The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-13
NO PRESIDENT FOR CHAMBERS. Says Kavanaugh Is the
 Man. CANDIDACY WAS CONDITIONAL Wight Have Run If Kavanauyh Had
 Decided Not To. Brief Review z of stormy Passes Through which The Judge steer ed The southern League ship
 of state.

.sNo, I certainty do not intend to be A candidate for the office of President
 Of the Southern League at the an nual meeting. said PreslosnI b, sai,aii Association Thursday. Some montns ago Judge Kavanaugh announced that if the Little Rock Club was taken ous of the Southern League ne Wo1ia nos tSs contingency of Judge kavanaugn
 declining to stand for reelection an-
 nounced my candidacy Tor the oihicS
 of President of the league;
 Now that there is no longer any
 question in regard to the status oI Lits
 tie Rock in the Southern League don't think that if Wanteo
 antagonize the judge and sever h.s bae friendly relations now existing ps
 tween us, I certainly would not s, ps
 foolish enough to sacrifice myself oy running against him: ..,.
 This n cans that Judge haVans esn .ssa will receive the unanimous vote or the members of the Southern League at the annual meeting In Nosnyllis mex, Sn month Already deeply imbedded m south. Judge Kavanaugh made his noaition Virtually imprsgnable by Ills successful fight against the Amerlcan Association and the Eastern Leas ue Il" Chicago "Wednesday.
 Kmvanaugh's Value.
 Judge Kayanaugh is the only tnat that has ever been able to mahs osse ball in the South possible. rms as a pretty broad statement. but to anyone familiar with baseball affairs in the South for the past seven or eignt ysstss, lt cannot be denied. Levei-heaasu big-brained broadminaed6ii 6iiscret Sqei on ex eeiienf iudgment, dipim0cy and iron nerve. steered the Southern League VH more than one occasion o1t oi 9Itss ,,.s at the helm, would have enguited ana totally wrecked the major DaseoalA league of this Dixie land se.
 When Charlie Frank. in revenge lot ike st, Vraln affair, systemaucally qL ganized his outlaw, league Tn lyVS. y.-,ss ns ilad the organized Southern Leagu sroggy and just as IS Gsrsan the Westad as ss his sun did set In the westR.Just ssI..Js, So as,,a tain Is it that the Soumcrn Leasus would have taken the count; iiili1as, Dus lof of the skill guidance ana dlpioihaey VI After winning a fight that crippled the Southern League. Judge hava fhan A wear in putting it ln the strong est financial shape that oaseDall sn ganization has ever been in Tn lne South. Then he bega nto be q power in the baseball affairs of the Natlonal Association. being elected one or the Board of Directors of the big baseball that controls every minor league in America.
 At every meeting of the National As sociation and every meeting of the Ma tional Commission (ths supreme court of baseballl his advice and wisdom had such weight that time after time a crisis in the affairs of organized ball was tided over. 1t was Judge KaVa- | Soufhern League put into class 4. | th ereby stopping the wholesale raids | on the players of this league that for years past had been made by the 1 American Association Eastern League | and others cutting down the number 1 of drafts of even the National and l American Leagues to only one man from eany club in the southern