The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-25

The schedule in it's entirety will not bo given out for publication until it is acted upon at the Southern League meeting today. It is well understood, however, that the only changes were made at the suggestion of Newt Fisher of Nashville. The Nashville team, ac- cording to the schedule as arranged by Judge Kavanaugh, was scheduled to play twenty-siX games away from the home diamond. On May 30, 31 and June 1 and 2, Nashville was scheduled to play Franks Pelican organization on their home diamond; on June 3, 5. G. 2 they were scheduled to meet the pennant winners of Lew Whistler in Memphis; on June S. 9, 10, F they were to meet the Little Rock aggregation: on June 13, IA, IS, Is they were to contest with Bob Gilks and his Shreve- port Pirates; on June IT, 19 20 and 21 Newton Fisher was scheduled to battle at Athletic Park; on June 22, 23, "A he was, according to President kava- Vaughan's aggregation in Birmingham. and on June 26 27 and 2S he was to do battle in Atlanta.
 Astute MT. Fisher.
 Now, Newt Fisher, in addition to be- Ing regarded as the greatest field gen. eral who has ever tossed bill in Dixie land, is regarded as an astute business person. Newt Fisher has been in the ball buiness long enough to know that while baseball players are heroes when they are playing in their home city, that absence makes the heart of the fan grow anything but fOnder. He considered that anything like a twen- ty-siX day schedule on the round would result in little profit to his privy purse or to the Nashville Baseball Club.
 Fisher called the attention of the magnates to this fact and it Is under stood that the Nashville schedule away from home was split in twain.
 It Is, further understood that Fisher had another strenuous kick" on the schedule. He was scheduled to open In Nashville against Birmingham on April 19, 20, 21 and 22. Now, at this particular time in the Tennessee cap ital. the ponies are running. Nash vile has horse races only once a year and Nashville Is very fond of hors s During the ten days of the races 1t is said that everybody in Nashville at tends the turf contests and that it is a society event par excellence. Fisher argued that if he opened at that tune he would be greeted by three sm Ill boys, au irredeemable baseball crank and the umpire. Crowds at Nashville mean money to the Southern League as well as to the Nashville club, so it is very probable that when the schedule committee reports today the games will be transferred to some city in which the ponies are not running.
 Behind Their Schedule.
 The meeting of the Schedule Com mittee was scheduled to be called to order at noon yesterday. Long before noon Charley Frank, the manager of the Pelican team and pr bably the best known baseball man in the South. reached Montgomery The train from the north was however. belated and Judge Kavanaugh and Newt Fisher did not arrive until 2 o'clock yesterd " afternoon.
 On the same train arrived Bob Gilks. manager of the Shreveport team; Jo- seph Palmer, president of the Nashville Club; C. D. Perrie, secretary of the Lit tie Rock Club; w J. Ewing. sporting g editor of the Nashville American and A. c. Miller, secretary of the Southern League.
 The baseball men were. after dinner, escorted by Major F. E. Winters, pres ident of the Montgomery Club lo the New Mabson Hotel where the meeting was held. Colonel F. G. Shepard of the Birmingham Club was also present. Previous to the meeting. Major Win