The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-20
LEAGUE MOGULS
 MEET SATURDAY Salary Limit Will be the Topic of Most Interest MR. KAVANAUGH'S PLANS Wants All Clubs to Sign a Contract Not to Pay More Than $26oo
 Per Month for
 Salaries.
MR. KAVANAUGH'S PLANS

Memphis, November 19 - Special )- Southern league moguls, managers and players will mingle in Memphis Saturday. President Kavanaugh having called the meeting originally for Memphis has de- clared that the meeting will take place here and not at New Orleans as has been reported.
 The meeting will be watched by the outside baseball world this year with pos sibly more interest than any previous Southern league gathering. President Kavanaugh has unfolded a plan to en- force clubs to stick within the salary lim- it and the record left by the southern lead CT in other baseball innovations has been so completely strewn with success that although the salary limit has always been more or less regarded as joke the new Kavanaugh scheme will not be re- garded as a failure until fair trial is afforded.
 Five Clubs Lost.
 The very fact that but three clubs in the circuit made more than actual ex- penses last year is thought to be respon- sible for the determination of President Kavanaugh to frame some sort of limit of salary expense for all clubs concerned, and to that end he will propose during the meeting next Saturday that an agree ment be signed by all an amount between s240O and S2600 each month for salaries of players.
 In previous seasons clubs not caring to live up to the agreement have found 1t an easy matter to evade the salary limit by arranging with enthusiastic followers of baseball to pay extra compensation to players in addition to their regular salary. After the seoson Is closed the club of course settles with the enthusiastic fan and in that way the salary limit has been beaten.
 Will Be Punished.
 But plans for punishing those who would resort to such practice have been drawn by President Kavanaugh and the fine will be heavy one if the guilty parties are caught. Surrender of the fran chise and in addition forfeiture of 5000 guarantee fund Is the suggestion from the southern president which is likely to he adopted unanimously in connection with the fine for enforcement of the salary limit
 If the Kavanaugh method is used with success it is likely that major leagues will adopt the plan. Judge Kavanaugh is also sure of bettering the financial con- | dition of the league next season by ap- | pointing four travelling auditors who will 1 travel with umpires from town to town and take charge of the gate receipts or i rather the counting of receipts after each | game. Several club managers saw req l son to complain at two stands in the circuit last summer and Judge Kavanaugf l hopes to smother all complaints in an other year by having expert accountants audit the receipts and report accordingly to presidential headquarters.
 Full Attendance.
 There will be full attendance. Presi- 1 dent James E. Coan and Thomas F. Mo | Cullough, secretary and treasurer of the Memphis club, will represent the local as- 1 socation M. ]. Finn will be here, but he writes that he will be here as an in dividual and not as representative of | Nashvilles interests Manager Whistler l who has resigned as manager of the Mem l phis team, will not be present as he has l left for St. Louis for the winter but his l looked on successor, Robert Gilks, Is ex pected from Toledo. w. A. Smith, At 1 lanta's new manager, will attend hi maiden southern league meeting. Charley Frank and President Morrill, are expect ed from New Orleans, Ike Durrett, wht 1 pulled Montgomery from the cellar posi- l ton and finished close to the leaders will l represent the Alabama city, and Presiden I Miller who has succeeded Aaron Franl at Little Rock, will be here. Rumorl I which will probably come to the surfac, | during the league meeting regarding Lit tie Rocks manager for 1906 will show that Ed Lynch, Little Rocks catcher O. 1 1901 and 1902 has been asked for terms tt manage the 1906 Travellers.
 There is much business to be transact ed outside the regular league meeting | Memphis must sign a manager. which al expect to be Robert Gilks. Shreveport | will therefore be left without manager | Nashville. according to reports here, Ii also likely to make final 1906 arrangement here during the annual meeting Saturday