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CARDINAL BOSS
SEEMS HOPEFUL
KILLER Higgins Promises st.
Louisans Good Team
for 1914.
b COSTS NEW PLAYERS.
Thinks He Has Secured Good South
4 paw ii y Relieve sSIim Sallee' In
Ginning Diamond Tassle..
COSTS NEW PLAYERS.
Thinks He Has Secured Good South
ps i y Relieve .sSIim Sallee'' In
Coning Diamond Tassle..
(By Frank G. Menke.)

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(By Frank G. Menke.)
New York, Feb. 4.-Miller Higgins,
manager Of the st. Louis Cardinals, in
! letter which came to us today, ex-
presses much confidence in his 1914
team.
II am not predicting any pennant
/ pOr claiming Nat we are going to
land IN first place." wrote Higgins,
shut believe the Cardinals will make
! ine showing during the coming sea-
eon.
Contrary to the general opinion.
Huggins does not believe that the
trade with Pittsburgh has weakened
His team IN fact, he thinks it has
strengthened the combination.
This deal gave First Baseman Kon-
etchy. Pitcher Harmon and Third
Bnseman Mowry to the Pirates for
First Baseman Miller. Infielders Dol
m and Butler, Pitcher Robinson and
Daatnelder Wilson.
There Is no denying the fact that
Konetchy Is one Of the best first base
men. In. tho game,: declared Huggins,
~ hpcame dissatisfied In sSt.
(. tsouis, and when q mans heart Is not
81 his work he loses something Of his
value no matter how brilliant play
~ he may. be. With Pittsburgh, !
think Konetchy will star, but he
i would have lost his lustre had he re-
mained any longer in st. Louis.
X got Jack Miller from the Pirates
u play ilrst base for US. and in my
opinion he is one Of the best first base
Asn IL the game And he's still COM
ING. u another year or two he will
reach his crest and the public will
hear much more about him. He Is 2
sure helder and reliable hitter. es-
pecially In pinches.
II needed q good southpaw to help
out slim Sallee. and l think ! got
him in Robinson. He's still a young
stsr, but he has shown much promise.
ard / feel sure that II he works reg
ularly he will prove TO be a mighty
dependable pitcher.
.'Wilson will make great addition
10 my outfield. needed just such a
man as he is, and am delighted to
have him IN my lineup. He'll rank
&s one Of; the greatest outfielders In
che game very soon, or ] miss my
guess.
~Co5y Dolan shows much promise
Ne was tried out by several major
7 league teams and didn't make much OF
show, but believe part OF this was
due to the fact that he was nervous
and the other part to the fact that ne
didn't play regularly. intend play
inr him at third in place Of Mowry,
and look for him to make good with
u vengeance.
s'Butler is mighty good infieider'
and will act as substitute for Bob
Hauser. Hauser's injured knee has
mended nicely. and he tells me that
he. viii be In shape to do himself full
justice next season. But I'm not go
ine to force him at the start; I'll let
Butler do part Of the shortstopping
a.xork early in the season.
..Butler can play the outfield IN
splnches, and he is mighty good utii-
nv man-something have needed.
! aAll in all think the trade with
He Pirates will work out to the ad-
vantage Of the Cardinals. do not see
how We lost anything in the DEAL and
]! j link the 1914 showing OF the Cardi-
Nm viii bear me out.
b " NJ have gathered In three mighty
1so,niging recruits in Snyder. q catch
al from Springfield. O., Hagerman' 2
I sIlfGS1r from Denver. who used to pc
sgxd{s iks Boston Red Sox. and Beck,
) = n hasemAn. We have number
= 9lhsr recru,ts who may prove to be
l,G NV oat(ield made up Of wal
1i1 NJ ana Magee, I will have.
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