The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02

ror because he started to cover after
the ball was thrown. The rules pro-
vide that the error go to the player
who should have covered the bag.
Patterson's only trouble seems to be
nervousness. The writer doesn't know
anything about the agreement under
which the shortstop is working here
but it is not likely that he has to make
good in a day. If he will forget this
it looks like he will stick. He pulled
OFF two nice fielding stunts yesterday,
two that were way above the average.
| Jack Hendricks made a speech at
| the Booster day meeting last night
and handed a nice line of talk to the
fans. He told them how league wanted
Topeka as bad as Topeka wanted the
| league. He declared the Kaw team
as good as any other and pointed out
the strength of the Gears as compar-
| ed with other teams on the circuit. a
few games will change the standing of
the team, he said. He was sure, with
any kind of luck at all, that the Kaws
would finish four or five places above
where they are now. OF course, we
could not expect to win the pennant,
he said, Denver having decided to dc
that
Beal was with the manager and call
| ed upon for a speech. He told the
crowd that he always took Hendricks
with him to do the talking while he
made the hits He promised, however.
not to hit safely for the rest of the
| series. Thanks, Jeems.
Ricketts, home run was one of the
| mile-a-minute higher-than-a-cat s-back
kind. 1t netted him enough to pay
two weeks room rent and the writer
has an addition $3.50 for him if JOS
eph will call. 1t was Ricketts, only
swat of the afternoon, but it counted.
The only other extra. base hit for the
Kaws was Frantzs double in the first.
The Kaws had two walks and dou-
BILE but they came in such shape that
they could not be scored upon.
Chris Lindsay, the reliable first sack
er for Hendricks, has a mighty sore
foot. Before leaving Denver he was
spiked on a corn. Monday the services
of a physician were required and Chris
is still playing although his foot may
yet cause him trouble.
Wanted-One perfectly good right
foot that has been hit by neither
batted or pitched balls. One accustonn-
guaranteed to always touch the bag
preferred.
Jimmy's foot was so sore that he
could hardly walk late in the game
Monday afternoon but he stuck it out.
1t was thought at first that the bone
l.
It is feared that Jimmy may have to-
miss a few games, which at this time,
would be heartbreaking to lot of
fans.
The crowds at the last two games
were the best of the year. Not the big
gest. Not hardly. But the fans were
boosting every player every minute.
For instance, after Patterson's error he
received a regular Bryan ovation"
- I,
kind of roofing that helps a ball play
er. The player knows you're glad
when he makes a good one. What
helps is to let him know you're with
him after he boots 'em.
Buy your Booster tickets today. The
workers want to report 1000 of them
sold tonight. There is no longer the
excuse that the team isn't playing good
ball. 1t is going good. Let's make
this the best week baseball in Topeka
ever knew. 1t costs you only dollar
to do it.
Two women teams are working with
Booster Day tickets today. The writer
recently said they could sell more tick
stands.
Those two fast doubles didn't make |
the game look any slower Monday. |
Chapman threw two men out at
second by ten feet Monday and be- |
side making one of the two runs stole |
third on Block. The backstopper is
playing more like the man Murphy |
sent back to US this spring, only bet |
ter. And he is working hard He
seems to study the batter more and
oUtguesses them some of the time. He |
knows the Western League players
better and should grow more valuable |
to the club as the season progresses.
Sioux City Tribune: A new name |
appeared in the Sioux City lineup at
Des Moines yesterday, that of Josh |
Clarke, a fast utility outfielder, secured |
by Manager Andreas from the Kansas
City American Association club. Clark |
is a brother of Fred Clarke, manager
of the PittSburg Pirates, and was a
competent outf1elder with the Kansas
City Blues last season. He was pushed
out of a position with that club this
year on account of a host of brilliant
players, but his owners are keeping a
string on him. Clarke is now taking
the position of Ten Million in center,
the latter suffering from a lame ankle,
but the new man may be shifted to
any outer garden, probably that of
Breen's in event of the regular being
called to his home in Lewiston, Me,
from where word has been received
of the serious illness of Breen's
mother.
wichita Eagle: You've got to give
it to Roxie Middleton for being a
that When everyone else was roar
ing because Flynn called his drive to
left a foul after he had raced to sec