The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

In a meeting Tuesday night of the managers of teams of the City league in which discussion grew hotter than at any other session the question of action on the part of fans at the Sloss By-P y-Product-Avondale Mills game last Saturday was taken up. Umpire Joe Garter made verbal report on the game in which he recounted the action of a man whose name was divulged, who is alleged to have struck him during the latter part of the game. The man was said to appear to have been intoxi- cated or semi-intoxicated. It was brought out in the discussion pro and con that it appeared not to be the gen. eral sentiment of the fans but of a minority of spectators.
 In an appeal for the community. President James F. Harrison of the City league stated that the guilty party would be prosecuted. He pleaded that 1t was only few who caused the trou- ble and that an entire community should not be penalized on account of the action of mere handful. He expressed entire confidence in Donald Conner. ! president of the mills, as being able to handle the situation there and allay the trouble. Mir. Conner, he said, was at present out of the city, but that the matter would be brought before him upon his return.
 Opposed to Playing
 Several of the other managers made talks and expressed the sentiment of their clubs. The AvOndale Park tenn through Manager Hyde, went on rec erd as being against playing the team 0f the Avondale Mills on any grounds, 6owever, after an urgent speech by Erefldent Harrison, it wss agreed that the game scheduled for next Saturday pc held up pending coming action. Manager Afford, of the East Birming- nam team, reported similar trouble when his team played on Avondale Mills diamond two weeks ago and dur ing tne discussion the names of the AVondale Mills third baseman, Will Ilams, and the first basemap, West. was brought out as being among those Wno precipitated the trouble. Presi- gent Harrison stated that in view of sne tacC that no written charge had Deen brought against these players they wou.e not De suspended but were to be nosllled that they were on probation. ,x!3, !M3,snager- John Hall of the Avondale Mills club, delivered an apology from tbe superintendent of the miIIs and pune officials that such A depIorable occurance should have come to nass o,, thelr diamond. He stated the sincere regret of those in charge and defenSeJ the players of the team. Later be urged that the game for next Satnr- gay De played on other grounds rather than postponed and said that onI,, tWo or three men were responsible for al or the trouble last Saturday and tnat tney had been taken in hand bv tne oiIielals of the mills and they had RrOmised not to attend future games on
 Meet Again Friday
 a;.a nlees an extra long session in which SsasSussion or the question was given tIee pay and sentiment frankly ex- pressed lt was agreed that another meeting would be called for Friday nigbt III tne council chamber of the citv haIi az Q o'clock at which final djsnositjo, ot tne question would be made. Tba mater of whether the Avondale Mile team will be voted out of tbe Ieoano VIII pc taken up and every manager oT representative of teams of the c;tn ieague are urged to be present.
 Trior to the question of the Avon- u.Ie Alllis trouble the matter of ro- vlsion of the schedule was taken un ana new schedule for the remainder %F nf. Ine season in Glass A was adontsJ % Ji 5oWever, no suitable schedule for EIess was passed and Rlanager of es tbs Siass b was passed and manager os me Glass B division were reoSestsJ .o aEaw up a schedule and submit if at e Lne next meeting. ~
 4pe managers passed resoIution thanking P. Y. whitman and the na tsde comLitttee for their excellent warE p .n putting over the parade in sucb c1 s ! suSSessful Sst manner on opening dav.
 The matter of eligibility of nlavers from other cities was discussed snd 2 Iullng read into the minutes bv Pres;l e a asnt Harrison that any piayvs. whose name appeared on the pay roll of % anv company for work of any nature wonIS Pe eligible to play in the citv lesgne it would be impossible to determine fnr. ther than that the man was paid for work and not for playing ball and that an effort to go behind the pay roll and probe the real nature of ami players employment would be futile.