The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31

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G southern league stand
ing pat and with nutn
ing IN evidence thai AL.
NSH@H city desires to withdraw
RyS from the organization,
SN the efforts OF hasvhan
Enthusiasts Of Macon.
Ga, to secure a berth
in the Suuland maJvl
are expected to prove futile, President
John y, Martin, Of the southern, has
received several letters from MHcouians
relative to the proposed entry Of the
hustling Georgia CIty INTO the league,
out 10 w u tree AS to what city the Ma
con baseball fans are figuring on re-
pacing ~ the makeup OF INC llXle MA
lor.
II nave had no intlmation from any
~ the eight clubs In the league thar
(hsy are 10 do otherwise than romuin
N the league said resident Martin
This morning, and II there Is even one
team, much less three, IN our circuit
mat wishes to get Got, It Is news TO me,
nave heard nothing at all relative to
the quitting Of any club, n with this
being the case see no room lur Ia
con,
The Chattanooga matter has been
Strengthened out TO the entire salts
faction of all concerned, and HAD d
Ist'er from Lieut.. sammy strang Nick
m, who has taken over the team, which
spoke IN optimistic terms Of the APP
preaching season and asked for II re-
serve list OF Chattanooga players.
Mobile All Ready.
Mobile has also been mentioned as
the probable city to be succeeded by
Macon, but nothing except optimistic
statements have come from The Bay
cry, and ! am confident that the Mo-
bile club will be one OF the strongest
pillars IN the organization this year,
Macons spirit iS to be commended.
and If things were different the claims
Of the Georgia city would be considered,
put with the league having a fun
house already, | see no reason In going
into the matter" concluded President
Martin.
Macon has been busy during the past
lhree or -FOUR weeks trying TO tormu-
late plans to enter the Southern, and
went no far as to name "A committee
composed Of Louis RossignOl and phil
Wachtel, weIl-knOwn Macon sportsmen,
70 visit Memphis and confer with the
league president regarding Macon Sc
curing a berth IN the Sunland circuit,
According to the plans formulated in
Macon, the committee Is to soon pay
q visit TO Memphis, confer with Presi-
dent Martin, and then visit three cities
In the league, which, II Is claimed,
are ready to relinQutsh their franchises
70 Macon. Committees in Macon have
pVtl pAhy oNCuI iub SulllCltNl ll1bhCldl
support to finance the proposition, and
report they have lined up enough
money to start the ball rolling,
Overlook This Fact.
The Macon baseball boosters, how
have very apparently overlooked
the very important fact that a city
can not break into a league unless there
Is an empty berth, and II Is reasonable
to assume that II any situation like
that was prevailing the president OF the
league would be acquainted with the
fact,
The names Of the three cities which
are TO be visited by the Macon sports
are withheld, for what reason TX
given, and II careful auvas Of an
cities represented In the league fails
TO reveal a single weak cog in the
southern league machine, New Orleans
always like a stone wall, Mem
phis, OF course, couldn't be supplanted
by any city. Nashville likewise is on
a rock bottom foundation. Birning-
ham is one Of the strongest pillars IN
the league structure. Mobile has al
ready cast her hat into the arena and
with a good showing by the team last
winning a p%ennant. Chattanooga viii
out with new blood and is conf
dent of "A good year, Little Rock is too
tickled to be in the league to be trying
TO get cut, A~tlanta-well, make your
own comment, for Charley Frank
couldn't be Jared loose from his fran
chise without the aid of nitroglycerin.
SO just where Macon Is figuring on
coming In Is a mystery, as there Is not
a weak spot in the entire organization,
30 far as President Martin or close OBJ
servers of the circuits business are
aware,
The league president Ia ready to re-
ceiVe the Macon committee, but will
TO be shown where the Georgia
club IL figuring on coming Into the
before he goes into any lengthy
negotiations.
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BOB BAUGH APPLAUDS.