Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-12

difficult The less experience we have
 had with any thing the harder We ar,
 to please
 This as the first experience soat
 ot us have had with professional hall
 and want to compliment you .nr
 the burden you have borne without
 complaining, as most of you have had
 to build Tt # plants. which have been
 very costly. But this expense will
 not have 10 br incurred again nes>l
 season.
 Now. as to the management of tho
 league, want to say this That f could have been managed differently
 but ] did at atl times what seemed fc
 me to be the best for all concerned
 It Was an infant and had to be har- fdled as such. or at least that is stp way looked at it, | found it impos- Siole to get umpircs whose work would please all ball fans and player- at all times While I eXerted e\ert effort to do so and made a great man changes, there were still unpleasant things coming up which tried ta adjust to the satisfaction Of all Ny instructions to the umpires were It all times to be inst and honest in their decisions and to keep as good discipline as possible over the play CTS. The public wants good, clean ball, and that is the only kind that will ever give satisfaction. There were q great many fines against the lplayers by the umpires, which were all remitted q reprimand being given instead, except two.
 The season opened April 20 and closed September 7 1908, which is I long season for so young league. In closing l wish to recommend that the umpires not be advanced any money, but be paid regularly twice 8 monththc 1st and 18th that the salary limit be adhered to strictly; also, that, in my judgment, it is ao- soiutely necessary for the president. secretary and treasurer to live ill the same town
 The $2o0 guarantee money posted by each club at the beginning of the season was ordered returned to the clubs.
 MT. Emmons of Brnkley made q statement in which he said that the league had promised financial suppol to his town, to get them to come into the league, but that there was s32O still due. A motion that the presi- dent prepare a statement of the sums due Brinkley, to be sent to each cluo, they to then be drawn on for their pro rata, carried.
 Room For Fort Smith and TeXarkana.
 When the matter of increasing the membership of the league was taken up, Manager Finn of the Little Rock | Southern League club said that he had just come from Fort Smith and that thew wanted baseball there He fur ther said that he had been in cores t'o'it''iiNN VI iti lCAal httIi pGCplt tiiiu had just received telegram which indicated that a club had been formed there the night before to take a fran chlse in the Arkansaw League. Both were good ball towns and Sunday ball could be played in each, he said 1 A new park was to be built at Tex arkana on the street car line
 On motion of MT. Faulker fran chises were rendered to Fort Smith 1 and TeXarkana and they were given 1 15 days in which to accept or reject. 1
 The constitution was then amended l to make the league consist of eight | clubs instead of six, and it will now be composed as follows if the plans are carried out: Argenta, Pine Bluff, Hot Springs, Newport, Helena, Brink ley, Texarkana and Fort Smith.
 The constitution was further amen ded to raise the salary limit from ss50 to $1,000.
 An amendment was offered by New port and unanimously adopted to com pine the offices of president, secre- tary and treasurer at salary of $50 per month.
 Officers Are Elected.
 Election of officers for the next year was then taken up.
 w. w. Hurst of Argenta was nom- mated by Brinkley and E. c. Horncr 'f Helena by Helena. MT. Hurst was elected by a vote of to 1, Helena, done voting for Mr. Horner.
 For vice president E. C. Horner. s, ;. Faulker and Aaron Frank were nominated in succession and declined.
 Mir. Emmons was nominated and lected by unanimous vote. ,
 Wm. Collins. representing the Spald- . ng ball, made his proposition and on notion of Mir. Bilheimer that ball was Ldopted as the official ball of the 1