The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1920-07-22
CHARLOTTE HET UP
Wl.C'-C TOWN GETS MAD AND
DEMANDS PkRNELL.
MEEHAN'S SCALP
Ball Team Does More To Advertise
Chesterfield Than The Cigarette
Or The Famous And Tiled
Gentleman of That Name
Chesterfield has Il hall club.

| Many people in Chesterfield had
| scarcely heard of that fact "A week
| ago, but the entire poL ulation of
Charlotte, North Carolina, knew it.
Every newspaper printed in that city
advertised this little old town and It's
ball team in every edition printed
from Thursday to Sunday. And some
OF them are still at it..
1t all came about through Nh. Par
nell Meehan paying q visit to Char
lotte in the interest Of the Chester
field club. Mr. Mcchan knew that
there were some good players in
| Charlotte who were discnpagcd. He
went to engage some Of them for the
local club.
| He got in touch with some Of the
diScngagcd players ana talked bust
ness to them. Word went around
among the players that "a promoter
was in town. They wanted to see him.
| lie saw them. Some OF those who
talked to Mr.. Mcchan may have been
under contract to the Charlotte team
or the South Atlantic League. If so
| Mr.. Mechan did not know il.
Now the Charlotte Club and the
South Atlantic League have for some
reason had mighty hare! luck this
season in keeping their players salts
fled. In fact both complain that they
have been all but put out Of business
bv the players Jumping the contracts
and joining "outlaw" clubs. In fact
at the time Of Mr. Mcrhan's appear
ancc the magnatcs and the fans were
suffering from incipicnt Lcrvou. pros
tration over the dcscrtion of one Of
their star players, VINO had llown To Il
more lucrctivc job on a Philadelphia
team.
| SO when it became known that II
promoter was busy in their midst in
dignation ran high. NOlcncC was
talked of but quictcr heads prevailed
and the legal dcpnrtmnn was con-
suited. 1t was discovered tnat Char
lotte has upon her statute books a
law requiring persons from outside
/
hire laborcrs within the bounds of
said county to first procure an
agents license at $500 per each.
As Mr.. Mcchano haG rover in his
widest moments C'dS1cd base ball
tplaycrs as laborcrS h" Naturally con
Sidcrcd himself immun" TO tins law.
However, one of the city Slcuths
was set upon the trI.'. Of This person
| from Chesterfield rnd locating him
at the ball park placed HIM under ar
rest, charged with having violated
the law described above. Taken to
court the trial was set for July 23
in order to give the base bal! manaG
cr% ANA others Interested IN the prose
.ution sufficient tim" to collect wit
ncSscS, engage legal talent and read
up the law on such cases. Fond was
fxcd at somewhere between $500 and
$4,000, both figures fa''r bccn used
III the tclcgraphic dispatches sent out
telling Of the capture Of tn" willy out
law p. Mcchan.
Meantime Mr.. M"rhan cAgagcd his
players and came nonc. IRE outcome
of the trial, of course, remains to be
seen.
Now comes the announcement that
the Charlotte Club ard the - uth Al
| lant!c Association VIII sue the Ch"S-
-crilcld Club for $21,pe for damages
sustained by sending an cmlSary
tmong their players I" d!SorganiHc
| her club.
| Secretary BUD M""rc oi TIA" Char
| 'ottc Club gave out lh' W"rd that aS
soon as he was sbl" I" secure the
| IDENTIFY OF the men hch.hi the ChrS-
.rriIcld tiub the paper" would hc
| served.
AS result "i the puhl'c''y coming
from tins incident I'll" 'icS'crilrid
'alI club mas mad Telegram" pouring