Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-13

Kansas City, Mo. April 13.-Several
| new faces will appear when the West
| ern league opens its 1918 season May
1. Among them will be the new club
| owner, Spencer Arthur Abbott, presi-
dent Of the Topeka club. There will
| be five new managers, Rudy Hulswitt
will pilot Joplin. Johnny Nee will boss
the Topeka team. Bill jackson has
been signed to manage the Omaha
club. and Bert Williams will head ST.
Joseph. Otto Jacobs may be field man
ager for Hutchinson and Elmer Ben
son may be made captain. which post
he held last season.
The three veteran managers OF the
league will be "Ducky" Holmes, Of
Sioux City: Jack Coffey, of Des
Moines, and Joe Berger, OF Wichita
The new club president at Topeka
is veteran player and manager.
Abbott has managed several teams at
Topeka, but this is his first venture as
an owner. The only owner-manager
of the league viii be Holmes. the ORR
ginal 'Ducky'' of major league fame.
who has transferred his franchise
back to Sioux City from Lincoln.
New Faces at Joplin.
Besides his new manager, Owner
John Savage. of Joplin. will have a
new secretary this year, Harry c..
Spratt, who was secretary for jack
Holland during Hollands last few
weeks in St. Joseph and during the
last half of the season at Hutchinson
last year. Manager Hulswitt is a
Western league. player who has
worked in the majors and in class IA
leagues for years. He managed the
Columbus club of the American asso-
citation several years ago.
Manager Johnny Nee, of Topeka, is
former Central league manager and
is Missourian, coming from Spring
of the Dayton club of the Central lea
que. Nee won two pennants. He will
bring to the Topeka club several for
mer Central league stars. among them
Pitchers Hams and Clark. Of Spring
field: Turner, Of Evansville, and Aims
worth. of Richmond; Catchers Hau-
ger, of Richmond, and Kelly. Of
EVANSVILLE: Infielder Cleveland. OF
Springfield. and Outfieider Hau-
ger. OF Evansville. In addition he has
seven former Denver players to pick
from. among them Third Baseman
W'uffli. Nee will play second Dnse.
In Bill Jackson. PA" Rourxe, Of
Omaha, has signed the man who sue
ceeded Clarence Rowland as manager
at Peoria in the Three-I league. Jack
son plays first base. He is fighter.
and in Peoria. he was the idol of the
fans. He expects to land several Cen
trail league players for Omaha
Elmer Benson a Faverite.
Elmer Benson, captain OF the
Hutchinson team, is a favorite in that
town. and his play at second base was
strong factor in winning the pen
nant for his team last year. Otto
Jacobs. who may be made field man
ager, is former Central Lacquer.
joe Berger, of Wichita, and Jack
Coffey, Of Des Moines, are both well
known to Western league fans. Ber-
ger went to Wichita in the middle OF
the 1911 season when the Three-1
closed Coffey led Des Moines to the
1911 championship in a post season
series with Hutchinson. He is popular
with the fans and has proved himself
as a manager both in Des Moines and
Denver. -
The umpires appointed by Presi-
dent Dickerson are Spike Shannon. OF
st. Paul; Johnny Mullen. of Pitts
burgh, and Con DAILY and Matty F1tz-
patrick, Of Chicago. The circuit will
open May / and close Sept 10, play
ing a schedule Of 140 games. The
PLAYER limit will be fourteen.
With the spitbaA and other freak
deliveries barred by the league. Presi-.
dent Dickerson now has started an
agitation to prohibit the use of steel
spikes on players shoes. He asserts
that heavy losses are sustained each
year thru players being crippled by
spikes He contends that other means
Of securing solid footing can be de-
yised and the spiking Of players
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