The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-19
recruit. II . brother OF Grover Alexander
OF the Philadelphia club.


Pa Romkoes mental condition has tm-
proved considerably since the schedule
meeting which was held in Chicago last
player contracts is the principal cause Of
the Improvement While In Chicago.
Roufke secured the signed contract OF
Pitcher Harry Hcks. who has been ,as with
named OTmsby. q right handed p1cneT'
secured from the Green Bay, Wis. club.
George Hun. the veteran major league
scout. gave Ormsby mighty boost.
1t may be q wall, or 1t may not, but the
Omaha Bee comes forth with q yell tnat
~ iiepper Clarke. signed by the r. 19m; tns: s is
true. Pepper win force a number OF West
ern Leaguers to retire with the war ciuD
az some are unfortunate N nattinE siSw ,s
pitchers. That was one OF the valuable
assets OF Doc Reynolds who was with
the club last season.
playe.s win begin reporting In IS days ana
all will be in camp ten days later.
Every club in the circuit appears to be
pleased with the 1914 schedule. ana II tnat
is fact instead Of dope. there VIII probably
be less diseatisfaction than last year.
The schedule will be announced aoout
February 2&
The first thing Ed Hanlon did after re-
turning to Sioux City following the sched-
ul6 meSIlnK was 60 8uKuIuOu 0u 01CAitSSs
and order plans drawn for concrete
grandstand at Mizzou park. 1t Will be re-
membered that the old grandstand was
destroyed by fire last summer. Mr.. Han
tract Of pitcher DOC" EzeIi.
II the regular baseball teams meet with
as much success as the Radiator League
has during the season which is approach
ing a close, there will be no complaint.
The Winter League has enjoyed one OF
the busiest seasons in history-now Tor a
busy summer season.
Sandy Griswold Of the Omaha World
Herald let's out q wall because the Omaha
at home. Labor day Is the clubs only
home date but 1t gets its share OF Satur-
day and Sunday dates.
The Lincoln club has signed a recruit
pitcher named Edward Monroe who was
released to Hugh Jones by the Chicago
White Sox. He refused to report last fall.
reported to be a good man. He played
part of last summer in the Ohio State
League.
Kerby White the leading pitcher Of the
Sioux City club. has not signed his con-
tract. Josh Clarke has moved to Sioux
City to make preliminary arrangements
trip and has written White for informa-
tion concerning the unsigned contract.
Without White, Sioux City would be in an
awful mess.
The sport writer on the st. Joseph Ga
xette is inconsistent In writing OF the
strength Of the clubs Of the circuit. In
commenting on the future he says that
the Topeka and Wichita clubs will finish
no better than last year and then devotes
space in boosting the Kaws. The follow
ing is his comment:
club. The lineup will be virtually the
same as that of last year, which was
strong one but did not work well. No
more can be expected of it this season
Wichita and Topeka are still relegated
to the poorest places in the finish. II one
that with what may be expected. Topeka
has much the best chance in years to do
something really exciting. and it may be
that Kawtown, at last awakened to the
fact that It must produce a team OF ball
players or find q league where 1t can do
ieh at the top ref the second division.
Anything OF the sort from Wichita ap-
pears hopeless, although the new man.
9gement Of the club is showing a great
deal of energy In rounding up men to boil
gter up the cellar champions.
League leader who is not worrying. Gear
has all but one OF his players under con-
tract for 1914, and there is only a trifling
difference in the salary figure between
the lone holdout and the Kaw manager.
The Kaws look as good, or perhaps bet
ter than they did during the latter part Of
the 1913 season, when they were giving
every team they met an awful battle. The
Kaws were late in getting started last
season. but after rnidseason did not suffer
greatly in comparison with the strongest
teams in the league.