The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-24

Cotton States League But the basebsil enthusiasts of tl- city on the go to- day and the result slay bo the bringing of the Natchez team 70 this -ity for me for sometime that some of the teams in the Cotton States League would not last the season out, and 'ts soon as the t.ie- gram in this mornings Advertiser an, nouncing that the Natchez team would give up its franchise tomorrow :here was a general discussion among me fans and a move agitated to see II the franchise could be secured by Selma. "a
 Soon afterwards President l. l.. Kos endorf of the Selma Baseball Assocla- tion received telegram from President Wheatley conveying the intelligence that Natchez would surrender her Iran chise in the league tomorrow and want ed to know if Selma was prepared to take 1t. The telegram stated that IT the club was strengthened with two good pitchers and an inf1elder, it wound be a winner. Shortly after MT. Rosen- dorf received his his telegram, .. anofnep an fegr Bailey containing practically the same information that was conveyed in the one to MT. Rosendorf. The telegram to endorf % and the people of Selma and to get them to take the Natchez fran chise. sSAv TT ,R tional game in this city are in favor of taking the franchise and think that the club could be made to pay. The loss of the recent Selma team has some WHdL WueIteQ the dppctItC Ol tliC v Ihho for the sport and many are willing to go a Ion~ ways for the chance to se- cure organized baseball for this city once more and are certain that if the club is brought to Selma that it could be made good paying investment.
 One of the baseball enthusiasts of the city saw a number of the followers or the ga@,e here this afternoon and the result of his canvass may be the form ing of an association here tomorrow for the purpose of taking the Natchez club. put forth to the bringing of the club to this city. One of the principal ones advanced Is the theory that baseball club will never pay in Selma as long as the games are played at Riverside Park, just across the river from the city. The reason for this is stated to be the fact
 that when person goes to see game
 of baseball that he has quit work for
 the day and that the park should be on
 the car line. There is no chance to
 ride to the park across the river except
 by conveyance and those who walk
 have to pull through hot sandbed be-
 fore they reach the baseball grounds,
 and this Is said to be killing the sport
 in Selma, as they are tired out when they get there and the trip back to the city is equally as tiresome:
 Another reason against the team com ing to Selma is that 1t is at the bottom of the percentage column Of the league as there could be an understanding If the team came to Selma that 1t should start with clean slate, ana as the race for the pennant in the organization Is a close one, with the Natchez team Selma would have as good
 chance to win the rag as any other club in the league. .%
 King" Bailey, with whom President Wheat1ey of the Cotton States League has beer in correspondence for some- time past in reference to securing him to officiate as an umpire fin that league left Selma tonight for Greenville and will be Ut the headquarters to. act for this city if it is decided to bring 1.-the Natchez club to Selma: If the ,team. Is brought to Selma it is very probable that the position of manager of the club will be offered to Bailey and he al- ready has his eye on a left-handed won- der in the mountains of Tennessee. who pitcher in the Cotton States League.