Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-29

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HISTORICAL |
SOCIETY. |
LEAGUE BALL FOR WILLMAR.

4 Probability That Our City will be
Represented In tho National
Association Next Season.
Base ball enthusiasts may see q
Willmar club next season that will be
q member of the National Association.
A short time ago the advisability of
taking the proper steps for securing
membership in the association was
brought up and has been discussed by
several towns in the state, and there
is q strong probability that a league
will be formed which will include clubs
from Willmar, Renville, Glencoe,
Hutchinson, St. Cloud, Redwood
Falls, Appleton, Marshall, Wheaton,
Arlington, Montevideo, Benson, and
Webster, S. D. Several papers in the
district have aired the subject OF Or
ganizing such league quite freely
through their columns and at the pres
ent time there is considerable interest
being taken in the matter by baseball
players. The Renville Athletic Asso-
citation has taken the initiative in
pushing the matter by writing to the
teams in the above-named towns and
getting them to express their wishes.
The circuit would take in number of
towns that have good teams and others
where there are at present fairly good
clubs would soon come to the aid of
the players with the proper financial
support. Salaried batteries, in order
to make the affair q success and to
make close contest for the pennant,
would necessarily have to be put on
in some instances.
1t the matter is to be successfully
carried out as far as Willmar is con-
cerned, the necessary capital will have
to be raised from among our business
people. The Renville Commercial
Club has taken it up for the club of
that town and we understand that they
will see that the required capital is
forthcoming and that it is used in q
strictly business manner. Good, clean
games would naturally be the result
of the movement and all lovers of the
national game would soon give the
clubs the proper support in point of
attendance. There are many from the
surrounding country who would come
into the city and witness good game
of ball, and as business proposition
for our merchants it is contended that
the financial support given the club
would return from the crowds who
would attend the ball games. The
following letter wss received last week
by Peter Bonde, who has been acting
as manager for the club known as the
Willmar first nine:
Renville, Mimi,
Manager Base Ball Club,
Wil1mar, MINI.
Dear SIR
I understand you are 60
ing to put in good ball team for
next season ard there are number of
towns along this line and in this vi
cinity of Southern Minn. that are 60
ing to do the same thing, and it is
possible that we could organize cir
cult or league in connection with the
same. We would have the advantage
of. protecting ourselves against the
loss of players if we chanced to have
any fast enough for another league,
and we could probably schedule our
games more satisfactorily, and the in
terest taken in the winning of the pen
nant would have q tendency to draw
larger crowds for all of us. The men,
bership fee in the National Associa-
tion would be $40 for each club. If
you feel interested. would be glad to
hear from you. and will volunteer to
make application to the Sec'y of the
National Association if we can get
enough towns interested in it. am
writing Glencoe, Hutchinson, St.
Cloud, Redwood Falls, Appleton,
Marshall, Wheaton, Arlington, Mon
tevideo, Benson and Webster, S. D.
If We can get six or eight of the towns
to join In this circuit, I think we can
accomplish procuring league.
Yours very truly,
n. N. STABECK, Manager.
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