The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
PEACE IS AGREED ON
SOUTHERN BASEBALL WAR
 WILL END.
Montgomery Gets a Franchise in the League and Chattanooga Will Be Left Out of the
 Circuit.


 Be Left Out of the Circuit. Birmlnghc m, Ala, Dec. 15.--After a day | of wrangling and numerous causes, the warning factions of the Southern Baseball League got together tonight and adjusted all differences. The agreement will be ratified at . meeting of the board of directors to be held at 9 o'clock tomor- | row morning. The terms of the settle ment are as follows: Chattanooga will be dropped from the circuit.
 Montgomery. is taken in the league and the franchise awarded to the promoters | of the new league club. Shreveport will be retained in the as- sociation and, as compromise. Bobby Gilkes, who held the Savannah franchise has been given the place of manager for two years.
 Savannah and Mobile will be dropped.
 The Memphis club is reinstated and Charles Frank will be put in good stand ing with the national board The Southern Association assumes all obligations made by the promoters of the new league, and will take care of players | who have been signed. All advance money to players will be refunded to the persons paying It.
 The settlement was brought about prin- cipally by President Kavanaugh, James Palmer of Nashville and Caruthers Ewing of Memphis.
 It view of the dropping of Chattanooga, 1t Is probable t at another secretary treasurer will be elected to succeed K. B. Nicklin and an effort will be made to have league headquarters, the secretary's office, established at Birmingham on ac- count of its central location geographi- cally.
 
 ry J. B. Micklin said that Montgomery was fully entitled to representation in the meeting of the board of directors of the regular Southern Association.
 The Southern Association of baseball clubs met here today and there was a full representation. Every city in the league which had a team last year has representative or two in the meeting. besides those cities which. which have 6ssn keen who held franchises in the proposed new league were also here at the scratch and were mingling with the old league people before the meeting began.
 By o'clock this morning 1t was evil dent that there would be a large and in- teresting meeting. The different people interested on the subject were to be seen about the Florence and Hillman Hotel Hobbies. and though the meeting had been fixed for 10 o'clock, no effort was made to get together at that time. There were various matters to be discussed, and so President Kavanaugh announced at that tour that postponement would be taken until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
 Many fans of Birmingham were hang ing around in the hopes of getting all the information possible. The various me embers were chatted with in the hopes of getting some details of what was go- ing to happen. At noon the statement was made by one of the gentlemen as fol- lows: There is no telling what is like ltx tA kn ly~ tAnk Ae going to take place fn this meeting"
 The following people were present to participate or watch the proceedings of the league meeting:
 Old League:
 President. w. M. Kavanaugh of Little Rock; J. B. Nicklin of Chattanooga, Sec retary.
 Little Rock-James Martin, James A. Gray, Mike J. Finn, Aaron Frank.
 Nashville-Newt Fisher and J. H. Palmer.
 shreveport-James M. Foster, Jr., and Leon I. Kahn.
 Birmingham-Coffee E. Jackson. F. G. Shepherd. J. w. Mcqueen. Charlton il. Morgan.
 chattanooga-M. Hightower and W. H.
 New orleans-H D. Newman and As- Mobile~Joihn F. Kelly.
 Montgomery-W. H. Ragland and B. l.. Holt.
 New League:
 caruthers Ewing and Charles Frank of Memphis.
 Homer George of Atlanta.
 W. c. Pickens of Birmingham.
 Robert Gilks of Savannah.
 R. Semmes of Montgomery.
 The statement is made that MT. Semmes of Montgomery came to Birmingham on a telegram from MT. Ewing, who has represented MT. Frank all along in the troubles in the Southern League and for that reason conclusion was arrived at that the members of the proposed new league were summoned here in case of their being needed.
 Be that as it may, the chatting at noon was in very mixed order. It became nosed about that the Shreveport people would fight against their being dropped and that legal papers had been secured to present such an end.
 The gentlemen who came here to the meeting were careful in what they said.
 Newt Fischer was not seen in close communication with the other members of the League. He appeared to be nurs- ing something which he intended spring ing at the proper moment. He holds on to the Nashville franchise with both hands and when seen and asked why he has occupied a plank on the fence said: T find that had the best position of all. l belonged to an order once which roast ed a can0lQat0 TOT certain things. knew that if l took a side I would be roasted by the other. So. I have kept real quiet and am here today ready to defend what have a right to-
 President Kavanaugh stated early to- day that everything would come out all right. He felt confident that the league would be placed on better footing than ever before and that the coming season would be the most active and most pros porous of any ever seen in the South in baseball.
 Coffee E. Jackson said: "I am glad the meeting has come off, We will know exactly where we stand Chattanooga people believe that I have had it in for them when I say positively that up to to- day at noon I knew nothing definitely of the Memphis agreement and was in possession of those facts only which the Associated Press and correspondents fur nished the newspapers. I was just es anxious today to hear the particulars of the settlement as any one"
 James M. Foster. Jr., of Shreveport. stated that he did not cone here to see his franchise taken away from him de- liberately and that the man who laughed last would probably have the best laugh. John F. Kelly of Mobile, gave out the statement early today that he had re- ceived a franchise from the Southern League and had posted his money there for and he expected to be treated right or know the reason why. It was the concensus of opinion that l when the meeting opened 1t would find | much interest being taken and no little | speculation as to what was going to be |