The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-12
WOULD BOOST
DIXIE RATING
IN BASEBALL
Sc uthern Assn. Directors
Work for Class IA Loop;
Fix Season
By VALCO LYLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. II. CUP
Southern association directors last
night closed their annual meeting
after curtailing the regular play
ing season, adopting the Shaugn-
messy system for another year,
and considerable discussion
about making the circuit class IA.
President John d. Martin, pre-,
siding at his 18th meeting as head
of the association. announced the
season would end on Labor day
September about a week ear
lier than usual, in order to give
rnore time for the Southern and
Dixie series play-offs before
frOSt-tlme.
The proposal to make the league
class "A circuit, introduced by
Joe Engel, Chattanooga president,
was believed to be the most lively
topic of discussion at this year,
meeting. President Martin said
there had been considerable dis
cussion" on the proposal and that
an announcement will be made
later"
He did not indicate when or
what the announcement would be.
II was believed the directors may
have taken some kind of action re-
garding it and will await, possibly
further action, before making 1t
public. -.
The playing season will open
Sunday, April ~, the first time in
history the season ever WIFI nave
begun OH Sunday. 1t will end La
Dor day. -
The opening day schedule will
be Chattanooga at Atlanta, Knox
vile at Nashville, Little Rock at
Memphis and Birmingham at New
Orleans.
The July 4th games will be play
ed at Atlanta, Birmingham, Chat
tanooga and Memphis. The La
bor day-or closing games-wlH
be played at New Orleans. Knox
Vile, Nashville and Little Rock.
The directors voted two new
rules regarding night games. No
second game of a night double
header NAV begin later than Il p.
M, and in no night double-header
NAV a new inning start after
1901 a. m. >.
The spring meeting of the d.
rectors will be held February IN
Atlanta, pennant-winning city OF
1885, with the schedule committee
reporting on a tentative list OF
games which will be worked out
between now and the meeting.
On the schedule committee are
Larry Gilbert, New Orleans ex-
ecutive manager, chairman of the
committee; Thomas r. Watkins,
Memphis club president, and Joe
Engel, head of the Chattanooga
team. They probably will con-
yene in New Orleans.
Other committees named are
constitution: F. l.. Murray, Nash
willie president, chairman; Earl
Mann, Atlanta executive manager,
and Robert G. Allen, Knoxville.
Roy L. Thompson, little ROCK
president, was appointed reSolu-
tons committee chairman and w.
A. West, Birmingham president a
member. =,
The directorate renewed the
rule whereby each club is allowed
two extra class B PLAYERS the first
and last 80 days of the season.
Another ruling denies passes on
Sundays and holidays except to
the press.
The Shaughnessy play-off sys-
tenn was adopted for another year
by a vote of Z to l. Only Mann
opposed.
The league created the office
of publicity director and named
Herbert Caldwell, Memphis news
paperman, to the post for one
year at a salary of $4,000.
Hugh Spalding, retiring dlrec-
tor replaced by Mann, was voted
a lifetime gold-engraved pass to
all association games.