The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-15
Sport Wheezes
BY CLUG-

How lavishly will fortune smile upon
Otis Lambeth in the big show? What
chance has the young Kansan of winning
a niche in the baseball hall of fame? How
long will he stick with the Iris Spen ker
company?
These questions have been largely and
fully discussed among local fans since
that announcement that Lambeth had
been shipped to Cleveland for the chance
that all young pitchers dream of getting.
Some are afraid he does not have enough
brass mounting around his digestive OF
gans to get by. Others claim that his
mate will be more complete be-
cause of this lack of bold breadbasket
brazenness.
There is no way of telling what he will
DO S,,. until he is put to the test which is
There is doubling that he has more
pitching stuff than the average. And he
has YOUTH the physique and ambition.
These should carry him GOOD ways. He
could not go to n better club than Cleve-
land where he is sure to have team
that will make runs behind him and one
that will give him good support in the
field.
The return to the Savages of DEBATE will
probably give Oklahoma Pete Kilduff of
Omaha, opposition for the honor Of being
called the best looking new shortstop in
the Zehrung circuit. From hill top view
the two youngsters look very much alike.
The week just closing is that will
long be remembered by followers of the
harness horse Sc; world The death Of Dan
closely followed by the narrow escape
Pop Geers had in Cleveland when a
Patch have been the biggest things the
harness world has ever known.
Yes, it's sad world. The sharks that
are trying to populate the waters of the
Atlantic coast are going to find human
fodder pretty scarce from now On despite
the fact that the sucker crop is said to be
as good this year at the beaches as usual.
However, if conditions become such
that the baby sharks are threatened with
players in several leagues who could be
put to n good cause and never be missed.
| Stories that playing golf seriously cuts
| into ones batting average refuted by
the performance of Iris Speaker, who is
as enthusiastic n golfer F. G. Willard
and who is still batting better than Ty
Cobb.
Omaha now has the three leading pitch
ers in the Western league in O'roole, Ford
| and MerZ. OIoOIe mas won { ana IoSt L.
| Ford and and Merz o and 4. With
such pitching, no wonder the Eourkes are
out in front.
| A local wrestling enthusiast claims to
have seen the following: Two Fords were
made to face each other. A rope was
| tied to the front axle of each and the
| ends of the two ropes were tied around
| the legs of Joe Stecher Then the Fords
| were thrown into reverse and an effort
was made to back them away. but Stech
| er's leg strength greater than tho
pulling power of both flivvers
The above, if true, may not prove tl:t
wonderful strength of Stechers legs II.
much it does the lack of backing NJ
power of the Fords. However, to show
that Stecher really has the strength in. hi.
lower extremities, the relater of the stor,
also told of having seen the Nebraska ma
| marvel take sack of sheiled corn be
tween his legs and squeeze 1t hard tina
| every grain of corn was mashed into meal
| His Honor, the mayor, compares DeFa t,
! as a shortstop to Nick Allen as n frs
baseman. Indulging in such horseplay /
one way of filling up the column that i
admits is in batting slump Anothe
would be to admit that he does not know
| very much about the playing of Mr.. DE
Fate. who is being given every opportunit.
| to take Cochrans job away from hin
and who Will undoubtedly get it If h
lives up to promise.