The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
BESSEMER WOULD
 MAKE BABY LEAGUE
 VALUABLE MEMBER
IS BELIEVED ARRANGEMENT COULD BE MADE TO PLAY ITS GAMES ON RICKWOOD FIELD. LEAGUE IS PERMANENCY

There is a strong probability that Bes- semers will be member of the South eastern circuit next season.
 There is every reason why this should be-, To our notion it is the ideal successor of Decatur, the understanding being that that city will not home team next season. s4i
 Bessemer, a member of the circuit, will serve as a lighting ground for the teams going to and from Selma, and thereby. will save the league a considerable item of expense And such will obviate the necessity of forfeiting games-as was done this season-because of non-arrval) ] of teams.
 It is a certainty that by an arrangement of the schedule so that Bessemer will play at home when Birmingham is on the road, the Bessemer team will draw well from Birmingham and it's environs.
 And there is a great probability that if the plan is worked carefully, the Bes- semer games. if agreeable to Bessemer. can be played on Redwood field/ Should this result obtain, Bessemer will be the most valuable member of the circuit from a financial standpoint.
 The officials of the Birmingham club would have little objection to renting Redwood field while the Barons are on the road Other cities of the Southern league might raise an objection based on the ground that such a procedure might be a violation of the spirtsof that law which would prevent teams of two leaguea representing Birmingham. Technically ! however, there would be no violation ot that law on account of the fact that tho Bessemer team will be a representative of Bessemer and not of Birmingham. Bessemer, at the present time, has no park worthy of league baseball, and there is no legal obstacle in the way of the acquisition of such. Redwood field was established, is known, Because of it's proximity to Birmingham, Ensley, Besse- mer and other suburbs.
 Bessemer using Redwood field during the absence of the Barons, would have no effect on the drawing strength of the Barons, and therefore would have no ef- feet on the Southern league. It is very probable that such a plan can be ma terialized. If so Bessemer will be the strongest city of the Southeastern, from a standpoint of finance.
 The people of Birmingham would have continuous baseball, as would the people of Bessemer, and surrounding country. Bessemer could crouch under the wing of Birmingham, and Birmingham could protect Bessemer. And it might occur that at the same time. two clubs of this district will be scrapping for pennants in two leagues.
 From indications Decatur will not be q member of the Southeastern next season. As it is generally believed that the plan to enlarge the circuit to eight clubs is dangerous, there will be but one vacancy to be filled, Knoxville has been men, toned and so has Pensacola. 1t would appear that Bessemer, better than either the Tennessee or Florida city, would serve the purpose of making the Southeastern an organization of strength and perma- nency.
 The Southeastern. of all other little leagues in surrounding territory, has been the most successful this season. The Cotton States has proved almost fail- ure, and it is said that 1t will not be reorganized next season. The South Att lantic has trod on feeble feet from the very incipency of it's season, and has lost two of its members, Augusta and Charleston.
 There is no reason why the Southeast ern cannot be made a league as perma- nent as the Southern, or the National or any other. All that is needed is sane legislation, strict observance of that legislation, and the maintaining of in- terest. The latter. it is needless to say, is dependent on the preceding conditions.