The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
Dixie Magnates Wind
 Up Very Little Real Business at Session
Southern League Votes $100 a Month Pension for Widow of Charlie Frank, a League. Pioneer

Louisville, Ky. December 2.-(Spe- cial)-Soutfnern league club owners and managers got very little play out of their pre-minor league com vention session today. They spent six hours behind closed doors thresh- ing out problems of the circuit. The net result of their deliberations were as follows:
 Adoption of 154 games for length of schedule. after various efforts to put 16S game program across failed.
 Decision to open within a day of the major leagues. This may mean a day sooner or a day later, depen- dent on the way the Saturday and Sunday dates fall.
 Award of holiday dates to same cities as last year viz: Fourth of July game to be played at Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville and Little Rock; Labor Day games for Mcm- phis. Chattanooga, New Orleans and Mobile
 Jack corbett, president of the At lanta club elected director to suc- ceed R. J. Spiller. former Atlanta president.
 Pension for Mrs. Frank
 The league also decided to pay tho widow of Charles Frank $100 a month for the coming year begin ming December 1. Frank, who was manager in New Orleans and Att lanta for many years, left an estate more meager than expected. Ills widow is living in Bay St. Louis Miss. It is the intention of the league to make this payment as long as Mrs. Frank lives, but as the life of it's actions is limited to one year it will have to eNre- enacted at each succeeding annual meeting.
 Only Players Deal
 Norman Elberfield, Little Rock manager, made the only player deals of the day. He bought Doc Smith catcher, and Sammy Mayer. out fielder, from the Atlanta club. The only other player news that cropped out was an attempt of the Nashville club to buy Tommy Gaffney, utility shortstop, from Louisville.
 An effort to permit tho clubs to carry a manager in uniform on the coaching line, not to count in the players limit, was defeated. Atlanta Chattanooga, Little Rock and New Orleans voted against the plan. while MenD1lS, 1Ai Ahih . nam aAiN Mobile were in favor. President Martin broke the tie by voting no on the ground that any material change in playing conditions should be done with the assent of the ma jority of the cflbs.
 Sky the Limit
 Several efforts were made to raise the waiver price of s4o0, but they were voted down and the subject vii be taken up again at tomorrow mornings session. The salary hmi will also come in for discussion to morrow. There Is 8 sentiment in ia yor of making the sky the limit bu President Allen of the Little Rocl club, is opposed to it. He contend that the clubs can't stand any fur ther financial strain. For this req son he wants the seven-rooaSie rul' made stringent, so that former south ern league players can't be counted as rockies. Employing bona fid' rockies, he holds, keeps the race clos' and the salary roll balanced within reason. -
 To Meet At New Orleans
 The schedule committee will mee in New Orleans soon and make its re mort at the Mobile meeting In Feb ruary. A three-quarter vote is re ouired for the adoption of the playine chart. President Martin announced the following committee appoint.
 Constitution and rules: weinacksr Sloan and Watkins.
 Schedules Heineman, Allen ant Smith.
 resolutions. Corbett and Nicklin.
 His report showed balance oi s5O.0O0 in the league treasury Int attendance reported showed tha' 1.049.7So paid their way into South ern league parks in 1922. This wa. a falling off of 56,21s from the pre-. vious year, only 5 per cent Mobile which doubled her attendance, wal the only town to show an increase.
 Those in attendance are. Nashville T. A. c. Sloan, president; W. A. Lil. lard. secretary; Billy Hamilton. man ager. Birmingham: w. D. Smith president; Billy West, secretary; Jos Dunn, manager. Chattanooga sammy tstrang} Nieklih. president Little Rock: Robert G. Allen. pres ident. Little Rock: Tom Watkins president; Johnny Dobbs, marlaser Mobile. K. M Weinacker, president E H. Ross, secretary. New Orleans
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