The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
Labor Day Game Here.


 According to Charlie Frank Mont gomery will get one holiday game at Athletic Park this summer. The Peli- can mogul says that the Labor Day The Picayune quoting him as follows:
 Charles Frank, manager of the Pel- jeans, returned yesterday morning from Shreveport, where he attended a meet ing of the Schedule Committee held in that city on Wednesday.
 The meeting was in itself rather brief affair owing to the seriou4 ill- ness of President Kavanaugh's broth CT, who was taken sick with a pro- nounced case of pneumonia just before Judge Kavanaugh left forfShreveport. This made the President in a hurry to get back to Little Rock, and the loss of the bill providing for Sunday base ball in Arkansas cities made Judge Kavanaugh's schedule a little out of line.
 Kavanaugh compared the two sched- ules they had drawn up and selected the best points from each of these documents. Newt Fisher, the other member of the Committee, was delayed by snow and ice, and could not reach Shreveport from Nashville until just before the other baseball officials were starting for home. copy of the two schedules was left with Bob Gilks to
 Tt has been decided that the Fourth of July games shall be played in Att lanta, Nashville, Birmingham and New Orleans, and the Labor Day games in Memphis, Little Rock, Shreveport and Montgomery.
 owing to the unlooked-for defeat of the Sunday baseball law in Arkansas. 1t is possible that d plan will be reached which will allow games to be played in New Orleans and Memphis nearly every Sunday of the season. Teams will be scheduled to jump to these two cities, for the League is anX- ious to give the Sunday towns as many games as possible.
 Tt has not been definitely decided which teams will open In the various cities, but most likely Shreveport will come down to this city for the start ing of the season on April 19, Little Rock will go over to Memphis, Nash vile to Atlanta and Montgomery to Birmingham.
 These clubs are divided in this man. ner in order that teams may be kept in about the same climate in which they have spent their training season. For instance, if Shreveport were sent to Memphis inc change in climate would naturally prove Injurious to the Shreveport ball players, and Sbreve- port would be the closest city to New Orleans in making rne jump.
 Judge Kavanaugh has promised Manager Frank that he will arrive in this city for the opening of the season If there is no serious illness in his family. Judge Kavanaughs brother Is sheriff of Little Rock.
 Umpire Carpenter. who was looked upon as the best man in the League g. couple of seasons ago, will arrive here by the end of the present month and umpire the exhibition series. He will also remain in New Orleans for the opening of the season.
 Manager Frank received a wire from Phil Nadeau, the fast outfielder. dated Fresno. Cal, in which that play CT states that he left for New Orleans last Sunday and should arrive here this morning over the Southern Pacific. Second Baseman Beck will also reach here in the next day or two from Port land.
 Connie Mack. the well known base ball manager. has written Manager Frank that the famous Rube Walden. one of the best known baseball pitch CTS in the country, will be slated for the first Sunday game in New Orleans.
 The Pelican team Is expected to reach the city in the next two weeks. Manager Frank has about completed arrangements for a hard hitting first baseman and another infelder He will have twenty men on hand by the opening of the exhibition season. Yes terday letter came from George Fox. the Pelican catcher, in which he asked Manager Frank to send on a contract for his signature. Fox has been hold ing out little of late.
 While in Shreveport Manager Frank completed deal for the sale of Evans.