Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-05-09
GETTING CIN70THEGANE
Red Lodge Baseball Enthusiasts Hold
Meeting and Decide to Form an Asso-
citation and Raise Money.
TOFENCE NEW BALL PARK

TOFENCE NEW BALL PARK |
Officers We're Elected and Suits Will Be
Ordered Club to Play Practice
Game Next Sunday
The local baseball season will be Il
hummer, if the meeting held last We'd
nesday evening is any criterion OF what
is to follow upon the diamond. About
fifteen enthusiasts got together in j. N.
Mushbach's office, found that Red Lodge
could furnish very wei. equipped team,
except AS To catcher decided to order
uniforms, effected an organization and
appointed Il committee to look up
grounds and find suitable location
which could be fenced iii and a grand
stnnd put up, these grounds not only tx
be used for baseball but for other athlet
ic events and for gala days.
After some preliminary talk Roger
Fleming was made chairman of the
meeting. 1t seemed to bc the sense Of
the gathering that the meeting Should
organize itself into an athletic associa
tion for The purpose Of securing and
fencing in the grounds and, upon motion
of II. II. Pollard, the chair was author
ized to appoint a committee Of five to
examine different locations that have
been and may be suggested and select
proper place for a baseball park Chair
man Fleming made this committee to
consist Of Messrs Vail, Robbins, Pol
lard, Butler and Rose, and they will look
up the matter and present Il report at
another meeting to be held next Monday
evening. 1t was decided to organize as
an ASSOCIATION to bring about the loca-
; ton and establishment OF the grounds
and to secure players to make the com
plement Of the local club complete.
With this idea in view Fletcher Spar
ling was elected manager and treasurer,
and George r. Barker secretary. There
was reported to be SlO6 left in the treas
: ury from last year and this amount will
! bc used toward new uniforms for the
team.
There was considerable talk as to
prospective players and the fact was de-
veloped that W. 7. Perpam, the Butte
contractor who will build the Picket
block the coming summer, is IA baseball
y player and that he had signihed his will
I lingness To get into the game. MIR. Per
? ham's old position is at first base, but he
:. is a good fielder as well and he and Rog
er Fleming can change OFT in the two
positions, Algie Mullens, who recently
came here to enter the employ OF JO'
Hardin can WELD a bali club as well a
I d razor, and he will be "tried OUT on
= base and given an opportunity to "mak'
good For the position OF catcher th'
local team will have to look abroad, ant
the secretary was authorized to ente
into correspondence with one or tW,
players of this position and find If it ]
not possible to get one Of them here.
The team as at present suggested ant
as the line up will bc next Sunday, Whe
they will cross bats with the second min
in practice game, is as follows: Pitch
er, Paddy Fleming; catcher, Harry Bow
len; first base, Roger Fleming; sccon'
S, base. Frank Rose; third base, Algie Mul
,e lens; right field, r. G. Woodward; ccnte
n field. James Fleming; left field, a. But
sc Ter. The positions as given leaves short
stop unoccupied and no one could b
thought of for that place.
~ With the addition of Mr.. Ferllam, an
: the securing OF an outside catcher an
9 perhaps one other player, Red Lodg
will have another winning team in tn
field this summer and one that promise
to shed fully as much glory in it's patti
-l way as did the distinguished team c
last season.
The committee to which was referre
the location Of the grounds, yesterda
afternoon decided upon a site locate
one hundred feet or such matter belo'
the backstop of the present grounds
The property belongs to the Rocky For
Town a. Electric company and the con
mittee secured the privilege of fencin
in enough ground to make a fine ba
and athletic park
The committee also solicited subscril
tions among the business men and easl
secured twenty five pledges of $50 eac