The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
FRANK Is DESPERATE
NEW ORLEANS MANAGER TRYING
 TO MUDDY THE WATERS.
Brings Up old Matter of Letter to Csr- 70 written By Geodwin--Ccn- spfracy Against Crescent
 Csty Is Alleged.


 Yesterday morning in response to a Atlanta Baseball Association, Presi- dent Amerine sent copy of she letter he received from Bus!rcss Manager Stickney. In concludlng hfs letter to Mir. Arno!d. Mf. Amerine said that il tue Mont gomery Association could be ol any assistance to Atlanta to call on U.
 It was the intention or the Moh1- rornery Association at first to slnpiy let Stickneys letter speak for itselI and let the matter rest with Junge Kayanaugh. Charlie Frank however it seems, has become desperate anu ta trying to muddy the waters oy hian that Mir Amerine never received tue Stickney letter. In another chdrss, -. brings up the old letter that AftnuI Goodwin is said to have MrlttSn r, Hrs Cargo. On the return or she SIl',D.i ,i Q Q from the first western trip, .ioouw Vll denied writing the letter. GoodWlu and Cargo Ire from the sa''e I"" II. The truth of the n1at'tr IS q at frahA is in the middle of a very lglS lHg, t,, dtcament. He has caus ei trt' i'ic n' this league from the day that ne ganized his outlay concsrn ih an u u tempt to disrupt the Soltlsrn Lceeue in 1902. With one exception. none "I the New Orleans papers nave ntu 'nF feu1erity to even attempt deiPtse oi Frank and his methods, ne s,.,ne s,% oi- leans States contains the fott"WthS'
 The rubber ball' business, now so prominent in the Southern l'eap ue. seems to be the outcome ot petty Spite and Jealousy on the part nt nc ilaE. E.. arers of the Atlanta and Mpntge ncrV teams and is the outcome Of the netI ing held at Birmingham short me ago. which was held for the IUr2osa or Investigating the charE@s mnae pN Manager Frank again"t the Atlanta ana Birmingham clubs for violating the salary limit and toufteen players rule and against the Montgomerv club for tamnering with Plaver Holly ot the New Orleans club. IL wftl De fe- membered that at that nleefinS the Montgomery club was fined s1na Tor its action, and that Atlanta and Birming- ham were compelled to cut their clubs down to the required number of play- CTS allowed by the Southern League. The salary limit has not vet been re- ported upon, Expert Auditor Worm ser not yet having comrleted his in vestigation and when that report Is forthcoming it Is claimed 1t will show Atlanta, Birmingham and Mont gomery so far over the S2,I00 limit that a major leagues pay roll will be small in comparison.
 Birmingham is known to he mixed fip in few shady transactions. for instance the selling of privileges td ftOE AfonIKoneTV ana f1ATTY Ndu6nAi
 With charges prepared bv Manager Frank and proved against Atlanta Birmingham and Montgomery and with more serious ones staring them fin the face and the likelihood thai severe penalties would be their DOT alleged, put their heads together for the purpose of discrediting the state ment of the New Orleans manager by charging him with unfair prac- A.. h |. said nothing. then came Atlanta and their actions Is history Evidently MuIlaney forgot his instructions. or would not be parry to fte earSpira ~. which fig most likely. for Mullaney is square fellow and did not c,i' I'D row in New Orleans. A l,Srau from Montgomery states rubber balls were in the game, which Mont. gomery won.
 What part Manager Vaugaan is tf play in the conspiracy has not yet de. veloped. but it is likely to take placs today or in the near fu.ure. for il must be -et1en1be-s1 that BirtainghG 1T won yesterday, which under baseball law. allows them to retain the base bali in play. Perhaps that hall vii he found io be rubber after Vaughan handles !t.
 Manager Frank was asked abou this claim of President Amerine. ant replied that he knew absolutely noth 1IEe0IlOl to the fact that 1t was claimed tha Montgomery secured this ball on Sun day, June 10. and Montgomery remain ed in the city until Wednesday night Umpire Kennedy was here then. an, he could not understand why the hal was not cut open in the presence O Kennedy Immediately after the game ot why the ball was not turned ove to Umpire Kennedy and cut open b. nim that same afternoon or on one O the two days following
 The fact that Manager Mullaney too; the ball to Shreveport and cut 1t opei in the presence of Manager Glke proves nothing. for there is no evi demce to show that this was the sam ball secured from the game.
 Manager Frank then called attention 10 an incident which happened in Mont Komery when ball was hit before tn
 Umpire Kennedy ,odiciated at tha game and remembered the inciden we'll
 1T Mullaney cut open live bali i Shreveport. possibly 1t was one of tn balls he used, possibly the same bal which bounded from a short distanc before the plate to the eutfield.
 Manager Frank concluded his view by saving that he was not so sure tha President Amerine ever received such letter Montgomery's actions last sprln
 
 and leave New Orleans proves tha Montgomery cannot be trusted any to much. Manager Frank showed up thA incident. Possibly rnis story comes a spirit of revenge.
 A bit of underhand work which too place some time ago has come to ligh and 1t has to do with Arthur I. Good win. a former pitcher of the Montgon cry club. now released. and the Mont gomery club. It may be recalled thu Ike Durrett, manager of the club, Ina considerable to do with Holly refus ing to play with the New OrleaI team and going to the outlaws an 1t has developed that Goodwin at th time of his connection with the Mont gomery club tried to induce 'Chlc Cargo to leave the New Orleans teal and join the club with which he wa connected. If President Amerine ha anything to dc with this move 1t not in evidence, but the fact remain that Goodwin told Cargo to leave tu Pelicans and that the manager of th Montgomery club. would give him position on that team. Whether or nc he wrote with authority Is not know but inference to that effect may b dra awn.
 The letter follows:
 The Arlington Hotel,
 Memphis. Tenn. May 12. 1906.
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