The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
KAVANAUGHS ULTIMATUM RE-
 GARDING MONTGOMERY MIDDLE
Trouble Will Be Reported to League at the Meeting in New Orleans Saturday Some Very
 Interesting Correspondence.

There is no longer the -faintest signs Of | ambiguity in the minds of the Montgom- local baseball muddle. The matter is as clear as the monday summer sun and ] will remain so in their minds, whatever the outcome may be. Judge Kavanaugh, | in most pronounced and emphatic lan- guage, declared the Palmer-Dickens re- port invalid. His proposition while in Montgomery is so thoroughly known as | not to need revamping now. Mir. Rag land agreed to it, and Mir. Semmes de- murred. The following correspondence is self-explanatory: - Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 14th, 1908. MT. Wallace Screws, Jr., Montgomery, Dear Sir-I enclose herewith copy of a | letter which I have today written to MT. Semmes. Get copy of joint letter mailed letters explain my position in regard to the Montgomery matter. and you have my authority to use them in any manner you see fit. Very truly yours.
 | w..M. Kavanaugh.
 President. (Copy)
 Mir Raphael Semmes, Montgomery, Ala: Dear Sir-I am in receipt of your tele- gram of the 18th instant as follows: "Un- der agreement award was to be final. No l approval required. In reply | beg to say | that the award was no award at all, De- l cause it was not made in accordance with | tuo LSFIliS OI the tScW OficuS aSicchrht. At least that is the ruling I shall make, | as President of the Southern Association. | Of course, the Association may overruie me in the matter. That is their privilege | and I cannot deny 1t to them, but my | opinion is that when they understand the | situation they will take the same view | of it as 1 do, namely: That it was no | award at all because 1t was not made in leans agreement. I am very sorry that | you did not see fit to accept my sugges- | ton made at Montgomery. It certainly was fair, and would have ended the con- | troversy, The Association will meet at
 New Orleans next Saturday, and the
 whole matter will then be decided one | way or the other. Very truly yours.
 iSigneO W. M. Kavanaugh, President. The joint letter referred to is as follows,
 and the baseball fate of Montgomery for | the season of 1903 rests with the directors
 '' Feby. 18th 1903. | Messrs W. H. Ragland and Raphael Semmes, Montgomery, Ala:
 Gentlemen-When I left you on Wednes- day evening 1t was my fond hope that you | would agree to accept the suggestion | which had made, but on yesterday after noon, about 3:30 o'clock, I received the following telegram from Mir. Semmes: | After consultation, concluded to stand | on arbitration decision rendered by Palm
 will not be approved. Matter must be de- | cided in accordance with New Orleans | agreement, or my suggestion of yester- | day. at once or franchise will be trans | ferred elsewhere. Answer" 1 have not | up to this hour, 1 D. m., received a reply | to that telegram. I, therefore, am forced | to conclude that Mir. Semmes refuses to | arbitrate the matter in the manner which | l have suggested. stated to you gen.
 tlemen, I thought, very plainly and em- | phatically at Montgomery, that the Palmer Dickens agreement would not be | approved by mo as an arbitration agree l ment, for it was not an arbitration agree | ment. Neither one of the parties was. | under the circumstances, eligible to serve. | therefore their decision could not receive my approval, unless it was satisfactory to | both of the parties interested. am very sorry indeed that MT. Semmes Is not will ing to leave the matter to a committee of people in his own city, or to unbiased persons connected with the league. As l stated to you gentlemen at Montgomery
 my opinion is that it is toss up'' be- | tween the respective parks which you
 offer, and Is, therefore, a matter for mu-
 tual agreement between you, or arbitra- | ton. No agreement having been reached
 ter to the league at the meeting to be
 held in New Orleans on the 21st instant
 and recommend to them that they settle
 the matter in any manner they may sec fit. You gentlemen have had two months l In which to arrive at a settlement, and
 have failed to do so. It. therefore, af
 lords the league an opportunity to term.
 lnate the membership granted to you, and
 to transfer 1t elsewhere. Of course, ir
 that case, the money which you have paid
 to the league will be returned to you
 This Is to notify you that if you do not
 reach an agreement before the meeting
 which is to be held in New Orleans or
 the Fist instant, will submit the matter
 to the league, together with my report.
 of course, will submit at the same timt
 the Palmer-Dinkens agreement, with my
 reasons for refusing to approve 1t. I re
 gret very much that the matter has as
 stunned the shape that 1t has, but as Pres
 ident of the Association. I can see nc
 other line of action open to me-
 | Very truly yours,
 w. M. Kavanaugh,
 | President. Several proposed changes in the base
 ball rules will be discussed and passed