Arizona republican., 1913-03-09

NEW YORK. March S.-TWo score or more of minor baseball leagues, stretching from the eastern provinces of Canada to southern California and from British Columbia to Florida, have practically completed all preparations for the season about to begin. The bush" league teams. as the minors are familiarly known, are important factors in 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 ganizations outside the two big leagues. Baseball as it is played in the Class AA and Class A leagues is fast and evenly balanced and of d quality that will bear comparison with the entertainment furnished in the big show
 The American association will start it's twelfth season April 10. Several changes in the management have taken place since the close of last season William Armour, the former Toledo magnate has become presi- dent of the Milwaukee club, and liar " Clark has succeeded Hugh Duffy as manager of the same club Mike Kelley leaves St. Paul to pilot the In dianopolis team and is succeeded at St. Paul by William Friel, the for mer Columbus manager. William Hinchman will have charge at Colum- bus. The hold-over managers include CantilIon of Minneapolis. Carr of Kan sas City. Hayden of Louisville and Hartzel of Toledo
 The season of the International league will open April l6 and close Septemh r T, the schedule calling for 154 gau $. Harry smith. former big league catcher. succeeds Joe McGin- nity as manager at Newark and Will liam CIymer succeeds George Stall ings at Buffalo. Joe Kelley will con tinue as manager at Toronto. John Ganzel at Rochester, Jack Dunn at Baltimore, Bill Donovan at Providence Kitty" Bransfield at Montreal ana Larry Schafly at -sey City
 The Pacific Coast league, with the longest schedule of any league in the country, will start it's fourteenth sea son April l and close October 26 Harry Wolverton, who piloted tn, New York Americans last year. re turns to the coast tO manage tn, Sacramento team The other mana gers of the league are: Del Howard San Francisco; ". H. McCredie, Port. land, Hap" Hogan, Vernon; FranL Dillon, Los Angeles, and Carl Mitze Oakland
 The big bell will ring for the open ing of the thirteenth season of tn, Southern league on April 10 and tn, final games will be played on Sep tember '. Kid" Elberfeld is the new manager at Chattanooga, succeede, William Smith, who will pilot tn Atlanta team. The hOld-OVer mana gers are Molesworth of Birmingham Frank of New Orleans, Finn of Mo bile, Dobbs of Montgomery, Schwart of Nashville and Bernhardt of Mem phis.
 For its fourteenth season the West ern league has scheduled 16S games opening April IS and closing Octobe 5. The only new name on the mana gerial roster is that of Charles C Mullen, former White Sox player who will manage the Lincoln tean Frank Isbell continues as manager a Des Moincs, Jack Holland at $ Joseph, Jack Hendricks at Denve Charles Arbogast at Omaha. WilliaI Holmes at Sioux City, Dale Gear a Topeka and George Hughes at Wicht
 The New England league. the oIdeS of the minors. will open it's twenty third season April 90 and close Ser tember 13. Hugh Duffy, former bi league pilot, will manage the teai at Portland, Me, which city has take over the Fall River franchise Pa