Evening journal., 1914-03-26
1874 BANNER YEAR
IN minor leagues
Success Expected to Attend
Efforts on All Baseball
Circuits
SOME CHANGES ARE
MADE IN LEAGUES

MADE In LEAGUES
Conditions throughout the various
minor league circuits of the country
indicate that lol4 will be the banner
season. from all standponts, for many
wears past Most of the organizations
have about completed arrangements for
the opening Of their seasons and ON the
whole there seems TO be little lett am
done 70 make che season profitable
one Schedules will be announced very
soon and spring training has already
started on some circuits.
With one eve on the Federals, the mi-
nor league magnates have kept steadily
ON the lob all winter. strengthening
their circuits whenever possible, making
up the seasons schedules and signing
manaecrs and players. Numerous
changes in circuits and in team man
agor. have taken place since the close
Of last season One of the most notable
Of the changes was the transfer of the
Toledo team ot the American A-socia-
lion 60 Cleveland. where it win be
known as Cleveland Jimmie Shcc-
kard. the Columbia native. formerly
with Chicago. is manager of the club.
and Lefty George formerly with the
White Roses. is one of the star twirlers.
Sheckard's club viii play in Cleveland
when The Maps are ON the road.
The other new managers will pilot
teams in the American Association. Bill
Armour returns TO the game as mana
ger of the Kansas City Blues and Jack
Hendricks will have charge of the In
dianapolis outfit.
The Southern League circuit remains
the same as last year. New managers
selected include the followingi Mique
Finn, Memphis; Harry Mccormick, the
former Giant. at Chattanooga; John
Dobb. az New Orleans Robert Gilks. at
Montgomery. and Bris Lord, the old Tri-
Slater. formerly Of the Boston Braves,
at Mobile.
Erie. Pax and Toronto. Ont have dis
plnccd Berlin and Guelph in the Canad-
IAN League circuit. One result of the
new arrangement has been TO elevate the
league to a class 3 organization. George
smith. former Boston Buffalo manager,
viii pilot the Erie team.
The ~Little Old" New England League
has dropped Fall River and Brockton
and admitted Fitchhurg, Mass, and
lewiston Me- to the circuit. Fred Lake,
N'NlIHH Nl- iNNrhN NiNNNi ANN H"ii"r ~
Nill own and manage the fitchburg
cam while William Mcmahon has been
iioncd to manage the Lewiston outfit.
Several managerial changes have
been announced i'm the Three-I league
recently. Clarence Rowland. owner
and ,nsAacer Of the Dubuque team
for several years, has signed as man
ager for Peoria. while Forrest Plass
nATU1unH Of T1fIhnnfrn How
ard Wakefield, formerly OF the Cleve-
land Maps. joins the league as man
apr of the Springfield team.
Five of the eight clubs in the New
York State league have engaged new
managers for this season. The new
managers are Fred Payne. Syracuse;
John Kelley. Scranton: Pete Noohan,
Wllkesbarre; Wild Conroy. veteran
big league infelder, Elmlra. and Ed
die Phelps. former Brooklyn catcher,
Albany
The Waterbury franchise I'm the
Eastern association has been bought
by Lee Foil. who manaeed the Akron.
Ohio. team last season. Meridea, in
the association last season, has been
dropped and the team transferred to
New Britain.
Al the recent meeting Of the North
nrn league Minneapolis and la Crosse
were dropped and Fargo. n. D.. and
Fort William, ont. added 70 the cir
cunt.
The South Atlantic league will
open the season with the eighi-club
circuit this year. having granted fran
chlses to Columbia. S. c., and Au-
gllsta. Ga. Both cities were mem
bfrs of the league several years ago.
Clinton and Marshalltown. Iowa,
arb the new cities in the Central as
sbhiation circuit. They supplant Mon
mouth and Wewanee, ILL.,
in the Virginia league Roanoke
l3ses its manager, Buck" Pressly,
Who goes to the Norfolk team as
Filot
The new managers in the North
Carolina league include Louis Cook,
Asheville; Thomas L. (Red) owen,
Greensboro. and Jack Spaulding,
Charlotte.
A notable change among Texas
league managers is the selection OF
Pat Newman to succeed John Fill
man. the veteran manager of the
Houston team.
OF the new leagues to start busi-
ness this season the Colonial learue
seems to be attracting most attention
This league will have a tight little
circuit made up Of Brockton, Fall
River. New Bedford and Attleboro
Mass, and Woonsocket and Newport
Ri
The old Western association is Ia
be.reviyed by cities of Missouri Kan
sas and Oklahoma and a new Ohio
and West Virginia league is to be
placed on the map before the season
gets under way.