The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-19

stage the same kind of a bill at w. L.
park.
Monday the Savages and Wolves
will begin three day fight here. Each
game should be a good one. Sanders,
the new pitcher, will work in one of
them.
Sanders will continue to pitch the
brand of ball he fed the Wolves Thurs
day, we'll call it even and balance off
accounts.
Bostick, the Topeka player who was
spiked while playing the last st. Joe
game. will be back in the line up the
first of the week. He hopes his string
of bad luck has ben counted out
BY the way, this column would like
to predict that Bostick will develop
into one of the classiest of Savages if
things go good for him. Since the
season opened he has been handicap
time.
First, he had a case of malaria that
tried to get him down. Then he strain
ed ligament in his shoulder. Then,
Vance tried to knock his heart out and
on the very next day White walked all
over his face.
Connie Mack thought so much of
Bostick that he gave him a chance to
fill Home Run Bakers shoes. And
BoStick will always believe that he
manner had it not been for his strain
ed ligament.
Even when he failed to prove a
that he wanted to send him to Mem
phis with strings. But Bostick was
afraid the southern climate would
bring on his malaria again.
Then he decided to come to the
Western League. Of course, unless
he works hard and has the breaks of
luck, he won't strike the rich pay
dirt. but Topeka fans might do well
to watch him. He has the earmarks
of the real thing.
1t is understood that a Labor Day
bout between Willard and Coffey is
an assured thing. Also, it is probable
that it will be of the Freddie Welsh
10 round variety, which means that it
will not be much of a fight
Critics say that Coffey will have
about as much chance licking Willard
in 10 rounds as Willard will ever have
of being governor Of Kansas, which
isn't very much, politically speaking.
Phil Koerner Released.
News was received in Topeka Fri
day that Tyler Christian, manager of
the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast
League, has given Phil Koerner, first
baseman bought from Topeka last
year, his unconditional release. There
are many Topeka fans who would be
glad to see Phil back with the re-
juvenated Savages.
Owing to the rainy weather, the
opening of the new Shawnee golf
course has to be postponed again this
week. However, work is being pushed
as rapidly as possible and the MEM
bers hope to be driving balls hither
and yon all over the course by this
time next week.
That Fed Race.
In all the excitement and flustery
furry resulting from the big upsets in
the American and National leagues
this season our old friends the Fed
erals have been rather overlooked. 1t
happens, too, that a neck and neck
race is being staged in Jim Gi1more'S
league that couldn't be improved upon
if pennant races were being made to
order.
Six teams are all within a couple of
games of the lead all of the time. A
double-barrelled win often hurdles a
club from fifth or sixth to the lead and
vice versa. 1t is a race, too, that
promises to last all the way down the
stretch and the winner may not be de-
clared until the last game is chalked
up.
Bill Phillips Pops at Newark-who
won the pennant at Indianapolis two
years-are bidding for the honors
again. In-and-out pitching has kept
this club from galloping away from
the field. Fielder Jones has whipped
together a winning club at ST. Louis
and they are showing signs of giving
the Mound City fans a shock by pre-
senting them with a championship.
Joe Tinker's Chifeds look good, too,
though weak hitting in streaks has
kept them down. Rebel Cakes has
had his Pittsburg crew flirting with
first place a good part of the time
while F'irebrand George Stovall has
up around the top, too, without any
legal reason for being there.
Why Ty:
Think of it-Ty Cobb is at the bot
tom of the American league list of
sacrifice hitters! He has only one to
his credit for the entire season. Also,
Ty has scored only 81 runs to date,
which, with three exceptions, is only
twice as many as his nearest competi-
tors in the league. The three eXcep-
tons are Collins with A, Maisel with
81 and Fourier with 33. Also, Tyrus
has stolen only 3S bases while Maisel,
nous number of % to his credit. Ty
ought to be ashamed of himself, in
deed, he ought-huhi
Travers Wins Championship.
Short Hills. n. J., June 19.-For the
ed States Golf association, the nation
al open championship was won by an
amateur Friday. After a long and ar
duouS test of ~ holes medal play