The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-12

is a good race from second to seventh
place and advises to forget the Bears
for the time being
Manager Connie Mack has only three
players his team who are hitting
over 300. Eddie Collins, Ira Thomas
and Strunk are the three.
Jimmy Callahan's White Sox have
made more hits than any other Ameri-
can league team. The official scorers
have given the south siders 145 safe
drives, including twenty-one doubles,
four triples and two homers.
1t will cost George M. Conan about
81, 900 to see Frank Chance play ball
in Chicago on May II. Mr.. Cohan has
abandoned his Saturday matinee on
that date in order to pay tribute to
Chance, whom he considers the ideal
ball player. George and the entire
Cohan family, including the kids will
be at the game to witness the peerless
leader.
Manager McGraw claims that the
Cincinnati Reds didn't get enough
practice on their training trip, and
says that's the reason why they are
making such a poor showing. But
wait" cried Muggsy; they have not
got going yet"
Barney Reilly. manager of the ROYAL
Theater and formerly second baseman
OF the Drummors, will not manage the
Wichita Western League team. This
announcement follows an offer which
came by telephone from the owners OF
the Wichita club and Reilly wired that
he would be unable to accept The
owners of the Wichita club made
Reilly a f1attering proposition but the
former Drummer didn't wish to leave
St. Joseph.
Chick Hartley was not taken on
the trip with the Packers. He is daily
toiling at the pill box knocking Off
coolies of superfiuous flesh that don't
help any in baseball.
No wonder the old Roman-CharIey
Comiskey-is cogitating over retirine,
from baseball. 1t is enough TO make
him sore every time he reflects on the
release of Winnebago johnson without
trial on the Chicago Sox team.
First no-hit game in history Of
game was played at Ionia, Mich.
August II, 1876. between the ST. Louis
Reds and the Cass club of Detroit Jim
Garvin pitched for the Reds.
Omaha World Herald: The fau-down
of the Omaha team in their IamentabIa
first invasion of the enemies country
was one of the most stupendous sur
prises, as well as disappointments. of
all the contretemps that have event.
uated in any league. big or little. And
pitchers or no pitchers. the fact is an
unaccountable one. While the general
opinion is that the Arbogast contfn-
gent is shy of twirling talent, it must
be borne in mind that general opinion
has ofttimes been known to go astray.
and while it is true that we have no
Joe Woods or Matty Mathewsons we
have pretty healthy corps of wigglers
at that. 1t may be that the average
fan has noticed that it has been mis-
plays and jump-ups in the fielding that
caused all the discontinue to Pas
sterling athletes in several of the con-
tests that they dumped during the
raid, and it is invidious to lay all the
blame on the pitchers If Karl Robin
son. Jack FuGate. Chicago Peters. Big
Beebe, Claudius Clossman and H
Hicks do not present as formidable an
can be sent against them by any one
other club in the league, we'd like to
know the reason why.
St Joseph News-Press: IT begins to
look like our college kid. Thane johnson.
is going to be one of the mainstays of the
Drummers this season. and incidentally.
pitched and won three games this season
and all of the victories were due to his
superior work, not fool luck errors on
the other side. It is interesting to note
that while "Chief Winnebago" johnson is
winning so many games for the Reds. his
successor and namesake on the st. Joseph
team is going in similar fine style.
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