The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-19

1t was a contest between Big Buck
and our Dutch friend, two Of the top
pitchers Of the Western league, and
in view Of the 10 sc Ore, 1t Is super
fiuous to add that the Kaws were not
doing any great deeds with the pick
got. The half dozen hits they got off
Mr.. Ehman were not easy money.
Herr Reisigl allowed but three during
the afternoon. 1t would have been
one more. but for the phenom stun
shown by Wakefield, who ran about
five ,furlongs in q little better than
nothing fiat and gigged one that wore
the full uniform of a two Dagger.
When Mr.. Cooley returned from
the mouth OF the river. he brought,
among other baggage. so-called
shortstop named Kinzer. The name
should be Kinder" SO long as it had
to be Dutch. This young man-ac-
cent on the ''young''-had a case Of
wheat sickness or chillblains, or
something like that. He was never
do or to show others. Nothing came
his way in the first inning, which was
also his last. but to the practiced eye
of Fra Richard, he was not safe
proposition in a tight game. COnced-
ing that it would be tight unto suf-
the enemy, Cooley recalled the slim
young man, and filed the positions as
per former schedule. The KinZer boy
is a Purdue student, who does not
seem to feel at home among the old
hard-crusts of Cooley's squad. Dick
Opines that young Mr.. Kinzer will be
: ripe about June, 1917. and should not
be plucked before that date.
Once more the audience had to put
up with player umpires. This player
umpire stun grows stale in short
time. this warm weather. The boys do
h4- b,,k th4xy
accustomed to the point Of view. and
pull some r-r-r-rotten decisions. They
are also inclined to insert a lot OF
brother-in-law bunk. There are eleven
reasons why players should not UNI
pire a game; the first as named above,
and the other nine are that a regular
umpire should go on the job. And ge-
speaking of regular umpires: no one
seemed to know for sure why Jack
Haskell was unable to get south of
Fourth street, although he had three
days on which to practice the trip.
Some had heard that he had a sore
toe. and others that he was wearing a
lovely hand-embroidered stew. Be-
that as It may. he was not among those
present when the roll was called. so
the unsatisfactory alternative of play
ing unemployed pitchers in the Jump
position prevailed.
The other day a phan observed that
whenever the merry gameSterS had
batted all the balls over the fence, and
were out Of something to swat, some
one walked over near the press
table and came back with several
specimens. The phan worried over
this phenomenon, as the wire net
ting prevented him from sticking
his fri5ole over the porch railing
to inspect the spot where baseballs
seemed to grow without fertilizer or
irrigation. He suspected that a prolific
baseball plant was growing against
the wall. but had no chance to confirm
his suspicious. The mystery grew on
him like a wart until he couldn't keep
tab on the plays. and 90 he went on
still hunt. What he discovered wasn't
much OF discovery. It was that the
outside balls. were piped back into the
players pen by means of q few yards
OF galvanized eave-spout under the
floor Of the stand. 1t vas very simple.
A number of Topeka pitchers IS are
Uuod. but Herr Reisigl ISIS among der
besser Of them. Hoel1- der Reieigl, yet!
Likewise take a slant at what he did
to the Herr Ehman and Associates:
Lincoln. nine-bnt All horse collars.
however. 49,
Topeka, one. but asdarned sood one.
Heat Victim a& Manhattam.