Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-08-18
Must RAISE MONEY.
FINDS NEcESsAnY no KEEP sAsN
BALL CLUs RUNNING.
stock TO Amount of loco wan Sc
Sold, and sia- Nights Fesstvai
TO he Held.

"A meetlng OF the Martiushurc Arb.
ietic club was held AZ the Berkeley
Hotel Monday night for the purpose
of discussing ways and means for rails.
ing a fund to continue the bsse bali
club for the balance of the season. and
10 provide Surplus with which TO
start the season next wear. The report
OF the management showed that there
will be due at the end of this week
about 81, 100, for salaries, hotel bills
for visiting teams and home players.
balance ON the stands and fences. etc.
aud il was determined TO Immediately
proceed to secure fund 10 pay off
tins Indebtedness and secure the club
against future contingencies.
In order to accomplish this il was
decided to Issue 81 900 in stock, and
TO hold a festival each night next
week, with one or two benefit games
TO be played between clubs composed
Of local talent. A cmmittee of three
gentlemen, consisting of Attorney ].
Nj. Woods, MIR. 9. A. Miller and Mr..
Charles p. Light. was appointed to
solicit stock subscriptions. and these
gentlemen started on their work this
morning. About $500 was subscribed
Monday night, and it is hoped to
secure the full $1,000 before the last
of the week.
The executive committee in charge
of the arrangements for the festival is
composed of Mr.. l.. IT, Thompson,
Mr.. Guy Het2el and Mr. Harvey A.
Bush. The festival will be held each
evening next week in the third ward
school yard, aud corps OF about 80
assistants, consisting of ladies and gen
tlemen, will be enlisted in the work.
Both the CITY and Comrey band will
furnish the music and a splendid
time is promised all patrons. The
benefit games will prove to be rara
tent, as they will be full of amuse-
ment for these who ATTEND. The plan
contemplates a game between teams of
the Elks and Eagles. and a game of
two picked teams dressed in gro.
tes1ue costumes. Either Of these will
be worth the price of admission, to
saw nothing of the cammendable OBJ
ject of the games.
1t is imperatiyeIy necessary that
the management secure the fund
aimed at, in order that the present
club be held intact. A failure means
that the club will be compelled to
Idisband, aud no lover of the great
national game in Martinsburg wishes
to see the season end in failure. 1t is
therefore of the greatest Importance
that all help in this project, and thus
enable the management to continue to
the end of the season and make suita-
BILE arrangements for next year.
There is an investment of nearly
$1,000 in the new park. all paid for
except $3.50. The park is a credit to
the city, and the base ball club has
furnished the only amusement and
recreation enjoyed by most of the
people OF the city TINS summer. 1t Is
felt that il would be calamity to al.
low the project lanRuish at this time.
and the stockholders confidently be-
lieve that the people of the city will
respond to the appeal for help. The
present condition has been brought
about BY the continued wet weather
OF tie past two weeks, the team being
under a particularly heavy expense
with little opportunity to PLAY games.
The Chambersburg club. greatly
strengthened by the addition of sew
eral salaried PLAYERS. will be in this
city for game at Athletic park on
Wednesday afternoon. This should
be close and interesting game.