The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-05

W1cnltd at Sioux City.
McInnis is absolutely the worst am
pire seen on the local lot this season.
His work was so unsatisfactory that
the writer won't attempt to describe it.
Jack Holland don't appear to haze
had much luck in strengthening his
team with the addition of Erie players.
Gygli is probably better al first oase
than any man who has been in the
position this season, excepting Zwilling,
but very little can be said of the others
Catcher Schang appears to be travel
ing on his brothers reputation. Daw-
son doesn't look any better in right
field than did Rip Watson. He is about
the best in the bunch.
The Kaws left last night for Omaha
where Paul Brown will join them and
pitch one of the games. After three
days in that city, they will move to
Des Moines for three days and will
stage a double header Sunday. They
will open at home with Omaha next
Monday and be home for nine days.
Des Moines and Sioux City will come
in their turn.
Joe Kelly made the feature play OF
the game when he ran over in center
field and caught fly off Rapps' bat
which was labelled for three bases. In
doing this he shut off a run.
Jack Coombs. Athletic twirler, is re-
covering from his recent illness and
will probably prove big figure in the
1918 world series, providing Philadel-
phia wins the American League pen
nant.
Wichita Beacon: The Topeka club
has sold Reynolds for $4,000 to the De-
troit Americans and Cocreham was
sold to the Boston Nationals for So, 900.
The chances are favorable for a sale
on either McLarry or Forsythe that
will run the total up to close to $4,000
The Wichita fans are glad to see the
Topeka club taking little money on
the sale of players. The business men
who have supported the team for the
the loss of Reynolds and Cocrehaiu
will put the Kaws on the bum the
cash received should go a long ways
towards replacing them should they
make good in the big show.
Lincoln Star: Those newfangleG Glass
players who made such noise when
they popped into the league, can not
seem to get very far with the Grizzlies
1t is true that these boys of Holland
with the Xyz names were batting like
so many young tornados, but when the
predict a startling reversal of form. a
new batter. who has anything at all in
his stick, can generally get by for a
time when fresh in a league, but when
the foxy twirlers get next to the kind
that he sits up at night and worries
over then his batting average begins
to take a downward glide.
News-Press: When Edward Harrison.
Dutch Cleanser" zwilling. the doughty
Drummer center fielder, took his stand
at the plate for the first time he was
little expecting what was coming.
Pete Clayton and Franz Bauer were
the first to appear on the scene '2g-
cling d handsome rocking chair. This
was placed Immediately over home
plate and the newlywed German was
seated in it facing the audience in the
grandstand. Then came presents ga
lore, including a baby carriage, a high
chair and set of cut glass, the gift of
Manager Jack Holland. The St. Joseph |
players gathered about the groom and
footed toy horns while the News-Preso |
staff photographer snapped the tablcau. |
Zwilling must have been looking for
a warm hand when he appeared on the
scent with the willow yesterday, out it |
is doubtful if he had a premonition of |
what was planned for him. He seemed |
when the presents kept |
in on him and looked IS if |
ran out from the bench and gathered |
on every side of him, squawking their |
horns.
A sport writer on an Omaha paper |
has dubbed the Wichita club the grass |
hoppers and the way the club is going !
after some of the other clubs on the
circuit, the same sport writer may call .
them meaner names than that before |
the season closes.
Tom Tuckey. who was released by
the Lincoln club, has Joined the Hast
ngs club in the Nebraska State League.
Lincoln Star: And what do you know
lbout this? Louis Barbour's 2-year-old
hopeful showed his daddy that he, too.
had the goods and COPIED the second
prize at the baby show. Three cheers
'or Louis, the second.
Every star ball player has his Pari-
,uiar pitching hoodoo, but few have a
ook in on the record held by DOME
Bush. Five years ago the wee shortsuop
If the Detroit Tigers took his first time
IT bat against Death Valley Jim
Scott, then a newcomer on the Chicago
White Sox curving corps. He failed 70
get the Semblance of base hit. In
'act, DOME is authority for the state
nent that he never got blow off the
Wyoming hurler.
Scottie has twirled against Bush in
more than twenty combats. Occasion
lily the dynamic Detroiter has eked a
pass from the elk hunting HEAVIER. Now
md then he has been known to hit past
he infield to a waiting outpost arrayed
n pale hose, but as Bush stated re-
.ently, There's something nbodt
SCOTS curve ball that always fools
me-
Jim Scott went to the White Sex
rom the Wichita club of the Western
Association.
Sioux City Journal: The local club