The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-24
CLEAN BALL IS
AIM, DECLARES
LEAGUE PREXY
President Logan Powell OF
jamestown Assures Fans
OF Strict Supervision
ABLE MANAGERS CHOSEN
Minot Playing Bismarck Here
and jamestown Playing at
Darlington in Opener
TODAY'S BATTING ORDER
BISMARCK
NJ mot
Umpire: Tony Pleva.

Umpire: Tony Pleva.
Clean baseball is assured in the
North Dakota State Baseball League
which opens today, President Logan
Powell of jamestown declared in a
message to fans of the cities in the
circuit, on the opening today.
The league got under way with
jamestown playing the New Rock
ford Darlington team at Darlington,
and Minot playing Bismarck here.
President Fowell's message is as
follows:
President Logan Powell has the
following message to give the base
ball loving public in the cities of
the League. I'VE are going to cater
to the public at all times, shall give
YOU clean baseball under the JuriS-
diction of the National Association
of Minor League Clubs and have in
structcd the umpires to have ut all
times the interest of the fans who
make the game the great National
sport, at heart. We thank you for
your confidence in us thus far and
sincerely trust that we shall contin-
ue to merit your good will. 1t is our
ambition to make the North Dakota
League the best in its class and your
cooperation toward this end is at
all times solicited"
President Powell is confident that
the league, a class ID organization
with salary limit of $4,000, and
under the jursdictio nof the Ma
tional Association of professional
Baseball Leagues, will show ii fine
class of ball all season.
Able Set Of Managers
1t is believed yhat there is no
Class ID League in the country which
has more able set of managers
than has this four club circuit.
Herb Hester with fifteen years of
managerial experience in the Min
ors is plotting the Minot club, f. c
Whiting graduate from the Double
A ranks is in charge at James
town. Earl Pickering, the greatest
of all around athlstes ever gradual
ed at the University of MINES ota
is ut New Rockford Darlington and
Tom Stanley former member of the
St. Paul American Association Club
and a successful minor league man
ager is at Bismarck. The Class d
salary limit of $4,000 will be OBJ
served to the letter and the clubs
have until June /, to get in within
The limit.
With New Rockford and Caring
ton separated by beautiful grav'
cled roao of less than fourteen mil
es the attendance from both cities
ut all games is expected to be big
and in order to satisfy both cities
President Powell has arranged fol
scheduled games to be played ir
each city alternately, thus the sea,
son will open at Darlington today
and the following day the two
clubs will move to New Rockford
for the opening.
At jamestown May 3Oth
After playing a five game SEIZED
ule for the opening series Bismrach
will move to Jamestown for the OPP
ening on Memorial Day, May 80
and New Rockford Darlington will
travel to Minot to pry the lid ope,
in the latter city.
!. Two games will be played on thu
afternoon of Memorial Day, the frs
starting at 3 p. M.
President Powell has assignee
I'll Al
minor league experience to umpir
the opening game at Bismarck ant
"Labe" Safro, well known forme
pugilist and minor league umpir
will handle the indicator at Ne,
Rockford Darlington.
Short jumps between the cite
comprising the circuit, strict ad
herence to the salary limit and tn
determination OF President Powel
to suppress the slightest attempt a
rowdyism, or any misconduct on tn
field Of play is expected to make tn
league model in its class.
Outfelder Coming
Manager Stanley of the Bismarc
club today wired Carl Condor, out
fielder, Undertake S. D., to repol
to the Bismarck club. Condor
an outfielder and was with Abe1
deem for time last year. Unit
he comes Stanley will play pitche
in left field.
Herb Hester, manager of the Mine
team, accompanied by Larry Bryn
former chief of pence of Minot, pla!
ers and number of Minot fans al
rived here to see che opening game
Hester claims Minot has take
from Bismarck the honor of havin
y the best baseball park in the circui
The Minet team will play at tn
Northwest Fair Grounds, where
& concrete grandstand and new bleach
Y ers were built.
He refused to comment on hi
81 team, saying Il would take time