The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-25
new ROAD TO ASK
FOR RIGHTS OF WAY
Selmians Are in Earnest About
Projected Railroad
TO ENTER BIRMINGHAM
Petition for Certain Privileges to BE
Presented to Selma Council at To-
nights MISUNDERSTANDING
the Championship

Selma. July 24-(Special) -Ernest La
mar and associates will, during the meet
ing of the city council of Selma tomor-
row night, ask the city of Selma to
grant them nights of way and terminal
facilities for the projected railroad from
this city up the Cahaba valley to the
Birmingham district
There is little doubt now but that the
projected railroad will really be built
and the indications are that the actual
work of construction will be started
much earlier than was at first thought.
A party of Selmians who have been
working upon the building of the pro-
posed road held a meeting Saturday
night The result of the conference was
not made public, but the plans for the
building of the road and the ffnanciering
of it were gone over carefully. 1t Is
stated that the party of Selmians have
about made arrangements for the neces-
sary money for the building of the road.
The city council will no doubt grant
the party of Selma citizens the rights
of way and terminals which they will
ask for. But there will also be placed
around the grants all of the necessary
restrictions which will protect the city.
Selma Claims Championship
There are three amateur baseball clubs
in Alabama claiming the amateur cham
pionship of the state, and which three
clubs are Admission, Greenvills and
Selma.
Apparently each of these three anna
teur clubs Is equally as strong as either
of the others, and upon each there may
be major league stars in years to come.
Anyhow. the controversy will necessarily
arise as to which of the three clubs is
the amateur champion club of Alabama,
and before the question is settled will
work wonder in favor of amateur base
ball in the three cities which the clubs
represent. 1t will also be beneficial to
amateur baseball throughout Alabama.
The Admission club has played many
more games than has the Selma club.
So has the Greenville club. The Selma
club has played three series of games
with the Admission club; Selma will prob
ably play a series of games with the
Greenville club the latter part of the
week. 30 Tar tnlS season the GroenVflle
club has played more games than has
the Selma club, but the Selma club has
been against some strong teams from
New Orleans.
Admission claims the amateur champion
ship of Alabama. Greenville also claims
1t, as does Selma. In the approaching
series between Selma and Greenville the
tangled settlement of the question In dis
pute may be settled. Some Of the strong
est members of the Selma club are now
doing soldier duty at Chickamauga, and
If the series with Greenvlle is played
before the soldier boys return home,
Greenville will no doubt win.
The Selma club has played three series
with the Admission Free Lances. OF the
three series the local club Is clearly the
winner of two of them. But Admission
won five games out of the three series,
and Selma four games. In amateur
baseball, though. series of games count
and not individual games. A fourth Sc
ries between the two clubs will no doubt
be played in Admission during the first
half of August. The Selma fans are
confident that the local club will take
two of those games.
The series with Greenwile will no
doubt be played at Riverside park dur
irg the last three days of the present
week. and will prove most interesting.
They will be largely attended, and 1t
is understood here that number of
fans with bundles of money from Green
vile will accompany their favorites when
they come to Selma.