The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-16
THE NATIONAl 1--WE.
Helena Will Have a First-Class
Baseball Team and Will Enter
the New League.
Interest in the Game Increasing
Colonel Broadwaters
Proposition.
How 10 go About The Organization Base.
ball Enthusiasts wiz Hold Meet
ing la Few bays.

Within the coming week the local base
ball enthusiasts propose coming together 10
see what cnn hc done towards forming a
irst-class organization in Helena. The am
nouncemoni that j, :. Barnes. the cx-man-
agcr of the 81. Paul baseball clnb hns como
west to form a strong northwestern circuit.
which shall include Bate and Helena. with
Spokane Falls. Portland. Tucoml and
Semitic, has started our few home baseball
isis 10 talk over iho matter. H. il decided
that Helena must have a good icam lire
queen city does not want to permit her
western competitors for all hcnors 20 take
them 10y default. The city that shall put
out the strongest team will be most honc-
fitted and no better advertisement can bp
conceived for a city than ruod baseball
club.
Messrs. McycndoriI. Barbour. Muth and
MaTklcy, ot this city, who have a. different
times managed baseball affairs in Helena,
have been consulted on the iden Of forming
a new club. and each are willing to 70 INTO
II heartily. hut propose that u shall be CON-
posed of ilfsi-class men. Two years ago,
when Helena had q good organization, 1t
WIS not pairOniEcd as n should have been.
The managers personally LOST money on the
undertaking. and tins lack of interest WIS
probably due tn the fact that Helena could
meet no club worthy OF lis steel. The poo
pile uf Helena know good ball PLAYING and
will not remain 10 see child's play Ghig-
tions. There were other reasons why the
venture was not success, though every
effort was used 10 make II 40. A stock COM
pany lad been formed curly IN the winter
and Sl,I00 worth of stock subscribed To.
Old debts amounting Ia S40u were
paid with tins and about S10O0 expended IN
building an ice skating rink on the grounds
from which big profit were anticipated but
they never came. When the season began
the club WAS without money. inuther
drawback was the dusty grounds.
but all these conditions have changed.
There are no outstanding debts of former
clubs. A new organization can start IN and
every pnhllc spirited citizen shou d help 10
keep Il UP Helena will soon have an cleo
iric motor line 10 the west side with trains
running every fifteen minutes and one hun
dred and nifty people can be transported
at one trip. Col. BrOadwater. when ap-
preached on the subject yesterday, prom
ised that he would lend every encouragement
Go forming good ball organization, and
will do all he reasonably can 90 make IL u
success. For "a starter he will give thu free
use OF any ground that be owns on the West
side for ball field, for two or three years.
1ne best place that could he chosen will be
in the new Hotel Park. and few men will
visit the place to- day Co see If desirable
field can be found there. Manager Mcln-
tyre, of tho Hotel Broadwater, is in full
sympathy with the project, and will ma
terlally mid IN ITS furiherance. MIR. Meyen-
dorfl sayo If the people of Helena show
Willingness 10 support the organization he
will take aold with his old-time yigor but
he doesn't propose 10 try and run IL alone.
His late experiences showed decided de-
pleiion of his pocket, and only few DAYS
aC0 he and some other gentlemen paid an
old baseball debt of $500.
Letters have been received from several
eastern players who are desirous of coming
out 10 Helena There are very few PLAYERS
IN this city at present. Dallos and Lee Tutt
being abont all there is left of the old
crowd. 1.-The principal thing in making
club success said Mr.. Markley yester-
day, "is 10 have man who has full control
of his players. IL seems strange. but IL is
nevertheless the fact that the average hired
ball player has Ia be treated like n dog. BE
bold and uncivl tn him and make him feel
that you are over him and then you can get
something ont OF them. The imported h0ll
players have always been treated like
gentlemen and this doesn't pay.
1--WE want 20 put man nj the head who
can have full control of his men. If he ever
expects To get anything ont uf them. Base
ball as conducted to-day. has been brought
mp to n fine business point and the men
employed in il are expected 10 work their
best. If there is my pleasure ili the game
IL is for the spectators. OF course my re-
mnrks do not apply 10 voluntary orgnniNa-
tions. We have had To pay Tor our Inen as
a rule and did not get the services out ut
them that we should. and we will have go
pay for hem again. We have not man IN
Helena who could manage the players ms |
would like 10 see il done, but there arc
plenty of them in the country
Let us have n base ball club by all means.
Mr.. Barnes will soon be hero. lie is now
in Tacoma pushing his circuit scheme. In
Spokane Falls last week he perfected the
organization of base ball company with
capital stock of $l0nO. Helena should do
the same and there Is no doubt that prop
erly managed, II could be made success
and there are already enough lovers Of the
national game TO guarantee large atten-
dances. Mr.. Barnes project is io form q
North Pacific league and urrancc for M
least 100 games during the season. sach
club 10 play fifty on the home grounds and
Fifty abroad. Tho season Is now ripe for
immediate action.
The MarysyIlle champions of last wear
viii probnbly not prove very rfruup this
season, rs most Of the players have gone
awHy. Butte has not been lolrd from yet. /
hut II has some Tattling good material in
the baseball line. aud Anaconda will also
have team in the field. while Bozeman
and Livingston will also undoubtedly re-
organize their clubs.
TO have our baseball grounds out IN the |
Hotel park will be ID very good plan. rs Il II
will afford spectators every facility for /
going to the bag plunge nfter the game is
over II the hotel managers enter into the 4
enterprise Helena can safely count on hav-
ing brsf-ulnss grounds, and II II 10 be hoped I
that "a good ball team will he organized, I
aud without DELAY.