The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04
CLAIMS ALL THE STARS.
Charlie Frank Gives Out List of Play.
 CTS for New League.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 3.-The Journal this | afternoon says:
 | Charley Frank continued his jaunt | around the circuit last night, leaving for
 Savannah where he will introduce Gilks | to the fanatics of that city Gilks holds
 the Savannah franchise and will provote
 the new leagues interests in the sea | coast city.
 Before leaving last night Frank gave out a statement, which from his stand
 point, puts the old organization on the
 ragged edge. Frank says that up to date 1 the new regime has signed fifty-eight of
 the best men who cavorted last season on l old league diamonds and that he will l land the rest before the month is out.
 Tn this list of signed players he named
 Delehanty, Little Rock; Stafford, Adams
 French. Atz. Smith. Deisel Doyle of New ; Orleans; Krug, Pabst, Hoffmeister, Tay Tor and Frank of Atlanta, the entire | Memphis team of last season, including Jimmy St. Vrain Babb and Evans. La | Rocque, Moss, Lpp, Denver, Bill Smith and Campbell of Birmingham; Bruner. Myers, Miller, Brennan, Roth and Moles- worth of Chattanooga; Stewart and Nor cum of Shreveport. In addition Frank says that it is as sure as fate that Newt Fischer will come over with the entire Nashville aggregation and that with this array stacked up against them the talent of the old league will balk at the post. According to c. Frank, the old agsre- gation has about as much chance of sue cess as ping-pong social four miles west of Oshkosh. According to tse old league moguls MT. Frank holds the hot air leases what he cannot use himself to Caruthers Ewing.
 When asked how he managed to doc | and win so many of the cd league stars. Frank locke wise and unravelled the old saw" Money talks" Why, We have | money to burn back of us, he went on. 'I see the old league has placed a salary | limit of g, 800 for each team Well. we in- init at Con al | Carnes agreed before we left on this trip to put S0,OO0 behind each team in the | league to see that they ran the season through. When we want a good man we offer him $50 to 500 more than the aid league will pay and money will get any | of 'em."
 Gilks was on hand with Frank and sta. | ted that up to date he had signed eight | men for the Savannah team next year.
 He refused to give their names until later on In the season. One of the porters at
 the hotel last night stated that Gilks did not leave with Frank, but at late hour
 was seen crawling out on the roof A
 thorough search of his room at the Ara
 gon showed that the rubber shoes were
 missing, so 1t Is supposed that he jumped
 from the roof into Savannah at an early
 hour this morning.
 | Marvellous tales were told around the
 Aragon last night of Gilkss ability along | this line. It was stated that with no | apparent effort he would jump from his room on the top floor to the hotel lobby,
 taking second jump any part of the
 city. Little credit however is given this
 rumor among sporting men in the city, | although the fact remains that he is cred
 ited with a jump from Mobile to Savan- | nah, which is much more difficult
 Frank and Homer George were of the 1 opinion that work on the new park would
 begin about February l in this city.
 The question now is how much of this
 is pipe dream, and how much straight
 fact If Frank has signed for his organ i1af ha a hGf of YNIa q "a n
 easily put the old league out of business
 shortly. On the other hand supporters
 of the old league say that the whole af- l