The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
NEW LEAGUE
OPENS THURSDAY
CAFFNEY ENTERED ASSOCI-
ALTON AND ALL PLANS
NOW COMPLETED
OFFICERS ELECTED
Anderson Opens At Greenville
and Spartanburg Will Open
In Gaffney-Rules Fixed

wen lIOlll IlSAl 4 0uuS ioui NSShA'
will get away in the Piedmont League.
The announcement that the organiza-
ton of the league has been effected
will be. welcome news to fans all
around the circuit.
In accorGar ce with the call issued
some days ago for a meeting Of the
fans in Spartanburg Anderson yester-
day sent three delegates to that city
these being Porter A. Whaley, secre-
tary of the Anderson Chamber of Com
merce, F. M. Burnett, secretary OF the
Anderson Y. NJ. C. A, and Watson Bell
The Intelligencer staff.
The meeting was called to order IN
the Finch Hotel yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock with W. M. Floyd Of
Spartanburg presiding. Mr.. Stouch
was the first manager to address the
meeting and he assured his hearers
that Greenville was ready and willing
to enter the league; had a team ready
to take the field and would hold up
her end of any financial undertakings.
He favored a 80 game schedule with
restrictions so that all towns would
get a square deal.
Porter A. Whaley OF Anderson next
addressed the meeting. He 81; that
Anderson wanted baseball and is will
ing to support a league provided the
teams would be so managed that no
runaway race would take place.
DR.. j. C. Creech Of Gaffnev was the
next speaker and he said t.lat Gatfney,
if given a square, deal would put a
team in the field edqual to any in the
league. He said that Gaffney has al.
the money they had already in sight.
Report for Spartanburg w. M. Floyd
said that his town was ready to en-
ter the league and under the leader
ship of Legs" Martin would have
a strong aggregation to represent the
"City Of Success"
The next matter taken up was the
selection of a president and a secre-
tary. Ed. H. DeCamp of Gaffney, ed
itor. of the Gaffney Ledger and one of
the best known baseball fans in the
State, was unanimously elected presi-
dent Of the new league and Watson
Bell, city editor of the Anderson In
t~elligencer, was elected secretary.
Il was decided that the league
should open on Thursday, June %
with Anderson playing in Greenville
and Spartanburg playing in Gaffney.
The season will continue until the
Wednesday following Labor day which
will be September 5. This will make a
season of 6S games.
At the meeting yesterday it was
agreed that nc player would be al
lowed to participate in a game, should
he have played as many as 20 games in
any professional organization. 1t was
further agreed that each club would
give a guarantee of $35 per game with
a rain guarantee of $40, visitor to have
the privilege of 80 per cent OF the gate
receipts.
One of the most important matters
decided yesterday was that of the
fourth of July games. 1t was agreed
that each town would have one game
on this day. Spartanburg will play in
Gaffney on the morning of tho fourth,
Gaffney playing in Spartanburg on
that afternoon. Anderson will play in
Greenville in the morning and Green
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game.
It was decided that a meeting of the
directors of the league, consisting of
each towns president, the president
and secretary and vice-president of the
league, would take place in Greenville
next Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock to
formally adopt a schedule. This meet
ing will be held at the Imperial hotel
and the arrangements will all be COM
pleted at this meeting for the opening
series of the league.
The last matter attended to before
the adjournment of the meeting was
the selection Of W. NJ. Floyd of Spar
tanburS as vice-president Of the league
aud inc meeting came to a close. The
following are those who attended tna
meeting: J. B. Ramsey, Legs Martin
of Spartanburg; j. Gibbes Pridmore,
DR.. j. C. Creceh, DR.. V. H. Lipscomb,
L. S. Wood and J.. F. Fincken of Gaff-
ney; Thomas Stouch and w. NJ. Owens
Of Greenville; F NJ. Burnett, Porter
A. WLaley and Watson Bell Of Ander-
son.
If there had been any doubt before
this meeting concerning Gaffney's en-
tering the league this doubt was dis
PEELED at yesterdays meeting. Ed De-
Camps town succeeded in showing
more ready money and more cash in
hand than any other town in the cir.
every town in the league would know
that they we're up against a real
cult and the Gaffney fans said that
ball club when Gaffney takes a chance.
The league is certainly to start on
Thursday week and it will be fast
baseball. 1t will be conducted along
conservative lines but the new league
will prove equal in many respects to
the old Carolina Association.
The Anderson team will leave this
morning for a trip which will continue
until the season opens here. The first
game will be played this afternoon
against Elberton, followed by a game
at Lavonia and then the team will
conclude their trip with a series in
Athens, Ga. Then they will go to
Greenville and open the season.
The league is now assured and 1t is
I'D to Anderson fans to support it.
That there will be fast baseball here
this summer should be a matter OF
congratulation.