The age-herald., 1898-05-19
A WRANGLE OVER SCHEDULE
First HaIi of Season Will Close With To
 days Game.
MONTGOMERY ASKS ANOTHER SHOW
Atlanta Club Offers to SeIl-Representatiye Re- mained in Session Until 12 O'Clock Last Night and Adjourned to
 This Morning.

After remaining In session until 12 o'clock last night, the Southern League base ball magnates adjourned over until g o'clock this morning without arriving at any defi- nite conclusions as to the fate of the league.
 The meeting was called to order at 12:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Room Il, in the Morris hotel by President Henry Pow CTS, of New Orleans. The following repre- sentatives were present.:
 Charles w. Boyer. of Charleston Abner Powell, of New Orleans; Frank J. Leonard, of Augusta; Messrs. Wood and Zimmer- man, of Atlanta; Allan H. Eaton, Robert Baugh, and Manager Frank Ha1ler, of Bir- mngham. Manager Powell, of the New Orleans club, held Mobiles proxy. Ad- journment was taken at 3 o'clock to attend the Birmingham- Augusta game at West End park, and at ' o'clock the meeting was again called to order.
 The question of winding up the affairs of the eight club league was taken UT and it was decided to close the first half of the season with today.s games and to award the pennaf accordingly In the event that the six club league will con- tinue the new season will open on the 21st, with all scores wiped out and at the close of the season championship series will be played between the winners of the first and second halves.
 Other questions concerning a six club league were finally agreed to until the question of schedule was reached, when hitch occurred, most of the clubs con- tending for home games. New Orleans kick came on the contention that the ac- tion of the Atlanta club in refusing to play their series in that city and the dis bandment of the Savannah team that only nine games had been played at home by the club and Manager Powell objected to taking his team away from home for an opening series.
 Atlanta also had her kick and several attempts were made to arrange schedule that would be satisfactory to all without success.
 First Half of the Season
 Messrs. c. l.. Patterson of the Montgom- cry Journal and J. l.. Bailey, local corre- spondent for the Sporting Life at Mont gomery arrived in the city last night at 7:45 o'clock, with proposition from sew eral business men of Montgomery to place a team in that city.
 These gentlemen at once conferred with the magnates in session at the Morris and were given an audience. They stated that they were willing to take any team that did not care to finish the season.
 The representatives of the Atlanta team made them proposition to sell their club and franchise. and pending a conference with the packers, negotiations were defered until 9:30 o'clock this morning, when a final answer will be given.
 The gentlemen will return to Montgomery on the early train this morning and will lay the proposition of the Atlanta club be- fore their people and will communicate with the league by wire.
 MT. Bailey is confident that Montgomery will give liberal support to a good team, and says that the local fans are sore at ex-Manager Smith and his team, which he dubs as half-rate amateurs.
 Four Club League
 In event that the six club league falls through, 1t is probable that a four club league composed of Birmingham, Mont gomery Mobile and New Orleans will be organized to finish the season.
 The magnates will meet again this morn- ing and endeavor to arrive at some settle ment of the question.