The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-16
HENDERSON CLUB
MAY QUIT LEAGUE
ASSOCIATION OUT or MONEY
AND THINGS LOOK ROCKY
PITCHER ku5lTz RESIGNS AS
MANAGER AND JAkEY zlMBRo
is OUT.

The Henderson Cleaner of Friday
gives the following account of the
Henderson teams troubles:
All a meeting Of the directors OF the
Henderson baseball club last night Il
plan oil action was decided upon which
II successfully carried out will result
tn the team playing the season out In
this city.
AT the meeting the designations Of
Harry kubitz ais manager OF the team,
and Jacob Zimbro, ais secretary Of the
association, were received to take Ell
feet Saturday night Today a commit.
tee of the directors will call upon the
merchants for donations to meet the
immediate expenses Of the club. An
effort will be made to organize a new
stock company to take over the fran.
chise and strengthen the club, thus
making ii possible to keep the team in
the city for the remainder of the
year and hold the franchise in Hen
derson for next season.
This evening meeting of the stock
holders of the club will be held for
the purpose of arranging for the dis
position of the franchise and club to
the new stock company 1t ia believ-
ed the efforts to bolster up the club
and refinance II will meet with sue.
cess.
Manager Kubitz will have charge
of the team until Saturday night when
his resignation as well as that Of Mr.
zimbro will 90 into effect. Kubitz
feels his work az pitcher has been
hampered by the multitude OF duties
deyolving upon manager No play.
ing manager in the league has made
d success as player this year Mr..
zlmbro finds the duties Of promoting
the fair and acting as secretary Of the
club too many for one man. Both have
lent their untirlng efforts to the club
but feel II successful reorganization
Is to take place new material ought I'd
be secured for the positions they now
fill.
The association is in sore financial
straits The money secured from the
gate receipts and paid In by the stock
holders in the association, less the
5000 forfeit, has been expended In
paying the players and securing new
ones, experimenting with them in the
spring practice and attempting tc
strengthen the team This morning d
subscription paper will be circulated
among the business men with the sole
view OF obtaining funds sufficient tc
leave the team on a good financial ba
sis for the new stock company.
Mr.. Zimbro had telephone communi
cation with Secretary Greaney a,
Cairo Thursday afternoon. He had
made an effort to reach Presiden,
Brown through the same means. but
was unsuccessful as MI. Brown is a,
present In st. Louis.
Secretary Greaney stated that he
thought It probable the league could
arrange to carry the Henderson team
for ten days while the new stock com
pany was Deing organized. He had
also. been told that Linton. Ind. Mt
Vernon, Ind, and Greensboro would &C
cept berths in the league and that II
Henderson could not hold her fran
chise that one OF the three places
would accept It He promised,to com
municate with the league officials ant
notify Mr. zimbro of his plans today.
II would DO thing to be greatly re
GREETED II Henderson should lose the
franchise In the league which was frs
thought Of and iirst organized In this
city. Believing that Henderson bust
ness people want baseball and feeling
sure that the citizens have home
pride In the team the directors vii
undertake 10 raise tho sum of $500 bs
snbscriptlcn this morning 10 make \
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