The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
Franchise to Remain
 Here Next Season.
Good Outlook for Winning Aggregation Plans on Foot for Matinee Racinx at Vandivcr Park
 Track This Winter.

cry was admitted to the Southern As l sociation of Baseball Clubs. The admission was secured in the city of Memphis November 3. 1902. The franchise was taken from Chattanooea and transferred to Montgomery. Judge William H. Kavanaugh. President of the League. placing the Montgomery franchise in the hands of W. H. Rag | land. at that time vice-President and Traction Company. which enterprise was then being built. An outlaw league had been formed in the South. and the Man aser of 'He Montg'm"rv Street Railway. rival organization to the Traction Company. the Southern League in New Orleans. the trouble incident to the joint own ership of the Montgomery franchise | buying out the interest of the rival street railway company and becoming sole owner.
 was begun by the Traction Com any on what is now known as Athletic Park on the Pickett Springs line of the road. The land belonged to Col: l Traction Company for a term of years with the understandings that the South ern League games were to be played | the Southern League games was made from Athletic Park to Highland Oval. | park on the line of the Montgomery lease said Colonel Holt yesterday. was | abrogated. Last summer, he continued, he allowed the Traction Company to have h. the games played at Athletic | tion Company having been forfeited. they had no claim on the grounds, | In the spring of 1905 the Traction on the new Capital Heights line. As | the new park was not in shape when the Southern, League season opened it was not used last summer. but it Is | League games in 1907.
 Franchise Remains Here.
 After holding the the bss baseball franchise | is now offering 1t for sale. One or two deals are on foot by local busi- | ness men, and while all local fandom playing games up and down his back, still nothing definite has been done. Two outside offers were turned down with the guarantee that the game is to be played on their line in Mont gomery
 One of these offers was from Dr. H T. Inge of Mobile, and the other was from Sammy Strang of Chattanooga, strane is the well known utility man of of the io,m.r New pTesde5 yek Gan NSd ana Southern League. Strang being his ball playing nom de plume
 It Is understood that he had made MsGraw's club in the event that he could buy the Montsomery franchise and would then manage and put a team ns e the when panv's sale, that they would not let the franchise leave Montgomery, it was all off.
 There is a strong' possibility, if not a probability. that local deal will go through within the next few days though things are badly up in the air franchise to a local stock company. but the indications are that baseball dur ing the season of 1907 will be in ex- actly the same hands that 1t was in laughable part of the whole thing Is the .gleeful manner in which certain getting up on the'r hind Ices and shouting things about the downfall of Monteomery. Well, don't let anybody think for minute that Montgomery is a quitter. This town will be in the | game long after certain of these howl CTS have h"en forectton,
 Team well Balanced.
 With the execution of couple of | inielders, the local team Is right now ready to begin the season # it were | neneSsary p,1, IJ,,r. It looks rretv s1rs that in 1907. as he wrote here ask:"s .fo' a place. and a contract was ,oliled him at once. In addition 10 beinc a good hackstop a hard hit " and fa l on the paths, he is utility man abov. the ordinary
 A first baseman hv the name of Mrl- Ter out on the Pacific s'onc has tcen written to and forwarded 2 contra,t | and the chances are he viii b. land q this week. He is big. hls<v fellow. hits the ball ha~d, ard Is tcuted as an unusually fast fielding HIst hpse man. man to fill second base has not been located vet though ClIyton Perry Is working on some sond men up in his country
 and the chances are hat local 'as"- ball in 1907 will be .' tho sane Lands that it was last wear. the df.r"nce being that for the first time since ball. the season will start with fast, evenly balanced team
 One thing that seems certe.in at the coming League meeting n rhe 18th or will be reduced. last wear !n .Ienrh's irht was made to mako the limit s2.4oo, but fight led by MontFon'e V Nashville. New Orleans ana hrevepo # secured a compromise of s27o0.
 President Amerine said yesterday te month and it seems certain this will pass Memphs Little Rock, Nashville Montgomery. New Orleans and Shreve- port will be pretty certain 10 vota and Birmir Zham will onpoeo but therc will be six for and two az finst tha change. This salary busin 'ss will he the feature of the coming meeting as past four wears, and the other busi- ness will be merely routine ---.
 That Chattanooga Dream.
 Banouo's ghost was an lrridesce1t | dream. a four-flush. alongside the per sistency of those Chattanooga people.