The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-15
TEXAS LEAGUE
WILL MEET :
SUNDAY
Pass on 1919 Schedule.
Looking to Southern for
Some Castoffs.

SHREVEPORT, La, March 15.-A
gatherlng OF high and mighty of the
Iexas league Is slated for Shreveport
Sunday, March 16, according to "a letter
received here by Secretary W. A. Sulli-
van, OF the Shreveport club, from Wal
Ter motifs, preXy of the Lone Star
COMBINE. The meeting has been called,
according to the letter, for the purpose
OF reaching a final decision on the
schedules presented by Doak Roberts,
secretary of the Houston club, and Of
ficial s%cheduler of the league from time
mmemorable. Doak has on hand two
calendars for the 1919 season which will
be laid before the magnates for their
approval or %disapproval, as the case
TIE mater of difference is chiefly re-
gardlng the length of the season. Sched+
ule A calls for a close of activities on
Sept. l, Labor day, while the other
would carry thiAgs over for another
week, closing on Sept. Z. With the
Jump Of the Texas circuit to- A CLASH
I%ication, many of the magnates seem to
favor the long schedule, givingsRs their
reason the increase of interest which
Is looked throughout the league. In
asmuch as the league will delay the
opening this year and a banner season
Is looked for from this angle, it seems
that Sept. 7 has the call. The latter
N'~SAAAS NfNNN t'iteS III blD Noull AiAlhO
Tor convenience in the arrangement of
the post season series that it is planned
between the pennant winners Of the
Texas and Southern Leagues for the
Glass A championship of the South.
Booming in Shreveport.
The game locally is coming into its
own again with the sport sheets RUM
ing full blast and the fans embracing
the same like a long-lost brother, while
the kids cast longing eyes at the dial
mond regalia which is beginning to APP
Pear In the show windows. The same
KIDS are taking to the lots with their
old, war clubs in tow and it begins to
look like a big season in the great
Southwest, both in the leagues and out.
Billy Smith, who is expected to take
the Gassers into the upper four this
year, is laying wires for the gathering
Of a real class A aggregation in this
mans town by the time April arrives.
Already he has accounted for Buddy
Napier, Lefty Black and Aiken, pitch
Ing persons, who will report about
March 20, and these are mentioned only
as samples of what he has in stock,
Don Flynn, outfielder; Jim O'Neil,
shortstop, and several other prewar
Gassers will be among this years try
outs, according to the dope from the
Gasser boss. He is also laying wires for
the acquisition of performers from
leagues OF higher classification and VIII
journey to New orleans to attend the
spring meeting of the Southern league
magnates with an idea of dickering
about a bit and collecting several prom
Using FASTENERS from our class A sister,
Not Too Fast for Texas.
The Southern leagues new rule lin
iting the number Of players with for
mer class A experience to seven mean
that a lot of good talent will have to
be disposed of by the so-called Dixie
major. Since the Texas has no %restric-
tons on players because of previous TX
| p%erience and can furnish employment
to those who are willing to work for
reasonable class A salaries, the rule of
the Southern should be to the advan-
tage of this league.
That doesn't mean the Texas man
ayers are going to take on a lot of
stale old ~has-beens, but 1t Is pretty sure
that some of the Southerners released
will be fresh enough to answer all re-
quirements. Thera are players in the
Southern who have had several years
of class A experience and still are young
as players go. They may be too fast
for the Southern clubs to afford, but the
Texas can take care of some Of them.
Texas league clubs will have their
players report the last week in March
and by the first of April all will be in
| action. All seem to be yet for the train
ing period except Houston, which has
not at this writing announced the name
Of the team manager. Doubtless Doak
Roberts and Otto Sens have picked
their man, however, and only are hold
ing off to tease the fans.