The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-20
Tow A IEAGUE IS
GETTING IN TRIM
State Circuit Expected to Give
Splendid Baseball This
Year.

Special to The Journal.
Burlington, Iowa. April 2o.--The Iowa league
Is on what is believed to be Its most prosperous
season. The clubs have assembled in their re-
spective cities and the practice season Is on in
full tlast.
Reports from the various clubs show the out
look in the league 70. the coming season Is
bright Every team has full quota Of players
signed, with the usual surplusage of trying-out
season. Many of the names are well known in
baseball circles and there Is high degree OF
talent included In the lists. The league prom.
Sises to give the sporting world much of inter-
est this season, and as In the past 1t Is ex-
pected that the eyes of the big league managers
will be on the haWkeye lineup for good mate
rial.
Peckham a Good Chief.
The league was organized two years ago last
winter. Frank C. Norton OF Burlington being
elected president. 1t prospered from the first,
and has become of the strongest OF the
minor organizations IN the country It has fur-
nished to the big, leagues much excellent mate
rial in baseball players, some Of it's players now
occupying star positions in American and Ma
tional leagues. = y 1&sd T-zfa. &ss4
Last fall at the annual meeting, the reslgna'
ton of President Norton was accepted and l.. 3.
Peckham Of Marshalltown. Iowa, WAS chosen
! In his place. Mr.. Peckham is successful busi-
| ness man of his city, and is making splendid
president He has shown firm hand In the con
troll of league affairs, and promises to carry the
| organization on to even better conditions.
| Some important improvements have been made
! In the Affairs since last season. One OF thu
menaces of the league has oeen the exorbitant
+ salaries paid to the players by some Of the
| managers in the eagerness to win the pennsnt
n is claimed that in some cases the salary list
| went as high as $4,000. At the annual meet
| ing last fall stringent law was adopted limit
| ing the salary to ST. 100. With this limit there
| is every reason that the league will end thu
| nresent season in good financial condition.
remnants to Ottumwa.
From the start the organization has been com
posed Of eight cities, which still continue In tn
circuit. as follows: Marshalltown. Ottumwa
4 Fort Dodge Oskaloosa, Boone, Waterloo, keokul
4 and Burlington Ottunwa has won the pennan
each year 50 far, while Burlington has each tim
wound ND at the bottom. The cities OF tn
league are all wide awake progressive and SUI
. cessful communities and their people are up I
| the average in baseball enthusiasm. :.
The season opens May s, and closes Sept. z;
I | The playing schedule calls for 1925 games. TIL
southern clubs will open in the northern elite
and the northern clubs will close in. the soutl
No double or postponed games Will be piaye
b during the fore part Of the season, the schet
q ule being arranged with sufficient open dat,
during the last weeks to admit OF all such game
being played off before the close OF the seasol
ii While the lineups of the various clubs ma
| not vet been made and will not be until ait
the tryout season has been well under way, the
IA an abundance of material to draw from