The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21

The announcement of the signing of Joe
fresh bud of hope. Maybe his left-sided
lobbing will lift the jinx.
Since Animal Dashner tumbled into
the rut of has beens the team has been
dragging along without a port slider and
there are few who believe it impossible
to do anything in a baseball way without
at least one clown and one absolutely un
reliable southpaw in the combination.
Batter "a" needs baseball equipment
Having been denied the chance to grapple
to the next best sport, and it will be moth
ing to the credit of ''us back home if we
don't see to it that they get all the baseball
tools they need
In the list of things requested by Lieu
tenant Mclean, however, it is noted that he
did not say anything about wanting sup
ply of umpires. But it is probable that
men have already been marked for this
task.
off all sad words of tongue or pen.
The saddest these:
I'VE can't get back in the race again."
But you never can tell A few years ago
the Louisville club of the American asso-
citation had just fourteen games to play to
complete its schedule. By winning every
game the club could win the pennant. And
the bunting went to the home town of
Henry Watterson without bit of trouble.
= CAPTAIN Koenig pulled one with the
kraut aboard to make them Teutonically
efficient
Before leaving Topeka for the last road
Henning would demonstrate his ability to
hold his own with any pitcher in the leagne
before the end of the season. And indica-
lions are that Savage might have the right
dope.
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at Lincoln the first of the week made him
look pretty good, despite the fact that he
haT bden 1aG o an OF t9e s
have deserved to win more games than they
have.
Cy. sherman. of the Lincoln Star. pays
the following compliment to DEBATE. the
new Topeka sbortstop: Clyde DEBATE,
ster who has the brand marks of a ball
player. The Topeka kid handles himself
but appears to have weakness when the
pitcher keeps the ball on the inside
President Zehrung has abandoned his
idea of trying to get along under the
umpire system and the signing of Colgate
and Miller, recently of the Virginia league
means that in the future there are to be
two arbfters at every contest-unless some
of them get killed on duty.
1t is possible that neither the Yankees
nor Cleveland will finish 1-2 in the A L.
race Bat all good sports will admit that
they have both been making a most re-
markable battle against odds. Both teams
have men made out of the kind of stuff
that ought to succeed.
Deliberately, willingly, gladly, Christy
Mathewson has undertaken the most pro-
digious task in baseball He has tackled
the job of trying to give Cincinnati a real
ball team. The experiences OF Herzog and
O'Day and all the others were disregarded
because old Big Six considered it step
up.
Matty realizes that his pitching days are
about over, and he does not want to be
pushed out of the liIneIight. His one
chance to hold his own is to be a success
as a manager. His opportunity to
remain in baseball is to become general
in command. He may make success of
his venture and if he does he will deserve
more credit than he ever did for winning
championships because he has a bigger
undertaking on his hands