The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-15

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even by being shunted to Topeka,
stunning ball in the Pacific Coast
League and won promotion to the ma
jors. This spring he has been installed
as the regular backstopper for the St.
Louis Browns.
Ducky Holmes of the Sioux City
Packers says he believes he will be a
contender in the coming flag race"
After he had grabbed a hot engage
ment from the Pittsburg Pirates in an
exhibition game, he felt well pleased
over the prospects of success. Getch-
ell, the recruit who hurled against the
Pirates, looks especially good. He is
said to be fielding his position like a
whirlwind and to have perfect control
of his shoots and twisters. Holmes
thinks his infield is above par. He
has the Smith-Cooney combination
around the middle sack and Farmer"
Allen, Eddie Klein and Chris Lindsay
playing in top form.
Denver News: when they put any
better brand of baseball in the Coast
league than we get here in Denver,
they've got to show me-"
This def was about the first utter
ance of James McGill, president of the
Denver baseball club, on his arrival
home from the coast yesterday. Presi-
dent McGill has spent several weeks on
the coast and has witnessed several ex-
hibition and opening games of the
Coast leaguers.
1--WE offer class of baseball that
think ranks above that which San
Francisco. Portland and Los Angeles
are accustomed to-"
Down in Texas they refer to the
Denver Bears as the "wo rlds minor
league champions This title is be-
slowed upon the Grizzlies because of
their victory over the Minneapolis
Using doesn't hurt the Western League.
Tulsa Ok, correspondence in the
Sioux City Journal: 1t has been ia
ken for granted that Bill Davidson
would be a permanent fixture in the
were o. K. If this is the rub, DaveY
ought to become regular, for adj
vices from the Tulsa camp state that
Bits pins are in shipshape; in fact,
Bill is clipper as kitten. He has
been showing great bursts of speed,
but, and here's the great trouble with
most of the bunch, he can't hit Or
dinarily Davidson is a pretty fair sort
of a clouter.
Every baseball player expects to get
his full share of roasting and is not
disappointed. A man may go along
for weeks playing a fielding game, bat
ting at a 400 clip, and then a muffed
fly or an easy one passed and the ham
mers are out. Ask Snodgrass. It's all
in the game, however.
Here are a few words of wisdom
from Hal Chase. who has had his full
share of knocks and boosts.
eff fans only realize how little good
and how much harm knocking does a
ball player they would not be so apt
to criticism. Knocking only diScour
ages a player, and as a result he plays
even worse: while word of encour-
agement may be the cause of him
making a good play.
"Any way, that's how I felt if you
want to know-and at times 1 felt as
though 1 didn't care. But the greater
part of the time I tried not to hear
those hammer throwers and just bear
in mind that I was playing for my
self and did the best 1 could" eX-
planned Hal.
"Of course not all fans knock. The
real fan doesn't-the fan who has the
interest of the team at heart never
knocks, no matter how great the prov
ocation. He sensibly realizes that if
his favorites are going to win they
must play good ball, and as favorable
conditions make it easier to play ball
he is always there with a word of
cheer and encouragement.
81 often wonder if the knocker really
realizes how utterly obnoxious he
makes himself to the people around
him as well as to the players. There
may be ladies and gentlemen who have
come out to witness a ball game and
not listen to a TRADE of abuse. so you
can imagine their feelings in the mat
ter.
st am sure that if it were possible
for him to look on himself and listen
to himself from a point few seats
away he would not make such a fool
of himself again.
f'It's a funny makeup of nature that
will cause man to find fault and to
say things to another man from a
grandstand, that he would not dare to
say to him face to face"
Atlantic National Bank Report.
Washington. April 15.-National
Bank Examiner Balch. in charge of
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