The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-24
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.
BY Jake Lewis. OFFICIAL scorer.)


they performed satisfactorily. Reis18l
was forced to retire from the second
game Saturday when he stopped HAIRY
Cassidy's liner. His hand was split
and Ridgeway finished the game
The Cooleysox presented a formid-
able appearance but the News is un-
able to give Cooley credit for the new
life and says that the increase In pep"
is just a matter of judgment.
Jack Holland and Barney Reilly have
formed a peace pact and now Holland
Is trying to induce Barney to sign q
contract. AS the Gazette writer says:
Fans are responsible for the tu-feeitng
which has existed. by news packing"
but all troubles have been settled
Barney has engaged in the movie BUSH
ness but may be induced to take Rip
Watson's place at second. In that
event. Rip would be delegated to an
outf1eld position.
Grover Gilmore, with Denver last
year. but now with the Kansas City
Federals. has hit his stride and is
landing on the ball frequently. Gil
more is a vicious hitter when going his
natural pace.
Barney Schneider. with the Denver
club, IL leading the Western League
not lose q game until last Sunday when
the Cooleysox defeated him. But at
that, Barney has taken part In 16
games. He was thought to be about
'aI in" when the Denver club was
here early in the season.
Pitcher Sterzer Of the Drummers
club is not going quite as well as a
short time ago and Is getting his
bumps with regularity
But two men on the Western League
circuit have hit for a greater number
Of bases than Phil Koerner. Koerner
is credited with II hits, for 1O9 bases,
Is two base hits, three base hits and
4 home runs. Sheldon LIE Jeune Of the
Sioux City club is second with Il hits.
for ia bases, II two base hits, triples
and home runs. Jim Kane Of the
Sioux City club leads all with 116 bases,
IS hits, Is two baggers, three bag
gers and home runs.
hits, IL two baggers, IL triples and one
home run.
But 20 points separated the teams Of
the Western League in fielding in the
averages which were issued last week.
was last with .946 and Topeka was sew
enth with 1851.
Nicholson of Wichita leads the league
in base stealing with q. George Wat
son of Omaha is second with rs. LIE
Jeune Of Sioux City is third with 20
and George Cochran and Rip Watson
Of st. Joe are tied for fourth place with
10 each. Forsythe has stolen 16.
Cochran is making much better
showing on the paths than last year.
10
years ago and who was sold to the
New York Americans by Dick Cooley.
is one Of the leading pitchers OF the
International League. Clint Rogge. with
Des Moines last year but now with To-
ronto and two other men besides
Hughes, have won eight and lost two
each.
st. Joe Gazette: Over in Topeka it
is alleged that the reason st. Joseph
did no better than to break even on
its last road trip is that ''one of the
st. Joseph sporting editors accompan-
led the team" Gee, we wonder why
Topeka doesn't win. Maybe it's be-
cause one of the Topeka sport writers
doesn't commit suicide.
Now that organized baseball is talk
ing about organizing another major
league, in order to combat the Federal
lHVdSlOu, Tic SuldAST tOWnS u tAS
Western League are vitality interested.
Should the third major league be or
ganized to include towns of the Inter-
national and major leagues the
American Association. and probably
the Coast League, will demand the
same recognition, because all of them
wish to avoid the draft rule resulting
in the loss Of their best performers.
Should such recognition be given
them. and it could hardly be denied
larger towns Of the Western, League
will be raised to class LA" CLASH
fcation. Not more than three. and
probably only two towns OF the pres
ent Western League circuit, could hope
for such recognition, and 1t is not con-
sidered necessary to discuss the re-
suit of such promotion at that time;
but the Western League circuit would
be SO badly cut up. even with the loss
of one town. that it would not be able
to maintain its old time class
The Federal League clubs are not
drawing. but that Is not the. question.
These clubs are in existence and will
be at least for the remainder of the
season. Nothing but the support of the
courts to organized baseball can rob
the Feds of their sting. Even the Out
law League will find some plan of oper-
alton. The Federal League has fur
nished miles Of copy for sport writer's
in the last year or more, and only by
this publicity system ~have they at
are enjoying.
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