The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-08
MINORS AWAIT
FAMILIAR CALL
Schedules In Many Instances Call
for 1863 Games This Season

New York. March S.--Two score or
more of minor baseball leaguea
stretching from the eastern provinces
OF Canada To southern California and
from British Columbia TO Florida.
have practically competed all prepa-
rations for the season about to begin.
The bush" league teams, as the min
ors are Familiarity known. are import
ant factors in the national game. since
they furnish the stage for the debut O,
Of the future major league stars.
But Il is hardly fair to apply the
term of bush" league To all of htc
organizations outside the two big lea
CUES Baseball as it is played in tn"
class IA and class a leagues is fast
and evenly balanced ana or a quality
that will bear comparison with the
entertainment furnished in the hi:
show.
American Association.
The American Association will start
its twelfth season April 10. Several
changes in management have taken
place aince the close of last season
william Armour, the formor Toledo
magnatc. has become president of the
Milwaukee club, and Harry Clark has
succeeded Hugh Duffy as manager of
the same club. Mike Kelley leaves
st. Paul To pilot the Indianapolis team
and is succeeded at st Paul by William
Triel. the former Columbus manager.
William Hinchman will have charge
at Columbus The hold-over manag-
ers include Cantillon of Minneapolis,
Carr of Kansas City, Hayden of
Louisville and Hartzel of Toledo.
The season of the International lea
que will open April 16 and close Sept.
81. the schedule calling for 154 games.
Harry Smith. former big league catch
err succeeds joe McGinnity as manager
at Newark and William Clymer sue
ceeds George Stallings at Buffalo. Joe
Kelley will continue as manager at
Toronto John Camel at Rochester,
Jack Dunn at Baltimore, Bill Dono-
van at Providence. kitty" Bransiield
AT Montreal and Larry Schafly at Jer-
sey city.
In West and South.
The Pacific Coast reague, with the
longest schedule of any league IN the
country, will start its fourteenth sea-
son April | and close oct. go Harry
Wolverton. who piloted the New York
Americans last year, returns Ia TN"
coast to manage the Sacramento team.
The other managers of the league are:
Del Howard. san Francisco: w. II.
McCredic, Portland: NAP" Hogan,
Vernon Frank Dillon, Los Angeles,
and Carl Mite. Oakland.
The big bell will ring for the OPEN
ing of the thirteenth season of the
Southern league on April 10 and the
final games will he played on Sept. Z
"Kir" Elberfeld Is the new manager
at Chattanooga, succeeded William
Smith. who will pilot the Atlanta team
The hold-ovcr managers are Moles-
worth of Birmingham, Frank of New
orleans, Finn of Mobile, Dohbs oi
Montgomery. Schwartz Of Nashville
and Bernhardt of Memphis.
For its fourteenth season, 'ne N'S'-
ern league has scheduled i6S games,
opening April I and closing oct. d
The only new name on the manager
ial roster is that of Charles G.. Null
len, former White Sox player who viii
manage the Lincoln team. Frank Is
bell continues as manager az Dcs
Moines. Jack Holland at st. Joseph
Jack Hendricks at Denver, Charles
Arboglst AT omaha, William Holmes
at Sioux City. Dale Gear Mt Topeka
and George Hughes n, Wichita.
Many Old Big Leasuors.
The New England league. the oldest
cf the miners. will open It's twenty
third season April 30 and close Sept
IS. Hugh Duffy former big league
pilot. will manage the team nj Port
land, Me. which city has taken over
the Fall River franchise. Pat Flaher-
ty, the old major league pitcher. is e.
lead the Lynn team and Frank Court
rey succeeds Lave Cross as manager al
| Haverhil The hofd-over managers
are Burkett OF Worcester. Pieper o.