The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-09

Millers will fight it out this season,
barring serious accidents
If the American League pennant
goes to the national capital nobody
will be more delighted than Sir Cecil
Arthur Spring-Rice, the new British
ambassador. Sir Cecil qualified as a
fan many years ago, this being the
fifteenth time he has visited the United
States.
Borton of the White Sox substan-
tiates the contention if you can hit in
the Western you can hit higher up. He
is batting fourth in the White Sox line
up, the same position he held with st.
Joseph last season.
Manager Jack Hendricks is a great
advocate of the prohibition movement
and seems to have made many con-
verts in the ranks of the Bears.
Cleveland opened up unhonored and
unsung, but they're grabbing the
games with surprising regularity.
If Jake stahrs presence is any in
| spiration to his men, he'd better get
| out on the firing line Immediately.
Boston Wants a Chance" Can't
have one The only one in captivity is
anchored in New York, and the mint
couldn't buy himI
Lincoln News: "Prexy Tip" has sent
| instructions to his umpires to keep
careful watch on third basemen and
make sure that there is no interfer-
ence with base runners who may try to
score from the third bag on sacrifice
flies. Can it be possible that "PreXy
Tip has reference to any particular
third Sacker in this circuit? We pass
it up to Lee Quillin, our favorite duck
hunter and dog exterminator, who
also knows something as to the inside
stuff at the third corner.
Sioux City Tribune: A Denver pa
per chuckles gleefully over the fact
that Mayor Arnold of that place slip
ped a five case note through the wire
to French, when the latter was bench
ed for promiscuous talking back to
Umpire Seigler. The mayor didn't
mind seeing the player benched but
he didn't like to see him fined, quotes
the sheet. French famed, but when
the third strike was called on him he
set up a holler. Mayor Arnold is in
dorsing just what everybody interest
ed in the national game is trying to
do away with for the betterment of
the sport Denver's mayor pulled a
little four flushing stuff, in the opinion
of this department. He sets a mighty
poor example for the boosters of the
game in the Colorado town and eases
French's conscience a whole lot.
"Rube" Wadden, the veteran ball
player, who recently announced that
he had quit professional baseball for
ever, is suffering from blood poison in
his right leg. Waddell received a
slight bruise on his knee while playing
with the Minneapolis team of the
Northern League here Friday, but paid
little attention to it. Monday his knee
began to become stiff and yesterday
he was compelled to go to bed.
According to the physician, Waddell
is in a serious condition. The physi-
clan, however, believes that the leg
will not necessarily have to be ampu-
tated.
Sioux City Journal: Unless the
Bears are headed mighty quickly, that
walk through the league" talk ped
died by Jack Hendricks and his press
agents is likely to become stern real
ity. Little was thought of their vic
tories over Topeka and Wichita, but
when they win with startling regular |
ity from the strong Lincoln club, it's
time to do a little thinking. Can the
Packers stop Denver in her mad rush |
for the pennant? That question will
be answered within the next three |
days and to be candid, we're not very
the league leaders may be due to lose, |
and again. the Packers may be able |
to stop them. 1t would give Sioux
City no small amount of prestige if
she could shove the Grizzlies back a |
peg or two and at the same time it
would put US back in the first divi-
sion, in which the team is rightfully
entitled to place on the showing thus
far. Of course, it's a long time be
tween now and next October, and I'M
due alarm may be exhibited over the
Bears showing in the race, but the
advantage is all Denver's at this writ
ing. They will be home until May
10, playing Sioux City. Omaha, Des
MOiQeS and St Toe in the order nam
ed. In these four clubs they go against
some of the strongest teams in the
league, and if the Bears win a major
ity of those games they will take to
the road with a lead that will be hard
to overcome.