The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-29

Tallions fielding was the big fea-
ture of Monday afternoons = game.
Zeke was everywhere he should have
been, and three times he made bril-
liant catches. Mccormick also pro-
duced something that Eresembled a
thrill when he made 81 shoeString catch
of one of Lattimore's liners.
Mccormick got one hit out sof four
times a bat, coming somewhat out of
his Sunday slump. Roche slugged a
full 500 and Bostick and Trainer con-
nected with one out of three. Sammy
Mayer, from Dixie, pushed out the
only hit that scored two runs.
Jimmy Jackson admits that man
aging a team from the bench is hard
on splinters and old clothes. Also,
Jimmy says that if he had to stay on
the bench all the time, he would like
to have a squirrel rifle so he could
shoot some of the nuts" once in
while.
The Nebraska State league hasn't
blown up, but it gives indication of
shrinking considerably. The latest re-
will withdraw, leaving the league with
only four clubs.
A coast physician announces that
he has found a way to prevent cauli-
flower ears on pugs and wrestlers.
a benefactor to the sporting world if
he had found a way to prevent char
ley horses and spavins.
Eddie Monroe, the Savage catcher,
has been a sick receiver for the past
few days. Eddie's tonsils took the big
head while he was in Lincoln and he
has been feeding himself with diff
Guilty ever since. Also, he has had a
Scotch attack of la grippe.
Although practically every club
owner in the Western league has been
about the competency of the
umpireS, there is no indication that
new faces are going to appear in the
masks that hang over the catchers'
backs.
Quigley called a game between the
Giants and Braves in Boston when, ac-
cording to a magnate who was there,
there was an hour more of daylight.
Now he is criticised for calling the
Reds-Dodgers game in the fourteenth
inning when there was light enough
for another round or SO.
Jack Coffey may or he may not
be superstitious. It's his own bust
ness. But Jack would like to find a
reason for his doubleheader luck. To
date Denver has played four double
headers away from home In each
the Bears have won the first and lost
the second. In each they nave Deen
able to make only one score in the
second A logical explanation will be
appreciated by Jack.
So far as can be learned the only
things of any consequence that were
done at the club owners meeting in
st. Joe was the slicing off of a part of
O'Neills salary and the request that
Prexy Tip venture into the wildS of
his Western domain more frequently
One of O'Neilfs strong men recently
told this column that the reason Tip
doesn't come out more frequently is
because things are never pleasant for
him when he comes. And the reason
they are not pleasant is probably
known to Tip better than to any one
else.
The Dodge City Race.
That 500 mile international derby
which is scheduled to be run on the
speedway at Dodge City, Kan, on
July 8, is stirring up considerable
more interest than even the excep-
tiona1ly large offering of $1,000 in
prizes would seem to warrant. The
reason is not hard to find. The answer
is the keen factory rivalry which is
keeping dealers and riders alike on
the "qui vive," so to speak That riv-
airy has its inception in recent devel-
opments in the racing motor which
several of the factories have recently