The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18
VOICE OF ANDREWS NOT HEARD
 ELSEWHERE AS IN HOME TOWN
Lookout President Will Not Attend Meeting-Pat atten
 and EIherfeHd to Repre-
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Psssid Dps of Chatta- noo8a @ ol rrg of the schedule tl lsa ue com ritt fI7n to pre- sent his grievance at the coming meet ing, but has left his interests in the hands of z. c. Patten. Jr., vice pres ident of the club, and Manager Fiber field. These two will lay the situa- tion before the league directors at the meeting next week in Atlanta, and will ask that Chattanooga be given some relief. President Andrews is detained in Erie, Pa.
 That Andrews, charges against Frank in regard to the schedule have created a sensation around the circuit Is not to be denied. But in none of the cities has the situation been taken so se- riously as in Chattanooga and the cities are inclined to look on Andrews as making somewhat mountain out of a molehill.
 The answer of Frank to MT. Andrews only made the Chattanooga scribes more wrathy. Frank, it will be re- called, declared that the schedule was
 
 making towns to make the money and thus help financially all the cities in the league.
 w. G. Foster writes in the Chatta- nooga Times in further exposition of the Chattanooga complaint as follows:
 We figured that it was time to give the league schedule that would pro- duce the best dates for the best towns, and by producing such dates, produce the most revenue for every one in the league"
 CRITICIZES FRANKS REPLY
 So says Charley Frank in the midst of other nonsense in reply to Pres ident O. B. Andrews stringent criti- eism of the Southern league schedule as drafted by the committee.
 That sounds good; but Frank doesn't care to go into details.
 Everybody wants New Orleans and Memphis to have as many Sunday games as practicable: everybody wants Birmingham and Atlanta to have as many Saturday games as practicable; everybody wants the holiday games to go where they will bring the league the largest amount of money. But
 There is no reason why the teams from the smaller cities should be given the hot end of the road games, as well.
 Its hard enough for Chattanooga and Mobile to make ends meet when given an even break''
 It doesn't mean any extra money for the league to have Atlanta play a Sum- day game in New Orleans or Memphis instead of Chattanooga. It doesn't mean any extra money for the league for Chattanooga to be taxed 1000 extra miles without adding a game to the schedule, without saving a mile of travel for any other club.
 Some features of the schedule which bear roughly on Chattanooga-such as only 3S games at home before the Fourth, very few Saturdays at home, additional mileage and the like-may be due to the natural difficulties of schedule making. There are many things in the list of dates which show a malicious attempt to injure the Chat tanooga club. aside from these.
 NO SUNDAY GAMES
 Chattanooga is not given one Sunday in New Orleans, though the Pelicans play 16 Sundays at home A Sunday in New Orleans is worth far more to the Chattanooga club than Saturday at home; local fans and magnates are quite willing to admit that. In all jus tice the locals are entitled to at least two Sunday games in Pelicanville, and that little less than their pro rata. Memphis is jumped from Birmingham to New Orleans for a Sunday game, while the Lookouts lay idle; Memphis had manifestly rather have a Sunday game at home. Is this producing the most revenue for everyone in the league?"
 The next best road assignment in the league is Sunday game at Mem phis. Atlanta is awarded four of these and Chattanooga only two. If this is not blow at Chattanooga it is mani fest1y a great boost for Atlanta.
 Why should Atlanta be given eight big moneymaking games on the road, two--and other clubs must have been deprived in lesser proportion? There