The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04

At Memphis-Little Rock, 2: Mem
 At rmingham-AtIanta. 3; Birming- ham. l.
 Games Today. At New Orleans-Shreveport and New Orleans.
 At Memphis-Little Rock ard Mem phis.
 The baseball situation in Montgom- cry was settled for good and all yes- terday afternoon.
 w. H. Ragland. owner of the fran ohise. sold it. fixtures, appurtenances who acted as agent for the Montgom- cry Traction Company When the pa pers had been signed the transfer of the franchise was put in the name Of F.. E. Winters, General Manager of the Montgomery Traction Company. This means that the game will hereafter be played at Athletic Park.
 When the ball players gathered down town yesterday morning 1t was plain that trouble was brewing. Wher ever there was a knot of ball players thin stream of sulphurous smoke could be. seen ascending. The mutter ings of the players grew louder and louder until finally they stated in lar- guage decidedly more emphatic than polite that they would refuse to play another game of ball until they had lOOkeu OH the COlOT OI SOmeDOQY S money. A double header had been ad- vertised with the Nashville team for yesterday afternoon and these state ments fell like a bombshell in certain quarters.
 Drew Up Contract.
 Meantime lawyers representing the Montgomery Traction Company had been quietly engaged In holding con versations over the long distance tele- phone with Judge Kavanaugh in Little nol hNt, Q Nt.Ir zI~ .r.- the members of the Montgomery team went to the office of the Montgomery Street Railway, where w. H. Ragland B. Strasburger and others had preceded them. MT. Strasburger who, in his de- sire to straighten the tangle and keep baseball in Montgomery, had given the entire day to the matter, read a contract that he had drawn. The con tract was in effect that W. H. Ragland sold his baseball stock and franchise to B. Strasburger as agent, the contract expressly stipulating that Mir. Ragland would have no connection with the Montgomery Street Railway in dispos- ing of his franchise. This was assent ed to and signed by MT. Ragland who then carried it down to his lawyers to see that there could be no legal entan- elements.
 The announcement was made that as soon as Mir Ragland had signed tho final transfer, the ball players would be paid by the new owners of the fran chise The players still held to their resolve not to play until they had been paid. It was getting along in the shank of the afternoon and a telephone message was sent to the ball grounds 10 hold the crowd and the second game of the advertised double header would De played, Umpire Latham having for feited the first game to Nashville by a score of 9 to o.
 It was about o'clock when a second message was sent to the grounds that the Montgomery team would not go out ana Umpire Latham forfeited the sec. ond game also to Nashville, the Fisher men having been on the grounds work ing all the time.
 Mir. Ragland Is Out.
 Finally about 5:30 o'clock Mir. Rag Iand went through Dexter Avenue ac- companied by Major R. E. Steiner, local attorney for the Montgomery Traction company. M. Ragland had signed the papers and the franchise was out of his hands. He no longer had the slieht : ball. Oase
 Major Steiner stoped and spoke to Manager O'Brien of the Pretzels who turned to the ball players present and told them to follow him to the office of tne Montgomery Traction Company on Montgomery Street. On arriving at the Traction Companys office a scene was presented that brought a smile to the races Of the badly treated bali play CTS for the first time in some days On table in one corner of the room was oanked a pile of good. green money and much neatly stacked silver Harry manners made a slide for first and @ @pelcheo himself on this table with amazing contentment
 ne oayrolls were ready and Secre- tary Lyons of the Traction Company called out the name of each player in rotation and gave him his money. not Tn checks but in cash.
 There is a ruIa in tho co,,.hn. League that a franchise cannot be in the name of a street railway company ana Tor this reason the franchise yes terday was put in the name of Major t;o E F.; winters. the Montgomery Trac- ton company being really behind It as they were during the 1904 season.
 Major Winters said that all neces- sary repairs would be made at Athletic Park the fences put back to the regu- iatton distance and the grounds nut In perfect condition
 The remaining games this season VIII De played at Athletic Park though all contracts made by Mir. Ragland will De faithfully observed. As to the poI,cy next year several changes are looked for. The principal thing. how eyer Is that baseball Is a fixture in Montgomery and for many years to come the games will be played on the Pickett Springs line.
 Just after paying off the team yes
 
 them a short talk, telling them that he intended to have baseball run on clean, orderly basis, and that as long as the players conducted themselves in q gentlemanlY manner everything would be all right
 It Is said that 5000 was paid for the Montgomery franchise. The in terested persons declined to disclose the figures.
 KavnnauEh Delighted.
 telephone message was received from President KaVanaugh of the Southern League by the new owners of the franchise last night in which he expressed his qualification at the turn affairs had taken and that he was delighted that the matter was settled and the franchise would stay In Mont gomery.
 The local team leaves today for Birmingham where they play two games tomorrow-Labor Day-and one the day after. Then Birmingham comes to Athletic Park for Thursday. Friday and Saturday; Little Rock Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday. Then the team jumps to Memphis for the transferred games, back to Montgom- cry Tor three games with Shreveport on the l9, 20 and 21 and then tn Nav