Show Cardinal Boss Sees Brighter 1 Days Ahead for Minor Leagues Baseballs Baseball's Master Farmer Believes More lore Y Youths Playing Diamond Sport Now Than Ever Eyer Before I ST. ST LOUIS Jan 26 G AP Branch AP-Branch Branch Rickey master farmer farmel of ot the St. St Louis Louts Cardinals' Cardinals vast farm system m. m sees brighter days ahead for the minor leagues When times get better he predicted today well wan have more minor leagues working than ever ver The reason rea-on is obvious as transportation tation lotion has developed to such sucha a degree that operating expenses for lor minor league eague clubs have been reduced con con- Interest st Not The reason the number of or minor leagues now operating is smaller than years cars ago he believes is due to general general general gen eral conditions and no not to lagging interest in the game No no not he replied when asked if he believed the supply of baseball players layers would diminish some day to touch such uch an extent as to cause the Cardin Cardinals Cardi Card n nals ls to reduce their flung far chain store tore system Cities Need Fields I Ive heard a n lot of talk about dying out but bul I dont don't think It t ever will There are arc more men and boys playing the game now th n nt t there here ere were ten years e rs ago In n the bigger cities ml may not be played as much due to the lack of ot fields but butI I doubt even that and I know that the game Is being played more b by men and boys today in m the smaller cities on the amateur and semipro fields Trials Given Hundreds I In the operation of their farm system tem estimated that the nals each year have dealings with to 1000 players player Ea Each h year e ear r he ie said we turn adrift hundreds of ot players slayers whom we try by out and find tind wanting in ability As a rule we do donot donot donot not retain a any y boys who do not show promise of ot eventually graduating to our major league club the he Cardinals or to some other major league t.- t. tm t. m. m We usually discourage these boys so far as baseball is concerned so that they can enter some other occupation occupation pation which may hold out more promise o of a successful future |