| Show i BIGGEST OF MINOR LEAGUES american association offering I 1 its ta patrons high class of ball toledo and st paul help time was when the old eastern league known now as the international boasted nod ati backed up the boast of having the fastest circuit in the minors writes jack to in indianapolis times later on the pacific coast league came to the front with the claim th that at it was but a half step sten out of the class of the majors and anh perhaps it was for it is notable that many of the stars of the big leagues today are graduates of the far western circuit but now it is the american associations turn to do a bit of boasting despite the fact that the F federal league hit the association almost a as S hard as it hit the international league ChIvIngt ons combination Is today playing better ball the ina magnates nates are willing to go to greater expense to build up clubs and the talk of anything that resembles a salary limit in this mans circuit Is pure bunk T today 0 the association Is the biggest 0 of f all the minor leagues and the class clas of ball it Is offering its patrons Is la hi reality only a short step from the big show the rejuvenation of the toledo club and new spirit and finances injected into the st SL paul club have helped thea the A A wonderfully it Is reasonable to believe that the club owners feet feel that they can afford to take greater financial risks for they do not expect another baseball war tor for a period of texi ten years at the least and n that time they should be able to up their bank rolls to a point where they will alil not have to worry |
