The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-29

legs are good and everybody knows
the shape OF his head. The only doubt
rests in his mechantcal ability and
that II but little.
Manager Dale Gear has signed an
outfielder to play center field. His
name u not known by the officers In
Topeka, but Gear will make the an
! nouncement shortly after the first OF
the year. This man played outfield
with q class A A club during 1912 and
suffered broken leg during the latter
part Of the season. Not wishing to
overtax the pedal. he retired to the
Appalachian league as q manager for
!, the 1913 season and hatted 1876, thus
leading the league. The fellow, Gear
says. is in his prime and will not ex
be good for the Western League for
several years. Forsythe ana Carlos
Smith will guard the other positions,
and with Talon as an extra man, the
Kaws will have nothing to fear.
| The future Of the Denver team il
! beginning to worry the fans Of the
! mile high city. Jack Coffey. short
fielder, was boosted for masiager of
| the 1914 club until 1cGfll announced
would be secured. Now the Denver
Times hes begun boosting Topsy Hart
sell Of the: New York Americans and
George MoriarityS Of the Detroit club.
Manager Dale Gear has arranged
for eight exhibition games. with high
! er class teams. Fred Clarke will come
here April 3 and 10. with the Pitts
burg Pirates. first team. and later
with the Chicago White Sox and the
Kansas City and st. Paul teams of the
American Association. But one game
with the White Sox has been fixed, but
Gear is trying to arrange for the 9TH
er. st. Paul will train at Atchison.
] wi -
/ cepting a few days at Excelsior
Springs. The Pittsburg games are the
| only contests in which the definite
dates have. been decided. The others
| will be arranged later.
Several teams Of the Western league
circuit win start tho 1914 season with
many new men. The Kaws will have
| one new man in the inf1eld. one in the
outfleld and the only other strangers
| will be in the pitching staff Tho
Denver club will have Catcher Spahr,
and probably Block. Jack Coffey will
/, be the only old face on the infield to
begin with but Charlie Block will Join
as soon as he RECEIVERS from q siege In
the hospital. Butcher and Gilmore
will be the only outfielders and the
former may not report. The pitching
staff will not have more than one or
two familiar faces. This is cleaning
/ out the old champions. and with the
absence Of Jack Hendricks, begins to
look like a different team for cham
pionship honors.
The Des Moines team lost Catcher
Andy Sleight, Pitchers Musser, Rogge
and Faber, Third Baseman Leonard.
The Isbell- ll-Fairweather combination
will be forced to I'LL these holes and
the result may be a disappointment.
But one can never tell.
Lincoln must replace Catcher Bak-
er and Third Baseman Louis Barbour.
and probably Mullen at first base. 1t
may be necessary to secure one or two
outfielders- They also will need some
pitchers. &
ST. Joseph must get number Of
pitchers. two outfielders to replace Joe
Kelly and Zwillingu and q first and
second baseman besides pitchers to
replace Crutcher Boehler, Buscher
and probably others :. -
Sioux City lost Outfielder wood and
Pitcher Kerby White. Catcher Bill
Rapp doesn't want to return and a
first baseman il necessary. The Sioux
City club has asked for waivers on
Callahan at third, Tony Smith in
shortfield. Marshall. an outfieder.
Wheatley, a pitcher, Getche1, a pitch
er, Catcher Stonge and Cooney at Sec
ond base.
The Wichita club-no matter
whether 1t is retained in Wichita or
transferred to another city, must have
a new team. There are but few men
who were with the team last season
who can weather another season.
Hugh Jones Of Lincoln will allow
Mullin to go to Vancouver IL he will
buy his release but he doesn't say
anything about the price. If this de-
partment owned. the Lincoln club, the
price would be mighty high.
The st. Paul club Is trying to sell
Pitcher Roger and First Bascman
Tony Walsh to some club in the West
ern league. Anybody want them?
/ Speak up!'
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