The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-10
MAGNATES
WERE IN SESSION
Directors of Southern League
Act on Many Matters
MONTGOMERY FINED $500
The Club Has Been Tampering With
Holly of the New Orleans Team.
Birmingham Cases Are
Acted On.
MONTGOMERY FINED $500

The directors of the Southern league met
in Birmingham yesterday to consider a
number Of protests, investigate the sal
airy limit question and transact other bust
ness. The session was short and the re-
suit was made known In the following
statement by the secretary, C. H. Miller:
In the protest of New Orleans against
Montgomery. charged with dickering with
Player Ed Holly, Montgomery was found
guilty and fined 500. President Amerine of
the Montgomery association took an APP
peal to the league.
The protest of Nashville against Biz
mingham because the latter club played
Pitcher Hickman under contract with
Denver, did not lie. All petty protests
were thrown out. The matter of Manager
Vaughn of Birmingham playing in few
games early in the season will be inves-
tigated at headquarters In Little Rock
to ascertain If half of his salary as a
manager player would have put Bir-
mingham over the salary limit at that
time. The decision of Umpire Buckley at
Memphis May 20 in a game against Biz
mingham In violation of rule 50 was not
sustained and one Memphis run was elm
mated, making the final score to for
Memphis. The protest of Birmingham
against Memphis for undue police inter-
ference was withdrawn. No action can be
taken on salary limit until after the re-
port of Auditor Nose e. Wormser, who
is now auditing the books of the various
clubs. He will make a full report to
President Kavanaugh."
Those Present.
Among the officers and directors present
at the meeting were President W. M.
Kavanaugh. also representing Little Rock;
H. C. Miller secretary of the league
and the following directors: W. T. Craw-
ford president of the Shreveport club
w. T. Palmer of the Nashville associa-
ton; e. p Amerine, president of the
Montgomery club, and Charles Frank,
manager of the New Orleans club, with
the proxy of Director Stern. Other base
ball men In the city to attend the meet
ing were Lowry Arnold, secretary of the
Atlanta association; Thomas F. McCol-
Tough, secretary of the Memphis club;
Robert Gilks, manager of Shreveport
team, and r. H. Baugh and Harry
Vaughn, representing Birmingham
The directors went into executive ses-
sion after the meeting was called to or
der and excluded all newspaper men, but
allowed a number of people interested in
the various clubs to attend.
Nashville In Trouble.
The Nashville club seems to be in finan-
cal trouble. It is stated that the debts
of the association are pressing, and that
/ 81 fhCr
, Manager Finn takes the Nashville club on
the road today and it is understood that
he will stand personally for the expenses
of the trip He has asked President Kav-
anaugh to present the conditions to the
directors and to render what assistance
possible.
With the exception of Little Rock and
Nashville, all the clubs seem to be In
good financial shape. The attendance at
New Orleans has fallen off some from
last year, but in other cities it seems to
have increased.
The representatives of the Memphis At
lanta, Montgomery. Shreveport and New
Orleans clubs report that the attendance
at the games has held up we'll The con-
ditions In Birmingham are better than
ever before.
Nose e. Wormser, appointed to audit the
books OF the various clubs in the league,
examined the books of the local club yes
terday and reported that they were the
only full set of books he had seen. He
found them in excellent condition. and
also found that the club was about $40
under the salary limit. All the clubs in
or within the limit. There were reports
that Schwartz was receiving money in
Montgomery outside of the salary paid
him, but these charges were not made at
the meeting.
Visitors Entertained.
After the directors adjourned yesterday
they attended the game between Birming-
ham and Shreveport, and later were en-
tertained at the Country club by the Of
fcers of the local association. Last night
practically all the league magnates left
for their respective homes.
In regard to the report that Charlie
Frank, manager of the New Orleans team.
controlled the Memphis club. Secretary
Mccullough made the following statement:
Frank himself owns not an iota of
stock The uncle of Franks wife, Mr.,
Coleman. however. owns fifty-nine shares.
This, as you know, is perfectly legitimate.
1t is true that / consult Manager Frank
or Judge Kavanaugh on any proposition
that comes up of Importance. Frank
knows more than do about baseball, and
he has always been our friend in time Of
trouble. He does not dictate the manage
ment of the club. Frank practically car
ried through our acquisition of the Mem
phis stock. by his advice and guidance