The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17

strengthen the position of the St JOS
eph club in the Western League race
The first sacker is easily the star
Drummer. But that is the way when
you hold players under an optional
contract.
Borton could have made good last
spring according to big leaguers who
good. just what sort of ball player
it is who wants to keep out of the
big show is beyond but Borton laid
down. 1t got him in bad. Maybe an
other year will see him changed in his
opinion of not wanting to go higher.
Guess Gagnier was the Indianapolis
detective who spied on the player.
who were not observing training rules.
He has been sent to the Neward, In
ternational League club.
It doesn't take a long squirt to see
where the Links are to pass Wichita
soon if both teams go on playing as
they have. The writer would like tic
see the Witches get somewhere. This
one thing which we agree with the
sport writer's of the Windy Princess
upon. But there seems to be little
chance.
Marty Berghammer, the nifty Lin
coin snortstop, is back the line
again. Berghammer is not only crack
infielder but he is one of the few men
who have nerve enough to wear a name
like that on the diamond.
Connie Mack blames the auto for the
poor showing his team has made. For
a man with a name like his the NJ. A.
Low of baseball makes some foolish
statements. If he will chaperone the
auto parties given by his players he
will find the gas cart is not the cause.
It's what goes in the cars with the
players that causes the trouble.
Just to help along the friendly feel
ing between Rourke and Holmes, Ducky
has secured a pitcher whom Rourke
was angling for.
Anent the big league stuff, you don't
need very powerful glasses to sight
Pittsburg in the offipg.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday afternoon
at $3.50 and Wen see the rejuvenated
Kaws in action. Let's all see them
There's a lot of talent new to local
fans on the team Let's slip the man.
for the trying, even if it does come
late
Wonder if the luck at Omaha has
changed any since the last time the
Kaws were there.
You feel sore over the showing of
the ball team of course, but what if
you lived in New York?
If it had rained in Chicago a lot of
people would have felt better.
Can't think of anything but the
Cubs Giants thing so, let's quit.
Manager Hendricks of the Grizzlies is
tossed mighty nice bunch by W. A.
Phelon, an eastern sport writer of re-
nown. Here is what Phelon has to say
of the hustling manager of the Griz-
zlies:
when the Boston Red Sock took
O'Brien and Hagerman, the Denver
pitchers, it was figured that Denver
would be down and out, and that Jack
Hendricks wouldn't do much in the
Western League this season. 1t will be
noted, however. that John hovers at the
top again, and is now the most lively
candidate for the pennant honorS that
were his in 1911. Some manager, this
man. Toss him into any league with
any material, and up he comes from the
ruck in speedy time. They are ''dippy''
about him in Denver and pay him a lot
of money to sojourn-otherwise he
might be winning battles in big league
company.
Sioux City Tribune: Harry Chapman,
considered one of the best catchers in
the Western League this year, who has
been playing with Topeka until recent
ly. today reported to the Sioux City
club. Chapman is loaned to the Pack
ers for the remainder of this year. He
is owned by the Chicago Nationals.
With the acquisition of him comes