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Season Starts May 6, ClosesIn SeptemberVote For SplitSeason;Baetz, Calhoun, Coppej Re-Elected As Officers Of LeagueBy CLEOJv WALFOORT Appleton.— The Wisconsin league was rounded out as a club circuit with the admission of Oshkosh at a meeting of officers sni directors at the Conway Hotel her* Sunday.The organisation of the loiijr.u completed, a committee hoa.md'tv Otto Kaufmann Jr., secretary t;-'* Sheboygan Baseball Association, proceed with the business of iv.ao-ping out a twenty game sdifciis for the season, which follows pattern of past campaigns by opening May 6 and closing Labor Day.Other members of the league srj Sheboygan, Wisconsin Rapid* Grlt;-?a Bay, Kaukauna and Madison.Kriesel Leads OshkoshOshkosh will be manage.; fcv Arthur Kriesel, a veteran with ten years of managerial experience, and will be supported by a group of influential sportsmen' ar.i business men of that city. The Oshkosh organization has obtnir.o-i a lease on a plaj'ing field on the sv;* side of the city and will improve the diamond and erect hleacherV =r,i s fence.A split season will be played, wr;$ winners of the first and ?-.vori I halves, each consisting of ten meeting in a post-season son.-* f,-.r the league championship. The of July 1 and September 2 v.:!( ::e reserved for playing off postpone games.Officers Re-ElectedAll officers were re-elected to their respective offices. Clarence Baetz of Appleton, who served as president of the Fox River Valley league for five years before heading the State league last season, will continue fo the capacity of president. G. H. Calhoun of Green Bay was rp-.’foa-ed secretary and John Coppes. Kaukauna, was re-named treasurer. Each has served in his position for more than eight years in the Valley and State leagues.Another meeting will he held April 8, at which time the schedule will be approved and forfeitures posted. Adoption of an official league baseball also was deferred pending further investigation into price and quality.Flan Outside Games Plans for bringing outside attractions into league cities for twilight games were discussed. It is proha':;? that several American Associari- r teams, the Kansas City Monarch;.; Colored Giants and Babe Die drier.;and the House of David team will be ! booked into the circuit during the ■ summer.League represen tat ivea at the • meeting included, besides the oi-. cers, O. A. Kroos, Otto Kaufmans - Jr. and Paul Beyers of Sheboygan: 1 Arthur Huxford and Ben Rosenberg l of Green Bay; John Coppes and Msr-, ty Lamers, Kaukauna; Art Krfotr-;. i Oshkosh; George Gibson and .Milto: I Reed, Wisconsin Rapids, and Edie Lenahan, Madison.
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Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Mar 12, 1934
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