Meet to "Save the Minors". The Minor League baseball's "committee of five". With Billy Evans, general manager of the Cleveland Indians, acting as Major League "cooperator", met at Louisville, KY., Jan. 10 in first of series of meetings designed to "save the minors", organization of New Leagues. Plans for the financial betterment of small leagues and increased attendance were the topics. Left to right, standing: Ross Harriott, pres. Terre Haute, Ind., club; J. Alvin Gardner, president of Texas League; Billy Evans. Sitting, left to right: Warren Giles, president of Rochester, N.Y., club; W.G. Bramham, president of the Piedmont League and committee chairman, and Jos. Carr, secretary of the committee.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1932]

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