The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-05
SPORT WHEEZES
Being Purlofned Dog Meat, Pruns
Pics. Lemon Sandwiches. Etc.
(By Clug)


All of us think we have hard jobs
| But just suppose we had to earn our
| eats umpiring baseball games.
Tuesday Umpire Parent was panned
! by both Manager Jackson and Mana
ger Mcintyre. He was a little off on
his decisions, but was right there with
the patience like most umpires usually
are. Apparently he paid no attention
to either manager, but kept on calling
them to the best of his ability.
Undoubtedly, there are some UNI
pires who are not what they ought to
be when it comes to fairness. But a
man who is able to wear the mask
very long at a time is usually above
the average and has sense enough to
know that honesty is the only policy
that pays
To be a successful umpire, a man
must be able to take a lot of rough
talk, he has to realize that the play
erS sometimes say things they do not
mean and he has to make up his mind
to take panning from every one who
wants to pan him. Being a STEP son,
a hen-pecked husband and having soft
corns all at the same time is nothing
when compared with the miseries a
ball official sometimes has to endure.
The Savages will not entertain the
they begin a four game series with
Wichita here. A four game series was
started in Lincoln this afternoon. Sun
day the team will begin its first Den
yer engagement. After playing here
on the 13, IA, Is and Is, the team will
be away until June 5.
Sentiment is playing no part in
Manager Jackson's selection of his
players this season. Business first is
h IN ~ Z
counts with him is the ability of a
player to play Western league ball
consistently Squirting phenoms are
not looked upon with favor, and past
records are as worthless as counter
felt money in mint.
In the face of the fact that he holds
the tail end championship, Manager
Mcintyre has confidence in his Lin
coin team. After the SavageS had
made the Tigers look like chewed
jungle meat, Mcintyre was still I'M
shaken in his confidence 81 still be-
lieve we have better team than To-
peka,'' he said, land I am confident
the future will demonstrate that 1 am
right IS
AS a matter of fact, Lincoln does
seem to have a better team than the
game records indicate. The talent is
there, the brains and experience are
w
keeps the team down. However, if
every player had the confidence, the
ability and the gameneSs of McIn-
tyre, it would be a mighty hard job
to keep Lincoln in the cellar very long
at time.
Paul Des Jardien, the famous all
round athlete, is said to have accept
ed the terms of the Chicago National
league club, the signing of his con-
o.f TO f.al-
he graduates in June. Des Jardien is
big, powerful chap, with plenty of
speed, and may be developed into a
high-claSS twirler.
Clarence Rowland, new manager of
ting, lighting aggressive type that US
uaIy succeeds. Hughie Jennings is
cast after that mold; so is Clark Grit
fifth; so is Bill Carrigan. Jennings and
members of the Chicago team aver
that no one fights harder for victories
than this man from Peoria-and no
one Grabs less in defeat
After Jim Coffey. the Irish cham
pion, meets Al Reich, the former
amateur heavyweight champion, in a
ten-round bout in New York on May
5, he will make a theatrical tour of
the United States under the manage
ton of Gibson to trail Willard in the
circuit and to stage Coffey at rival
houses in each city. At each place
Gibson will challenge Willard to
match for the championship. BY this
method Gibson hopes to force Willard
into bout with Coffey.
Every effort. will be made to keen
the City league strictly in the non-pro
class. President Snyder announces
that if it is found that any player is
receiving compensation in any man
ner, shape or form his manager will
be fined $40. If the offense is re-
peated, his club will be put out of the
league and the deposit money will be
forfeited.
Uncle Walt Mason is a pretty good
sport. Before the big Havana fight
Uncle Walt felt the prod of the poets
inspiration and took it upon himself
to tell the world what boob and
cheap fuke Jess Willard was He did
the thing twice running in his RIP
ping Rhymes However, last Mon
day he did the square thing by dedi-
eating rhyme to Willard and by
singing the praise of the BOLD Far
mer Boy" therein.
Larry Lejeune to Sioux City
Pittsburg, Pa, May 5-Larry Lee
eune, holder of the worlds long dis
ance throwing record, has been re-
eased by the Pittsburg National