Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-22
GOOD MONEY SAYS PLAY BALL -.-4
 Birmingham Gets Right in the
 Southern League Push. CRACKAJACK TEAM BOOKED Magic Citys Club to Enter the Season With Better Backing Than Any Team Ever
 Had From Birmingham.

The meeting which was to have been
 the purpose of organizing Southern
 League Baseball club for Birmingham was postponed until tonight on account
 of the absence from the city of gentle
 man who will be largely interested in
 the team. At tonight's meeting an organ
 ization will be formed and all arrange
 ments for placing a Birmingham team in the league made.
 MT. Henry Powers of New Orleans ar rived yesterday and joined MT. Stall ings in his canvass for subscriptions. They were highly successful in their ef- forts, and when they ceased their rounds at nightfall less than $300 of the 5000 de- sired had been subscribed. That amount will be easily raised today. The sub scribers to the stoek~of the company are among the most prominent and substan- | tial business men of the city, and the fact that they have evinced so much interest i in the national game augurs well | for the hopes of baseball fans, cranks and rooters in Birmingham the coming season. In addition to the $2000 capital stock the Birmingham Railway and Flee tnic company and the Highland Avenue and Belt company have donated liber- ally, the latter company having agreed to place the ball park at Lakeview in good condition and turn 1t over to the ball club free of rent. This is In addi-
 tion to liberal cash donation and other concessions, e.
 MT. Stallings, in speaking of the mat ter to a State Herald reporter last night.
 said every one approached by him on the subject of a team for Birmingham had | manifested considerable interest in the matter and had shown his faith by lib erally subscribing to the stock. Continu- | ing, he said Birmingham was all right | from a baseball standpoint and would go | into the league with one of the best teams | she ever had and backed by plenty of money to run it successfully through the | season.
 Yesterday MT Stallings received the following telegram from President Nick lin with reference to the Southern league: Chattanooga Tenn, Jan. 21. | G. r. Stallings, Birmingham:
 President Young will not grant protec- | ton to any club if 1t interferes with the
 ''0''''e' II '''''''> J. B. NICKLIN This knocks out the Southeastern league. recently organized in Macon, in so far as it affects Atlanta. Atlanta will be in the Southern league this season if sha has a professional ball team. MT Stalings wired President Nicklin yesterday that Birmingham would cer- | tainly organize a team for the coming | season and in response received the fol- | lowing:
 I | G. r. Stallings, Birmingham:
 Meeting called for Memphis next Sun day Notify Birmingham. Answer. | J. B. NICKLIN. | Tho meeting for next Sunday was in | tended to be held in Chattanooga, but | on account of that city not being in the | league President Nicklin changed it to | Memphis At this meeting league off, | cers will be elected and a schedule for | the season arranged.
 Interest in Memphis. | Yesterdays Memphis Commercal-Ap- peal had the following interesting note: George T. Stallings of Nashville. who | is now in Birmingham, last night notified | the Commercial-Appeal that the city of | Birmingham had raised a cash capital | of 5000 for a ball team and been granted | a franchise. They are now in corre- | spondenoe with Ollie Beard, whom they | expect to be the manager, but in case l he should not do so they will have a | string on Houseman, captain of the | champion Richmond team. and also on | Sharp, captain of the last season Mill waukee team. Superintendent Clark of | the Mobile and Ohio railroad is the pres | ident of the club at Mobile. and says that l all of the money that they need has been raised. Stallngs and Powers will go | there to admit them and then come back | here to the meeting of the league. That | will be on the 2Sth instant, and by that | time Memphis will have raised as much | money as the smaller cities around her have put up.