Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-03-02
IS HEAD OF TWO
MINOR LEAGUES
Record Proves New Western
President Efficient
Executive.
CIRCUIT HAS MANY SOLDIERS
oklahoma City Leads With
13; Clubs Boast an
Average of 8.
CIRCUIT HAS MANY SOLDIERS


newly chosen president OF tho west
ern league. spent a considerable part
NJ tho week opening letters and tcl-
.grams or congratulations on Lis
election az boss OF the lively Class
A circuit. Hut that didn't deter him
from beginning plans for the great
.s' op,nlng day I'm the annals OF the
orrlnizlton. Al Is n booster from
away hack and a firm bel! yer In
ruhlrl'y and organization OF fans
associations and he IS preparing
some strikugly original schemes
along this line for the Western
league.
II tlaa mnuer of minor league his
tory that the old Three league.
under Ara guidance. packed 'em in
on opening days In such numbers as
10 triple the inaugural crowds Of
othcr circuits OF the same classiti-
cation. So when Al says he is go
ing to make the rest OF the minor
leagues sit up and take notice Of the
Western n can be snreIy written that
he will do that very thing.
Tearncy already IL giving consid-
Grafton 10 the question or umpirUs,
FOR this matter was thrust upon him
almost as soon sit was publicly an
rounced that he had been named
president Az soon as some dozen
or more umpires In the vicinity OF
Chicago heard the good news, they
wrote wired and visited Al with ap- i
plicatOns for Jobs.
Heads Thrc I Too.
TrArncy also is temporary prcsl- /
dent Of the circuit that former Three /
I leaguers are trying to rcorganiZe ,
and Is actively assisting IN this work. !
hut he said today he will resign from |
this office ms soon "a he can with
out hampering the little loop and /
then he will he free TO give more /
time 10 the Western.
Another Job that Al has Ia tho |
chairmanship Of the reorganization |
committee OF the minor leagues. In |
this capacity he was the man who !
put the minors recent demands up |
to the majors at the big New York |
irterleague meeting. The majors /
tot only agreed to ah mat Al asked /
but gave the little rplIows oven more !
by granting them permission to run |
Themselves without any affination |
with the big moGuls except that ah- |
solutely necessary TO safeguard tho |
paStimc. when n new chairman of /
the national COMMISSION is named Al ]
will go before that body with new
agreement he has drafted. providing |
for the separation OF the maJNrs and
minors.
Western Patriotic.
Al today discovered that for it's |
size the Western league was othc .
champion patriotic minor league OF |
tho TnfTnfrV al ,v,N
military service from five clubs, ac-
cording to the official records kept
hy Secretary ] II. Farrell of the
National association. This averages
more than elghG to n team, which IL
oeuer than the American association
average OF 60 from eight clubs
me standing OF the nine minor
ichsnes that operated In 1918 in re-
gard TO men In the service follows:
american association , so
W, 20 ''!hue 's's. .'....- ~
q .,'lH ichsuc ............... AZ
southern association ....,.. 80
international league ..... 81
thclhc Coast league ...-... 90
eastern league ............ Is
!. a'Ilc Coast International. 800. II
virginia league . o
oklahoma city led the Western
Z, - ''''' 10 pdulotS. Joplin, HutcN-
'l'on and Omaha are listed as having
none N, In service. The official list of
western leaguers In service follows.
~ oklahoma city. Ssh paard.
W rlghl Graham, McCullough. will
,,'ms Falk Smith, Mcclellan, Spritz-
ct shay o'Rrien. Hartsell. Ham
a.. ~ Joseph, lo-Braunigan, Cros-
Wy connolly, Kirby RAIDER, Rose In
nun; W.; ,Mschen, Thieman. Sutherland.
Z W. mN,achlta- 9--Fox. Goodman, Davis,
holls Lyons Clemmons, Miller, Ale
man, Washburn.
,trs prs Moines, s-Ewaldt, Musser,
GSy,,lord Higgins, Case, Payne.
ory, lnher
mtslern loague magnates assisted
,oror.ary Farrell In compiling the
,aIa,rEoing list which thus viii 10
Sis,am INTO The records as part OF the
nIory OF how the Western league
"''ped To win the war"
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