New Britain herald., 1916-03-18
IAN O'NEIL WILL
 BE TRAFFIC MGR.
|aStern MagDates to Leave it to ! Daniel for Circuits Success

8 Springfield, Mass, March 1s-Dan H Neil will be inaugurated as traffic @anager of the Eastern baseball #ague at the meeting in Worcester &onday. That inauguration prom
 s to be about as important thing N the program as any, for the need H 2 man to keep the tracks clear has Fen made more evident the past Mcok by the blocking up of things Worcester, New Haven, Lowell Md Bridgeport. Tn all four cities Fey say they will soon have a clear @ad, but they are so slow about do- Ag it many think they need just the Alp that a hustling traffic manager sn give. Ordinarily the president of Be league would be the fellow to &ove around and help break up the as-ups along the line, but President Elm Murnane is in Hot Springs as Ear correspondent with the Red Sox. Rhen Dan O'Nie1 was elected vice Resident of the league 1t was with Ne general understanding that he Sould be league manager, or traffic sanager, which amounts to the same Hing. But Dan has not been usher T iin to his job yet.
 Will Meet Monday.
 However, Monday is the day and the Bancroft hotel he will be sficially notified that he Is the vice fesident of the league. that he Is 1t, Ne traffic manager, and that 1t will up to him to do everything that Ne president would do if he were on Re scene. MT. O'Neil was not In le Cooley hotel in this city when he las elected vice president of the Iague there recently, and while he |hows he is vice president he does bt know his duties yet, of course, lr they have not been defined. In general way he is wise to the fact lat certain things will be expected him, but he must get the official Fders before he can run up or down 1 Ie tracks and try to break up a |ockade. Dan will be in Worcester l be inaugurated and if the situa
 on in Worcester, Lowell, Bridgeport l hd New Haven need any of his help l Fter Monday it will come toute de 1 bite.
 Traffic manager of a new league is b snap of a job, and there may be ! Ienty of work for the T. M. right 1 way. There is little sign of baseball l fe around Lowell thus far. President 1 .oach is waiting for something-may( E for some of the assistance already lggested. Many think Lowell cit
 lens will buy the club from him and l hus eliminate one league handicap, 1
 lot Roach but club at a standstill. l [ugh Reddy has been trying for ! reeks to get Neal Ball to manage his l ,ridgeport club, and while he has cen considering Paddy O'Connor and
 few more he does not seem to he 1aking any headway. Tn New Ha- en, the plan to lease the franchise nd the ball park seems to have set down that way snoring. If course there are explanations Cor ll this blocking of the tracks, but he fact is the fans see very little xcuse. They want things to start Eumming and they want the clubs to let down to baseball business and not |illy-dalIy over inside details that Ire leaking outside rapidly.
 Shows Signs of Life.
 Worcester is gradually assuming some active signs, and the traffic s1anager may find very little to do lhere yet. In fact he may not be Jailed upon to visit any of the other blaces in the league for a whiles as |he meeting Monday may bring some developments, something that may lead to something definite in the tities show up at the meeting with he story that they are finding the Eoing rough, why the traffic manager
 nav be sent out to help oil the
 racks and get things moving.
 A whole lot of responsibility must be placed on MT. O'NieIs shoulders ht the inauguration, but there is general confidence that once he has been placed is power to do certain Ehines he will bat 300 his first year hut as Eastern league traffic manager.