The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17

with the boosters here and looked pref
ty good in the defense but did nothing
with the stick Isben expects to put
Joe Leonard at third sack and play
Tom Reilly at short Ralph Craig,
who has been with the Wichita club
during the last two years. has signed
with IsbeII and will be carried as a
utility man.
Hughey Jennings, the hard working
manager of the Detroit Tigers is on the
verge of a nervous breakdown because of
the poor showing made by his team this
day endeavoring to formulate a plan
by which he can strengthen his team He
has scouts scurrying in bush leagues al
hopes to have the team climbing by the
end of the month
Manager Frank Chance of the New
Yorks, declares that he will not begin
training the New Yorks in Bermuda next
year until about March 10. It is probable
that other major league managers Will
follow his example.
Johnny Evers hopes to see Cheney be-
come as great a star as Mathewson.
Walsh Wood or johnson. He doesn't
know which, but any one of the four
will do.
Wichita Beacon: 1t sure was a good
thing that Rapp did not get married
couple of months ago he would have
batted himself out of the Western League
into the majors by this time Golding IS
making that batting average of his work
overtime in order to keep up with the
pace he is going
ST. Joseph News-Press: While fnvesti-
eating the baseball trust, let Us not for
get that the Drummers are a combination
in restraint of Denver and Lincoln
One of the reasons that the Kansas City
Blues are not winning more games is the
fact thar they are not cunning bases bet
ter This is shown by the official aver
ages of the league. Among the ten lead
ing base stealers there is not a Kansas
City name. Even the veteran MiIIers
have two of the ten. Indianapolis has
Columbus one
Sioux City Journal: For optimism you'll
have to give 1t to old Pap Griswold-
When the Rourkes licked the Bears Il to 2
he remarked that Omaha had the best
ball club in the league and would win the
visions of Omaha landing in the Ameri-
can Association That is nothing new for
about thusly: Detroit's showing in the
American League may mean the dropping
of that town and the taking of one of
the American Association cities. That
cording TO Pap" and 1t could only be
filled by one city in the universe-Omaha-
Pass the pipe, Pap
Denver Times: Recruit Pitchers King
and Moran are going to be put through
the test They will get their trial in the
Des Moines series, and. depending great
" upon how they show, will be made the
decision of their fate for this season. Both
are too valuable to be turned loose.
Whether or not it will pay to carry them
or to send them to the bushes for ex-
perience is worrying both club owner and
Sioux City Journal: There's no town IN
the league where the official scorer fol-
lows the scoring rules closer than in Lin
coin As result some of the wise fans
occasionally attempt to take him to task
He easily alibis himself by referring them
to the rules For instance he will not
give runner credit for a stolen base in the |
event of palpable muf of the ball
thrown by the catcher when perfect field |
ing would have retired the runner. Too
frequently scorers are prone to score
stolen base We have long argued for a /
uniformity of scoring in the Western |
League. but somehow or other the sc-ibes |
could never get together on this impor- |
tant matter