The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-07-19
Poor Patronage Proves Undo
ing Of Sport.
Even Paducah Fails 10 Attract Pay
ing Crowds TO Sportsmens
Park.
PARIS WILL GET FRANCHISE.

Baseball In Cairo Is dead, and the
fans in sister city are wearing crepe
and hanging their heads in sorrow
and modification. The last struggles
OF the dying sport ceased yesterday
when the management announced II
did not intend to lose any more. and
informed the fans that Cairo would
surrender her franchise In the Kitty
league.
Baseball In Cairo has not drawn
well this season. Tho biggest crowds
during week days would not pay the
expenses of the payers even at home.
and with each week the management
lost money, Dan Mccarthy. the coal
d, aler-manager. threw up the sponge
several weeks ago. disguised with the
por patronage, and Guy Elchenberger
was persuaded TO continue the remain
der of the season In the capacity of
manager. lie found It not a paying
proposition and yesterday quit.
Paducah fans viii regret to leam
of this action. Cairo aai faducah
were the. only teams TO stick It out
until the last in the old Central league
OF 1897. and 1t was thought that
Cairo fans would patronize as well as
Paducah. In Paducah the attendance
has been poor but not so poor as in
Cairo The fact that Paducah and
Cairo are baseball rivals Is generally
factor in drawing both here and at
Cairo. but this brought no better
crowds this season than any other
teams
The Indians and Hash Singers Will
play this afternoon and II Will end
baseball in Cairo for the remainder
of the season. President GosneA has
called a meeting in Paris. H., today
and II Is presumed that Paris wants
TO take over the Cairo franchise and
continue the season.
Manager Eichenberger is already
disposlng OF his men and sold Wagner
ner. his best pitcher. TO Memphis On
the Southern league. He is negotiate
ing with other teams to sell other
players. He is trying to secure good
berths for his mer.
Palucah Is Interested.
The effect the dropping out OF Cairo
will have on the league Is uncertain.
II may mean that the other towns
will vote TO drop Paducah and con-
tlnue four club league and II may
mean that Paris. ILL.,. will be taken in
and a six club leagre maintained. II
may mean that Paducah viii be drop
ped and two more Illinois or Indiana
towns taken in.
II received telegram from Presl-
dent Gcsnell in vincennes. Mr.. Gus
Thompson. president OF the local as
sociation stated today. asking me to
come to a league meeting TO be held
on jay 20. at Paris. III. | shall at
tend. | do not know what effect
CaIro's withdrawal VIII have on the
league, but Paducah VIII SUCK II theTe
Is any possible way to keep the league
going. All towns are drawing poorly
and il looks like baseball is generally
dead In the Kitty league circuit.
II Is an undispuied fact that small
towns cannot support baseball more
than two or three years at stretch.
After that the games lag and the fans
lose Interest. This was demonstrated
in 1897 when towns having had base-
bah for several years failed TO hold
up. II is only after a vacation Of
several years that the game can be
revived and money made.
This season the paducah associa-
ton has lost but has made no com
plaint other than of bad attendance
and has and will stick with any Of
them.