The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-
by GUG-

DEBATE, Monroe and Henning,
Our lids off to them all;
How can We keep from winning,
The way that they play ball?
But those who became intoxicated with
enthusiasm. over the above named trio
were other noble battlers in Sundays
battles.
Goodwin played a fast game at second.
Agler. with the exception of his one bob
BILE, was always there and Devcre shovel
more base running class than any other
player.
.s-tiermany" Kruger fielded his position
S M11 e his usual look ease ana
appeared to be coming back into his own
hitting stride. His triple In the first
game started the Savages to climbing and
he got a pretty single in The second.
Umpire Carney was in U-boat with the
majority of fans and the players of one
team or the other pretty much all Sunday
afternoon. But the fans didn't try to do
anything worse than bawl him out and he
kept the players In check by putting them
Off the field every time they got danger
Gus.
Thomas undoubtedly would have triet
to make Carney eat his chest protector
when he put out of the game in the
third inning, and Devore had no brotherly
love expression on his face when he wus
deported.
AL Schweitzer. who had to quit in Sat
urdays game because of Charles Horse
got back Sunday long enough to bring in
the winning score of the first game with a
sumo his regular duties in few days.
and can go In at once If 1t becomes neees-
sary.
Saturdays game was featured by extra
base hitting and fast fielding Hartford
and Jones got triples and Engle, Schweit.
Devore got doubles. DEBATE, Goodwin
and Agler pulled two double plays and
Hartford, Claire and Jones uncorked one.
Sundays first game contained every
kind of variety that could be found In n
diamond contest. Flashy and fluky field
arguments. critical situations and other
fine ingredients, and the crowd seemed to
get its moneys worth all the way
Henninger. the new Des Moines second
sacker is sand lot pick up uncovered by
Isbell. He appears to have natural abil-
The Izzies, like the savages. could use
another GOOD pitcher her or two Without ho be-
four on his staff and not one of them is a
Mogridge-
consistent game for the Izzies. Sunday
when he made a hard stop'in the last game
and threw out the runner 1T Ilrst some
one commented upon the play, but Kid
who heard the comment snid: Il don't
care, he ain as good as DEBATE"
Leo Murphy, Kansas City catcher, who
tried out for the Savage backstop position
last season. is catching for an independent
team at Chisholm. MINI. this summer ana
it is reported that he is making quite Il
record.
Cleveland and Detroit are the only west
ern baseball teams that are making big
money this season, an exchange says. Well,
they are about the only big league teams
west of the Alleghanies just now.
At Kansas City Toney DEBATES nick
name was Joke" He must have earned
this by the way he makes opposing pitch
ers look Hike jokes.
Speaker Out for Ten Days.
Cleveland. Ohio, July Sleeve
lands chances for coping the Amer
lean league rag took a decided slump
today. following the injury to Iris
Speaker, who sprained his ankle while
making a catch in Sundays game.
Physicians hope that Iris will be able
to get back into the game inside ten
Days.
Tennis Tournament at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo-. July 31.-Opening
of the first annual Missouri state ten
mis- championships for men on the
courts of the Kansas City Field club
here brought together today a nota-
BILE aggregation of Missouri players
and a number of stars from other
states. Play will continue through the
week
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