The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
MUCH DEPENDS ON
 BASEBALL MEETING
Annual Gathering of MagnateS
 in Atlanta Tomorrow
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UP
Birmingham Will Make a Fight to Have the Season End in the East Next Season Instead
 of the West.

The annual meeting of the Southern Baseball league will be held tomorrow in Atlanta and though the election of of- ficers is practically cut and dried there will be several interesting questions to settle.
 Judge W. M. Kavanaugh of Little Rock will undoubtedly be elected president, secretary and treasurer without change in salary. The present salary of the president is 5000.
 Other matters to be discussed will be the retention or rejection of Montgomery in the league Chattanooga is hot after the franchise and a lively fight is ex- peeted. It is claimed that the anti-sun- day baseball law has put Montgomery In a position where the sport will not pay
 It is probable that the season will be heightened considerably. the opening games being played about April 15 and the closing games in October.
 ouesto7 ot Schedule.
 The question of greatest importance to Birmingham will be that of schedule. The eastern teams will make fight to have
  games have been played in the west for the past three years. This is very im- portant as the eastern teams have al- ways been placed at disadvantage both financially and in point of standing.
 Secretary Farrell of the National Asso- citation of Baseball clubs announces in ms bulletin for last month that Birmingham has accepted the contract of Fred Brown, a relief catcher and outfelder. Manager OBrien has written the officers Of the association that Brown Is one of the best minor league ball players in the country.
 Other Contracts.
 Other contracts are announced by Sec retary Farrell as follows:
 Little Rocl1--John Perrine, H. M Grubb, Isom S. Jones and s. Magee.
 Atanta-E. G. Hardie, Eddie Piess and J. J. Clark.
 Nashville-L. c. Gardner, Andy Roth, Holmes, Ali Jones, Nickens, S. B. Bar mum.
 Terms Accepted--With Little Rock, John J Crockett and w c. Moore. With Birmingham, Fred Brown and Charlie Blackburn With Nashville, Drew.
 Selected by Draft--Toledo A. Brouthers of New Orleans.
 Releaeed-By Galveston to Atlanta, Ed die Peiss, E. G. Hardy; Springfield, Kan, to Little Rock, Johns Perrine; Evansville to Nashville. D. J. Willis; Cairo to Nash- yille Tom Smith, Houston to Nashville, Clarence Nelson
 Reinstated by Southern league-U Umpire Carpenter.
 Additional reservations-By Nashville, J. A. Wiseman.
 Newt Fisher has signed Outfielder Ken nedy of the Birmingham team of last year to play with Nashville the coming season. Knoll, Parrott and Kennedy will probably make up the outfield for the Fishermen. Kennedy has been playing with a football team this winter in Jack sonville
 Harry OHagans of Newark has been signed by Abner Powell to fill Bob Staff fords place at first base on the Atlanta team next season.
 Milwaukee May Get In.
 Milwaukee, Wis. December 13.--A re- port is in circulation in this city today to the effect that Mlwaukee's chances for being represented in the American league next season are very favorable. The Milwaukee Sentinel has information that an offer for the purchase of the De- troit franchise has been made by Mill waulxee man, and is favorably consid- cred, and it is said the powers in the American league favor placing Milwaukee in the circuit.
 Babb Goes to Brooklyn.
 New York, December 13.-Manager Me Graw of the New York National League Baseball club announced tonight that William Dahlen, the Brooklyn shortstop, had been exchanged to the New York na- tionals for Pitcher Jack Cronin and Shortstop Charles Babb.
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