had a five hit
game to his credit and proper play
ing behind the lanky one would have
given him five hit game. At that
| it was a bear of a contest and de-
served a better crowd. The manage
| IsbeI wants to transfer the games TO
| Des Moines.
| Despite his lone error and another
| puzzling play Cochran didn't play a
| bad second base Wednesday. The po-
sftion was a new one to him and he
| didn't work to the best advantage
with either Smith or French. Another
| the game as the result of a conference
with saw bones. Kings side isn't
much better. Lees ankle is con-
ya1escing.
| French failed to hit Wednesday but
pulled off some stellar fielding stunts
whipping the ball in ahead of men
| that look to have it easy to first If
| he had hit we would have included
the Wash burn football team in the Of
I fer to be made for him.
Twenty seven strikeouts in a game Of
ball are pretty poor if the spectator
| likes a pitchers battle. A lot of fell
| lows who have quit are missing classy
baseball at the local lot.
1t seems that the fans do not want
the team. They have quit cold. Rec
ord breaking crowds are not expected,
but the attendance both days has been
less than 100 which is pretty bad. If
we owned the ball team we'd give it
away rather than submit to such
crowds
1t hasn't been so long since johnson
and OToole called out two men for
sliding into first, thus preventing To-
peka from winning ball game. We'd
nesday Hanson slid into first and was
called safe on a play that allowed the
scoring of the winning run. 1t ought
to work both ways if it works one.
Hanson, another new man in the
Des Moines lineup, has Joined Isbell
since his last trip here. He is young,
big as the Progressive bandwagon and
looks to be a catcher respite his rath-
er ordinary showing Wednesday.
IsbeII has explained the umpire thing
to our satisfaction. We do not blame
him for being desperate over the UNI
pre- situation. What we blamed IsbeIl
for was insisting in the first place that
this seasons umpires be let alone. Tt
meant either crooked or inefficient UNI |
piring to be content with what we had. !
Knapp finally robbed Isbel1 as he had |
others.
Isbell's idea was that if everyone kept |
off the umpires they would do good !
work His own case proves he was
working on the wrong theory. Any man |
who will be honest in the matter will |
admit that the poorest umpiring with !
which a league was ever cursed has |
been the order of things in many cases |
this year on the O'Neill circuit. They |
haven't all been rotten. In fact the |
writer has sung the praises of few
umpires although it's against his prin- |
ciples to do it. But they were at least |
fair and apparently capable and such |
a relief from the run which had been
causing public disfavor to fall upon. the
game that It seemed only just.
The writer has no object in this save
the good of the league and baseball.
There's no chance to get the Kaws past
where they fell. But the writer can
short distance of the State Journal
office, and a thousand in this city who
are Disguised with the game solely be-
cause of the rotten indicator handling
Why" one of these men said the other
night after watching McGinnis work,
The plays rottener ball than the Kaws
when they are going their worst
Rotten umpiring hurts the game and
the attendance. That no one has been
seriously injured during the tight pen
nSnt race of the present season speaks
well for not only the managers and
players but the fans. They must have
kept themselves well in hand not TO
wreak vengeance upon some of the I'M
worthy specimens who have attempted
to rule the baseball field.
Isbell believes that Myers, working
with a good umpire, would be one of
the best in the league. He thinks that
being hooked up with two rotten ones
this year has affected him to a notice
able degree. If that's the case here's
hoping he will draw good pardner an
other time and make good. When he
first worked here this season Myers got
away nicely. But it didn't last long.
To c. H L. The records so far this
year show that the Boston Sox, heir
apparent to the American League
throne, have beaten last years cham r
pionS in ID of the 10 games played. Now 7
the Athletics beat the Giants fairly
easily anu bOSIOH Clearly OuLclaSSoS the
Mackmen. What chance do the Mugg-
sizes have this season, in case they
lead the Cubs 1T the finish?
Two young pitchers who think they
can clean up in this company are COM
ng to Topeka in the hope of convincing =
Gear he needs them. They will be given
/ chance to demonstrate their prowess
We know a ball player on the local
cam who would demand a raise in
wages for the remainder of the season
f he knew how well the manager likes ]