The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-10
HENS FALLING INTO
LINE FOR BASE BALL
Wi-oopiNa UP SENTIMENT MEN
DEAvoR TO SELL TWO Hun.
DRIED SEASON TICKETS -
OTHER DOPE THAT CAN 5E
SMOKED WITHOUT a PIPE.


and win Henderson be in che X l. T
league next season? is the question
! frequently asked by those intereste,
in the national game. Almost every
city. that was in the league last yea
has been doing considerable boosting
in he papers except Henderson.
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Eed lifrla fact
i afro haa made claims Which ar
unreasonable ana which she canno
five ep 70 ayine hat sne would ~
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| oar HENDERSON iie league can hafdlt
Sist as we are the hab city and Aav'
The best railroad facilities Ii WON'T
be good thing If Cairo was left on
on account of her bad railroad facili
ties, still this is not likely to happen
as there is too much rivalry between
Paducah and Cairo and both reap &
financial harvest therefrom.
There was only one club that made
any money this year and the year be
fore and that was Paducah. In all
other towns the fans and the stree
car companies had to go down in their
pockets in order to have their club
| play the season out
Each town is making plans now for
| next season and about the same club
viii compose the league as last year
Some are making up stock companies.
while some are selling season tickets.
the same as was done here last sum
mer. The Journal is informed that the
chances for a stock company In Hen
derson Is not at all encouraging, but
four or five fans have been in con.
sultation for a week or more, making
plans and estimates on putting In .
.eam, provided 200 tickets can be sold
at $3.50 each.
A meeting will be called in a few
days at which every one Interested
in baseball will be asked to attend
and discuss plans for the coming sea
son. There should be no trouble in
Of the above number Of tick-
cts and with the proper management
henderson should get pennant win
ming team.
We have the beet grounds and the
people here are as loyal to a winning
team as any ooher city and If thing
are conducted in a business way the
attendance will be as good as Mr.
Cairo, or anyone else.
There is nothing that advertises
city as well as baseball, SO let's get
together and sart the ball TO rolling
for next seasons HENDERSON base
ball club.
Henderson Journal
Relative to the foregoing, the Jour
nal is away Off in some of tn state
meuts, Cairo, as is well known to
nearly every one. has the best roll.
road facilities of any town Of five
times its size. The statement is so
ridiculous that no further commenr
need be made.
Cairo'g objee ion to Henderson re
ia.cs to the effort to run a saloon h
connection with the ball parlJ The
objection is based upon a considera
tion for che feelings Of the best class
Of Henderson people, who refuse to
patronize a park That Is merely run
TO boom sales over a bar Further
This idea of making a gamble Of the
national game as has been the case
in the past, should be frowned upon
Cairo viii simply be a listener NJ
The league meeting making only ong
suggestion, which suggestion has met
with the approval of Paducah and
Vincennes, that the visiting team re
ceive, in lieu of a percentage of gate
receipts, a certain guarantee for each
and every scheduled game This viii
make every team depend for its sup.
port upon its nome patrons and not
live upon the better towns. This will
tell which is the best paying town in
the league. Cairo has grown tired
of supporting bum towns that lack the
loyalty to give their home teams prom
er support.
If the suggestion is moi acted mon
favorably Cairo will raise crops ~
alfalfa in her ball yard, in preference
to carrying too much dead weight.
Cairo will admit that it has receiv
ed assistance from its progressive
street railway and from loyal fans
who have plunged their hands down
deep into their pockets to keep its
team going. In fact. the history of
baseball will prove that the game in
towns in class ID or c, or even B, H.
not profitable, and exists solely
through she support given It in the
shape of subsidies. no matter how or
under what guise obtained.
In conclusion, let it be known that
Cairo is always ready
The mex regular meeting of the
league is to be held in January on
some date to be selected by the secre-
tary in accordance with a resolution
adopted at the meeting held here in
September The place selected was
Vincennes.
All matters will be adjusted there
and upon the result of this meeting
depends the life of the league.
The American league shot the min.
or leagues all to pieces by refusing
to change the draf. Drica of ulavers