The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-17
SPORT WHEEZES
Being Purloined Dog Meat, Prune
Pies. Lemon Sandwiches, Etc.
(By Clug.)

Where they play tomorrow
Topeka at Wichita.
ST. Joseph at Des Moines.
Denver at Omaha.
Lincoln at Sioux City.
er's battle when Grover and Vance
were announced as opponents We'd
neSday afternoon. And they got one
of the prettiest two twirlers ever
staged.
Before the game Vance complained
that his curve ball was not breaking
right. Page told him not to worry,
that his fast one was all he needed.
And so it was. Nearly every Savage
batter swung late every time up.
Grover, on the other hand, had
about everything he ever carries in
his sleeve, from the old Over-handed
grave digger to a good fast one and
sweet breaking curves. He looked
better than at any previous time this
season.
Vance's fatal homer was the result
of an opportune pick. Bugs grooved
the first ball to him and the pink
skinned demon didn't wait for any
thing better. He raised it over the
fence and then took his time trotting
home.
When Tonneman got hurt Wednes-
day afternoon, little WHITE Hol-
lands boy catcher, was in the harness
in a jiffy. White is by far the young
cording to his own statement, only II
years old. Last year he played in the
Trolley league in st. Louis.
Hollands new college pitcher Tay-
lor makes himself conspicuous on the
field by wearing his college sweater
coat. st. Joe papers announce that
among his recent triumphs were vic
tories over the K. c. and Kansas Ag-
gle mines. But such victories don't
necessarily mean he will make good
in w. l.. company.
Charlie White of Chicago, is about
to set worlds record as knockout
pugilist. Within the past few months
White has knocked out almost every
man he has met except Welsh.
Speaking of worlds records, a young
pitcher in the Georgia Alabama league
is thought to have established one this
week when he pitched a thirteen inn
ing, no-hit, no-walk, nO-run game,
winning it by the score of 1 to 0.
The Wichita Eagle informs us that
Jake Kafora, the Omaha catcher, is
a Kansan. According to the Eagle
Kafora broke into the game in 1911
when he played with the Ell Dorado
team in the State league. Last year
Kafora was with Pittsburg part of the
season and played brilliant ball at
times.
1t is understood that Clyde Wares,
the recent Wichita manager who was
returned to the ST. Louis Browns, is
trying to get his unconditional release
from st. Louis. Wares thinks he can
do better for himself as free agent
than the Browns can do for him under
present conditions.
The Savages will return home Mon
day for a three-game series with the
Wolves here. They will play at Lin
coin the gath, 25th and 26th and will
return to Topeka Sunday, 27th, for a
June so and July L and Lincoln will
be our guests.
Hank Bostick played by far the most
spectacular game of any of the Saw
ages Wednesday afternoon. Three hits
out of three times at bat when Vance
is pitching is some record, and the
attempted slide home on the squeeze
play that put him out of the game was
as near perfect as a base runner could
make it.
Ability to hit the ball is not the
sole winning factor in the game. The
Giants have five 800 batsmen and the
Reds have three-the only clubs that
have more than two regulars over this
the Giants and Reds have
been struggling in last place all the
year. The Giants have the best club |
batting average in either league-but |
the standing of the clubs shows what |
ard n iS arfh xx-l,e