The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-25


GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.
By Jake Lewis. Onicial scorer.)
An unsigned letter from q baseball
IAN OF Topeka has been received at the
sporting editors desk. which in q way,
voices the sentiment Of the department
IL II believed that Cooley was made the
goat OF the unpleasant AFFAIR which &C.
CURED In Denver Monday. but in the
sporting editors opinion, Mc0ill, own
er OF the Denver club. was equally
xuilty with Cooley. Also in our opinion,
II President Tip O'Nefll wanted to sus-
pend Cooley until he made an investi-
cation. McGill also should have been
Suspended.
AZ il the opinion Of the sporting editor
that Jimmie McGin proved himself to
be q two by four sport, and having had
considerable experience In baseball at
Ians. we ara practically certain that no
ran, IN Denver or any other city, would
30 to the expense or trouble Of wiring
the facts to Tip O'Neill without HE
solicitation OF somebody and we would
not be surprised, II an Investigation
was made. to learn that McGfll paid tn
toll charEes on all messages.
The letter:
Topeka, June q
MY Dear Suspension Of q bali
player pending investigation II a great
stunt. particularly in this Cooley case
The owner Of an opposing team gets
into an argument with our manager.
He presumably gets tho worst of the
argument, Sc he himself decides he viii
exclude our manager from the park and
ne gets some Of his friends to wire
O'NeiIL Can team owner shut any
manager or any ball player out when
ever he sees fit? I want Jack Corey
kept out OF the park next Sunday and I
tnihk can get quite a number of fans
VINO Will agree that Coffey is not a nice
Fellow. OF course. IL we wire O'Nein
aDcut 1t ne VIII shut Coffey out without
stopping to investigate first. Cooley
may have been somewhat wrong. al
tnouen 1t would seem both sides were
ana Denver started it. But right or
wrong, investigation first. Not take the
wcrd OF the owner of an opposing team
and a couple OF fans The writer haa
trainer was) in baseball for Is years
raw deal. However, Topeka has AL
ways Deem too gentlemanly and lady
IKE as compared with many towns on
tne circuit. and we assume that wen
Just sit still now and make no protest.
On the square. Mr.. Editor, is this right.
II 30. let's have Arch Catlin shut a
Yours truly, A TOPEKA FAN
according to q statement from Jimmie
McG1ll In the Denver News, the mag
nate OF the mile high city viii never
aHoW DICK Cooley to enter the baseball
grounds again. Well, Cooley will trv II
me next time the Topeka bali club
stated. there WIN be no easier method
OF winning games than for the Denver
mesnate to stay by his statement
The Topeka club will return Sunday
and play q double header with the Dem
yer ciuo The Bears will stay four
days and play five games.
All children, II years old or less. will
be admitted free to the bleachers Mon
day, and they will be admitted free to
the grandstand IL accompanied by their
parents. The children will be the guests
OF the local baseball association on this
occasion and all are invited to attend.
According to the Omaha Bee. Pa
Rourke has secured two new pitchers.
Slagle from Sacramento and Styles
from New Orleans. Both are right
handlers and are men of experience, and
said to be able to pitch steady, consist
emit ball at all times. Last year Styles
was with Montgomery in the Southern
Association and Slagle was with Los
Angeles. Slagle won twelve games and
lost twelve. As Los Angeles finished
next to last in the pennant fight this il
equivalent 10 a much better average on
q winning club. Styles also ended the
season with a 800 percentage. Both
men will report Immediately.
It has been admitted from time to
time that the American League clubs
had majority Of the best pitchers in
the country. This is affirmed when one
glances at the batting averages which
show but nine men batting 200 or bet
ter. 1t also il cOntended that the pitch
ers in the Western League are bad this
year and this also il affirmed when a
glance at the batting averages show
about forty batting in the 800 class.
The Lincoln News claims that the To-
peka sport writer's want an explanation
because Umpire Jack Haskell did not re-
port at the grounds during the Lincoln
series. The News Is mistaken. The To-
peka sport writer's guessed the correct
answer the first time.
Pueblo. which has been panninR the
Western League since Frank Isben ex-
erty, would like to get back into the
O'Nein circuit. One Of its writer's says
Pueblo will never again consider a
baseball proposition unless the club Is
owned by local parties. A decision to
that effect two years ago would have
kept Pueblo in the league. Isbell want
ed to sell and waited weeks for an offer.
Lincoln News: Baseball is the most
mysterious OF sporta- II ring bout,
wrestle or a horse race were involved,
somebody would be shouting frameup,
but when . bali club like Topeka,
which everybody had been kicking
around like q hound dawg, suddenly
cuts loose and wins two successive
shutouts. playing like pennant winners
In both games. there il scarcely a
thought or question concerning the in
tegrity of the sport The pair Of To-
peka victories also illustrates that ball
players. - q class. are . perverse lot.