The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-09
JAkE'S JUNK.

With practically q month before time for
the players of the Western League. to re-
port for spring training. the managers of
the circuit are giving 9n cut some inform1 M ma
players. Every team on the circuit will
have at least a few new players The
have fewer than any others. On account
OF the numerous changes. 1t is practically
impossible to get line on the S strenstn ehn
and the weak clubs viii be stronger. II
ae FANS rs %
the opportunity of Witnessing one Of the
best pennant races in the history of the
circuit. excepting Wichita. Denver and
Des Moines is claiming a stronger team
star pitchers. and an infielder which will
many players and nothing has been
1e Of the w Wichita ida ~k Cub is doubtful. % Pa
Rourke announces that he will have an
entirely new team; The list t. looks ok: G0od ss;,n on
fairs fairs for or a time and did not have time to
1eeemtiy TO with Darn sreese @ and
Secretary Frank McMullen on the job. they
will get good team If provided With the
judges OF players and SO well known that
they can get the players il given an op-
fSe In club viii b
place or probably second This is merely
COMPARISON on account of the peculiar
sary to allow the season to advance for at
least a month of the playing schedule be-
3re % IL the be sroas tus sH
on pure guess work.
Wichita Eagle: This department had
the information seince in the sos but the
people of Wichita are living in that age
and have just learned 1t.
Gus Williams, formerly an outfielder
with Omaha. but now with the st. Louis
Browns. was married to Miss Hazel jan
wintering in Omaha where he was popu-
lar as a baseball player and socially. Miss
Jansen Vas a music teacher: MIS-: WI
training trip.
Lincoln Star: The sporting writer's
one Of the clubs which will retain its line
up from last year almost intact How
ever RI Il Hugh M Jones is ii in S the % same S frame ans
his deals of which he spoke have gone
through the Antelope roster will contain
older players. Omaha and St. Joseph Will
probably undergo the greatest shake ups
are to be believed.
Omaha Bee: Mr.. Hanlon, of Sioux
City. probably is right in saying that the
r
erals aggression much more than the
majors. who can spare few defects Yet,
IT remains to be seen how badly 1t hurts
even the minors Our idea Is that the
country is rather well supplied with ball
| PLAYERS and that most of them have good
lears and can hear the call of the wild
| when it is given. and that it will be given
when the need arises for help. All dogma
to the contrary. It Is still our simple belief
that the Federal League will not die
| a-borning, though 1t may not develop
| forthwith into a robust infant Thus far
/, it strikes many unbiased Judges from At
lantic to Pacific as a healthy prospect. to
insists. be ON a perfectly sound nnancial
basis II SO. we do not quite understand
| why It should be the one club In the
league to object So seriously to the 1908
guarantee to complete the season and &13
ment that Is surely not burden. 1t Is
hi-h time for such fertilization in the
Western League. The whole tendency in
the new REGULATIONS is toward sounder
business principles which the league has
badiv needed. II Il Is goinx to remain q
| Class A organisation. let 1t do business
| on a Class bass, and any town that
cannot come up to the standard should
be dropped
Kansas o. n: washington Q. II.