The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-08
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.

Reisigl with the Topeka club, Is the
hard luck pitcher Of the league. He
II q grand twirler and no man in the
league has any more stuff. Old hard
loses his games frequently. In the
second game at st. Joseph he pitched
a great game, but the ninth inning was
his undoing.
A deal is pending for the transfer
Of Ty Cobb to the New York American
League club. Cobb was "in bad" with
the Detroit fans and the recent fracas
with a butcher has caused the bleach
critics to pan him with regularity. Cobb
wants to play in New York and to
the only thing that will keep him out
Of the ranks Of the Federal league.
The Federal league officers appear
to have an unlimited amount of nerve.
Even though every decision in the
court has favored organized baseball,
the Outlaws keep going with the same
zeal as Yves displayed before the sea-
son opened.
A prominent man Of the Western
league, in a letter to the State Journal
sporting editor, says that the F'ederals
are down, but not out.
People interested In the heavy
weight division of the prize fighters.
believe that Jess Willard. the Kansas
white hope is the only man who has a
chance to defeat Jack johnson. the
big cinder.
Frank Moran. who fought johnson
last week. never was considered on q
par with Willard. It's true, Moran
got a decision over willard in a short
bout sometime ago, but the press and
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san should at least have had a draw.
Jess has learned much since that time,
and it is believed that with six months
work he could administer the sleep
producing punch to the black cham
pion.
Although Gunboat Smith got a de-
cision over willard, he Is not given
much consideration in q match with
Johnson. His weight IL not in his ia
vor Even at that, critics admit that
willard has something on the Gun
boat.
In matching white hopes with
Johnson, willard If given a chance to
meet him, would be the only man that
has outweighed the ''big black" in any
| Of his fights. willard weighs in the
neighborhood of 23O pounds. With all
| this weight, his excessive strength and
reach, experience and generalship ap-
pear TO De tho OuAy oeA1eH Eeau1SltcS
necessary.
Hollands purchase of Pitcher Sam
Lafferty and turning Pitcher Duffy
over to Des Moines may bring about
the desired results and make the
Drummers q pennant winner. 1t is
doubtful. Duffy was considered a
mighty good man. and Lafferty,s abfl-
| ity to Withstand an excessive amount
Of hard work is questioned. However,
here's hoping. Anything to prevent
the Bears from repeating.
Ham Hamilton Of the st. Joe Ga
xette, does not appear to be good
sport He appears to be embittered
against every club in the league ex-
| cepting the Drummers. He Is hard
loser For an example. in commenting
on Sundays game. he said that Pat
1 terson hurt Forsythe when he tagged
him with the ball and that 1t was too
bad that Patterson did not hit the To-
peka man in the head. Such remarks
/ as that do not indicate true sports
manship. Forget 1t. Ham!
| Ham Hamilton. Of the st. Joe Ca
xette. is the real comedian of the
Western league. He wants to know
how much Cooley would give for Left
fielder Fox. and Thirdbaseman Wall.
and q manager. Let's see, what is
| Hamilton's first name?
| Infielder Sto1off, recently acquired
from the California State league by
Jack Holland, was given lots Of pub
licity before he reported and was said
to be q wonder. but Holland has sent
him to the Davenport club of the
Three Eye league.
Holland has signed q pitcher named
Garrett Of the Union association. Dick