The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-17

men. In this way Auburn incurred an expense account for at least twenty four men. or seven in excess of the number allowed by the contract. In reply to the statement that Ala bama had offered to furnish additional men in the place of Auburn men to look after the taking of tickets at the gates, would say. that this would leave Auburn without equal repre- sentation in the business management of the game. a principle which we have contended for in every import. ant city game we have eyer played. orally conceded In intercollegiate games throughout the country.
 On account of the proximity of the University to Birmingham. 1t is to the interest of the Alabama management to keep down to the lowest limit pos- sible the number of men allowed to each team. for the reason that they may be required at less than half the rate at which Auburn can carry its extra men.
 So far as the ss.5o hotel rate is con- cerned. I would say that stated to pr. Pollard both verbally and in letter. that we would be willing to make the S3.50 rate the maximum rate. and if the actual hotel expense could be reduced to lesser figure. we would agree to charge on our expense acc count only the amount of the bill ac- tually incurred.
  ment of the case that Auburn's posi- tion in this matter was taken not with a view to making any additional profit out of the game oss SSt in simpy ths future H svo1
 With regard to the committees as. sertion that Mir. Donohue and myself stated that there was no man In the South capable of umpirtng an Inter collegiate contest, would emphatical- lv deny that we made any such state- ment. We simply stated that we did not know of satisfactory availa6le bama- Auburn game. and we asked pr. Pollard to suggest some men for our consideration though he failed to do
 As A matter of fact. the number of good men who are available for urn- pires in football games Is extremely small. and most or tne men wno nay. nave ball games in the central South. now prefer to act as referees rather than umpires. This in fact. is the case with several men whom we would have Seen e rlad to ask to serve as umpireS for the Alabama Auburn game. More over we did not ask that an Eastern man be selected as uInplre % until after avaiIahie Southern man. as will be seen from the correspondence given below.
 With regard to the matter of off- cialg in our OLN6I BalhCs WOuAu say that contrary to the impressions con- yeyed in the committees letter, we have only agreed so far upon the ref ereea for two of our games. Georgia ana Cseorefa Tech. and neither side has vet heen able to agree upon an umpire far each contest so that we do not as wal know where we will have to go fo secure umpires for these contests.
 So far as Eastern officials in South arm games are concerned, I would say tbat ss far hack as 1898 Auburn and GeorTia had an Eastern offlcial in their snnusI game. and Georgia Tech and Clemson Vanderbilt and Sewanee, have also in recent years had Eastern ofii- cisIs would further say that the exnense of securing an Eastern ofn- ciaI has been very much exaggerated bv tha Alabama committee.
 nnended herewith Is some corrs- snon5encs which will throw further light upon this matter anu Which speaks for itself;
 'Trniversity. Ala, April 2s. 1908. Mfr Thos Bragg, Grad. Manager, Au-
 ~ burn Athletic Association Mobile. Ala:
 Dear Sir-Fo1lowing out the sugges- tion n,ada at the meeting which oc- cnrroH ciUrY between MT. Donohue. Mir. prttcbard vou and myself at the Mc- Tastsr Hotel Tuscaloosa. on Saturday evening. April 25, I take the liberty to enclose a copy or tne minutes ot a meeting of our Executive Committee on Athletics, held on AprI S4' to dis-