The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-03
Eggemeyer Named Temper
airy Chairman Until Circuit
is Reorganized.
PROSPECTS ARE GOOD
Joe Tinker and Other Big
Leaguers Help Minors Re-
vamp Old League.

Central league moguls virtually de.
cided to get back into the game IN
1919 with a strong compact Class B
circuit, at a meeting held at Indianap-
oils Sunday.
President Ryan OF the Peoria club,
Louis Heilbroner, Fort Wayne base
ball expert. and Charles Carr, former
manager of the Indianapolis Associa.
ton team, were appointed to work out
five circuits from the following Cities
Richmond. Terre Haute. Fort Wayne,
South Bend. and Evansville In lndi.
ana; Peoria, Bloomington and Rock
ford In Illinois. Dayton and Spring.
field in Ohio. and Grand Rapids and
Muskegon in Michigan.
These five plans for the makeup OF
the circuit will go before meeting
next Sunday and the most feasible
one will be selected.
Large Attendance.
Between twenty-five and thirty min.
or baseball league magnates and Joe
Tinker. president and owner of the
Columbus club of the American AS
ISOLATION, Jack Hendricks. manager of
the Indianapolis Association club.
Charles Carr, former manager Of the
Indianapolis team, and Fred Hunter,
former Pittsburg first baseman and
now minor league manager, attended
the meeting.
The old professional players and
magnates gave the Central league mo-
guls welcome advice and made many
suggestions that were acceptable.
Elmer Eggemeyer OF the Richmond
club was named temporary chairman
of the league to serve until perman-
ent organization is perfected and
French l.. Lane of Peoria was named
secretary.
Central League MoguIs.
Those attending the meeting were:
+. II. Young and ]. ]. Hackett, Bloom
iugton: Rufus Gilbert, Terre Haute;
Louis Heilbroner, Fort Wayne; John
c. Ryan. Peoria: f. E. Eggemeyer,
Richmond. and E. II. Lowenthal OF
Evansville.
The old-timers and the league fran
chise owners, on the basis OF stats
ties collected for yearterday's meet
ing, agreed that 1t would cost about
$4,000 more TO operate club in 1919
than it did in 1917, the last year Of
the Central. But the history of base
ball. it was shown, proved that year
such as 1919 promises to be. means a
more prosperous season for the sport
than years like the three preceding
ones,
Need 10000 Attendance.
II was shown that II each club can
draw a seasons attendance of between
1000 and $4,000. the circuit will be a
success financially.
The price OF admission. 1t is said
would have to be increased 10 cents
but this was accepted as something
to which the fans would not object
Dayton and Springfield were not
represented at the meeting, but this
caused no surprise. Joe Tinker Is
willing to take over the Dayton fran
chise Springfield is anxious to get
back into the league. as the proposed
Ohio State league which has been
fathered by the Springfield Chamber
of Commerce has not been taken uI
with acclaim by the eight Buskeye
cities that were asked to come In.
Report Next Sunday.
A committee was appointed to take
up the Springfield-Dayton situation
and report at meeting to be melt
next Sunday either at Indianapolis
Chicago. or some league city. Fina
disposition of the clubs that will con
stitute the new Central league viii
also be made at this meeting.
Springfield and Dayton are reall,
needed by the circuit to complete thu
eastern terminal Of the league. Thu
situation in these two cities has clar
flied so much In the last week tina
minent.
In discussion of the proposed cite!
that might be included, big league
magnates convinced the Central mo
auls that compact league of small
towns that cannot produce attendance
is a detriment and that the larger at
enhance from big Giles will easily off
set increased travelling expenses. TIL,
Central moguls share this opinion, tn,
result being that when the Contra
is called into existence, it will be re