The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-

Despite the fact that he has taken
on Bill Rapps it is denied that Jimmy
Jackson is attempting to make a
grandfather's home out of his Wichita
club.
When John Savage heard that
Rapps had been signed by Wichita, his
only remark was: well, / am glad
to see Bill get a good job
The more Topeka fans see of Presi-
dent Zehrung, the more they think he
is going to do more for the Western
league than any other one man has
ever done.
In Topeka, and probably in every
other city in the Western league, base
ball fans will welcome the return of
Hugh Jones to the fold. Jones is a
thoroughbred sport and man whose
best backing is the word that he gives.
Tomorrow Topeka fans will have an
opportunity of seeing IN action what is
said to be the greatest aggregation of
baseball talent that ever cavorted I'M
der the colors of Comiskey's Chicago
White Sox club.
The team as a whole is interesting
and looks so good that the best of the
dopesters picks it as a sure pennant
dividual players that local fans will
find their most absorbing topics for
study and conversation.
There are some unique and inter-
esting personalities on the roster of
the Old Romans club, and the fact
! that this is the first Topeka appear
/ ance for many of them means that a
few will go to the game for the sole
purpose of watching them perform.
Manager Rowland, the master
motor of the Sox machine, is probably
as interesting character as there is
in the big leagues today. He has been
directing the destinies of the team
since the beginning of last season
! when Comiskey did the unheard of
| thing of bringing him fresh from the
/ bushes and placing him in charge of
/ his big league club. But the most re-
! markable thing about him is that he
has been success from the start.
At the beginning of last season the
other clubs dubbed Rowland the
Bush" manag ger, and it was freely
! predicted that some member of his
team who had served time in the big
show before would be the real man.
lager leaving Rowland a mere figure
head But Pants, as he is some
times called, soon proved that he was
as capable manager as any club III
the league could boast. and he soon
demonstrated that he was the real
boss in every sense of the word.
! Before going to Chicago Rowland
1 had had nine years experience man
aging clubs in the bushes" and Co
niskey is said to have taken him on
because of his ability to build up q
team cut of nothing. to keep his Club
Railways in the pennant race and to
pick players of ajor league caliber
Rowland is man of medium height
theavY set and round faced. You will
be able to recognize him tomorrow
| by the fact that he will be the bust
est most active, mos. serious man or
the diamond.
Next to Rowland. Eddie Collins, the
$50, 900 second baseman bought by
CcmiSkey from the Philadelphia Ath-
letics, is probably the most interest
ing character the Sox have. Collins
has been pronounced the greatest ball
player in the world by many compe-
tent judges, and he undoubtedly is
the king of second basemen- He has
led the American league in base run
ming. Last season he was the second
best batter in the league, and in addi-
ton to these things he makes a spe-
cialty OF fielding better than any other
player who earns his money and fame
4 by working around second base. Col
ms Is cOIieSe Dali prayer, having
| started his career at Columbia uni
versity. the institution from which he
was graduated.
Also, on the team that will be here
/ tomorrow will be Meldcn Wolfgang a
! former twirler from the Western
league; Eddie Cicotte. one of the
games leading pitchers: Ray SchaIk
| the smallest big league catcher; Joe
Jackson (no relation to Jimmy, q
star outfielder; and other artists OF
the game whom you should see
Steel Firm Frightened.
Newark April 5.-Charles NJ
Schwab. chairman of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation told the stockholders
at their annual meeting here to6fss
4 that if the government builds its pro-
posed armor plant the corporation in