The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-19

| Memphis at Atlanta.
Little Rock at Nashville
Birmingham today entertains that man.
ager of the Southern league who is the
most talked Of and enjoys the widest
newspaper notoriety. There is scarcely an
issue of any paper published In any one of
the eight cities making up the Southern
league, which doesn't contain some allie
cation against Charles Frank of New Or
leans to the effect that he has infringed
some of the well established rules and
customs of the constitution.
What pictures of the mind are con-
| jured up when the mere name of Frank
is mentioned
In the first place, he is a "Dutchman"
| with a well rounded face. and a cunning
| eye. He is chubby, but well proportional.
| He looks wise and pleasant, and smiles
always. He never takes his eye from the
diamond while the game is in progress.
He never leaves his bench during a game,
it matters not whether one of his men Is
assaulting umpire, or whether one o
his men is receiving the rough end of the
deal. He is all interest, on the one hand,
and apparently indifferent on the other.
him the dictator of the league. the man
who has his way, and does as he pleases;
the man who says little, neither in de-
| Tense, nor in attack He is a man who
minds his own business strictly, and
makes himself rich, 1t matters not how
many enemies he makes. Then there is
the picture of the fat little fellow who
goes out and gets any man whom he
needs. He goes out for the best, and gets
him. He never fails. He sees a pearl
where the ordinary manager sees only tho
oyster. All In all, In spite of what his
enemies say. Frank Is the smoothest ar
ticle on the lunch counter, and there's no
contradictlng that fact
Frank Arrives.
Charlie Frank and his Pellcans will ar
rice in Birmingham today at noon. The
New Orleans aggregation comes from
Montgomery, in which place, rain pre-
vented a game yesterday In case the
weather fairs up. one of the largest at
tendances of the season is expected for
this afternoon. Frank is one of the draw
ing cards of the league
No man has occupied the center of the
Southern platform so continuously and so
positively this season as has Charlie
Frank of New Orleans. He has beeen made
the target of all of the eastern journals.
First, he was the man who introduced the
rubber balls into the Southern league,
and won a closely contested game from
Atlanta. Next, there comes report to
the effect that the testimony of the man
who makes rubber balls" will be used
to incrlmnate every other manager in
the league. in case the charges against
Frank are pressed Next, Frank figures
as the breaker of numerical and salary
limits without giving account to any
one He next figures as the man who
goes out and gets material that no other
manager could get. Then he receives
column after column of newspaper stuff
because he refuses the command of the
national commission, and does not send
Atz back to the coast. Instead, he al
lows Atz to umpire a game in New Or
leans, and later signs that player for him.
self.
Franks Latest
Frank S latest notoriety came as a re-
suit of the attack that Theodore Breiten-
stein, the great Pelican pitcher, made on
First Baseman George Carey of the
Memphis aggregation. Bretenstein was
umpiring the game. and during the skir-
mish, made an attack on the Memphis
man. Breltenstein was put out of the
park, and fined in the police court. Frank,
according to the Memphis papers. stated
that he would suspend Breitenstein. On
arriving home, however, this statement
is reversed and the Pelican manager Is
quoted as having made the remark that
Brett had not and would not be sus-
pended.
This caused a wave OF rabid surprise to
float from one end of the south TO the
other. In this connection, Franks alleged
domination over Charles Babb of Mem
phis. comes rapidly to the front. AS is
known. 1t has been rumored since time
immemorial that Frank controlled the
Memphis franchise. When Charlie Babb,
the Memphis manager. wrote an account
of Bretensteins alleged assault on First
Baseman Carey, and allowed his inter-
est and friendship for fellow player to
cause him to take the side of the Pelican.
it was freely discussed over the circuit
that Frank not only controlled the Mem
phis team, but Charlie Babb, as well. and
that the letter of the Memphis manager
was written at the dictation of the New
Orleans manager.
kavanaueh's Jack-Up.
In view of the fact that Manager Babb
had taken the part of Breltenstein. II
was practically agreed about the circuit
that President Kavanaugh had no ground
whatever for ordering the suspension OF
Breitenstein. However, special last even
ing from Little Rock was to the effect
that President Kavanaugh had written
Frank a most caustic letter anent this
matter, and that he had 'Jacked-up'' Mr..
Frank In positive and unmistakable terms
Whether or not, however, the president
ordered the suspension or Breitensten is
not known. This is much doubted, how
ever.
In case the weather man is good three
games wall be played with Charlie Frank,