The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-20
EAST ALABAMA LEAGUE WILL BE LAUNCHED IN MONTGOM-
 FRY NEXT THURSDAY. Claim Made that the Tri-State League Has Fallen Through and that MOffet Will Manage EufauIa Club-Cir-
 cult Very Compact.
Advertiser Bureau,

Sel0la, May IS. At meeting which will be held at the. Glenmore Hotel in Montgomery at } o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday, May 25th, it is thought that the East Alabama League will be launched TOT
 the season upon the baseball arena. The call to the various managers of clubs
 in cities which. 1t Is thought. will com pose the new organization for the meet ldent l. l.. Rosendorf of the Selma
 Baseball Association.
 From the communications which Mir.
 Rosendorf addressed to the various
 managers of clubs during the early part of the week he has received ia
 vorable replies, and from the present ganized under most suspicious circum- stances. In their replies, all of the managers seem to be in favor of the league and are willing to go into it.. believing that with organized baseball. their clubs could make more money than they could make with independent teams.
 At the meeting which will be held in Montgomery on next Thursday after noon MT. Rosendorf thinks that the or ganization will bv perfected, and that fin few days thereafter a schedule will be made cut and the season of the league will be Inaugurat"u. The clubs which at present represent the various cities from which the league will be made up are brought to be strong enough, although some of the clubs may be strengthened in the desire U pc dI the top or percentage GOluIll at the close of the season.
 From indications, 1t seems that the Tri-State League which was organized at Chattanooga last week has already fallen through. and that the season will never be opened F. H. Moffett, who was the prime moved in the urganiza- tion of tfe Tri-State League, 1t Is un- derstood, will manage the Eufaula club in the East Alabama League if it IS permanently organized on next Thurs day afternoon, and as Monett Is first class baseball man, Eufaula will have winning club in the race for the pen nant
 It is not known as yc1 what salary limit of guarantee for the league will be agreed upon. but 1t is thought that the salary limit will not be placed over $I00 a month, if tsGt much, and that the guarantee for each game will not De over the actual expense of the club The fans in this city are enthusiastic over the organization jf the league and think that the present team that Sclmd has will be good enough to come out first in the race of tue league. It IS as yet not known whether the league II money for d protectoTatc under tDf National Baseball Association. but tElS question will probably be settled at the coming meeting.
 wrote early in the week in regard to the formatio of the league were Troy Eufaula, Union Springs, Dothan, Ope- lika and Columbus. Ga. With these SIX cities and an application from Talia- dcga and counting in Selma, 1t is thought that a very. compact and strong body can be formed and one which will pay from the very start. All ol thH cities named already have tndepenuTut clubs. and as they all are about evenly matched. the games should be close and exciting and, therefore, cause great deal of enthusiasm.