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Show NEW SOUTHERN BASEBALL LEAGUE Chattanooga. Aug 19 A new baseball base-ball league in the South Is to bo organized or-ganized by charters to be filed in eight southern cities today, accoring to plans of the promoters, which have been under way for months and arc now perfected. Chattanooga, Tenn . Atlanta, Ga., Birmingham. Ala , New Orleans. La , Memphis Tenn Nashville Tenn. Little Lit-tle Rock, rk . and Shreveport. La . are to compose the eight club circuit which will be named the Dixie baseball base-ball league Memphis promoters art behind the scheme. It Is said that the Dixie league will be associated with the Federal league. Memphis. Tenn., Aug. 19. Judgo William J Bacon of Memphis who Is io head th proposed Dixie base- ball league, stated that the new I league promoters had no intention of starting a baseball war in the south Ffforts will be made he said, to effect ef-fect an agreement with tho Southern league clubs, in several cities, and if possible to gain recognition of t hi-National hi-National association of minor league clubs. |