The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29


| next session of the legislature.
The following gentlemen will leave Bir
| mingham this morning at Clio o'clock to
/ attend the conference: Fred NJ. Jackson,
F. Y. Anderson, Ross c. Smith, c. L.
| Stiekney, John L. Kaul, f. H. Lath-
| rop, Frank V. Evans and j. b. Babb.
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president of the league won the pen
| nant fairly and above board, and the
| members of the league are sportsmen
| too true to begrudge them the trophy
that they fought for. Memphis came out
| second and Atlanta wishes the Memphli
| and their gentlemanly manager God
! speed No one is regretting the prowess
! of the other. 1t is all over, and peace
| will reign supreme-supreme for the
! first time probably, i'll the history OF
| this goodly company.
| After examining the records, the direc-
| tors will have nothing further to do but
| awarding the rag to Birmingham. To-
| morrow Birmingham will have pennant.
| Hurrah for Birmingham, and the Coal
| Baronsl The league meeting Will be
| called at the conclusion of the directors
| gathering The league will consider
| schedule, and the one proposed, vita
| probably few changes, will be adopted.
| No one will be entirely satisfied for
| there will of necessity be few long
jumps for every club, and few games
| that must be played off every ones own
! home lot. The league will then re-elect
| William Kavanaugh of Little Rock TO the
| presidency. There is no better man IN
! Dixie than the Little Rock judge. and few
| more able baseball men in the whole or
ganized territory. There will be chosen
/ a new directorate. The board of directors
| is composed of two men from the east
| and two from the west. Nashville and
| Montgomery were represented last year,
and probably Birmingham and Atlanta
lxaril1 claa . fnr n.
J This is all there will be to it.
While the attendance is thoroughly
| representative, there are fewer sport
| ing writer's present than one would have
| supposed From Montgomery comes Wal
lace Screws Everybody knows Wallace.
| Montgomery is so still down ON the Ala
| bama that Wallace has very little to
write about, true, but when he boosts.
none can do so more extravagantly, and
his knocks are all from the shoulder
| straight out
Percy Whiting, the clever Atlanta
| Georgian writer, is here. He has already
| won the pennant for Atlanta, has Percy.
| He has a head wondrously full of base
ball lore, forgotten and yet in the in
cubator. When you talk to him, he IS
/ not the same Percy who seats himself
| upon a stool and writes essays with
rubber balls as headliner, and Charlie
| Frank as a football. Then from New
Orleans comes Wilson Matthews Yes,
the same Matthews. He is here, there
and everywhere, is Wilson. Last season
he started off writing sports from The
! Age-Herald office and wound up at the
| head of the pennant winners or the
| South Atlantic. He is now writing sports
for the Times Democrat, and was re-
| Gently elected manager of the Charleston
team for next year. Savannah still claims
him, and where he is, he himself little
| knoweth.
Capt r. Duval Armstrong, the Count, y
who has missed but one meeting since
the Southern league was mewling IN
FAINT and that was because Judge KaVa-
naugh wouldn't postpone the gathering
| at his sole request, has announced
| 'present" There are few leveler heads
! than Armstrong;, and Charlie FRANK mas
no one on whom he can more safely
/ depend The Count" is remembered as
| the commander of the wolverine II, ."
a vessel which in the Quarantine strife"
between Governor Blanchard of Louis
| lana and Governor Vardaman of Missis-
| sippi proudly few from its mast-not a
flag with stars and stripes nor stars and
bars, but pair of pajamas. He denies
| that old story now. but Charlie Frank
| saws that it is true, and Charley tells
more, too, about the Counts encounter
with Captain Cheater of the revenue
| cutter "Winona."
All are good fellows, and sporting
writers. and they are as necessary to a
| successful meeting of the league as IS
| the head and body thereof.
The local club banqueted the visitors
| last night at the Country club and about
! the board there was story telling, songs,
| laughter and forecasts. Robert RI. Baugh,
president of the local club, acted as toast
master and facing him was the president
of the league. Manager Vaughn was one
of the hosts, and the big fellow was
| never merrier nor more at ease.
| All made little speeches, and all were
| cheered vociferousy. There was an evil
dence of much good will. Everything bad
| was forgotten. The charges that were
| made against every member were judged
of little value, and everybody forgot that
Lowery Arnold had written a biting let
| fer that Charlie Frank had won a game
| by the use of a rubber" ball, and that
the west was lined up to keep down the
ambitious heads of the fasteners.
| Judge Kavanaugh made the best speech
| of the evening, as was expected. HIS
subject was Peace in Baseball" He
/ declared that never was peace more
| abundant and more ubiquitous. He de-
| clared the league was In excellent con-
| dition, financial and otherwise He, after
1 looking over the entire field, and per-
| sonally touching the pulses of the several
| cities banded together, found things in an
excellent shape.
| There will be no outlaw league after
| January" the judge declared. THE out
| laws have asked the national commission
| for protection and there is no doubt in
| my mind but that this protection will be
| granted After the outlaws are lowed
| into the circles of organized baseball,
| there will be no soldiers but those regu-
larly enlisted. and those an whom there
| is string good and stout"
The several managers spoke of their re-
| spective teams for next season All have
| been busy during the winter months Bir-
| mingham. Atlanta and Memphis are
| scheduled to fight it out for the rag, while
| New Orleans will be in first company.
| in spite of the statements to the con-
| trary of Robbie Gilks. There will be
| good teams in Nashville and Little Rock.
which means much prosperity for the
| league as a whole President Amerine
states that Montgomery franchise will
not go to Mobile, never, and that no bid
from any cities will be entertained for a
moment. john Mallarky has been chosen
| manager of the Pretzes.
Chief zimper. who managed Little Rock
last season. will probably be made an UNI
pire, IL he does not go into business with
his brother in California. Pfenninger and
Rudderham will, of course, be retained.
The annual meeting Is usually taken as