Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-28
Preparations For the Opening
of the League Season Will
Soon BE Under Way
DIRECTORS TO MEET THIS WEEK
Base Ball Fair Will be Held During
April Bunch of New Stock Will
Probably be soId-PIan Advance
Sale of Tickets to Raise Funds -
Boone's Team Announced.

Before the week is over active prep
arations for the base ball season VIII
have begun and within ten days the
plans for the preliminary work VIII
he under way. President l.. S. Peck
ham, of the local association. expects
to call meeting OF the directors
within few days when ways ana
means for raising additional funds
to finance the season will be formula
ted. 1t is not expected amy difficulty
will be encountered in securing the
different plans to carry out It's END.
A base ball fair will be given, that
part of the program has ALREADY peeh
determined. Just when 1t will opeh Is
not known, but it will probably be set
for the latter part of April. about the
same time as it was held last year. A
minstrel show was talked OF among
the directors, but this scheme was a
banaoned as the preparations Woulu
require more time than could be de-
voted to it by those who were inter-
ested.
There will be another advance sale
of tickets this year, and so popular
has this means of securing admission
to the games become, that 1T is eN-
pected the directors will have g no
trouble in disposing of the supply
which is now on hand. Those who buy
will have the advantage of discount.
1t is very likely that more stock
II 1n
members. which was subscribed last
year. will be assessed an additional
per cent Most of this stock was as
sessed up to fifty per cent of its VAL
uation last year Whether or not this
assessment will be levied the stock
holders, will decide, as 1T is the inten-
ton to call a meeting to determine on
this point.
There still remains 5000 or $500 In
the hands of the treasurer left from
last season. but the association needs
about $4,000 so as not to be embar-
rassed for the lack of money.
Boone Players Signed.
Manager Frank Halter, of the Boone
club. has made public the list of play
ers signed by him for the coming sea-
son. OF the number Bassey. Painter,
Pennington. Mcguire. Sedgwick ana
Powell are members of last years
team. The players signed are as fol-
lows:
Left fielder-J. G. Fisher.
Center fielder--William Bassey.
Right fielder and catcher - Benton
Montgomery.
First basey Ed Painter.
Second base-Miton Montgomery.
Third base-George Pennington, A.
ID. Adams.
Short stop-Wilian Mcclure.
Catcher and manager-F. S. Halter
Pitchers - j. B. Geyer, William
Sedgwick, Fred M. Bennett, Mr.. Nc
Cricket, Bert Powell.
keokuk's Line Up.
Manager Egan, of the keokuk Club
has also made public at least part
of the men signed for his team. How
many more s'unknowns" and dark
horses" he may have up his sleeve is
not known. OF the list four played
with Keokuk last season. They are
Hackett, Maryott, bowers and Gray
The bunch given out by Egan is as
follows: Catchers, Hackett and Sper-
ry pitchers, Shaw, Blexund, and
Erickson; first base, Andrews; second
Cordow and Maryott; short, Hille and
Black; third base, Egan (captain)
left field, bowers; centers Gray; right
field. not decided. Andrews was for
merly with Fargo; Hille is Minneap-
oils man. Shaw was in the Northern
League last year and did great work
On paper it looks like Keokuk will have
team that will be in it from the start