Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-11
MANY new FACES
TO BE SEEN IN
WESTERNLEACUE
New Club Owners Among
New Men Who Will hold
Forth This, Season.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 11.-Sev-
eral new faces will appear when the
Western league opens its 1918 season
May ]. Among them will be the new
club owner. Spencer Arthur Anpot.
president of the Topeka club. There
will be five new managers. Rudy
Hulswitt will pilot Joplin. Johnny Nee
will boss the Topeka team, Bill Jack
son has been signed to manage the
Omaha club, and Bert Williams Will
head st. Joseph. Otto Jacobs may be
field manager for Hutchinson and Ell
mer Benson 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
Ia a veteran player and manager.
Abbott has managed several teams at
Topeka. but this is his first venture
as ar The only owner-man-
original "Ducky" of major league
fame, Who has transferred his fran
chise back to Sioux City from Lin
coin.
Besides his new manager, Owner;
John Savage of Joplin will have a
new secretary this year, Harry =.
Spratt. who was secretary for JACK
Holland during Hollands last few
weeks in st. Joseph and during the
last half of the season at Hutchin-
son. last year. Manager ,HulsWitt Is
a Western league player. who has
worked in the majors and in Glass
IA leagues for years. He managed
the Columbus club of the American
association several years ago.
Manager Johnny Nee of Topeka is
former Central league manager and
S-r, 1~,,,tv,r ft.nr, SnrinSp-
field. In his three years as manager
OF the Dayton club of the Central
league. Nee won two pennants. He
will bring to the Topeka club several
former Central league stars. among
them Pitchers Haines and Clark Of
Springfield, Turner of Evansville n
Ainsworth of Richmond; Catchers
Hanger Of Richmond and Kelly OF
Springfield, and Outfelder Hanger of
Evansville. In addition he has seven
former Denver players to pick from,
among them Third Baseman Wuffli.
Nee will play second base.
In Bill Jackson. "Pa." Rourke Of
Omaha has signed the man who sue
.ceeded Clarence Rowland as manager
at Peoria in the Three-I league.
fighter. and in Peoria he was the
idol of the fans. He expects to land
several Central league players for
Omaha.
Elmer Benson. captain of the
Hutchinson team. is a favorite in that
town. arid his play at second base
was a strong factor in winning the
pennant for his team last year. OF
to Jacobs. who smay be made field
manager. is a former Central Lacquer.
Joe Berger of Wichita and Jack
Coffey OF Des Moines are both we'll
j known to Western league fans
Berger went to Wichita in the middle
OF the 1917 season when the Threc-1
closed. Coffey led Des Moines to the
1917 championship in a post-season
Eeries with Hutchinson. He is popu-
lar with the fans and has proved
himself as a manager both in Des
MGines and Denver.
The umpires appointed by Presi-
dent Dickerson are Spike Shannon Of
st! Paul. Johnny Mullen of Pittsburs
and Con DAILY and AIatty Fitzpatrick
of Chicago. The circuit will open
May91 and close September Is, play
ing a schedule of 40 ames h
PLAYER limit will be fourteen.
With the sp'tball and other freak
deliveries banned ny the league.
President Dickerson now has started
an agitation to prohibit h use OF
asserts that heavy losses are sustain
led each year through players being
crippled by spikes. He contends that
other means Hof securing solid footing
can Re devised and the spiking OF
players stopped. D.
!-YeipL Light tie Torch-