The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-10

The Kaws arc on the bottom, but
have tile highest percentage of any
team on the bottom in any league this
year. All isn't lost yet. Not by a
great deal. But it is getting harder
every day to start back up and the
distance is increasing.
If the Kaws are to get anywhere
they should begin to show it during
the the present month. After July
first it is late to start anything from
the bottom of the deck. If the team
gets a fair start, however, during this
among the leaders. Otherwise a sec
ond division club is nearly certain to
be the best that can be done.
Young will work in the game to be
staged this afternoon. according to the
early announcement. Then Brandon,
Hornsby and either F'ugate or VAIN
wright will be used in succession. Four
pitchers ought to do the work nicely.
They ought to win games And if they
do not some one is going to feel the
keen edge. It's time for any pitcher
to begin to win games if he ever can
win thoul.
The elements are kindly requested
to behave themselves while the team
is at home. 1t must rain, sometime,
in Kansas, probably, but there is plent-
ty of ting when the team is away. No
during the few days local fans get a
chance to see games.
Perhaps the game postponed by the
rain was one which the Sioux would
have taken anyway.
Manager Gear announces another
shift In the lineup of the lowly Kaws.
This one is expected to stick for lit
tie while and is what the manager
expects 10 win some of the at home
games. Frantz will go to short, re-
placing Lee, who will return to the
outfield Emory will return to third,
King and Rickert will finish up the
outf1eld and the infield will be made
up of Walsh and Gardner together
with the two men named. Gear will
play the outfield when another man is
needed Frantz has played more at
short than anywhere else and likes
the job He is better on a ground ball
than anyone who has tried the short
shoppers job this season. So it is
Frantz.
Gear has tried to get shortstops until
he is tired. Plenty. of them are offer
ed but none of these is worthy of a
trial. Petitions have been sent to sew
ing doing printed on the backs of
every man wanted by the Topekans.
So Frartz is to be made shortstop and
an effort will be made to get away with
him in this role.
1--WE won two games out of three"
says Gear of the st. Joseph trip. Then
he adm tilted that only one of them
in the percentage column. The
other was presented to st. Joseph by
Knapp. Knapp, by the way, was sent
elsewhere on the advice of Gear who
says he didn't wish to witness a
lynching Johnson, the dope says, is
to be TIE indicator handler here. Re-
ports OH Johnson differ, some being that
he is perfectly fair with his rottenness
and others saying that he isn't. Then
again he has been reported to be a
perfectly good umpire. If there is
such Ling on O'Neill's staff Topeka
should he entitled to the use of him
posed upon.
The writer can furnish O'Neill
signatures of men who have quit at
tending baseball games in this city on
accoun. of being Disguised with the
work of the Indicator handlers. 1t
has hurt the attendance here more
than the slump of the team. Good
baseball is being played in every game
and the fans like that brand. But
they are "agin' the worse than no UNI
piring which they have witnessed here.
The players are happy over the
of Wainwright's becoming a
really effective moist ball hurler He
pitched nice game of ball in St |
Joseph, osing but making a mistake |
and because given the worst of 1t on a |
decision which should have gone To- |
pekawaTd. The principal reason for