The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-21
NOTHING YET DONE FOR
BASEBALL NEXT SEASON
Statement That an Outlaw League Was Formed at
Meeting in Montgomery Absolutely
Without Foundation.

Ing on in this lofty strain, Mr.. Ewing
ruthlessIy disposes OF Alb Powell, Char
lie Frank to have the management OF the
new league In New Orleans, while the
$4,000 beauty. Theodore Breitenstein,
will manage the Memphis end OF the con-
Germ. just who is to take the franchises
in Montgomery, Mobile. Atlanta, BirmlDg-
ham, ETC., In the new league, Colonel
Ewing is not kind enough to state-per-
haps such a small matter as that is I'M
material however.
While the matter OF the management
in the new league Is shrouded In mystery
It seems TO be as clear as a bell in the
Southern League. Powell has already Sc
cured the franchise in Mobile and Bobby
Gilks has already been signed to map-
age the team there. In Montgomery as
but there Is a reasonable certainty that
this city will be a member OF the l9tS
Southern League, certain men IN this
city having already put up $500 as COCO
pany will, It is Understood, build ball
park at Pickett Springs and the present
Street Railway people have, OF course
the old ball grounds at Highland PARK
and the Southern League have been made
to the Traction Company and while MOTH
ing definite has been done either way
and will not until after the December
meeting of the Southern League-t is
pretty safe to say that II there is any
ball there next season 1t will not be by
franks new league. The same thing ap-
plies to the Montgomery Street Railway
as nothing in that direction mas peeh
Ed Peter cleared a snug sum of money
in Atlanta the past season and 1t Is rea.
sonable to suppose that he Will not xii
the goose that laid the golden egg COZ
fee Jackson also made money In BIZ
mingham and ii is presumable that ne
will hang on there for at least one more
season. In Little Rock Finn was one OF
the biggest money makers of the league
and he has already stated that ne IN,
tends doing business at the same old
stand next season. This disposes of New
Orleans. Mobile. Montgomery, Atlanta.
Birmingham and Little Rock with the
franchises at Memphis and Nashville to
be disposed Of by the Southern League
Now for Frank to place opposition clubs
in these towns would Re farcical IN tne
extreme. Even two clubs in the Dig CIT
les of the East Is losing game and OF
course trying the same thing In the
smaller cities of the South would mean
very curtailed affair. 1t would mean the
survival of the fittest and in every town
somebody would cry calf rope before
the season was started well. OF course
Il could not be done in the old days be-
fore the American League broke into
baseball and the National gave protectlQn
to the minor leagues. It was a one-sid-
National and costly experience for the
minor leagues. When the American
branched out all this was changed-tne
minor leagues formed an association and
gave themselves protection-a far better
srrangement than the old plan. Now the
southern is a member of this Association
and FRANKS plan is to get protection
from Ban Johnson's American League.
In other words make his league a farm
for the American castoffs. Under the old
National plan a club having protection
could not be encroached on by another
club in the same town or within limit
of Ave miles-now it is kind of free-for-
all. ~,
The situation in a nutshell is this: No
meeting has been held in Montgomery
as was stated in the telegram from Mem
phis and nothing will be done &9re until
after the Southern League meeting in De-
cember Absolutely nothing has been
done here and nothing will be done for
some months. Squire Brown.