The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-04
WILL KEEP WALSH
Second Stacker Is Too Valuable
to Dispose OF.
Ryan Sent Home Because of
Sickness in Family.
TAKES IS MEN TO DENVER
Manager Only One Man Over
the Limit Now.
Three Pitchers Are Left Here to
Work Out.
TAKES 16 MEN TO DENVER

! Sixteen men will be taken on the
Denver trip, according to Manager
Gears announcement today. They in
clude the regular lineup, three catch
ers, Walsh utility infielder, and
| Cocreham, Leak, Fugate, Young and
Alderman, pitchers. The team leaves
| tonight at sos over the Rock Island
and will reach the mountain town to-
morrow at IL o'clock. After a brief
rest they will Journey to Hendricks
ball lot and give the Grizzlies chance
for revenge.
Gear has solved the wedding out
situation, although there may be an
other to announce later in the season.
He is within one mar of the limit now.
No changes are scheduled until May
Is, when the time for tryoutS is up.
The only players likely to go from now
on are pitchers who do not show class.
Gear now has 10 men and the limit
allowed him is IS.
At the last moment the manager
himself upset the dope. He keeps
Walsh as utility man and released
Ryan this morning at the request of
the latter. An important event is
about to happen in the Ryan family
and the utility man wanted to secure
a job nearer home at Cleveland, Ohio.
These things were confded to the
manager and he not only sent Ryan
home but paid his carfare. This
doesn't often happen. Ryan was but
little better with the stick, the mana
ger thought, than Walsh and not
nearly so fast fielder. So when Ryan
wanted to go the matter was easily ar
ranged and it saves peddling a mighty
good infielder to some one. Gear still
has an extra man for the outfield, as
he will work one of the catchers there
in case it becomes necessary.
Not Afraid of Bears.
Burns got his Salina ticket today
and left for that city. He is subject to
the recall of the local boss
Lot hit fr~oi Of o1ax C0o ~
said today when asked if he didn't
fear the Bears. "They may beat us
but we're not afraid of it," The Bears
do not like left handed pitchers any
better than some of the rest of the
teams. Gear has a pair of pretty good
ones along to send at them and has
three good looking right handlers to
bend EN- over.
Three pitchers will be left here
while the Kaws are away. At first it
was decided to leave one of the catch
ers here to work them but at the last
moment Gear decided that he would
likely need all three catchers, any of
whom does fairly we'll in the pinch
hitting role, with him. Hence the
pitchers will have to work each other
at the local lot.
The local club has been invited to
waive on Campfieid, Hearne, Ryan of
Omaha. Pa is getting ready to drop
some ballast.
The box scores of the Western
League will be printed in Sporting
Life now. thus opening up the east
ern as we'll as the middle western
field as a market for Western League
players.
More work will be done on the To-
cal ball field during the trip of the
Kaws. The inffeld will be worked into
a smooth tract instead of a mountain
Gus country as at present. The
chances are that when the next game
is played at home Lee will not have
to hop from crag to peak in order to
field a ground ball. Outside the short
field the ground is in better condition,
a little work is needed near
second base.