The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-30
STOVE
LEAGUE
BY EDDIE ASH .

TOAST League clubs frequently
~ cash in for big money on young
pastimers picked out of the Califor-
MIA winter loop, and the fact that
baseball is played out there during
the off-season in other parts of the
country gives the far west double
AA circuit a big advantage in dig
ging up youthful talent. Numerous
scouts are on hand in California now
watching the teams perform in the
weekend league.
Ernie sulik. nv chaser. was signed bv
The San Francisco Seals last winter and
made good right OF the lump during the
summer. He developed into 300 hitter
bis first season In class IA and veteran
observes predict the rookie outfeIder event.
rally viii land in the majors. perhaps in
ono or two more wears. dis 1891 average
was .329 and IT is said many hard drives
we're caught on him. SuIik will be among
ne leading Coast League swatters icxt
sason. or certain experts out there qill
Hiss their guess.
u n
OFFICIAL averages Of the American League
aont speak well Of the Cleveland pitcn-
iug stan. There's a club that has spent
& couple oI fortunes in recent years :rY-
gonfalon is still in the offine. Yves Fer
rea i.o was king Of the Cleveland staf this
defeats and next. best in percentage was
Willis Hudlin with fifteen wins and four
D hosOas hoscss Fei0Td o2 not e O for
scoTed tTiuaphs II IS evident f 'sn theret5rey. tsy
have to worry about Fingers s as we'll as tdi the
hole at shortstop.
OFFICIALS of the indianapolis
" Amateur Baseball Association
are proud Of the organizations
record during 1881 and appreciation
Of the city is extended to the di-
rectors for their successful efforts
in keeping the game alive and in
terest at high pitch. Eighty-four
Teams formed fourteen leagues un-
der supervision of the association
and city parks diamonds were the
scene of many hard-fought games
during the summer, all free to fol-
lowers of the sandlot sport. Con-
tests were staged on Saturdays and
Sundays and some of the rivalry
Sabbath struggles drew enormous
crowds.
The city league championship was won
by Indianapolis Power and Light Com
pany nine. The Thirty-first Street Bap-
lists club was runner-up for the title. The
Power boys represented Indianapolis in
the National Baseball Federation tourna-
ment at Cleveland in September and made
brilliant fight for the crown, reaching
the semi-hnaIs before losing to Cleveland,
the team that eventually copped the Fed
Grafton diadem.
According to officers of the city associa-
tion, the winter outlook for 1882 is en-
cussed to attract more teams to the or
ganized fold and to organize additional
Leagues; A. E. da Carr presidents pres is yet
game. other officers are: Blake Wilson,
Second Rex 1oTng
treasurer; F. Earl Geider. secretary. The
old slogan OF the city asSociation still
stands Devoted D,sn tet to the growth and har-
THE round robin SERIES slated for
4 Houston next spring to deter
mine the st. Louis Cardinals
chain store" championship will
consist of fifteen games. Rochester,
Houston and Columbus, all Cardinal
farms, will wage warfare and will
start play March IL and end action
with a double header on March 20.
It's a great scheme on the part of
the Cardinal directors to defray
training expenses and heat" will
be put to the series by the HouS-
ton Chamber of Commerce. The
three clubs will train in Houston
and at. different parks.
The first depression holdOut" is George
TODocer, infelder with the Rochester In
ternationals. He has come out with a
secarstiOn that while ; h he apprsGiates the
lions. According to .Specs" the 1882 con-
Ii SnS Hs IS Ess O Ei aS TSSs hs same
Ioporcer is extremely popular with
Rochester fans for he has helped win four
that the international League. taken AIKEN as sIs a
whole. in 1881 enjoyed the second best
financial year in its history.
Chagrined over his demotion to the IN
ternational League after batting .313 for
the Philadelphia Nationals this year. Buzz
Arlett. heavyweight outfielder, told
friends in California he would take up
wrestling in preference to joining Balti-
more. Buzz advised Manager Shotton of
the Phillies he would stand for playing in
the Coast League. again. but in no other
minor circuit. The big slugger Is popu-
lar in the far west and it looks like it is
up to the PhillieS and Orioles to arrange
another deal and transfer him to his own
territory.