The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

moon, when in the seventh round they
ripped off a triple play before the
Antelopes realized what had happened.
At that they lost.
Lincoln News: The Antelopes beat
a good pitcher yesterday. Richard
son is a more than likely youngster.
He has speed, a fine assortment of
benders, pitching style and fields his
position as if he were a veteran. Dale
Gear has booked a conner in young
Richardson.
Denver won it's tenth straight victory
yesterday at Lincoln. The Bears are
certainly getting some start having
won twelve of the first thirteen games.
The Kaws have the credit for their one
lone defeat to date
Jack Sheridan, dean of baseball UNI
pires, for years the best indicator man
in the history of the game, has re-
tired from active duty after % years in
the service. Sheridan was partially re-
tired last year when Ban Johnson, of
the American league, made him chief
of staff, pensioned the veteran and
gave him carte blanche to do as he
pleased. But in spite of the possibility
to retire and rest on his laurels, Sheri-
dan continued in the game.
News-Press: Outfielder Howard
Marshall has been sold under an OPP
tional agreement to the Racine club
of the Northern League. The Racine
club is managed by Bill Fox, a former
ST. Joseph and Omaha Western
Lacquer and he has been angling for
Marshall for some time.
Roxy Middleton doesn't dare to play
baseball in the high altitude of Colo
every time they invade the Denver
yard. Roxy's troubles started last
summer. He dashed long drive to
the outffeld, speeding around the
bases and registering a home run. His
sprint was followed by physical COL
lapse and a medical examination dis
closed that he had valvular heart af-
lection. The doctors have warned
Roxy to stay on the bench when the
Witches are in Denver. The Witches
lose much of their strength with Roxy
out of the game as the Flat Rock ath-
1ete is one of the most valuable pas
timers in this Western League.
Lincoln News: Dale Gear declines
to apologize for his ball club, regard
less of the fact that his Kaws have
won but two games in ten, and it
would seem that the Topeka pilot has
the proper bunch. Having looked them
over in two games, during which
they nave given our AntelOpeS two
tight rubs, there doesn't seem to be a
thing the matter with the Topeka ag-
gregation. In short it is a much
stronger ball club than the one which
represented the Kansas capital in 1912
The Kaws, on the score of physique
are the biggest ball club in the league.
There is plenty of hitting power with
such club swingers as Forsythe, Nc
Larry and Rapps in the lineup, while
French, Dulin and Lee are apt to
break in with safe slam and put an
opposing pitcher to rout. For one
thing, Manager Gear is handicapped
by having too many first sackers play
ing in other positions. Forsythe and
McLarry belong at the first corner,
PEELED to use them in the outfield-
and it will take time to drill them in
the tricks of playing in the garden.
The infeld quartet looks good from
every angle and the chief worry that
Crist, the mainstay of the catching
ing the series now in progress, having
been sent home to nurse an attack of
tonsilitis. Gear figures that a veteran
like Crist will soon be getting good
results out of Topeka's young pitch
ers and that the twirling, after a few
more weeks, will be up to the standard
of the rest of the club. Lincoln fans
would be willing to see the Kaws high
er up in the race. Gears baseball
methods are decent in every essential
and he deserves to have a winner
Manhattan, Kan. MAY "a meeting