The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-16
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(By Clug)

Apparently, the Savages intend to
make whirlwind finish of their last
road trip. Three straight from ST.
Joe and two out of three from DeS
Moines indicate as much.
Today the team is scheduled to play
an exhibition game at Emporia. To-
morrow and Wednesday the last
games at Wichita will be played. and
then the team will be home. Thurs
day Omaha will be here.
1t is noted that Animal Dashner
was again somewhat of a hero in the
first game yesterday at Des Moines. A
pitcher who can do what Dash has
done in the past month is good enough
to be called the cream of the league.
The Ichabod Huslxer Game.
If'the football bugs of Topeka seri-
ouSly wish to land the Nebraska
Washburn game it may be necessary
to pump some pepp into the Washburn
management. Jumbo Steihm, director
of athletics at Nebraska, and Guy
Reed, manager of athletics, have hied
themselves to the northern lakes to
enjoy an August vacation, which may
interfere with negotiations looking to
transfer of the game. The Nebraska
authorities probably would consider
the right sort of guarantee, but to
date the Washburn people, although
processing that they would like 70 ar
range a transfer, have made no tan
Daily News
ViIlipigue Back.
1t is understood from an authorita-
tive source that Gene Villipigue, one of
Washburn's best football men who
played star game at full back in sew
eral battles last season, will be back
in school again this year and will wear
uniform in defense of the Blue and
White colors. Friends of Washburn
and especially Captain Beals will be
glad to know that Willy will be back.
EX-Captain Earl Trobert also hopes
conference games.
A number of Western league papers
are discussing suitable candidates for
Tip O'NeilPs job when the latter's
prexyship expires next year. Pop"
Arson has been suggested and has re-
ceived favorable comment, and there
is no doubt that there will be many
good men ready to relieve Tip of his
burdens.
However, relieving Tipperary of
anything that he doesn't want to be
relieved of-including rotten umpires
is some job, and it is not probable
that he will willingly amputate him
self from the fat soup he has been
supping for the past several years.
This is not probable even in the face
of the facts that he doesn't seem to
have his heart and soul in his work
and hasn't made a big hit with the
magnates recently.
1t is true that practically every
magnate, save and except Isbell, has
indicated that he would like to have
somebody else running the affairs of
the league. And it is equally true that
the fans of the circuit do not con-
slider him a Kavanaugh to whom they
might erect a memorial tablet after
his bones have become dust. But Tip
is a shrewd old mustache curler with
the cunning of ward heller and the
get there qualities of the Dutch.
And those who expect to lead in the
crusade to relieve him of his burdens
would do well to lay their plans long
in advance and be prepared for a bit
ter struggle The magnates say I'M
kind things about his Tipperaryship
and all that sort of thing, but when
it comes down to brass tacks and brass
knucks, Tip usually wears the knucks
and the magnates drive the tacks ac-
cording to his wishes. And they are
liable to hand him another contract
at the end of the present one if they
don't keep all their wits about them.
And, just a word about removing
O'Neill and appointing another goat.
This column has contended that the
best thing the Western league could