The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-07
MAJOR LEAGUE :
MEET NEXT week
Schedules For the Coming
Season Will Be Adopted
Trade Rumors Aaoat

Chicago. Feb. Tin less than one
week from today club owners Of. the
American league will begin coming in
to- town for the schedule meeting,
which Is to be. held ON Tuesday, the
14th.
Because Chicago is located more
nearly in the center Of baseball &C.
meeting place Of the National league,
this city will draw a bigger bunch Of
minor league officials, magnates and
players to It's session. The minor
leaguers are always on hand at these
February meetings of the majors, for
their rosters are incomplete and they
are anxious to grab some Of the dis
cards from the big. clubs.
American Meets at Chicago.
are ostensibly for the purpose Of
adopting the playing schedules for tho
coming season. But notwithstanding
has become such a simple thing in
the major leagues owing to the prac-
tice OF using just two states, one for
every other year, that there is little
interest either in the announcement
OF the dates pr in the leagues accep-
lance Of them. The main interest in
these sessions is devoted to the trad
ing question. Invariably more trad
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even the talk of 1t is interesting.
showing. as 1t does. the esteem in
which certain of the athletes are held
by the people who own them and
those who would like to.
The American league clubs whics
are most frankly anxious to trade are
the st. Louis Browns and Washing
ton. And. naturally. these two clubs
are the ones possessed Of the least
trading material. But there are other
teams In Johnson's organization not
at all satisfied to stand pat. In fact,
Connie Mack is about the only man
ager who can afford to turn a deaf
a to all swapping proposals.
Chance After Stovall.
A story was going the rounds the
other day. 1t was to the effect that
Manager Chance of the Cubs was aft
err First Baseman Stovall of Cleveland.
No n thought about it for more than
q minute without laughing, but the
tale did bring strongly to mind the
fact that good first basemen are
scarce in the American league. almost
as scarce as. pitchers in the National.
At least four managers are extreme
~ anxious to land a good first base
these players in trade can get an au-
dience.
The Boston and Chicago clubs are
after shortstops and second basemen.
Detroit wants some pitchers and a
good outfielder. st. Louis wants a lot
of things-catchers, pitchers and out
felders in particular. Cleveland seeks
an outf1elder, an infielder and a
catcher. Washington. which accord
ing to report. intends to 8 Herman
Schaefer as regular second baseman.
Is after a third baseman and some
outf1elders. New York wants a catch
er and an outf1elder. Philadelphia
wants a catcher and an outfelder, but
can get along without either.
Trade Rumors Afloat.
So. with all these wants, there is
bound to be some trade talk. All the
clubs r carrying more men than
they can halde. and theirs sure to be
some deals between majors and min
ors. The American association and
the Central and Three-I leagues are
going to be we'll represented at the
session here.
President Johnson figures that the
actual adoption of the schedule will
consume about fifteen minutes. But
the meeting is likely to last a couple
Of days. because it will be the last
chance Of and managers to
get at each other until the big strife
begins in April.