KID EJLBEIIFELD SIGNED
President Allen of the Little Rock
club has announced that Kid Elber
feld had signed to manage the team
during the 1920 race. It is said be
fore the Southern league opens next
season there will be one or two new
managers on the circuit. John
Dobbs of New Orleans may he made
the pilot of the Memphis club, and
according to reports Larry Gilbert
will so to Slaw: Orlwaana.
FINEJEETING
Express Confidence for 1920
Discuss Bonus to
Players
tho best meetings ever held by the j
Kastern League was the annual ses- j
seion here yesterday. It was so good j
a meeting that all the magnates are ;
now expressing great confidence in j
1920, which they say, will see a great i
revival of baseball Everyone was !
satisfied, with the season just past. j
Business Manager G. T. Chalon of j
the "VVaterbury club denies emphat- 1
ically that his club would drop from i
the league or that the owners were
even contemplating such a thing. He
says "VVaterbury will have a new bail ,
park. !
Bonus to Players- !
The awarding of a bonus to the ,
players was also discussed and action :
will probably be taken at a later
meeting. The plan would be along
the line of the one now in use in the
American Association. It consists of
setting aside 1 per cent, on each
ticket and pooling the money taken
in tliis manner into one fund. The
players on the team winning the pen
nant would he given the largest
share, which might be in the neigh
borhood of $100, while all the other
teams would receive sums in propor
tion to their standing.
