Show MINORS RETURN FACE 11 OF POOR YEA More Than a Dozen I I Already Signified Int tion to Start Seasor By By Jack International News Sports Edit NEW YORK March 7 Th league thrives on punishment No matter how hard the going year he generally comes back th season with a grim smile on h hi and nd determined to Keep the ing in spite of the fact fatt that h hea staring the poorhouse In the fa faca st Last fall after atter the worst sea selo o experienced by the minors in th their lr years of ups and downs it was g g predicted that not more than hal halen halten halt halo 11 en minor leagues ues would dare to op OJ gates this year At the annual meeting of the N association in Louisville last N NoS the TdA glooms predominated a They aTI TI evidence everywhere and a bis i of the club owners shook th sadly and said Well Vell do well vell to hold leases leases' ball parks next year year But within a few short month have changed John H. H Farrell Fan secretary of ot 1 t. t association attended thel meeting of the big league here last and brought the news that a a a- ado do more minor leagues will open tl tl in April and May H t I Whether or not these leagues able to play the season reason out is but they are going to tr try it it and ti ard-ti ti proves beyond ond the shadow of ot a d ft do i the minor leaguers are arc game to th The They take their losses with a grimand grimand grim grimand and the next spring the they go the hat among the live wires of f cities and towns get what pledges they can can and try it all ore It takes lots of nerve to run league club If the owner fall t tout out a winning team he doesn't ev eva evl evJa evla a whisper that sounds like a his Investment He generally m m. to tide over through the sale O oti players ers and if he is lucky a sensational h hep good price from some big the player er and manages to keep keet t otes away from his doom doOl Jt This is the kind of stuff th I leaguers are made of and the fa fac thirteen leagues have signified th of opening the season I is e aging What the International will do cannot be forecasted advance of their meeting March 2 27 Li is doubtful that they will open tf son The leagues which have haye si Sl I their intention of opening their p pat pal patas palas l las as follows 1 American association Pacific ii league Western league Southe J Northwestern league Texas league York State league Eastern league league Central association Ridge league and the South A league I 9 |