The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-06

With thirty-six games written on
the record books, the St. Joe Drum
.mers in the cellar are less than SIX
"a mes behind Omaha, the league
leader. That is, if the tail end club
should win six straight games ana thv
leading club should lose six the tai
enders would be leading the league.
Eo,,r ou+ of the eight clubs have won
more than one-haf of their games
and all have won more than i've
twelfths.
1t Is Unusual.
This is a state of affairs that is
probably unprecedented in the west
err league and rarity in baseball II
is a condition that should work to the
interest of every club in the league,
as il shows that, they all have almost
an equal chance and that the snow
ing made in the past is to count 1or
little in the long laps of time inter-
waning between now and September
That there is to be much swapping
of places ir the standing table IS IN
dicated by the fact that all OF the 1rst
division clubs except Wichita are now
nlavine away from home, and all OF
them have shown that they are not so
consistent in their winning on the
road as they are in their own hang
outs.
Forward shadows.
lincoln and Des Moines both nave
slipped within the last rev Gays anu
Omaha is scheduled to find the sail
fnr a bit rough during the next Week
Denver and St Joe have been Setins
into the winning column more ire
n1ently since the end of the northern
series and Sioux City has demon
tratad hat no one, needs to worry
about the Gasparites taking care OF
themselves. !
Local fans who have gone glurn and
gloomy over the recent slump OF the
Savages, really have nothing to be dls-
neartened about. They would nave
had nothing even if things had gone
along without changes. But now that
savage has announced he is going TO
ce5 some new talent and Will exert
every effort to strengthen baltimore
line up. there IS cause for renewed en-
thusiasn rather than encouragement
Only a Little Squirt.
topeka today is just four and one
half games from the top A little
spurt like the team had at St Joe, al
Wichita or at Denver at the flrst OF
the season will again put the Savage:
hack in the front ranks And Savage
md baltimore are determined to dc
more than suprt. They expect to beglr
climbing and to make every othel
team in the league gaze upon thell
heels before the present at-home serle
is over.
Although the Topeka players ar
mot hitting as they should, the team a
a whole is in better shape than 1t eve
has been because of the fact that
Hall and Lambeth are all going goo
in the box. and pitching has been tn
main source of worry all along An
other good pitcher or two will max
the club look like a real favorite II tn
hitting habit becomes a little NOR
pronounced
Looking Ahead.
Closing the book on the past an
looking into the future, one mus
necessarily predict a tight. interesting
hard fought race throughout. AND
with everything considered, it seem
inDossible not to figure the SavaSes a
real contenders for the bunting tina
ALI are striving for.
Early in April the prediction wa
made in these columns that Sioux Cit
and Denver would bear watching, thu
Topeka would finish in the first d
vision with ease and that Omaha an
Wichita would put up stiff figh
sDes Moines it was predicted woul
play interesting ball without bein
able to approach a pennant repeate
and that St Joe and Lincoln were III
certain quantities.
Standing Pat.
After careful summing up of tt
situation there seems to be no reaso
for modifying or changing the predi'
lions now. It is true Lincoln is OF