The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-28

1t was too bad that one man had to be
out when Goodwin got his chance to make
ming Thursday. Such chances do not come
often.
And Goodwin legitimately earned the OPP
pOrtunisy. The catch that he made was
not only hard. it was spectacular
Metz the Sioux first sacl1er. is said to he
the brother of brewer. And st. Joe
Who said basebnll was getting on the
water wagon:
Des Moines FASTENERS will begin n 3-day
series here A doubleheader will be played
Sunday, the first game starting at .
o'clock.
The Sioux players were inclined to be-
lieve the Savages got n little the best of
the umpiring Thursday. But there are
few games III which one the other Of
the teams does not believe something like
this.
Connolly. who is playing center field for
the Indians. is filling the shoes OF Larry
ten everything that went his way since
coming to Topeka and he was hitting good
Thursday. getting a triple and single
An oldtimer in the game. one who ought
to know bal! player when he sees one, one
shortstop in the Western league just now,
and with a little more experience he ought
10 De us Soou us iHey get III any
A fan who sits near the press box and
who has n pretty good eye for ivory said
of Toney 1T certainly is pleasure and
a relief to see shortstop played MS that
kid plays 1t. But we won't keep him long.
He is too good to stay here"
John Savage is realizing just now what
short crop of pitchers this year has
| In the country. from the biggest MAJORS
| to the smallest minors. have >realizei IT,
but 1T Is probable that no one has t. tried RED
within the last few days. --,.7tfr'
The Pace.
| The pace that brings success
Is not the pace that kills;
| It's always hittin 1t up
| AT midnight round the cup
That gives the willis
And lands him in distress.
too much time to their chosen profession.
But you don't need an adding machine to
count them like you do the number killed
| by their enthusiasm for folly.
And another thing the real stars of the
| juries. Once in great while the general
| of army will cut himself with his safe
ty razor or a major league king will bust
a toe. but rule the real big guns don't
spit powder out the wrong end very often.
I
injure himself stealing base? How often
does Hans Wagner get on the hospital
| list? The records answer seldom. And
Ty and Honus are not playing under and
special protection Of providence.
Take Ray schalk Iris Speaker and our
| own Joe Agler. How often do they go to
| the cot with injuries? But you do not
have to confine yourself to army generals
and baseball monarchs to prove the point.
Look at Jack Dillon and Charley White,
| the fighters: look at Joe Stecher and
Stranger Lewis. the wrestlers: even get
| out of the human class and look at the
late harness king, Dan Patch.
Probably the secret of the success Of all
of these has come from their ability to
protect themselves when in the fray. Prob
| ably their superior physique that enabled
them to become stars, great enough
| to harden them to the injuries that lay up
lesser lights. But. whatever it may be. 1t
! is fact that those who perform prodig-
iously are no more subject to mishaps
than those who plod along at a moderate
gait and it is true that shaving Mt the
| treadmill does not kill as many flirting