The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
MANAGER Of ST. Louie Browns Expects
to Make = Better Showing With
the Club This
Year.
CARDS HURT BY RAIDS
Loss Of Ivy Winso, Lee MCGEE ana
pitcher Perrltt, puts Holes
In Hugslns' Or
ganixatIon.
IBy United Press.]

i [By United Press.]
i, ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March
l11.-With the hope OF developing :
first baseman from among the spIns
lineup Of bushers, Manager brancn
/ Hickey Of the Browns took MS squau
iof thirty-one men to Houston leHas,
to begin the spring training. hickey
liz CONFIDENT that his team will make .
better showing in the 1915 campaign
than was made last year. His reason
is developed from frank line Oh
philosophy.
T. Earl Hamilton and Walter Lever
enz can't be worse than they were IN
,1914,' he said, land therefore l cant
see how we're going to be any worse
than last year. Now, with the noies
plugged, and the two pitchers back
In reasonable form, the Browns are
certain to be an improved team. Ihe
other teams of the circuit have no
such prospects for improvement 10
back predictions OF improvement;
Therefore, how can the Browns la.l
Ito show to better advantage IN tnel-
company"
+ And under the fire OF ''if'' and "pre-
suming," none but echo could answer.
some: How indeed?"
4 His determination to transform
Jack Leary into catcher Will leave
another void at first. or course
there is Sam Agnew, veteran OF un-
counted major league combats, stlll
dependable behind the bat; but Kick
ley is beginning to believe Sans agll-
ifty is only good for short time more;
1.-The catcher's fingers even now DeEe
his winter vocation.
4 Agnew lets it be understood that ne
land Bert Shotten ran farm at BIS
mark, Mo-, during the winter. But
those who have gazed on MS curry
idigits are suspicious. Sam, II is ru-
lmored, had been teaching sign Ian
iguage In German mute INSTITUTION
At any rate there is basis for the ru-
NOR in the condition of Sans fingers
4 George Baumgardner, one Of last
years regulars, Is expected TO 40
regular duty again on the mound,
taided by the lefthanders, Hamilton
land Leverenz and Grover daudermilk
J acquired from Louisville. Pitcher
. Perry of Atlanta, also is looked upon
as a good prospect for hillwork and
Outfielder Lee, who comes to st.
/ Louis from the Athletics, Is expecteu
. to be dependable in one OF the outer
works.
The Browns will arrive here after
their training in time for a spring
J series with the Cardinals to begin on
; March 81.
cards Not so Hopeful.
Perhaps because their showing
, last year was better, than any they
had made in recent years, perhaps
. lust because the Federal raids shot
, great gaps in their organization, the
Cardinals are not as optimistic as
, the Browns. With Leopold Hoernsch-
MEYER, autoist, leaper and outfielder,
absent from the lineup. the Cards ex-
pect to scurry busily during the train
. ing trip to develop a substitute.
Hoernschemeyer, who as Lee Magee,
, officiated everywhere except behind
the bat and in the box, has achieved
considerable criticism from the scribes
favorable to organized baseball, but
there is no denying his value to the
Cardinals in the 1914 season. Ham
Hyatt of Pittsburgh, will be tried IN
, Magee's pasture, but Is not expected
to make good enough to become
steady. Other blows to the Cardinals
were the loss OF Pitcher Perrftt and
of catcher, Ivy Wingo, who though
not F6Q any ulOIc, 10 oot "
Higgins fold, Cincinnati Will hoid
jWingo next year. Higgins will take
TWENTY-FIVE men south. He says he
needs only pitcher and hard-hit'
!, ting outfelder.
The st. Louis Feds are getting their
unkinking In Havana after little
, preliminary boiling-out at Key west
: Fla, Manager Fielder Jones. a stern
advocate of the pruning blade, has
reduced his squad to twenty players
and alleged players, five OF them
pitchers. The curvesmiths, Eddie
: plank, Bob Groom, Dave Davenport,
, Otis Crandall, Edgar Willett and
, pitcher Marshall, late of the Phillie3,
with their boss,had weeks training
at Key West before the others OF the
.ouad under Secretary Willis John
son arrived at Key West.
/ Armando Marsans, the Cuban out.
9 fielder. claimed by the Feds. has ar
r ranged a series of, games with the
O local Havana club and probably will
o { appear in two box scores every day.
The federal court which has enjoined
him from playing, lacks jurisdiction
in Cuba
I'll Indications are that the Feds in
: field will greet the seasons opening
!. in this manner: First base, Borton;
q second base, BridweIl; third base
r Deel. short stop. Ernie Johnson: left
field. Marsans, if allowed to play he
nrobably will draw one of the outer
acres. Ward Miller and Johnny To
q bin are slated for the other two out
field Jobs.