The Mankato free press., 1923-04-27
MANKATO ENTERED
WITH OTHER CITIES
Baseball Magnates XIII Six
Team Plan, Rochester
HATCHER OFFICER
Locai Board Directors Elected
Frank Madigan Presicert:
Fill Other Offices

Man6ato officially entered shs.
| Southern Minnesota Baseball League
at meeting CT thas association
which was organized ct .. meet
ing OF baseball magnates froE tp<ras
OF southern Minnesota al Cwatossa&
| yesterday afternoon The death kneli
OF the proposed SIX club circuit was
spelled when Rochester representa-
tlves failed to arrive On scheduled
I time to support Mankato and Albert
Lea IN their attempt TO form league
| composed Of larger 'tea-n5 on tho
circuit.
In the re organization Of The
league, which Will be composed OF
! eight clubs from the following towns
and cities. Mankato. Owatonna.
Faribault, Albert Lea, Austin, New
Prairie, the by laws and rules which
governed the league last year were
adopted with several amendments.
liz re- electing the officers Of the
league, o. NJ. Hatcher, member of
the board OF directors Of the Man
kato organization and repres eDtatiye
at the meeting yesterday, was chosen
treasurer Of the ieague. The f0rmet
officers were re elected as follows,
Mayor Thomas Quinn, Faribault,
president; Andrew Erdman, Owa
tonna. vice president and George
Brundin, Albert Lea, secretary.
viii Draft Schedule
The drafting of schedule for the
season was referred to President
| Quinn and Secretary Brundin. Six.
| teen games will be played during the
season, which will ne split at the
half way mark and the winners n.
each half to play series at the close
of the season.
Drop Sly Club Plan
The expected battle over the point
Of disseHsion between the various
cities did not occur when Rochester
failed to arrive at the opening Of
the meeting Each representative at
the meeting voted to form an eight
| club league. Two Rocheste. men
arrived an hour or so after the meet
| ing had started, and declared that
| they would not have entered the
| league under any confederation bu:
in six club organization.
. Practically the only real tilt be-
tween the various towns occurred
regarding the limit placed on the
distance from each town that players
could be played on any certain or
ganiZation. 1t was finally adopted
| to allow the three smaller towns.
New Pichland. Blooming Prairie and
| Adams permission to employ Ave
outside players instead OF four and
the larger cities to employ three. The
out of CITY radius was, set at FIVE
miles in which any clubN could use
player as home man.
A motion bv Hatcher to allow
teams to use players within a fifteen
mile radius Of earh town was killed
| bv tie vote and MAJOR Quinn yOt
| Ing against the proposition.
| Several mino- te"bnicalitias in
| the by-law wera changed during
| the meeting, reoarding unnires
complimentary tickets and player
contracts.
I Hatcher Wcr pr.
A motion by Hatcher tn allow
! club to nay playing marager an
. "dd'ticnal salary TO that obtained fo-
paying on the team was adopted
unanimously This will allow Man
! I-1to to put playing manager on
the local club at a fair salary.
I The league is scheduled to start on
NAY 90 and games are to be played
! on every Sunday thereafter until
the close of the season. HOLIDAYS
are left omen for the various towns
/ to play whom they wish.
At a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Mapkato Baseball As
sooiotien Saturday night FRANK B.
Madigan was chosen president. D'.
A. F. Kemp, vice president: Clar-
ence Taylor treasurer. ard PHI
Ccmstock, secretary protein,
1t is probable that tho local
board OF directors vii! hold
meeting tonight to form plans for
the raising o5 funds to carry the
local team through the season. The
plan now proposed ia TO raise part
of the money bv popular suOscr'p-
tion plan and also by the sale o. sea
SON tickets.
A largo list of applications for po-
sitions on the local Eine have been
received and three players outside OF
the city will be given tryouts inn
mediately.
Local players who wish to try for
positions should give their names
TO President MadigaE imm ediately.
o. 10 some other -netnber of the
noard of directors. II is rrybahie that
first call for practice will b made
some time this week. It Is not known
Y lic the board will name for n.anag-
&C o. tss local club although they
llsv. several - mind CT the present
time