The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-02

thinks that Glaze ana CLARK win Is
equally = effective. and Il they ars
look out for tho KaWR
With thus trio working well and Bar-
ney 4cGrath showing up ~ he il exc
the ground floor. whatever that II.
Pitcher Higginbotham, drafted nom
the Denison club OF the Texas-OklA-
hoana League, now appears to be the
best Of the recruits. 1t u going to be
ance in Jones, Richardson, F4irclo4h
and Fullerton. IL FLANAGAN can master
the control, Manager Gear pronounces
him q second Eddie Walsh without the
spit ball Flanagan ID 10 years old.
weighs more than EOS pounds, about
hard az q nut. He has red hair and 10
Irish. The last two features are good
in any baseball team ~ no aggrega-
ton II complete without them.
Fowler, An outflelder from Colorado
other pitchers won't do and Manager
Gear may not bring them north.
Outflelder Tallion. drafted from the
Wisconsin State League. il coming up
to advance notices and looks like q real
ball player. He IL beginning to recover
his batting eye. IL fast in the outfleld
and on bases and II using good judy
ment throughout.
The Texas teams which have been
playing against the two Topeka clubs
are ali in good condition, the men hav-
ing been working out since in February.
The pitchers are working AZ In mid
season. They are curving tho bail.
using their speed and change Of pace
with regularity. The members OF the
Topeka club have not been In camp
long enough to- recover their batting
eye, and for this reason. tho Texas
pitchers are moving them down. The
pitchers ON the Topeka club have not
started this kind Of pitching. They are
using nothing but q straight ball with
not too much speed and the Texas bait
ters are hitting at q rapid gait. This
fully explains the numerous defeats 81
the Topeka clubs.
The regular club Of Topeka has been
fortunate enough in playing every Sum
day and the Yanntgans have missed
one Sunday. The regulars played two
games at Fort Worth and the Yannigans
played one Sunday at Denison. The
Yannigans played last Sunday at Paris.
Tex.
McAllister, Rapps, Glaze. Clarke and
Cochran went fishing Monday after
noon. The Austin club played the team
from Georgetown university and the
Kaws could not use the grounds. Coch-
ran caught turtle and the remainder
fish none being more than three inches
long.
Phil Koerner expected to be a MEM
Der Of tho hshlng party but waited for
the hotel cook to- make some dough
e. Rr~r, f<yTp fp~Rr nm
and buffalo. After getting the dough.
Koerner could not find the crowd so he
fed the bait to the rabbits and re-
turned to town to watch the AUSTIN
Georgetown game All the other boys
went to the ball game excepting For
sythe and Dowd. They were In bed on
account of sickness.
A majority of the recruits of the To-
peka club have won college degrees
With Dale Gear to head the list as an
alumnus Of Kansas and not mentioning
the regulars of last year, Dowd has a
degree from the University of Vermont.
MCGEE and F'aircloth have degrees from
the A. and NJ. university OF Mississippi.
Flanagan and Smith have degrees from
Georgetown university Of Texas. Ralph
Glaze has q degree from Dartmouth.
The Topeka club is due to arrive in
Topeka next Wednesday and meet the
regular club of the Chicago White Sox
on the same date. The Sox will be fol :
lowed by the regular club of the Pitts
burgh Nationals. with Fred Clarke IS
manager. y This club will be here
Thursday and Friday Of next week.
The Kaw regulars and Yanntgans Will
play exhibition games Saturday and
Sunday. The first game of the West
ern League schedule will be played
Friday, April II. with Wichita as the
attraction.