Evening journal., 1913-02-22

GROWING OVER
The CIRCUIT
Season This Year Promises
To OutrivaI Any Previous
One
YOUNGSTERS WILL
MAKE GAME FAST

There is a whole lot Of life and
action in the Tri-State League at this
time Of the year, and the enthusiasm
will likely soar upwards now that the
major league teams have started to
Nit southwark for southern training.
The new salary list of $1,600 per
month is not working as handicap
to the club managers in building up
their teams for the season, and the In
dications are that the fans will see
Just as fast and interesting baseball
| as In the past. when the limit ranged
from $4,000 10 S2,100. Fast and en-
thusiastic youngsters can play the
game. and they put more action into 1t
|. than the old fellows slipping back and
( the fellows that think they are grtats'
4 but not fast enough TO get into higher
|, class leagues It's the youngsters
h that are coming to make the game
and they win make the Tri-State this
season.
The Spring meeting OF the league
will be called at HARRISBURG by Presi-
dent Carpenter for March 3, when the
schedule will be ratified by the mag
mates of the organization The ses-
sion will be held az the Hotel Colum-
bus Harrisburg At this meeting all
the odds and ends prior TO the open
ing will be settled
The managers of the various teams
are now in possession Of copies Of the
Schedule as IL has been drafted by
President Carpenter, but IL will not be
made public until March 3. II is
' known. however that the card calls
TOR 112 games. evenly divided at home
and abroad, and that the season will
/ open on April 80 and close on Sep
! tember g.
The circuit for the coming season
/ will be changed from what II was
when the Tri-State was first launched
Altoona will be missing, and so will
( Johntsown. There won't be a club
west of the Susquehanna river, and
j all will be punched practically within
"a territory hardly more than 125
lmiles in width. There will be Harris
lburg. Reading. York, Allentown, Will
lmington, Trenton and Atlantic City
for a certainty, but Chester is still a
4 bit doubtful There is talk that the
a Chester club may be transferred tC
New Brunswick or Elizabeth.
The clubs have almost all selecte'
their managers for the coming season
The selected ones are as follows
George Cockin. Harrisburg; Georg
". Heckert. York; Bill Coughlin, A
! lentown. Bert Conn. Trenton; Jimm
4 jackson. Wilmington, and Johnn
q Castle. Atlantic City.
8 Jake Weitzel and Bert Leopold, Il
y owners of the Reading club, have NJ
n picked a leader for the coming SCI
son They have thus FAR been unabl
10 get their heads together to choos
the man. but indications are that tn
berth is being held open for majc
Lacquer that is to be allowed 10 sli
out of the limelight into a managers
berth At Chester the managemer
of the club viii not be settled unit
II is decided II Chester will be repre-
sented
Coming back 10 the new salary llssssl
il is no handicap TO the managers 1
signing players. Heckert is round
ing up a bunch of men that hav
srawn better money than is offered b
the Tri-State in addition to som
youngsters. Cockill is not havin
any trouble in picking up good ba
players, and has quite list Of me
for his team Coughlin and Con
are also busy picking up promisln
material for tryouts. Castle an
jackson already have a number {
youngsters lined up. and both loo
70 have fast teams. Jake Weitzel
going right ahead and Is counting 0
fast club by grabbing up new pla.
ers youngsters in the game. Thi
activity has had lis effect on son
Nof the old fellows. and they are &c
ting Just a trife anxious. and whe
the bell rings. starting the seaso
1he majority n them will be back
the game There will be some III
-=iss -=sss - missing. but they sill pa
from The league through trade
sales
Ccna ID Against Trouble.
BeTf Conn is having some troub
81 lining % the Trenton outfeld
yet r ther Tiemeier. Jimmy Ciai
OF Bill Clay have forwarded their co
tracts. q without these men. II mu
be admitted that Conn would have
difficulties
Just Why these players should be
out is hard 70 guess. Baseball
played in The Tri-State League ca
Il not be ciassed as an occupation by a
man. and $3.50 per month is pre-
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