The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-05
COMING OF HEROES OF SOUTHERN LEAGUE Call Has Been Issued for
 League Meeting BIG TANNING BEE PENDING Dale Gear Practicing Law-Moes- worth Pretzel Manager-Mat-
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BIG TANNING BEE PENDING

l lils ol lde dlfectofS ol llle ooutiielH league issued Saturday and contained in The Age-Herald yesterday morning. in- iected ginger into the fans of Bir- mingham, and there was much lively dls- l cussion of this eonvocation, and base ball Tn general.
 The issuing of the call was merely stereotyped matter. as the annual meet ing of the league directors is held every year in that city which flies the pen nant, and the date December b, is set affair." But the official announcement of the date and issuance of the call. set the fan by the ear, and caused his tongue to loosen.
 The features of the league meeting will be not out Of the ordinary, unless specu- lation has gone away. The pennant will be awarded formally and officially to Bir- mingham. A schedule for next season will be arranged and adopted Officers and directors for another year will be nom- mated and elected.
 It Is generally conceded that William Kavanaugh will be league president for another year. His craft weathered the storm of abuse and criticism of last sea
 
 of the storm, sailed se-enly and as strong as ever. There will hardly be change Tn the personnel of the directorate
 The salary limit and the limit to the number of men which shall be carried by each team will be considered. It is hardly probable that there will be a change in the monetary limit of $27Go While there are certain clubs, notably Birmingham, Atlanta, New Orleans and Memphis. which would prefer q limit of S30O0 there are others, weaker ones, which VIII ask for reduction, or for d continuance of last seasnn's limit Of $270O. This latter will undoubtedly carry. It is believed, too. that fourteen men will be as many as a Southern league team can own next season. It is true, too, that some charges and counter charges will be foisted and Investigated, but it is hardly probable that they will amount to anything.
 Coming of Heroes.
 But there will be a gathering of the heroes of the game in Dixie. The moguls and the directors, and even the president, himself, will not cause the stir amoag the fanatics as will the several managers who have led teams to victory. who have 1 turned a trick here, and been severely 1 abused there. Manager Harry Vaughn, l who piloted the pennant winners of last season, will, from a local standpoint. be l the biggest figure at the meeting Then there will be the inimitable Charlie Frank ] the New Orleans manager, who has been assailed by more charges than any other 1 of the bunch. Then there will come Thom- l as Fisher, the red topped" twrer of l Shreveport, whose appointment to wield 1 the managerial sceptre was announced yesterday Then there will be the shrewd Billy Smith of Atlanta, who cannot stand reverses, and who will never make good in Dixie. Then Bobby Gilks will be on hand, representing Nashville, in all prob ability. Then there will be Sir M Angus l Finn, formerly of Nashville, but now at the held in Little Rock. Then comes i Charlie Babb the youthful and popular manager of the Memphis aggregation, who by superb effort gained and held second l place in the league race last season. Then 1 there will be one new face, the future manager of the Montgomery Pretzels l Doniinick Mullaney has announced his re- | tirement from southern baseball It is needless to indicate the hair rais- l ing ,emniscences that these men will re- late. It is needless to indicate the re- hashing of last season's race, and the boasts of this and that manager. The oc- 1 casion for the fans of the south will be a splendid one, even though the official i business of the league will be chiefly l stereotyped.
 Some Personal Gossip. The story in The Age-Herald some weeks ago to the effect that the Mont of Charlton Molesworth. the Baron out l fielder as next manager of the Pretzels l in spite of the fact that the player him. | self states that there Is nothing in k will not submit to consignment to tn, l garret Yesterday, the Atlanta Journal published the same story. It would bt | a blow to the Baron management to part with the services of Molesworth, but if l it is seen that he can materially better himself, 1t is undGestionably true that he 1! will be granted a reluctant release. An interesting bit of gossip yesterday was to the effect that Dale Gear, the | splendid outfielder of last season, had re- tired from baseball and had hung out his shilgle in Kansas City as a lawyer It has been known for sometime that Gear was planning to take this step but his friends hoped against hope that he would postpone its execution. However the players and fans wish him all the success iE the world
 The Atlanta Journal of Saturday con tained a story to She effect that Harry Matthews had landed in that city wish d grip sack and a pound of chewing tobacco. The paper intimated that .Matty' would spend the remainder ol the winter in the Gate City. It is hardly probal le. as intinlated the other day that Matthews will be returned to Birning- ham next season, it being generally ac- ccpted as true that he has been teadered an offer from Toledo in tine American association.
 Wltn Garvin behind the bat. and full pitching star Harry Vaughn Is ready to open hostilitles. Gardner will make d NalI- ble substitute for Dale Gear, or Mont gonefy can well fill un outfed position. If it comes 10 a show down, Walters, ONler and Castro can cover second. Snol stop anu third, and Montgomery play left. IL is true that no manager in the league has a better nucleus than has Harry Vaughn, and Birmingham chances h land another pennant, in spite of the schemes and allegations Of Charlie Frank .f..l.4