The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09
KIDS ON The TEAM
Gear VIII Get Benefit of Eff.
forts to Rise.
Last Year There Was No Fu-
ture for Players.
old HEADS BALANCE TEAM
Manager This Year Is Not I'm
known Quantity.
Holland Gives Kids Free Day
at Park.
OLD HEADS BALANCE TEAM
The Allen Raid

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The Allen Raid.
| Are they goin' to drive the Irish out OF
baseball, I dinnaw?
| Me friends are gittin' worried, for they
| fear the furrin' claw;
But will not be discouraged while
they's left to make the law
Doom, Dahlen an
JaWn J. McGraW!
I'm strong for Hughey Jennings. an for
Mack an Hank O'Day,
For Bresnahan an Callahan-true pa
triOts are they;
An I will not be discouraged while
these people have the say
Doom, Dahlen an
Jawn ]. McGraw!
An Indian may have learned to pitch or
ketch like Kelly did
Dutchman stars at shortfield, an can
slide like Kelly slid,
But 1 will not feel discouraged while
see upon the lid
Doom, Dahlen an
Jawn ]. McGraw!
A Frenchman hits four hundred, an
that means he hits 'em hard;
But I will not feel discouraged while
know there stand on guard
Doom, Dahlen an
Jawn J. McGraw!
They can go an scout some Esquimaux,
it won't arouse me ire;
The game is open to the world; L don't
care who they hire;
An I will not feel discouraged while
these hold the right to fire
Doom, Dahlen an
Jawn J. McGraw!
Exchange.
There has been more or less com
ment from various sources on the
of young players Gear has
signed for the Kaw Klub. And their
number is legion. But have you ever
compared the members of the pres
ent squad with the one from which
the team last year was chosen? In
March of 1910, the local club owned a
lot of fellows who had been up for
trial with the big ones, had been
discarded and played in a
league whose speed did not equal that
of the Western league the year before. |
The manager himself was a man who |
had never played in company as fast
as the O'Neil circuit, and who had |
never tried to manage club. There |
was no future to any of the players |
signed. They were a bunch of fair |
ball players in their class but out and |
far away from that class. This year
he manager is a man who has been |
rled in the managerial balance and |
ound to be of correct weight. He has
game well. He has been in faster
company and made good. He has a
vide acquaintance with the real base
oall men of the country. He has
proved by past work that he knows a
'all player as far as he can see him.
And he has signed up a fast bunch of
Some of them he knows
will not do for the team this year and
watch them. Others he believes, will
make the team. And they are all
leaded up instead of back. Many of
hem will probably get no higher than
his company. But they are going to
ry to become men higher up. And
he local club will get the benefit of
heir efforts. The work of the recruits
s compared with that of some of the
Id heads last year will show you
THAT a difference this makes. The
oungsters are going to try for some
hing better. Last year all the players
expected to do was hold their job. :
hey knew it was the minors for
hem, for good and always. This de- ]
artment is glad to see the young
lood on the team. There are enough
f the older heads, such as Rickert,
ling and the manager himself, to
alance the team. Meanwhile Gear
ition can give him. 1t ought to be
etter than the manager had last
ear.
Art GrtggS may be used at first
ase by the Mud Hens if Derrick, a
ew initial sacker, fails to cinch the I
ack. Griggs can play some first
ase. He can also play some in about
ny other position in which he may be
laced on the diamond. There have
cen few better all round players sent /
ut of this section that the Topeka
outh, and some fast ones have re- v
eived tickets at the local depot. And
lie big fellows has a world of friends :
ere who think there is no other ball c
layer quite like him.
Why does the extraordinarily large &
an always have measurement taken
his stockings? Why isn't he meas d
red with his shoes on?
Joe Castle. the Mink league catcher. D
the first Drummer to report Cas- h
e is in Joetown now and will remain s.
ntiI he is sent away by Holland or all tt
lmmer.
If the boxes are as popular in To- Z
eka as they are in the remainder of r
le Western towns the management Y
d