The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-11

", vice president OF the Boston Ma
tfonal league baseball club. died sud
denly of heart disease here. He was
formerly q member OF the state board
OF insanity.
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.
Oreanized baseball is watching tho
Federal league more closely than ever.
It is believed that more than one club
Of the outlaw aggregation will quit
before the season Is completed, and IL
they do not quit the class next year
will be much slower or there will be
changes in the city and probably
fewer clubs. It has been clearly DEM
onstrated that no town in the country
will support three clubs, and but few
will support two. The major league
towns are a!>out the only ones that
will support two clubs.
The drawing power of tho Outlaw
league is declining rapidly. In towns
where the Feds drew large crowds in
the early season tho attendance now
is reduced until it is hardly enough to
pay the expenses Of maintenance out
side the salary list. Information
eral league in Brooklyn is as dead as
Coney Island in the winter time. 1t il
also \ready for cremation in Kansas
City. SSt- Louis and Pittsburg. The
outlaws in B. fillmore, Indianapolis and
Buffalo are not making expenses.
while there is a big scandal about
ready to crack in reference to the
Chifeds. This scandal, it il said, will
soon be made public.
The Chifeds are in debt to the ex-
tent Of $125,OO0. and meeting of the
result never as been announced. The
debt is supposed to be on Weeghman's
park and there arc no funds avail
able to cancel the obligation.
The Ward brothers, who financed
the Baltimore club, have reduced the
admission fees to Is cents, believing
that would increase attendance there.
There is no doubt but that the Grub
owners Of the outlaw aggregation have
plenty of money, but they will not
continue spending it unless they can
be shown where such expenditure will
be returned with a reasonable amount
of interest.
George Watson Of the Drummers
has robbed Nicholson of Wichita, Of
fered "a sacks. while LIE Jeune Of
Sioux City is second with 81, and
Nicholson has hut %. Forsythe or
Topeka 10 fourth with &c.
Tex Jones of the Des Moines club is
leading the home-run hitters. He Is
credited with q total of Is. in the
averages, and Thursday he hit an
other. Bills of Wichita and Krug Of
Omaha each have IL.
LIE Jeune Of Sioux City has hit for
more bases than any other man on
the circuit Out of 10 games he has
been at bat 244 times. has 101 hits
with 1872 bases. but perhaps the pill
box at Sioux City makes a difference.
The fielding averages of the West
ern league clubs show all Of near an
equal strength. With the Des Moines
club leading with an average OF .961,
Lincoln and Topeka are tied for sixth
place with an average OF .952, or but
nine points behind. Wichita il in
eighth place with an average OF .s44,
or only II points behind the leaders
Pitcher Grover Laudermilk, now
with the Louisville club. may get an
other chance in the majors. It Is re-
ported that Clarke Griff1th has offered
$4,000 for the speed pitcher, but
Hayden has refused to accept.
Red Faber and Joe Benz, former
Western leaguers, appear to be just as
good as any Of the pitchers on the
White Sox staff, and this stan il said
to be az good as any In the major
leagues. If Ed Walsh can convince
the bugs that he really has come
back" there will be rejoicing and tho
White Sox might be considered PEN
nant contenders.
The Austin club Of the Texas league
has broken all worfd's records by
losing ~ consecutive gamesL Tho
Louisville club formerly held the rec
ord with q loss Of Is in 1883.
In q game between the Kansas City
and st. Louis teams of the Federal
league in st. Louis. Thursday, there
grandstand, according to reports OF
the presa
The Boston Red Sox claim to have
paid $4,000 for Pitchers Ruth and
Shore, who were purchased from the
Baltimore club OF tho International
league.
Tip O'Neill cast his weather eye in
| the direction Of Des Moines: sighted
that Monday squat. when Nick Mad
dox, the Wichita manager, took q
punch at Umpire Stockdale, and fash
ed decree by wire that Nickerino
must consider himself indefinitely sus-
pended. in addition to which the
Wichita manager must come across
with q $50 fine- Presumably, the fine
win come out Of the Wichita Golfers
This II one method of ENCOURAGING
rowdyism The club owners pay the
xAna ezAe players
Barney Mc0rath, recently released
by Dick Cooley. has Joined the Be-