The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-21

Westminster college Was second, with
II points Peterson Of william Jew
ell was tho individual star Of the
meet.
GOSSIP OF The GAME
Outfelder Forsythe Of the Topeka
club was called home Wednesday ON
account Of the Illness Of his wife who
was taken to the St. Francis hospital
for an operation. Mrs.. FoFsytho II re-
ported to be doing well ana Forsythe
may be able to join the Kaws in . few
days, az his services are badly needed.
Manager Dale Gear has signed Pitch
er Holmberg, who was with Lincoln for
q time during the season OF 1913.
Holmberg was taken on trial but must
deliver the goods or will be released
again. He Is q promising youngster
but lack Of control and experience In
terfered with his success while with the
Lincoln club. Manager Gear n me-
gotiating for the purchase of another
pitcher and hard hitting infielder.
The Wichita club IL in the same boat
with the Topeka club and in fact prac-
tfcally all Of the Western League
teams. Wichita needs pitchers Wich-
failed to get good service out of him,
and after one trial President Dan
Breese has ordered his release. The
| club now is trying to get a man from
the major leagues.
Effective pitchers are at a premium
and the clubs that started with weak
pitchers will probably be compelled to
finish with the same bunch as the ma
jors are holding everything that can
throw a ball. The invasion Of the
Federals has brought this about 20 the
big minors will be compelled to suffer
all season. Poor pitching has caused
the poor showing of the Kaws and
there does not appear to be any re-
lief unless those now in hand begin
recruit from the big leagues to the
minors, has failed to make good.
Since the New York Giants started
the Pirates on the downward path Nc
Graw is charged with being the man
who put the irate in pirates.
Polly McLarry appears to have lost
his regular place in the Louisville bat
ting order and Ingerton has been in
serted in his place at second base.
Polly suffered a slump in hitting, and
his infleld work not being up to a high
standard caused his exit.
It was during the first game Of the
series in Topeka that scouts of the Fed
eral League saw Pitcher Dan Adams
defeat the Topeka club and then made
him an offer which caused him to de-
sert the Drummers for the Kansas City
Federal League clu. Ed Hanlon Is the
scout who found him. Anyway, the
Kaws won't be bothered with Adams
again this season.
Continuing their war along the same
lines as in the past, the Federals prom
Use an upheaval in baseball circles.
Many predict that the outlaws will be
on the Red side. when the bills are
paid. This may cause them to modify
their future plans Of operation or their
offers to big league stars to jump at
the expiration of their present con-
tracts.
Baseball has been a paying PROPOSE
ton to the major and big minor leagues
in the past because salaries have been
kept down to reasonable basis and
the big minors have realized from thu
sale of players. This year, the new
league has boosted salaries to twice
or three times what they formerly were
and 1t Is q question whether this can
be done and a profit shown at the
close Of the season.
The present year appears to be bad
from the point Of attendance at base
ball games. There is not a club in
the country which has not suffered on
account of poor attendance which has
been brought on by bad, weather. Tho
Mexican situation also is blamed for q
part Of the trouble.
Tex Wetze1, a southpaw, has been
released by the Denver club. He was
with Springfield in the Central League
last year but has been little use to the
Denver club on account of his wildness.
The major league clubs have started
another method of fighting the Fed
erals and have begun buying releases
of promising players in the minor
leagues The first purchase was that
of Infielder Brainerd of the Texas
League by the New York Nationals
and now 1t will be up to the Giants to
get his signature on a contract be-
Pitcher Mccullough. with Abbott at
Keokuk, Ia, in the Central Association.
held Burlington to four hits Monday
and won his game by the score Of 10
to 3. Outfielder Singleton. who was
with the Kaws a short time last fall
is playing center field with Burlington
and got two OF the hits.
Pitchers Frank Smith and Frank
Allen. who jumped the Montreal team
of the International League for the
Baltimore Federals, have left the out
laws and returned to Montreal. They
have asked President Litchenstein to
take them back They say they arc
done with the Feds FOREVER.
The st. Joe scribes have nothing
complimentary to offer any club or
player excepting the Drummers and
often criticizes the opinions Of the old
est writer's on the circuit.
sweet to Pitcher Adams until he
jumped the club and now they can't
see anything in his ability. One re-
fers to him as the man who stayed out