The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-28
SLAG PILE SETTINGS.

It looks like Gus Bonno will not wear a Baron uniform this year The Cincinnati Enquirer, recognized as sporting au- thority, states that Bonno has been awarded to Newark. N. J., and with that announcement the Barons lose another good man which Father Vaughan thought he had cinched.
 George Rohe will probably be Pelican again this year. He has waited and waited for news from Chicago and the news has not been forthcoming, so it looks like Charlie Frank will have him to strengthen the team again.
 If Ed Grillo should be turned down for the presidency of the American associa- tion at Chicago today Billy Hart might decide not to umpire in the A A. again this year, but go back into the ranks of the players. He has several offers from high-ciass teams, notably Louisville and New Orleans, and as his arm is in good shape he is thinking seriously of return ing to the pitchers box. If he does the association will lose a good umpire.
 Harry Vaughan has assumed a new title. It comes from Eddie Ashenback, who operates extensively over in the
 South Atlantic league. The big first baseman has been called an elephant jockey" and as yet he has not had the opportunity to deny the charge.
 q saw the elephant jockey, Harry Vaughan, in Cincinnati," remarked Ash.
 ''But he didn't have much to say about
 of I J,af1 how nr1a though. I'll have a great team at Charles tor this season; no pennant-winner I'm predicting, for pennants won in January get frost-tipped and frozen to death be- fore spring. We'll be there with the goods, you can bet, and I've challenged Alb here to play me for the Wash Boilers cham pionship."
 Mike Fipn has slated Gene Demontre- vile as field captain for his Mud Hens at Toledo this next season. The stocky Irishman has figured that the ex-Colonel leader would make the best on his string
 to guide his troopers across the hills of victory. Demont will play second, thus
 acting in a similar capacity for Finn
 that he did for Manager Powell. Doc
 Childs will be with him. one of the mem
 bers of Films firing line
 Dixie will be literally smeared with baseball leagues this year. There will be no less than eight In action when the trumpet sounds the onset, and hardly a town of any proportions whatever will be without it's clan of athletes Here is the promised list of organiza- tions: Southern, South Atlantic. Cotton States, Delta. North Texas, South Texas, K. I. T.. or kitty; Tennessee, Alabama And still every now and then the sepul- chral monotone of a calamity howler is heard suggesting that the game will not flourish long in the south says the St.
 Louis Star. Balldom has gripped the peo- pie this side of the border now as for years 1t has done across the great divid- ing line.
 These eight leagues will foot up a to-
 tai of fifty or sixty teams, and with at least fourteen athletes booked for each camp there should be over 800 enlisted
 men in action. This will be by far the
 greatest bulk of performers ever gathered in Dixie snce base hits began to flourish. Chattanooga, Tenn, January 27.-(Spe-
 cial)-Local baseball enthusiasts are in- terested in the announcement that sew eral we'll known magnates propose to or ganize a new league, which will comprise Chattanooga, Knoxville, Bristol, Ashe- vile, N. C., Huntsville, Ala, and Rome, Ga.
 The promoters of this enterprise argue that with such small cities in league with Chattanooga a short circuit is nec-
 essary and that until this city can se- cure a berth in a large l~ague she must
 be content with place with teams repre- senting small citie1.
 Colonel Charles R. Head, who was pres ident of the Tennessee-Alabama league
 of last season. stated this morning that he was in correspondence with magnates of the cities mentioned in the list above and that earnest efforts were being made by responsible men to launch a new league Frank Moffatt of Knoxville was in this city two weeks ago and held a con. ference with Colonel Head in regard to the matter. Several enthusiasts from Rome,
 coming to this city several weeks ago, conferred with Colonel Head and others of this city. Moffatt was asked to ac- company the Romans back to their city and did so and a conference was held. Correspondence is in transit between the cities mentioned for places in the proposed league. and 1t is confidently be- lieved that the result of the movement will be the launching of a new league with six teams, which will present an ex- cellent quality of baseball.