The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-22
GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK
SOUTHERN LEAGUE MEETING
SUNDAY.
While Directors Met at East Lake
and Fine Clubs Playing with
st. Vrain or Frank Memphis
Attorneys Secure Injunction

Speaking Of the meeting Of the Southern
League in Birmingham Sunday The Age
Herald says:
After being sought in vain by attorneys
and two Deputy Sheriffs armed with writs
of injunction three members of the Board
OF Directors OF the Southern Association
OF Baseball Clubs met in a dressing room
terday afternoon and decided to impose
fine Of 800 upon every club in the league
which played Nth Memphis while either
Charles Frank or Pitcher st. Vrain were
In the game.
Those present at the meeting were Abb
ner Powell of New Orleans. Coffee e.
Jackson of Birmingham, E. I. Peter OF
Atlanta, F. F. Parrie of Little Rock and
r. e. Pritchard of Chattanooga. The
last two named had no voice In the de-
Iiberations and were there as spectators
only.
While this meeting was in progress At
torney Caruthers Ewing of Memphis and
Judge B. M. Allen of Birmingham were
after h quick drive to the residence of
Judge A. A. Coleman secured a writ re-
straining the board from taking any &C.
ton tending to the expulsion or injury OF
the Memphis club.
with copies of this writ in their pos
session Deputy Sheriffs Thompson and
Love began a vigorous search for. the
directors and their place of meeting. but
visit to all the hotels failed to reveal
their whereabouts and the attorneys and
officers had to quietly await the return
Of he baseball magnates to the city.
Writ Served at O'clock.
About 5 o'clock the entire party alight-
ed from an East Lake car at Second Ave-
nue. and Nineteenth Street and were i'm
me6iately spied by the deputies who hail
junction papers. Abner Powell was the
first man served and after casually glanc-
ing over the formidable looking paper a
smile fitted over the New Orleans man.
are about twenty minutes late" Coffee
E. Jackson was the next to get paper
and when he had placed the document in
his coat pocket the officers looked for
Mr.. Peter but the gentleman from Allan
Ia had disappeared.
Neither of the attorneys nor the off,
GERS knew Mr.. Peter and could not fnd
him. At a late hour last night he had
not been served. 1t Is said. however, he
walked into the hotel lobby without any
intention of evading the officers and later
could not be located.
. The lawyers representing the Memphis
club and Manager Frank were under the
impression that Memphis was to be
thrown out of the league and framed their
injunction to principally cover that point
The board did not attempt to expell
Memphis and their attorney claims that
Judge Colemans order will not in any
manner affect their action as they were
merely carrying out an order issued by
Secretary Farrell of the National Asso-
citation of Minor Baseball Leagues. The
writ of injunction as issued by Judge
Coleman is as follows:
The Writ of Injunction.
State of Alabama, jefferson County-tn
CChancery. Fifth District. Northern
Chancery Division:
To Any Sheriff of the State of Alabama.
Greeting:
We command you. without delay, that
you execute this writ. and due ret lrn
thereof how you have exseuted the same
make to us at term of court of Chan
Gerry to be held in Birmingham, Ala, on
the fourth Monday in July. 1902.
w. C. Garrett
Register in Chancery.
The Southern Association of Baseball
Clubs, partnership or association made
up Of baseball clubs from the cities of
Birmingham. Ala, Atlanta. Ca. Little
Rock, Ark. New Orleans. La. Shreve-
P Poc La Ten Mashys T NoRn and cnatta
thereof and Secretary Treasurer; Abner
Powell. c. e. Jackson, E. T. Peter,
Board of Directors and managers respec-
lively ,of the New Orleans. Birmingham
and Atlanta lbasebafr clubs
Whereas. the Memphis Baseball Club,
Tennessee corporation. has this day
filed a bill OF complaint in our said court
OF chancery against you. the above named
parties. praying among other things that
you, and each of you, be enjoined. that
10 that the Southern Association of Base
ball Clubs, the Board of Directors there
OF, the various clubs and managers NAM
ed, be enJoined. from taking any action
or making any orders or doing any thing
interfering with or impeding or hindering
the rights of the Memphis Baseball Club
to continue to play baseball in the South
ern Association of baseball clubs and
with the clubs constituting the same and
n xyntI 70 ~ a.
strained from expelling, attempting to
expel or enforcing or attempting to en-
force or promulgate any order or action
of forfeiture or expulsion.
And. whereas. on said bill being eXhib-
tied to the Houored A. A. Coleman
Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of
Alabama on the 10Th day of July. 1902
he did order that upon complaints enter
ing into bonds with sureties in the sum
| OF $500 and approved by the Register OF
this Court, payable to and conditioned
according to law, writ of injunction is.
| sued out of said court according to the
prayer of said bill.
And. whereas bond has been given as
required by said order, these therefore
/ are to command and strictly enjoin yoI
| from taking any action or making any
orders or doing anything interfering will
| or impeding or hindering the rights o
| the. Memphis Club to continue to pla!
| baseball in the Southern Association o
1 Baseball Clubs. and with the clubs con
shutting the same: tnat you are ans
enjoined from expelling, attempting T.
expell or enforcing or attempting to en-
1 force or promulgate any order or actio
| or forfeiture or expulsion against sal
| Memphis Baseball Club until further or
| ders from this court and this you vii
| in no wise omit unde- penalties, etc.
| Witness, w. c. Garrett, Register of sal
Court of Chancery, at office in Birmins
| ham, Ala. this the 10th day of July 19o-
/ ssid writ being issued en- this date b
| order of judge by fiat.
w. c. Garrett. Register.
Issued July 20. 1902.
No Feeling Against Memphis.
Coffee F. jackson. one of the director
] said last night:
| The owners Of the Memphis club an
their attorneys are laboring under a mis-
| taken apprehension as to purpose OF To
| days meeting and the genral feeling o
| the board toward Memphis. We do no
| wish to do either Charlie Frank or Mem
phis an injury. but We are merely at
| tempting to force him to abide by tn
law and constitution of the league so tina
we can preserve the standing OF tn
Southern League in the National Asso
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