The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-29
To Develop Pitchers and Catch
erS for KaWS.
Local Outfield Looks Good at
This Distance.
INFIELD SHOULD BE FAIR
Fugate and Alderman Must
Fight 1t Out.
Tigers Wire Gear for Third
Southern Game.

Will the pitchers and catchers make
good?
That is the question with the new
/ ball team, If Gear can develop some
classy tWirlers and a couple of good
| backstops he should enter the race
with as fair a start as any team IN
the league. Not that the pennant VIII
look easy or any OF that dope put
according to all signs and Indications
it is weakness in these departments
that must be overcome.
Baseball prophecy is a thing of evil
And before such a thing all wise ones
quail. This is not in the nature OF
| forecast. But it is no prophecy to say
| that an outfield composed of King,
Rickert and Gear will look fairly good
to local fans. Faults may develop but
at present they are not plainly vlSI bic
Add a youngster of promising appear
ance and the outer garden shouldn
cause much trouble if there are no
| injuries.
Then drop back to the inner gar
den. Gardner should be good on first
| base if he comes up to half OF the
advance stuff received here concern
| ing him. Only the season Will snow
whether he will or not but it is falr
to presume that he will at least be of
average playing ability. On the sec
ond station there are walsh ana
Krepps One of them should make
| good Walsh will have to II ne pres
| Krepps loose from the job. Sammy
himself hasn't lost any position yet
and he is a fair second baseman Lee
/ is touted as a wonder at short and II
\ the dope on him is not good then Sor-
rensen or Merrill has more of a chance
1 for a job. Emory is said TO nave
| played beyond his speed last year II
he slumps or fails to come in there IS
Fisher to fall back on and another
third sacker whose name has not yet
been announced. by the manager. And
so it looks like a fair infield may be
| assembled. This leaves it up to the
On his last trip to Topeka Mana
| ger Gear stated to the writer that ne
| probably would not carry more thah
| one southpaw this season. on VINO
makes the best showing depends Wnlcil
| will lie between Alderman and Fugate-
| AID erman is an older head. knows
more and works harder Fugate -
| less experienced has a good curve
and mixture, but is possessed with an
overcoming aversion for work IL IS
M to Jack if he wants chance ana
he will have to do some husthnS 70
land the place regularly just no"
the done fayors Alderman.
From the Is others signed Gear IS
| tn choose his right handed pitching
staff Twirlers who Will snow Wen a.
the start of the season as Wei as those
who will keep it up when the batters
owes get better must be found, trled
ont and held. Separating the weaker
| candidates from the stronger ones IS
not an easy job -;4t,
| when Gear returns from Texas Will
| +1,a team he expects to know ms men
| thorouphlv He will take them into
| real baseball battles. against the mn
/ est ball teams in the world ana II
there is any way of showing up tne
Youngsters the Athletes, Tigers, Glahts
and White Sox are likely to hnd then Ii
ont It is what Gear wants II VIII
| show him who Will do and Who VIII
NOT That is one of the why's OF the
trip. And the training OF the lii9ii
| will help them. .4,,,,,s
Gear believes that when he returns
from his four weeks journey through
Tho south he will be able TO tell tle
fans lust what the players may pc
| expected to do. OF course LnsS Nc
disappoint him. In that case otr,e4
PLAYERS will have to be secured. ~ ~
in the meantime Gear hopes tnal ne ne
| has enough material from Whlch 70
llas fairly good team, one that
VIII be in the fighting, ana ne seems
" " u 80 CHOSEN the proper way to get
a line on their ability before the sea
son opens .-,,r. FROM Gear
= = announced that the Detroit team
has asked for a third game WIN II. ~
IEaus somewhere in Texas. Ihe teams 5
| sTs+ clash on the 18th of March at
Gbrevenort. They play again on the
na-t dav, Now Jennings wants th IT
araT1.a dnring the training trip with the
| local homes. They seem to thlnk pref
~ we'll of the Gear aggregation
r-oo1ax-,S finds bids fair to