 Beltzer), and 1934 (under Cy Lingle and Pug Griffin).Upon the introduction of the farm system, the Links were linked with Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals (1933–34), Cincinnati Reds (1936, as the "Red Links"), and St. Louis Browns (1938–39).The Class A Western League had folded during the Great Depression in 1937, but with the boom in baseball attendance following World War II, it was revived in 1947 by U.S.