Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-11
Minor LEAGUES
ARE READY FOR
SEASON TO open
Scores Of Small League
Teams Are Making Prepar.
atoms for Summer Series

NEW YORK, March S.-Two score
or more Of minor baseball leagues,
stretching from the eastern provinces
Of Canada to southern California and
British Columbia to Florida, have prac-
tically completed all preparations for
the season about to begin. The bush
league teams, as the minors are famil-
the national game, since they furnish
the stage for the debut of the future
major league stars.
But it is hardly fair to apply the
term "bush" league to all of the or.
CARNATIONS outside the two big lea
CUES. Baseball as it IS played in the
Class AA and Class A leagues is fast
and evenly balanced and of quality
+! that will bear comparison with the en-
tertinment furnished by the big show.
The American Association will start
| its twelfth season April 10. Several
changes in management have taken
place since the close Of last season.
William Armour, the former Toledo
magnate, 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 Will
liam Friel the former Columbus man
ager. William Hinchman will have
charge at Columbus. The hold.over
managers include Cantillion, Minnea-
polls, Carr of Kansas City, Hayden Of
Louisville and Hartzel of Toledo.
The season of the international Lea
, que will open April 1 and close Sept.
q, the schedule calls for 154 games
Harry Smith, former big league catch.
er, succeeds Joe McGinnity as manag-
er 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, ELL Donovan
at Providence, kitty" Bransfel1 at
Montreal and Larry schafly at Jersey
City. 90 III &E~.. ~,
The Pacific coast league, with the
longest schedule Of any league in the
country, will start it's fourteenth sea-
son April I and close Oct. 26. Harry
Wolyerton, who piloted the New York
Americans last year, returns to the
coast to manage the Sacramento team.
The other managers of the league are:
Del Howard, San Francisco; w. II.
McCredie, Portland; FLAP" Hogan,
Vernon; Fra nix Dillon, Los Angeles,
and Carl Mite, Oakland. earn. ,..
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 be played on Sept. Z.
kid Elberfield is the new manager
at Chattanooga, succeeded William
Smith, who will pilot the Atlanta team.
The hold.over managers are Moles-
worth of Birmingham, Frank of New
Orleans, Finn of Mobile, Dobbs Of
Montgomery, Schwartz Of Nashville,
and Bernhard of Memphis.
For it's fourteenth season the West
ern League has scheduled 1853 games,
opening April Is and closing Oct. 5.
The only new name on the managerial
roster is that of Charles G. Mullen.
former White Sox player, who will
manage the Lincoln team. Frank
Isbell continues as manager at Des
! Moines. Jack Holland at St. Joseph,
Jack Hendricks at Denver Charles
Arbogast at Omaha, William Holmes
at Sioux City, Dale Gear at Topeka
and George Hughes at Wichita.
The New England League, the old.
est of the minors, will open its TWEEN
ty-third season April 80, and close on
Sept. 13. Hugh Duffy, former big lea.
que pilot, will manage the team at
Portland, Me-. which city has taken
over the Fall River franchise. Pat
Flaherty, the old major league pitch
err, is to lead the Lynn team and Frank
Courtenay, former star is scheduled
to succeed Lave Cross as manager al
Haverhill. The hold-over managers
are Burkett Of Worcester, Pieper Of
Lawrence, Gray of Lowell and Con
naughton of New Bedford.
The twelfth season of the North
western League will get under wa!
April Is and continue until Sept Is