Evening star., 1943-11-30
Cards. Eated Southworh Shares Fun With Red lot Minor
Pilot Not Seeking Aid;
Little Loops Warning
On Prexy Bramham
BY SID FEDER,

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NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-Billy the
Kid Southworth popped up with
some pleasant words about his St.
Louis Cardinals today as a shot in
the arm to the major league side
of the winter baseball meetings,
just when it appeared the minors
were going to have all the fun with
red-hot revolution"
This minor-league rebellion was
all wrapped up in an organized
move against the reelection of Will
liam G.. Bramham as a fourth-term
boss of the Nations minor league
organization. Frank J. Shaugh-
messy, president of the International
League, already was up as a rival
candidate e"-sponsored by his own
league. And the stew that had been
cooking about minor league govern
ment for weeks was in a boil that
was on the way to blowing the lid
off.
Bramham In Tight Spot.
Into this picture-which has
Bramham faced with his first big
league" opposition in IL years as
president of the National Associa-
ton Of Professional Baseball
Leagues-Billy the Kid stepped with
a surprisingly big smile for a guy
who has lost four members of a
National League championship cast
to Uncle Sam since the 1943 season
ended.
Bill appears somewhat proud of
the fact that he doesn't have to
holler for help from outside the
Cardinal family. He not only is sur
prisingly backward about doing any
trading this winter, but he also can
come close to naming his lineup for
the 1914 season right now.
He admits it isn't all beer and
skittles now that Uncle Sam has
put the finger on Pitcher Alpha
Brazle. Outflelder Harry Walker,
Catcher Walker Cooper and Second
sacker Lou Klein in recent days,
and may yet snatch one or two
others, like Mort Cooper.
Lines his requirements.
But the way he ratified off the re-
placements for these varsity men
today as he looked over the situa-
ton was like traincaller announc-
ing the regular stops of the five-fif-
teen. so" he shrugged, I'VE have
kid named George Dockins coming
up from Columbus to take Brazles
place as our lefthand pitcher, and
Ted Wilks from Columbus and Blk
Donnelly from Rochester and Al
Byerly from Sacramento to throw
EN-.
For catchers we have Tom Heath
from Columbus behind Ken ODea,
and to take Klein's place at second
there's Emile Verban from Colum-
bus. Now, understand me, we don't
have AL Schoendienst from Roch-
ester yet"
Schoendienst only is rated the
best-looking minor league second
baseman-shortstop of the year and
the Cards probably can haul him up
any time-but up to right now they
don't have him.
So, with Billy the Kid as COM
placent as junior with an ice cream
cone, the majors finally got a bow
into the winter meetings, although
the hot clambake was still how far
the opposition to Bramham could 20.
I. L. Is Revolutionary.
The International League, pro-
posing Shaughnessy as an opposi-
ton candidate as president of the
National Association of Professional
Baseball Leagues, also was opposed
to giving back voting privileges to
the Is minor league clubs which
didn't operate in 1943, but which
continued to pay their National As
sociation dues and maintained their
territorial rights.
Nine minor leagues operated last
season and these nine, on a mail
vote, took away the balloting priv
ileges of the 16 who were suspended.
The result is that the 16, headed by
the Texas League, are ready to haul
their battle for return of voting
privileges right up to Commissioner
K. M. Lands. This is quite a haul,
incidentally, and it begins to look
as if the side hauling at least is
going to make it, right up to de-
Gliding who's going to be boss, mas
much as the Is have-nots can swing
the jive to Bramham's beat If they
want to, and If they get chance to.