The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-17
Slate Went Through Without
 SembIance of a Hitch
EAVANAUGH IS REFLECTED
Is President, Secretary and Treasurer, With Salary of $25oo and an AL Iowance of $500 for Office
 Expenses-A Lovefeast.
N@ IrHour a hitch the baseball

organized and rejuvenated Southern league adjourned yesterday afternoon in an atmosphere of harmony.
 As agreed in the caucus of the pre- vious night Chattanooga was dropped from the circuit and Montgomery given the franchise. Shreveport was retained and Bobby Giks given the management. In Montgomery the promoters of both clubs have gotten together and both fac lions will have hand in the sport.
 After disposing of the Shrer eport-Chat- tanooga controversy the election of of ficers took place and resulted as follows; President and tary-Treasurer-W. M. Kavanaugh, Little Rock.
 Vice President-Hart D. Neuman, New Orleans.
 Board of Directors James Palmer. Nashville; J. M Foster, Shreveport; Ca ruthers Ewing, Memphis; Coffee Jackson Birmingham.
 Trustees-J w. Mcqueen, Birmingham; Aaron Frank, Little Rock; b. A. Lond- say, Nashville.
 It was decided to increase the Presi- dent Secretary -Treasurer's salary to $25OO with an allowance of $500 for office ex- penses.
 The salary limit question was not dis cussed and the present limit of Sl2Oo is supposed to be in force.
 At 1:3O o'clock all financial matters had been satisfactorily adjusted and the most important meeting in the history of southern baseball broke up in a love feast Men who had been watching each other for two days like gladiators in bastile arena went from the Florence hotel with arms interlocked and chuck ling over the good sport expected next season.
 Charles Frank and Caruthers Ewing left for Memphis on an early morning train but were represented at the meet ing by James Palmer of Nashville. With the exception of tne Chattanoogans, who unfortunately had to be sacrificed, not a dissatisfied man was found in baseball circles last night. The opinion of the most partisan magnates on both sides of the famous controversy is "dogfall."
 Meeting in Detail.
 President Cavanaugh called the meet ing to order shortly after 1 o'clock
 The first business to be taken up was the reinstatement of Memphis. MT. Palmer moved that the appeal of the Memphis club for reinstatement be allow ed MT. Hightower of Chattanooga asked for a roll call on the adoption of the Palmer motion. The result was ayes ', nays O.
 MT. Palmer was admitted as the proxy of the Memphis Baseball Park associa- tion in the meeting.
 About Chattanooga.
 MT Palmer then said that only one un- pleasant thing had occurred, and that was the dropping of Chattanooga. He then moved that the membership of this club be terminated for business reasons, according to section 10, article of the constitution of the association. This motion was reduced to writing.
 MT Hightower asked if the constitution did not provide that written charges must be filed for expulsion. The president ruled that according to the constitution this was not necessary. 'I think that we are entitled to consideration in this matter" said MT. Hightower, and l de- sire to say that I shall contest every point presented at this meeting he said
 The Attendance.
 The secretary said that the total att tendance at Chattanooga last season was something like 22,2O0
 The motion to exclude Chattanooga was then adopted by a vote of to 1, Shreve- port voting against the motion. Chatta- II nooga did not vote. Mir Hart Newman of New Orleans H moved that steps be taken to reimburse H Chattanooga of any funds spent to fur H thor the cause of baseball in that city for the season of 1903. This was carried.
 Peace Agreement. H MT Palmer moved that the Mernhis neace agreement now in the hands of the H president and duly signed by the commit H tee be ratified.
 H MT. Newman suggested that as the vote H was being taken that each representative H of the association sign the document.
 The motion of MT. Palmer was seconded by MT Powell and was adopted. H The regular order of business was then Il taken up.
 H Aaron Frank. representing the associa- H ton in the National Association of Minor Il Leagues, made statement relative to Il the New York meeting.
 President Kavanaugh, of the board of Il arbitration of the National association, Il told of his recent visit to Chicago, at Il which time he said: We accomplished Il great things, and as a result we will have | better and cleaner ball in the future I II think 1t was really the best weeks work H I have done"
 H Amendments to the constitution on III playing rules Wtut ONeI uillil d SuDSe- Il uuent meeting.
 Election of Officers.
 The election of officers was the next or Il der of business.
 Il Mr. Palmer nominated MT Kavanaugh H for reelection as the president. He paid | high tribute to the executive officer, | and the nomination was greeted with | applause. Upon motion of MT. Powell the H duties of secretary and treasurer were K imposed upon the president and the re- H tiring secretary and treasurer, J. D. IF Nicklin. was instructed to cast the entire H vote of the association for Judge Kavan- N augh.
 H In accepting, President Kavanaugh said H that he intended to put an end to any H lcontinued on Second Page)