Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-25
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PREPARING


league baseball organizat lions in all
parts of the country have about com
ploted preparations for the opening
of what they predict will he q. season
OF blue.ribbOn prosperity, anu this not
understanding the threat of the FEEDER.
al league to grab all of their players
who showed class, without the for
mality of handing over real money
for their release.
While keeping one eye on the Feds
the minor league magnates have kept
steadily on the job all winter.
strengthening their circuits wherever
possible, making up the seasons
schedules and signing managers and
players. Numerous changes in cir.
cults and IN team managers have
taken place since the close of last
season.
One Of the most notable Of the
changes was, the transfer of the Tole.
do team Of the American association
to Cleveland. The Cleveland team
will be managed by the veteran Jim
Sheckard and will inlay its home
games ON the American league
grounds while the Maps are on the
road. ."...-. E d
Two other new managers will pilot
teams in the American association.
Bill Armour returns to the game as
manager OF the Kansas City Blues
and Jack Hendricks will have charge
Of the Indianapolis outfit.
The southern league circuit re.
mains the same as last year. New
managers selected include the follow.
ing: Mique Finn, Memphis; Harry
Mccormick, the former Giant, at
Chattanooga: john Dobbs, at New
Orleans: Robert Gilks, at Montgom.
cry, and Bris Lord, formerly of the
Boston Braves, at Mobile.
, Erie, Pa, and Toronto, Ont, have
displayed Berlin and Guelph in the
Canadian league circuit. One result
Of the new arrangement has been to
elevate the league to q Class Is or.
ganization. George Smith, former
Boston!BuffalO manager, will pilot
the Erie team.
The Little Old" New England
league has dropped Fall River and
Brocktoa and admitted Fitcllburg,
Mass, and Lewiston, Me-, to the cir.
cult. Fred Lake, veteran big league
player and manager, will own and
manage the Lewiston outfit.
In the Tri-State league Reading
takes the place of Atlantic City. Harry
Hoffman, formerly of the Chicago
Cubs, has been signed as pilot of the
new team. In the same league John
Castle who managed the Atlantic
City team last season, goes to Allen.
town as manager. The veteran Zeke
Wrigley win lead the Trenton team.
Several managerial changes have
been announced in the Three.1 league
recently. Clarence Rowland, owner
and manager Of the Dubuque team tor
several years, has signed as manager
for Peoria, while Forrest Plass sue.
ceeds Rowland at Dubuque. Howard
Wakefield, formerly of the Cleveland
Maps, Joins the league as manager Of
the Springfield team. : ~
Five Of the eight clubs in New
York State league have engaged new
managers for this season. The new
managers are Fred Payne, Syracuse;
John Kelly, Scranton; Pete NoOnarl,
Wilkesbarre; Wild Conroy, veteran
big league infielder, Elmira; and Ed,
die Phelps, former Brooklyn catcher,
Albany .,.s
The Waterbury franchise ia the
Eastern association has been bought
by Lee F0hl. who managed the Akron
o, team last season. Meriden. in the
association last season. has been drop
ped and the team transferred to New
Britain. .''
At the recent meeting Of the North.
ern league Minneapolis and Lacrosse
were dropped and Fargo, n. D. and
Fort William. Ont. added to the cir
cult. .s IT.
Clinton and Marshalltown, Iowa,
are the new cities in the Central as.
sOciation circuit. They supplant Mon.
mouth and Kewanee, Ill.
A notable change among Texas
league managers is the selection of
Pat Newman TO- succeed John Fillman
the veteran manager of the Houston
team. %f..'
OF the new leagues to start bus
mess this season the Colonial league
seems to be attracting most atten.
ton. This league will have tight
little circuit made up of Brockton,
Fall River, New Bedford and Attic