Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-11
WE'RE DEAD I'M LINE
MEETING CALLED fOa TUESDAY
Local Enshnsi.~ss VIII Assemble ia
shs siorssa House % Make Plans
for q Base Ball Ciab.

For the fret time In many moons
Grand Rapids : the possessor q real
bose ball frseehise. Al that IL lacking
nov Il a team. and that viii he forth
coming when the trailing. arbotus bloc
sous again. George tJlS received word
yesterday from G. II. eushman q Mil.
waukss that Grad Rapid. had been
granted a franchise ia the Western
league. The other cities are Indianap-
oils. Detroit. Kansas City. Milwaukee.
Minneapolis Toledo sad Sioux City.
The season viii open about May I. al
though the schedule has DOT teea pre-.
pared yet A meeting ~ the league il
called for Indianapolis Noveraber -
Grand Rapids will be represented.
A meeting OF all persons interested Ia
base ball Is called Tor Tuesday evening.
November Ia. The meeting will be held
in the lobby OF the Morton house. and
everybody Interested In the game il in
vited 10 attend Sons Of the leading
business men IN the city are being inter-
estcd In the lenterl Ei@. Instead Of one
man being held responsible for the club.
sn atfe mpt will be made to induce six or
seven 10 back tho team. This will In
crease the stability OF the organization
andincrease the confidence OF the public.
Among those who have sighted their
willingness 10 help back the club are
Will f. White and Frank Bonnoll. Mr.
White Is an enthusiastic lover OF base
ball aud believes the game can be made
successful in Grand Rapids
Capital stock ca be Fixed.
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capital stock OF the organization will be
fixed. and il is probable that all the
stock will be subscribed The officers
Of the local stock company will be
selected FROM among the leading stock
holders. aud the team will be run for
the sole purpose OF playing bail
Grand Rapids will be in q league with
some swift company. Detroit, Indian
the National league. The great draw
back to base ball in this city heretofore
has been that the other towns in the
league were nondescript villages that
could not give guarantee. Grand
Rapids always made money, in spite OF
the fact that she had to carry two or
three OF the other teams The stability
OF the Western league is assured. In
Ahoho1o Wy aAO AnA4ntakOilr tAic DtitCt
Railway companies are backing the
teams Wander Beck 10 behind the De-
troit club aud ID. Long. who owned the
Charleston, South Carolina. team last
summer, will pay the freight for the
Toledo ball tossefs. J. r. Brush. an old
time base ball manager. will engineer the
horsehide destinies OF Indianapolis
Milwaukee has raised $1,000 in good
0atd ~oah mud 80 he
$4,000 worth OF a similar article. The
salary limit OF the league is $780, so
there is no necessity OF any towns being
swamped by reason OF paying farcy
prices for players. The limit Is sufficient
20 insure first class men. and low enough
to prevent one or two cities from trying
10 corner the market
Must Issmbast Detroit.
The fact that Grand Rapids and De-
troit are in the league must necessarily
add great deal to the local interest.
Detroit Is very pretty sort OF town;
but II has ofttimes assumed an attitude
Of arrogant self sutiiciency. A local
team that would lsmbast Detroit at
every crack OF the bat would ill the
grounds until the players would be
crowded Tor room.
AS an ADVERTISEMENT Tor city nothing
surpasses good ball club. and il is this
fact that is inducing many merchants
and business men TO look with favor
upon the club When Detroit was in
the National league with winning
team, IL was probably the best adver-
tised city OF its size in the United
States IL is believed that a strong
team here will attract thousand OF visit
ors from the adjacent towns. and that
the merchants will reap a benefit from
the games.
Nothing has yet been decided upon as
to the location OF the grounds. but il 10
expected that they will be at Reeds
lake. 1t 10 necessary TO have them at
come place where Sunday ball can be
played. Reeds lake is thu most con-
yenlent locality for the grounds. and is
almost as easily accessible as Campau
square. Grand Rapids has been
promised sixteen Sunday games for the
season. Tue entire matter will be
brought mp FOR discussion at the meet
ing Tuesday night In the meantime
Grand Rapids still hangs 10 the franchise.