The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09
CIRCUIT IS A MEMORY |Caffor1ia State League Is | Recognized MACNATE TAKE SOME ACTION Committee k Named to Frame
 Agreement of Admittance. Titles te sixty-ene Players Cisimed by
 Various Clubs Throughout The
 Country Are IT. Be Cen.id-
 cred And Decided By Na- tis.sI Cen~sissio..
AACNATE TAKE SOME ACTION

tical admission of the Caiifornia State League an outlaw circuit' to the na- tional association of minor leagues. was the result of the first days ses- tion here today The board spent the entire day discussing the terms under which the Californians will be admit ted In the folds of organized baseball. .ionai association sns Frank S Herman es na President of the California State League were appointed as committee to draw up the agreement under which the new league is to be admitted. The agreement as prepared by Messrs. Far reli and Herman will be submitted to the national board and if approved by that body, it will then go before the entire national association for final action.
 J. Cal Ewing. president of the Pacific Coast League, and MT. Herman held q conference before the question went before the national board. It was de- cided that the new league will share three cities with the Pacific coast or
 conflicting schedules will be arr ranged and San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento will have two teams into s ths soid rSis %as sp proved by the board. stockton. Fresno and probably San Jose will be the other cities to make up the six club circuit of the California state league
 The title of sixty-one players will be decided by the national board and the title to five players by the national commission. These players are men who were either under contract, or on went with the California State League while 1t was an outlaw" organizat ton. 1t Is expected the majority of these cases will be decided without trouble. but the national commission will have frs ha ra1 n neVara1 WhaFa major league clubs are involved.
 Three national league clubs. Chicago. Brooklyn and Pittsburg have claims on players in the now newly admitted Murphy of Chicago, Charles Ebbetts of Brooklyn and Barney I. Dreyfus of Pittsburg. will come hereato present their claims. Mir. Murphy has claim upon outfielder Smith. of Oakland; stricklett, of San Jose and third base man Sheehan. of Oakland. Pittsburg has a reserve claim on First Baseman Nealon. of Oakland. and First Baseman Pfyl of stockton. is wanted by New York. The National Board will resume it's session and the entire national as. sociation will meet tomorrow.
 Leagues New Lease.
 The southern League was given new lease on life at it's annual meet- ing here today when the eight fran Cntbtt WtEG GAtOHdSA S%At S~&% " NcF1~ ming with the season of 1910. Little Rock will not be. evicted from the league, as Sywas expected from state, ments given out by members of that organization after the meeting this morning. It took the league several hours of heated discussion before U remain in the cfrcuit.t' Several clubs objected to the Arkansas city because of geographtcat reasons.
 The agreement of the eight clubs isio' and 1t was thought that Little Rock would not be included In the re- oreanization At today's meeting ft was decided not to walt Tor the league agreement to expire. but to renew sit for Tse ssn ieseue yssrs, took action upon esr. tain newspaper stories to the effect that former Manager William smith inc Atlanta Club was not satisfied be- cause he had not made closer race m winning the pennant Tor the orsaniza : ton. It was intimated that closer race was desired because of the in- creased attendance 1t would bring in the closing weeks of the season. The league exonerated all concerned by Its adoption of the following resolutions: of the southern Association in their opinion exonerate the Atlanta club from all charges of implications tnat apDeared in the pubilc pfesss ana tnae we can see no cause from the rlagnifi- cent finish of the Atlanta club that anvthine but the most honest enorts were used by the owners of said club n win the pennant, and that the state- rnents made by Mir. Smith did not jus tify the publications.
 The league adopted new limit on the number of players allowed on each team. club may carry eish- tsen pIayers for tine first thirty days oS inc season, but after that time only Fourteen will be allowed.
 played in 1910. and the season VIII open about April 12, The scneduie meeting will be held in Atlanta carry in February at. the call of president
 The Shortening of spikes was dis- cussed. but no action taken. 1t was nroposed 10 shorten them from their present length of half Inch to tnree-
 The pennant was awarded to the At
 President Kavanaush was re-eiect. cd president; Secretary and treasurer w. T. Crawford of Shreveport. La. Was elected as Vice President and Auditor
 Tine following board of directors wal re-eiected: R. H. Baugh. Birmingham E E Kuhn. Nashville: F. F. Coleman Memnhis: H. c. Rather, Little Rock.
 The following Board Of trustees wal also elected: T,