The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-18
JAkE'S JUNK.

Archie NJ. Catlin, president Of the To-
peka Baseball association. has received
a letter from E. H. O'Neill, formerly of
Topeka, which conveys a big boost for
Tallion, a recruit outfielder from the
Manistee club Of the Michigan State
League. The letter predicts this
youngster will make player OF high
calibre.
The magnates of the Western League.
while attending the schedule meeting
in Chicago, were unanimous In the
opinion that Ralph Glaze, formerly an
International League star. would be one
of the leading pitchers of the Western
League during the coming season. He
has been signed by Manager Dale
Gear.
Some of the scribes of the circuit
refer to Dale Gear as Pop" Gear
probably using the name Of the vet
eran horse trainer who has an inter-
national reputation.
The Federal League promoters do
not consider the reserve clause OF the
National agreement as binding upon
player but they injected reserve
clause in their contracts. The FED
eral reserve claims is unlike the Ma
tional agreement epistle and 1t is claim
ed it will stand the test of the courts.
OF course a player is not compelled to
play baseball under any kind OF
contract He can quit the game or
starve II he wants to.
If Pa Rourke is successful in signing
up all the new players on his list, and
they come up to advance notices. the
Omahogs will probably be the strong
est aggregation on the circuit.
According to Frank Isbell, Umpire
Segrist will be retained in the Western
League. He was one of the most pop
ular officials on the circuit last sea-
son and the fans hope for more just
as good.
The fan who hung the monniker OF
Iron Man" on Pitcher Joe McGinnity
was some prophet. A pitcher who
can. at the age Of Al. participate In ~
games must have iron In his system.
There is little argument to the con-
trary. There must be iron to stand up
under so much strenuous work. The
Tacoma club finished fifth in a six
club race, and yet McGinnity won 22
games and lost 49, With a club trail
ing in the rear a yOungster could
hardly have done better. McGinnity
took part in So games. As soon as he
found one of his pitchers going badly
he would pitch only q couple of innings,
but enough to give some other pitcher
a chance to warm up. If he happen
ed to be going extra well McGinnity
stuck in himself until the finish. This
accounted for him appearing in the box
SO often. The batters found that Joe
had more than a glove and an old
head when pressed hard to smoke the
ball over the pan at nice speed.
Pa Rourke. Of the Omaha club. de-
nies that Pitcher Harry Hicks has
Joined the Fcdcrals and claims to have
his signed contract. Hicks was one
of the most successful pitchers on the
circuits in 1912 but did not make a
very good showing last year.
Hugh Jones. of the Lincoln club
has sold Outfielder Willis Cole to Jimmy
McGill for the Indianapolis club. Cole
is comparatively a young man but has
played in the Western League since
1909. He was one of the most danger
GUS hitters on the circuit and was re-
garded as a star.
1t is now reported that Frank Isbell
has all Of his regulars signed but Tex
Jones, Hunter and Fox. These three
men are among the best on the club.
and If loses them, the club will be q
weak sister. The Des Moines players
will report March Is and Lincoln
March q.
Lincoln News: 1t was a good bet that
the st. Joseph newspaper boys would
give Jack Holland credit for putting
over the 168-game schedule at the Chi
cago meeting last week-and they did.
But here are the facts: Jim McGnl