The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

day can turn IN the next ana Win by
score nearly as large gives the APP
pearance that some one blundered.
The writer hopes that the order OF
things may be reversed at Omaha
Previous contests in Omaha, however,
give little hope for anything like this,
The men behind baseball here have put
lot of good money into the ball club.
They have tried hard to give the town
a winning club. They have the foun-
dalton for mighty good ball club
But there are still some weak spots
to be plugged up unless some of the
men take a brace.
The team comes home Monday for
four day series with the St. Joseph
club. Without doubt the ST. Joseph
club is the best one developed in the
will have a chance to show what they
can do against the leaders. The team
is stronger now than it was when Ii
played against ST. Joseph before and
the story may be different one.
But the fans should get out Attend
these games. If you do it and the
team falls down you have a right to
demand that the team be strengthened.
But so far this year the attendance
hasn't been such that the management
could strengthen without going in the
hole. The directors have wanted to.
They can go out now and buy players
If they have the money. But it takes
gate receipts to pay for these players.
GIVE the team a good crowd every
day next week, even if the four days
are hard ones on which to get away
The management has done all that IL
possibly can do without the encourage
ment OF larger crowds.
Scouts are now at work in the Cen
kansas PlxyT1 ton sac
watched the other day by a Detroiter.
Rourke has had man watch every
team in the c. K. league. One or
two have been looked over by the To-
cal management Wichita has her eye
on couple of players. The season
may yet prove fairly profitable for
the club owners.
Topeka pride and joy, who is manag-
ing the Hiawatha Mink leaguers. And
jack is looked upon in Brown county
as the Moses who will lead the In
dams through the wilderness which
surrounds them. He is playing second
base and under his leadership the
team has won enough games that it is
tied with another one for last place in
the percentage column.
The Mink league sounds awfully
small when you consider that School
master Jones and Bob Kahl and some
VI TIE rest OF In6m O1QnC go In II.
But remember that "Duclxy" Holmes
is in the Mink circuit. And the other
clubs have never found it very easy
sailing when Ducky was on the cir
cult. Bill Maxey and some other To-
pekans are pastiming for Hiawatha.
Ted Sullivan, Comiskey's scout,
watched johnson and Ellis perform at
st. Joseph and neither of them show
ed as we'll as they usually do. John
EnlffPr Chnwad n ie+r
than at any time this year. Neverthe-
less, the ST. Joseph scribes have al
ready sent johnson to the big leagues.
1t only remains to pick out a team for
him.
According to Manhattan reports
Wichita is trying to steal Fred Moore,
manager of the Manhattan c. K.
league club from that team. Moore,
however, declines to be stolen. He
must find it great going in the Cen
trail Kansas thing.
Wichita Beacon: We have been lis
tening patiently to hear how bad the
topeka Booster day showed up the at
tendance in Wichita, but painful |
silence is all we have heard. The To- |
peka papers acknowledged that the |
Booster day helped some but it was
away below expectations. The kind |
of support that helps a baseball team |
is the Wichita brand, a big bunch of |
Lincoln News: Eddie Cicotte, who
graduated from the Lincoln club of |
1907 to the big show, has been sold by |
the Boston Reds to the Comiskey |
crew. And Eddie is sulking threaten
ing to quit the game rather than play |
for the Chicago wogul. Truly, a ball |
players whims often are difficult of |
understanding.
Sioux City Tribune: Third Base
man Ryan of the Kaws is a vast i'm
provement for the Topeka squad. He
has played good ball during his stay |
here. His catch of Myers foul against |
the grandstand was a beauty.
st. Joe Gazette: The Jobbers fell |
for trick yesterday, which the writer
has seen Jack Hollands team work
years. With the bases full and the |
count on the batter three and two
Reilly was signaled to cover third.
CrUtcher then took his place in the |
start at the least motion he made. He
threw up his arm, stepped out of the
box and intended throwing to- third,
thereby letting the baSerunner on sec
ond run into the ball. However, Reil-
ly did not cover, but the side was re-
tired anyway, when Craig Sprinted /
toward second with his head down.
There was no balk about the play, |
and the Jobbers, at least those who /
know baseball, know they fell for an
old trick.
Hughes stated he would protest the
game but his protest will get about
as far as Tip O'NeilPs waste basket.
The prexy probably will read the let
ter until he reaches the point where
it states the umpire was wrong in not
calling a balk, then the epistle will go |
to the scrap pile. Hughes might as
well protest a game because an UNI
pire called a bad third strike when the
bases were full.
And here's the other side of the con-
troversy in the Wichita Eagle: That |
decision by Umpire Flynn at st. JOS
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