The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
SELMA FOR LEAGUE.
MAY GET FRANCHISE IN COTTON
 STATES.
It Is Now Up To The Fans As To .ys whether Selma WiIi Have
 Professional Baseball
 This Season.

Selma, Feb, 7--lSpecial)--It Is now Iup to the lovers of the national game here as to whether Selma will see base All of the followers of the game here are anxious to see the sport and there Iseems little doubt now but that a club VIII be put in Selma and that base ball during the coming summer. Selma has q better chance of getting la franchise In the Cotton States League today than. she has ever. had before, current for several, weeks past about the league breaking up, it seems today to be In good financial condition and the indications are that the coming the circuit for base ball.
 From 8 letter which was received here today from President Phil 8. Mer- lrlll of the Cotton States League,
 securing a franchise In that organiza- tion. Columbus will drop out of tke l1eague at the meeting which will be held Tn Jackson, Miss, towards the lat Selma wants the, Columbus franchise it is thought that she can receive lt for the asking. The letter. received here today from President Merrill was
 T am in receipt of yours of the srd and beg to advise that Columbus has ldropped out of the league, this being definite. and this creates a vacancy |I. Nave two appiiaafiops for fran. lchises bIi feel very well disposed te- wards your town. and believe many others In the league are; in fact, am
 resep5 etse5 todaE rom Which % lsays: I may be out of line, but Selma is 6 corking good town. think the best thing for you to do is to try to Est n sG you foS can franchise. not later than Tuesday or "Wednesday of. the coming week. Our league is a good, fast league and we have always had good ball in 1t and am ing with the same"
 The letter received from President
 Merrill was addressed to citizen who
 Is interested in baseball and was dated
 1t seems as if the Columbus franchise
 would gladly be awarded to this city,
 With the Columbus franchise, there
 sented that City, in the Cotton States
 League last. year, This team which
 represented Columbus last season did
 not finish at the. ,tcp> of the per cent
 bershIp some good material. and with
 new material added to 1t, the club could
 soon be made one of the strongest, in
 to Selma and afford the lovers of base:
 ball here an abundance of good sport
 during the spming summer
 which will keep Selma from securing
 the offered franchise in the Cotton
 States League and that is that nobody
 seems willing to head the movement to get the franchise for Selma. A stock company with sufficient capital to put the club in good condition could be easily organized here if some substan-
 tial business man would take hold of the movement. No one seems willing to head the moyemeHt so far, but per- haps the next few days will See some one come forward, and If anyone does, there will As no trouble in organizing a company.
 A baseball park on the street car 1 line is very probable also. 1t Is un- ! derstood that the street car line will change hands. during the, coming week and It. is thought that the new owners 1 will be willing to build a park for tn I game on some of the land owned by | the company in the northern part of | the city near the race track. The l game would be better patrOnized If | there was park on the street car line l than it would be- in the. old ball park ! just across the river from the city.