The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-30
MONTGOMERY AND
 MOBILE IN LEAGUE
Baseball Meeting at Little Rock
 Was We'll Attended
WILL MEET HERE DEC. 15
Committee Appointed to Go to Mem phis With Full Power to Act In Regard to Putting In
 New Club.

Little Rock, Ark, October 29.-The Southern Baseball association, at it's meeting here this afternoon and tonight, decided to add Montgomery and Mobile to it's circuit for 1903. making the associa- tion consist of ten clubs, namely: New Orleans. Shreveport, Little Rock, Mem phis, Nashville. Chattanooga, Birming- ham, Montgomery, Mobile and Atlanta. In the matter of the Memphis club committee of three consisting of J. M. Palmer of Nashville Tenn; J. A. Ira wick of Little Rock, and J. M. Foster of Shreveport, with President William Kavanaugh as ex-offcio chairman, was appointed with full power to act on the matter of putting in a club at Memphis. This committee will go to Memphis and canvass the situation within the next ten days.
 Present at the meeting were: President William Kavanaugh and Secretary Treasurer J. B. Nicklin. Nashville-J. M. Palmer, president of the Nashville association.
 Chattanooga-Mims Hightower and D. B. Loomis
 shreveport-J. M. Foster. ". T. Craw-
 
 Atlanta-E. T. Peters.
 Birmingham-Coffee Jackson.
 Little Rock-C. Perrie. John H. Martin, Harry A. Peckham, M J. Finn and J. A. Trawick.
 Memphis was not represented.
 There were no representatives from Mobile and Montgomery.
 A committee of three on auditing the secretary-treasurer' books was ap- pointed.
 The opening session was devoted mainly to a discussion of the Memphis contro- versy. MT. Palmer of Nashville urged efforts to adjust all differences and ad- voeated the appointment of a committee to confer with the officers of the Mem phis association to that end. The opinion appeared to prevail that Memphis was needed in the league to break the jump between the eastern and western points. The entire situation was discussed at length and in executive session tonight the appointment of the committee, which is given plenary power. was decided up- on. It was decided to hold a meeting at Birmingham December 15, at which time officers will be elected and the salary limit question taken up.
 President Kavanaugh was instructed to
 
 and invite them to do their preseason training In the south.
 The pennant for 1902 was unanimously awarded to the Nashville club.
 The meeting adjourned at a late hour tonight.
 The alleged shortage of s16OO of ex- President R. W. Kent was brought be- fore the meeting, since he is now in this territory working against the old league, and after extended discussion was de- ferred until the December meeting.
 The salary limit question was brought up and deferred until the December meeting. President Kavanaugh was in- structed to write to the manager of the big league teams asking for dates with Southern league teams next March and April Nashville was shown to be delin- quent $S48.46 to the sinking fund and Memphis $313.40.
 Sunday Ball Question.
 Secretary Nieklin read a letter from l the Memphis Baseball Park association asking that they be remunerated for ex- penses alleged to have been incurred in l fighting the movement there against l Sunday ball. The total amount was about $650 of which the most interesting item was one of $350 claimed to be due Caruthers Ewing for services as attor- ney. The letter concluded with the re- quest that they be sent check for a little over $500, which they alleged to be balance due from the league Secre- tary Nicklin read a letter from the leagues attorney at Chattanooga telling the status of all suits against the league and its members.
 The damage suits against Powell and others at Chattanooga would come up Saturday and be heard at the January term of court if the Memphis association filed Its declaration. It seemed to be the belief of the attorneys that Memphis would this week dismiss all her suits ex- cept the one to attach the guarantee fund at Nashville.
 The official standing of the clubs fol- low: