The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-22
BASEBALL CAB AND GOSSIP.

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The race changes a little in the C
! K. League with the Introduction o
Lamb, one Of the owners into the game
Lamb had neglected to Square hi
absence from the club with which h,
/ played last year and therefore couldn'
| get into the fray until lately. Now tn,
Lambs, as his club is known, are go
ing better. They COPIED couple o.
extra inning games within the las
/ few days.
Leonard, secured from Boston b,
Hendricks, was beaten to a regular
| Roosevelt FRAGILE by Omaha in his mi.
tial appearance as a grizzly bear
Harris was sent to his rescue. But al
| that Leonard will likely beat a lot OF
fellows in the Western League. Hend-
| ricks is pretty good buyer.
| Early this season the statement was
| made in this column that Hendricks
was a poor loser. Some Lincoln scribe
took US to task about it but at Omaha
Friday the Denver boss is said to have
shown the same disposition. There ISM
any disgrace in being a poor loser
Hendricks has as much fun as anyone
can have with the crowd. when his
team wins. When the bears lose it is
only natural that Hendricks should
feel sad. Not only that but he resorts
to every means he knows of to break
up the run against him. And the crowo
of course, gets back. So Hendricks
keeps out of sight and evinces evil
dences Of a crouch. Hendricks is a
poor loser. No doubt of it. But per-
haps it is not always best to be a
good one.
Omaha Bee: It was too bad that
Captain Lindsay of Denver hurt him
self SO seriously in Fridays game, but
regret for his injury does not do away
with the fact that Lindsay had stoop-
ed to some foul ball playing from the
first of the game and it looked as if he
was engaged in that when he was
hurt, possibly not. Scanlon was run
ming out an inf1eld hit and the injury
came when Lindsay, failing to get the
throw, somehow INSTRUCTED Scanlons
who went rolling head over heels over
first base. 1t is possible Lindsay had
made the best effort he could to get
a wild throw, but earlier in the game,
when a throw went wild he deliberate
ly blocked and threw Hick Johnson tc
the ground in vainly attempting to pre-
vent Hick from reaching second on the
throw. Lindsay another time tried TO
block Ryan. The Denver captain has
gained the reputation of being, like
Manager Hendricks, a decidedly poor
loser. Denver takes a beating very
ungracefully. It was given very
sound one in Fridays game, which
was heightened in interest from the
start by the old-time Omaha-Denver
fighting spirit. Early in the contest
Umpire Knapp threw both teams into
the air by one of his characteristic
decisions at second, which resulted in
the expulsion from the game OF botn
managers, Arbogast, who was catching,
and Hendricks, who was coaching. INC
umpire showed some annoying dis
elimination, however, in sending Arby
entirely out of the park, while per-
hitting Jack to stand over behind the
bIeacher screens and coach his men.
But that is neither here nor there Inc
visitors had a man on first and second
and Wanner at short scooped ground
er to Scanlon at second. Scanlon, with
his foot on the bag, fell from the eff
fects of a sudden twist of his leg, to
the ground, holding the ball in Doth
hands in plain view of all. There was
absolutely no chance for an argument
as to the runner being out, for Scanlon
had covered the bag at least 20 feet
ahead of him, but Knapp, with his hair
trigger impulse to call plays before
he sees them, yelled safe from his
position at the plate. Then he ran
down to second, as did players OF poth
teams, to see how badly Scanlon was
hurt, and when he saw the situation:
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course, he should have done. But be-
fore the argument had been settled
Arbogast and Hendricks mixed. Hen
bricks is a very clever manager and
a very nice gentleman, especially ii |
mis- team is winning, and things are
coming his way, but he has not learn |
ed to be as good loser as he is |
winner.
Omaha Bee: Dale Gear has ball |
team, just the same. Perhaps Hol- |
and has it on him little in the box, |
put we can't see where else.
Telling how to make home runs, |
Frank Schultz, who is qualified to
speak on that subject, observes: IF
rou judge a ball correctly, hit it right
IN the nose with a free swing, not too
lard, and raise it up, you stand an
excellent show of making the circuit
# the bases" Now watch everybody
tep up and make a home run.
Wichita Beacon: It looks like the
-obbers have shaken the jinks that
las been costing them number OF
,ames this season and things have
to break right for them.
The team looks as good if not bet
er than last years aggregation and
hey will be up in the race unless
ong streak of bad luck sticks to them.
fills the hole left by the sale
f Joe Berger and in all the other
departments the team is as strong.
tommy Nee looks good on third and
hat position appears to be strength
ned. The Jobbers look like sure
irst division club.
Sioux City Tribune: half dozen
lew men have joined the Packers
ince the opening of the season and
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