Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-12
STOVE LEAGUE ALREADY IS SHOWING
SIGNS OF ACTIVITY; EXPERTS ARE BUSY
P|CK|NG BASEBALL MANAGERS Of 1920
Cibson's Succession to Bezdek's
Leadership Of Pirates Only
Real Change So Far-Ru-
mors Gan Miller Higgins.

It's kind of early for winter sports
but there are already signs of early
activity in the "stove league" which
keeps the national pastime alive during
the snow period.
The favorite occupation of picking
new managers for the 1920 season
started before the curtain had fallen on
this years championship race. As is
usual there are wholesale rumors of
changes in the leagues and the person.
mel of the various clubs.
President Heydler, of the National
league put his foot on the throat of
the yarn that the st. Louis Cards fran
chise was to be turned over to Minne
apoHs interests and the Boston Brave
club was to be run farther up north to
Montreal. Rumors of a change in the
ownership of the Chicago Cubs have
also fallen by the way. Frank Chance
recently announced in Los Angeles that
he and Barney Oldfield had been in the
notion of buying the Cub team but had
changed their minds.
6EZDEk OUT OF FAVOR.
A new hand at the helm of the Pitts
burgh Pirates next season seems al
most assured. Hugo Bezdek will go
back to Penn State to take charge or
all athletics, according to reports, ana
he will be succeeded as boss of the
Pirates by George Gibson, the old pop
ular backstop of the club. Bezdek's
work didn't please the smoky city fans.
His connection with various collegiate
sports gave him the theory that ply
sique was the only requisite for a ball
player and that he could take husky,
well built chap and make ball player
out of him like they do around the col
lege campus with football and track
material.
But it was proved long ago that
baseball players aren't easily made.
McGraw tried it with Jim Thorpe and
son has been successful as a manager
of the Toronto International and he
has quite a following who believe he
can make go as a big league pilot.
His experience with Fred Clarke and
McGraw should have given him some
good ideas of winning play and the
old catcher has personality with 1t. Lee
Fohl deposed Indian chief of Cleve-
land, is also being mentioned.
WANT CHANGE FOR YANKEES
Another change agreed upon as sure
by the dopesters would transfer the
reins of the New York Yankees from
the hands of Miller Higgins to Will
bert Robinson, the Dodger boss. Rob-
by is said to be content with his pres
sent job as far as relations with the
club owners and the team go but he
has his eyes on larger pay slips and
the EbbettS syndicate. can't pay him
as much as the wealthy colonies could
afford for a man who would make q
champion team out of the Yankees.
Higgins hasn't been bowling sue
cess as pilot Of the Yankees. The
showing the American leaguers made
this year was a distinct disappointment
to the Gotham fans who early in the
season had visions of a worlds series
played straight through on the Polo
grounds. Higgins didn't get himself
In wrong with the club owners by his
failure to land the pennant, but the lit
tie leader is said to be longing for his
old love-the National league.
Some of the fans are predicting that
the Dodgers and the Yankees might
switch managers before the teams hike
off to the training grounds next spring.
MORAN SOLID OF COURSE
There seems to be little foundation
to the rumor that lawn j. McGraw
is going to retire from the management
of the Giants and Pat Moran will GER
tainly try to repeat with the Reds UNI
less Gary Hermann and company pull
q Baker" and give the Irishman his
walking papers Stallings is slated for
a removal from the bridge of the Brave
bark and Ed Barrow seems to be '.in
dutch" also with the Hub fans.
iris Speaker covered himself with
glory during his late season drive with
the Indians and he will no doubt get
a long term parchment from Owner
Jim Dunn. If Connie Mack develops
anything out of several score of in
fants that he has on the club roll he
may return to the good graces of the
Quaker City fans.
Outside of all these little uncertain
ties everything seems to be lovely In
the playing families of the major leag
ue rivrIits