The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-02
CHARLIE FRANKS
 BEATEN TOFRAzNE IN LEAGUE MEETING
IN NEW SALARY LIMIT ONLY HALF OF A PLAYING MANA GERS SALARY WILL BE IN GUIDED

New Orleans, March 1.-(Special) )-R H. Baugh, president of the Birmingham club, won one of the hardest fights ever waged, in a Southern league meeting here this afternoon when he succeeded in nav ing declared unconstitutional section in one clause of the minutes of last falls s Birmingham meeting in which the mag mates had by a unanimous vote decided that all of a playing managers salary should be included in the leagues month ly salary limit of $3500. The result of the fight is that only half of a playing man. ager's salary will count in the limit.
 Baugh had to make a pretty wide de- tour to get to the salary limit question, but he arrived safely with the assistance of J. w. Heisman of Atlanta. Against these two were Charlie Frank and o. B. Andrews of Chattanooga. Baugh led the fight He started out by objectng to that paragraph. of the minutes of the Birming- ham meeting, which read "all of a play ing managers salary should be included in the limit His objection was based on the grounds that the bylaws of the league had been violated. The bylaws, he declared, said plainly that only half cf a playing managers salary should be in cluded in the limit, it made no differ ence what that limit might be,
 But you voted unanimously for the motion including all the playing man. agers salary interposed Charlie Frank. .'Yes," returned Baugh, but I now find that the vote on this particular clause was unconstitutional. l, therefore, want it made constitutional l want that sen tence which violates the bylaws stricken from the minutes
 You must strike it all out called back Frank, and around this particular point the fight waged, with others now and then putting in word Finally Heisman asked for a ruling from President Kava- naugh as to whether one particular sec . ton or all the clause was constitutional. Kavanaugh ruled that only that clause which was plainly unconstitutional could be moveo at this meeting. He had pre- viousy ruled against Frank, declaring that custom had made the spring meet ing a regular meeting, and not one called merely and solely for the adopting of the schedules Frank and Andrews took wig orous exception to Kavanaughs ruling, and Andrews even said that the Chatta- nooga club would immediately take steps," Just what is meant is still being gu1sssess.at-also laughed at.
 .$ Having secured the ruling of President kavanaugh on the point that this was a regular meeting at which only three fourths vote was required it was easy enough for Baugh to carry his motion striRing out the objectionable clause.
 By this victory Baugh wipes out the ad- vantage which the New Orleans and Chattanooga clubs would have had over the other six which have playing man- agers. The limit will remain $3o00, but only half of the salaries of Molesworth, Bernhard. Jordan, Schwartz, Dobbs and Holmes will count.
 The schedule was adopted with the fol- lowing changes in the tentative schedule proposed by Kavanaugh, Frank and Co.'s son
 The game June between Mobile and New Orleans in New Orleans Is cut out and an April IS game substituted. New Orleans and Mobile will play two after noon games in New Orleans July in stead of morning and afternoon games. The May 10 MemphisNew Orleans game in New Orleans is cut out and May 13 game substituted, making a double header on this date. The July 24 and May
 
 phis at Memphis are eliminated and May IA and 2l are substituted. Montgomery end New Orleans are also permitted to play afternoon games on Labor day in New Orleans.
 Outside of the salary limit fight only few routine matters were brought up. The meeting was pretty well drawn out, all magnates having reported pretty large time the two days previous, helping to celebrate Mardi Gras
 Heisman tried to have the waiver price raised from $4O0 to $500, but his motion was tabled
 ! Colsson tried to have the guarantee fund of the league cut from $1250 to $250, and several amendments to this were made. but some clubs didn't vote and they were all lost
 A change in Southern league headquar- ters in New Orleans was made. Instead of staying at the St. Charles hotel, where they have registered for many years past, the ball players will stop in the future at the DeSoto, where today's meeting was held.
 Present at todays meeting were R. H.. Raugh and Carlton Molesworth of Bir- mfngham: c. P. Jones of Montgomery, w. G. Hirsig of Nashville, F. P. Coleman end Fred Boyd of Memphis, O. B. An