The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-25

of the game and then allowed him to
continue playing. After Meinke was was
went to third and Reilly to short in
the eighth inning.
That predicted shakeup on the Den
yer club is about to materialize. The
war correspondent of the Denver
Times wired this story to his paper
from st. Joe yesterday:
"A sweeping shakeup in the Denver
ball club is to be made in Il short
time, according to Manager Jack Hen
bricks, who is dissatisfied with the
work of his team on the present trip
waivers have been given by the
seven other clubs of the circuit on
Catchers Larry Spahr and Walter
Frambes and Pitchers Jeff Pfeiffer and
Ben Harris. None of these players
has been at his best this season be-
cause of injuries and illness, and Hen
bricks is now securing the country Tor
material for strong batteries
Frequent minor injuries have kept
Spahr out of the game much or the
time. Frambes has been injured fire.
uuently and Hendricks believes he
lacks pep. The two pitchers have been
unable to pitch winning ball because
of their illness of the early spring.
waivers will also be asked at once
on Pitcher Henry Olmstead and Out
fielder Harry Cassidy, the manager
expressing disapproval of their work.
Olmstead has had little pitching sue
cess this year and CASSIDY mas reCeht
" been undergoing q marked slump
in batting.
"A red hot meeting of the team was
held at the RobidouX hotel at 10
O'Clock this morning, the showing IN
yesterdays game with 81. Joe peiLe
blage What Jack Hendricks sald VIII
probably never be recorded, but ms
remarks had a spicy flavor thal was
calculated to make the players Ieel as
1,4
fastened in their flesh. Jack told the
bows what was what and Why, en-
phasizing his remarks with the lurlo
figures of the polished orator
Hendricks has not yet secured a
line on any prospective catcher or
pitcher. but the battery parts OF the
squad will be greatly strengthened be-
fore summer is much nearer.
St Joseph ws-Press:-As usual,
the scribes in some of the West
ern league cities are hot after lip
O'NeilFs staff of umpires. And 1t IS
a cinch that they are entitled to rae
several of them. One of the Things
most to be be desired in an umpire is
courage. And that's just what several
of the arbiters lack. If an umpire IS
to be successful he must have control
of the game at all times. II ne lets
the PLAYERS show him up his standing
will be punkerino in no time at all.
but the fellow who is on the square
and has command of the game all the
time is the one who is bound to get
away. It's too bad there are so few
of them working in the minor leagues
today. Last year Umpire Knapp was
considered the best in the league. This
year he has got away rotten He adj
mitted it to one club that played in
Denver and blamed the single umpire
system for his showing, saying that he
is not used to it Jumps Kissane hasn't
showed any class. He stands for too
much Raging. Carter is also an I'M
known quantity. Jack Haskell, the
big chief of the jumps, is a good ar
bitter when he is in the mood, and Har-
ry Johnson. the fighter-umpire, from
Pittsburg. who has been getting away
O. K. so far, looks like the best of them
ALL
If it wasn't for the fun one can have
with the bleacherites. Lee CULLEN. fast
est third sacker in the league, declares
flatly and positively that he wouldn't
be in the game of all. And that goes
a long way in telling just how Lee acts
on the ball field, Jack Barrows writes
in the Denver Times. The idea is that
he plays as though he enjoyed it, and
is quick to seize an opportunity TO
chaff with the fans. Topeka is the
only place where Lee doesn't enjoy
himself. The fans refuse to be joshed,
possibly because he is such a potent
factor in a game
And the fans have lots of fun with