The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
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SAVACES LOAFED
Rain Prevented Game With
Lincoln Tigers Wednesday.
Many Postponed Engagements
Worry the Club Owners.

The weather man was at his regu-
lar daily sprinkling task again We'd
nesday afternoon at the hour for call
ing the bail game, and as a result,
there was no game. However, to
keen the schedule as nearly up to date
as possible, Owners Jones and Savage
agreed upon a doubleheader for this
afternoon, beginning at o'clock.
The players were all out on the
field ana warmed up and they were
not sent to the club house until the
last minute, as the bosses were anxious
to get the game played regadless of
the fact that there was nobody out 10
see it.
Umpire Myers was certain that 1t
would not rain. You can take II
from me-" he said, 1T never rams
more postponed games in the league
this season than was ever known pc
fore, but it has never ralned Where
was. Every other umpire has hao ms
DAYS when all he had to do was to SIT
and rest, but there's been no rest for
Dutch, and there won't be any,"
Hunch Was Wrong.
However, Mr.. Myers's bunch was a
bad one, for the clouds thickened ana
before the players could get 10 me
were coming down right smartly:
And then, all the players had to do
was to stand around and eat peanuts
swap yarns and wait three quarters
CT an hour for a car to take them back
to town.
owner Jones says he never saw any
weather like this since he began TO
count the seasons. He says that he
has so many games postponed in St
Joe and some of the other towns that
if he would begin playing the minute
he landed in these towns and CON
timed until the last train out, he
could hardly catch up with the sched-
ule.
Both Jones and Savage are in ia
vor of some kind of an arrangement
by which some of the games can be
pIaved after the 9Th of September, the
date set for the closing of the season
Savage says he thinks it would be a
good plan for the club owners to go
into an agreement now whereby any
two teams that were lighting Tor a
final berth could play out their post
poned games after the closing, II they
so desired and if it was found that all
of them could not be squeezed into
the regular schedule.
Many Postponed Games.
To date the Savages have one post
poned game al Lincoln, two at Sioux
City and three at st. Joe. They nave
three postponed games at home one
each with Des Moines, Wichita and
Lincoln. Barring cloudburst, the
one with Lincoln Will be wiped from
the slate today. Postponed games the
from home are: One with Wichita,
one with Des Moines and two with
Lincoln.
With all of the hard luck. the gen
eral opinion IS that the clouds will run
dry after while and that as July
and August are usually dusty months
they probably will be again TINS gear.
Under ordinary conditions II Will De
mcnts, but few more weeks like the
last win make the schedule as lopsld-
ed as a broken legged hippopotamus
and will put the clubs up against a
real proposition.
omaha, 3; Des Moines, =.
Des Moines, Iowa, July 1.--Blod-
gett pitched a steady game Wednes-
day and held Des Moines to two runs,
while his teammates battered THOMAS
for three scores and won. The score:
Omaha. no 900 OoO-s II !
Des Moines .010 900 001-2
Batteries Blodgett and Kruger;
Thomas, Vandervelde and Breen.
Summary: Home run Jones.
Three base hit-Krueger. Two base
hits@scniiebner (2), Forsythe, Bills.
Sacrifice hits $ Forsythe, Blodgett,
Tannehill- stolen ,i b m rms, Bree en-
Thomas in innings. Struck out-By
TThonnas. 4; by Vanderve1de, 1: by
Blodgett, 8. Bases on balls-Off Van
derveldc, /; off Blodgett, 1. Double
129. Umpire-Van SICKLE
Sioux City, 5; st. Joe. 4.
st. Joseph, Mo, July 1.-Vance was
hit hard Wednesday and Sioux City
easily took the first game of the Sc
ries, five to one. The score:
u.s. r. H, f.
sioux CITY. 900 OO2 3oO-5 s o
St Joseph ..O1O 900 000-1
Battefies-Gaspar and Crisp; Vance
and White.
summary: Two base hit-Calla-
han. stolen @bases-Cooney. David
son. Young. Double plays-Fisher to
F,woldt: EIwoldt to Fisher CD; Gaspar
to Young to Kane. Struck out-By
Gaspar, 6; by Vance, O.: Bases on
balls-Off Gaspar, 1; off Vance, 8;
Hi batsman-Vance, /. Passed ball
Crisp Left on bases-Sioux City 8;
St Joseph. 2. Earned runs-St-
Josep, 1; Sioux City, 8. Umpire
CuSack.
wichita at Denver-game post