The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-13
East St. Louis All Ready to
Enter League Company
FORM STOCK COMPANY
WITH BIG CAPITAL AND SELECT
GROUNDS - JACKSONVILLE
AND DANVlLLE SURE TO
COMPLETE CIRCUIT.

more compact circuit than ever before.
IL evidenced by he following from the
ST. Louis Post Dispatch of Saturday
M J Farnbaker, acting secretary
Iof the Kenucky-lndiana-T Tennessee
] League who has been in the city for
1.-THE past few weeks. announced Satur-
Iday morning that he has consummated
| n gotiadons with substantial residents
of East St Louis which will insure
the Illinois city representation in the
Kitty League during the season Of
1906
Fred Ziegenhein. a son OF former
Mayor Zieg nhein. of st. Louis and
| r. s. Slack are named as parties who
are back Of the movement to give
East ST. Louis a new era in profession
al baseball Although East 81. Louis
has a population Of some eighty thou
sand il has never been adequately rep
resented in professional league be
fore. representatives of the town in
the baseball world being semi profess
sional players who gave their exhibit
tons on Sundays or holidays.
In making his announcement Mr.
Farnbaker said. The Kitty League
has been wanting East St
Louis for the past year Last month
il came to the conclusion that the
time was ripe for putting minor
league team here Granite City. Ed
wa7dsyille, Madison, Venice and
Brooklyn are all contiguous 10 East
st. Louis and would contribute to the
welfare of a suitable base ball repre-
sentative in minor league. The com
bined population of these towns must
be at least 10000 and the scope and
variety OF industrial and commercial
interests represented augurs well for
baseball investment The Kitty Lea
cue circuit this year will embrace
The towns of Cairo. Jacksonville, Dan
VILE mad East ST. Louis in Illinois.
Nincennes in Indiana and Paducah in
Kentucky All of these points can he
reached in less than nights ride
from one point 10 the Kitty city far
rhest removed; indeed there is no
town in our present circuit farther
removed from another than one hun
dred miles.
Mr. Farnbaker returned to Cairo
Sunday morning and in discussing the
above stated that twenty citizens of
East ST. Louis had already subscribed
for $4,000 worth OF stock, Messrs
Zeigenheim and Slack taking $4,000
each. II f. The intention OF the East
ST. Louis people 10 continue soliciting
subscriptions until they have secured
$4,000 in stock, fully paid up and
ncn-assessable
the grounds viii be located ON Col
linsvillc avenue, ON the site of old
Spaldirg grounds, comprising a plat Of
ground SOC feet square less than q
mile from Broadway and reached by
all he traction companies.
They VIII erect commodious stands
WITH seating capacity of 400 ex-
elusive Ct the bleachers, the whole
To cost over s5.0oo The grounds
will be encio cd with double . or l}
FOOT board fence.
The East ST Louis people feel conf
dent that their patronage on week
days will average 3o0 10 500, while
the Sunday crowds Will run from 5000
70 5000
Nh Fanbaker further stated that
The ~. Louis press viii devote as
much space Too the Kitty games as TO
the Cardinal and Brown games. He
was further assured that If the Kitty
furnished equal. well balanced teams
capable uf putting p -nappy gingery
games thaf ST. louisans tired Of the
bum article they have been furnished
hy th' Cardinals and Brown they
would bike across thp river and at
send the Kitty games
There is yet some missionary work
70 be done In Dauvilie aud Jackson
Vile as the negotiations so far have
been carried on 10y correspondence.
but the acting secretary viii go 10
both places ON Monday November -.
spending TIE remainder OF The week in
organizing the two cities so they will
Dee in shape 100 make application for
franchise iu tho Kitty league an the
meeting TO be held Io 81 Leui. "a The
third Sunday in January 1906
Their, NAV be- a possibility that
Teue Haufe ViIl yet be in the Kitty 1
ss Akron Youngstown or GAINESVILLE /
have been offered the Hortentot fran +
chi-e in The Central league for $4,000
and h either buy Terre Hauie will De-
iu One Kitty thus forcing Evansville
SEP follow uit Tnis vii make 10 an
e Chit instead OF six-cl1h circuit in .
class B, add powerful rival TO the
and Central. although the
article Of bali PLAYED by the Kitty +,
clubs the past three years has been
as fast, and in some instances much .
better. than that played by either %
the TWO organizations named above. I