The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-17
MT. Chambers Talks of League Meeting. MONTGOMERY PRESIDENT AND DR. NGE ON COMMITTEE
 -e-- That Will Form Schedule of Dixie Baseball Next Year. Purpose Now to opeh Season on April A. rasssaa os As-n is--
 Talk of nsubie--
 Header Science. 

The Mobile, Montgomery and New Orleans representatives who attended the meeting Of the Southern League in Nashville passed through the city yes- terday morning. President Chambers left the train at the station, but pr. Inge and Secretary Collson of the Mo- bile Club, went on through to the Gulf City. Charlie Frank going on to New
 Messrs Chambers and Inge with Judge Kavanaugh, compose the scheds ule committee that will hand in It's rec port zat the spring meeting of the originally appointed was composed of Messrs. Inge. Baugh and Kavanaugh. but late Tuesday night, or rather early Wednesday morning. Judge Kava- naugh substituted ar Chambers for
 "why. Judge. after the light you and I had in regard to last years schedule in Little Jock, l had no idea that you would put me on the committee" said
 '.That's ali right, sMr. Chambers" 1" said the President of the League. T want you on that committed" and so destinies of the campaign in Dixie's major leaEue for the season of 1909.
 The seaeon will probably open on April 14. instead of the 18th" said Mir. Chambers in discUssing the meeting Thursday. and with a four-game se- ries, such as is always the case at the opening of the season only the clubs playing Sunday ball could play out the series. The. other clubs would only be able to play three of the games, Thurs day. Friday and Saturday, while the Sunday clubs could play Thursday Friday. Saturday and Sunday On this on wednesday.- April 14, thus giving all the clubs a chance to play out the four game series that week.
 The same holiday games that were ability De handed around again when the 1909 schedule Is adopted. Double headers will probably again be played at Capitol Heights on National Deco ssUn Day Mbs VI hay yrs%nssP sna seos ap4 Bay his is Climbers will probably again play the brace of games in Atlanta on the 4th of July.
 done at the meeting" continued Mir. Chambers, "was the appointment of committee consisting of Dr. InEe of Mobile. Charlie Frank of New Orleans. and President Baugh of Birmingham. The object In the naming of this conn mittee was to have 1t revise and make needed changes and additions to the constitutton and bylaws of the League. that they will look into. but the prin- clpie one is the rule ip regard to dou- ble- headers and rain games Here tofore game postponed by rain can be played oif at any time at the die- cretfon Df the manager on whose grounds the game was postponed. The rule in regard to double-headers Is that they cannot be played until July. This committee has power to so change the constitution tha. double headers yan be played in April or at any other time.
 ''Under the new rule that will be drafted by this committee will be a clause reading that if 8 game is post poned by raln or any other cause it must be played off as the first game of a double-headAr on the following day
 Think of the advantages of this every club ean carry all the men that it wishes untI the 18th of May. when they must all be under the limit. Tn only their/regular teams with which to go into the double headers but in April they can draw on twenty or more men for the double-headers if they want to. Last year when Birmingham opened here and Thomas had them beat rain broke up the game and it was not played off 1ntil nearly the end of the season. If that gaEne had been played of the next day the chances are that Thomas would have been as good as he was the day before.
 Tn case rain breaks up all four games of the first series double-head. visiting club on every day of the next series, This Is. not only an advantage to the clubs in the .pIaying end of the game. but 1t edualizes the schedule and all of the clubs will play about the same mum Der of games during the sea-