The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-07
AN INDEPENDENT TEAM
SELMA 70 HAVE BASEBALL
 NEXT SEASON
"King" Bailey May Be at the Head of the organization-Mistrial ... in Circuit Clerk
 Matter.
Advertiser Bureau,

Selma, Dec. 9th, 1901.
 Selma will not be in the southern League next year, the franchise oi lhe city having been transferred to Atlanta, Ga. It seems that this city preIers not to be a member of league This mas been an enthusiastic baseball town ever since the old Pastimes came into exis- tence and swept everything before them. That aggregation of talent was the wonder of the Southern States when 1t was in ts zenith and its tour rom one city to another was like the triumphal march of heroes. It met cluD aIter ciup and yanqutshed them and when the home boys would arrive at the depot on their return the whofe populace would turn out with brass band and meet them at the depot and parade the streets with them. much to the delight of gray headed
 men and women as well as the boys and girls in their teens. The Pastimes were fhe champions of the South for several wears. but finally interest, in baseball waned and they disbanded and some other town succeeded to the championsnip.
 Three or four years ago the interest III baseball was revived in Selma. An lnoe- pendent club was organized ana hoH,e was the only city in the circuit that couid make any pretensions of competing with us for the championship. Rivalry reach ed a sharp stage the newspapers got 10 ouarreling over the respective merits ol their teams and the consequence was that when one of the clubs would Vlsit the city of it's rivals, great crowds or people came out to cheer for the home team. Rome was a little too much TOT the Selma team one year, however, anu car ried off the honors.
 Last year Selma entered the Southern
 League. At one time the club stood at the head of the list, but internal dissen- sions arose among the players and It went
 on down to the foot of the class and held that position to the close Of the season.
 And yet the Selma club played good oaii
 It lost many of the games by the closest scratches, and luck seemed to be against
 us. Those of the club who felt a pride
 in the city winning the pennant played
 good ball up to the very last and many
 of the players had the confidence of the
 Selma public up to the time that the
 last ball was thrown across the diamond.
 Selma has had enough of league teams, however, and 1t is more than likely that an independent team will be organized next season. King Bailey, the idol of Selma baseball fans, was seen by your representative this morning and was asked if there was not move on foot to organize an independent baseball club In Selma the coming season. Bailey said: "Yes, some of us who love good game of ball have been thinking about the mat ter You all know our experience in the league, and 1t seems from past experf- ence, that this city had rather support an independent team than one that is in a league and is controlled by board of directors and ironclad rules. l do not think that 1t will take great deal. of money to organize and successfully launch an independent club. Selma's
 fame as a good baseball town has spread far and wide and there will be. no
 trouble to get good players to sign with us I think if the sum of $00Qi could be raised a fine club could be organized. We
 could play the independent clubs in such nearby cities as Vicksburg, Jackson. Pen-
 sacola, Mobile, Rome. Anniston, Mont
 gomery and other towns and I believe that the club would he self-sustaining from the very start"
 Five hundred dollars can be easily raised in Selma for the purpose of putting a good baseball club on foot. That | amount of money can be raised In single days solicitation. King" Bailey | has the confidence of Selma baseballdom and he will get the sum of $5OO if that l is all he wants. The movement should | be started at once to organize good local ] clubs in all the cities named and others | that would like to play. for Selma Is sure | to have a crack team next season, and will contest for the honors with all the | cities that have good enough clubs to go | up against Selma
 Bad Slingshot Boys.
 Chung Kee is Selmas Chinese "washee- washee" man. He is d quiet, inoffenSive Chinaman and attends strictly to his own | business. His laundry is situated in one of the stores beneath the Y. NJ. C. A.
 in the rear of Chung kee's place of bus mess and he has pigeon house there
 and is very fond of his birds. He Is sometimes seen near this pigeon house and at the sound of his voice the birds
 will come and sit on his hand and feed | therefrom. while he Is strokinG their backs in the most affectionate manner.
 For the past few days some naughty boys have been shooting Chung kee's pigeons with small rifles and sling-shots, and it is a pitifIl sight to see the poor | Chnaman go out in the back yard and pick up a bird that has been shot and | the pigeon gasps its life away. Yester- | day one of these boys took a shot or two at Chung Kee as he came out and | demonstrated with them about shooting
 his pigeons. One of the shots struck him on the han1 and another struck him near | the eye If the shot had been little closer he would have lost his sight Good Roads Convention.
 President of the Council. V. B. Atkins, | and other members of that body. have | returned from Montgomery. where they | have been in attendance on the Good | Roads Convention. Captain Atkins was | very much impre essed with what he learn | ed and will put it to valuable use in | constructing the streets that are pro-
 posed to be built in Selma. The city is now hauling up gravel from the sandbar l below the city and placing it on the buff and will use 1t in making the foundation | for streets. Captain Atkins says that he | gained a great many valuable ideas and | that he will tell the committee about | them when he gets an opportunity. He | thinks that great good will result from | the Good Roads Convention, and that | Alabama will be greatly benefited fin the
 years to come by the impetus that will | be given to better highways.
 Resulted in Mistrial
 In the quo waranto proceedings of G.
 Crawford Phillips vs J. H. NunneIee in | the matter of the Circuit Clerkship of | Dallas County the jury made mistrial | and was discharged at F m. today. The | iurv stood seven for MT. Nunnelee and | five for Mir Phillips. As soon as the l foreman announced that tha jury could not agree. Mir Satterfeld. one of the at | torneys for MT. Nunnelee, arose and moved to do away with the demand for