Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-02
Meeting Thursday Night Results
in Plans For Balance Of the
Season
KENNEDY EXPLAINS SITUATION
Feels That if Marshalltown is Not Co
ing to Be in League Next Year He
Should Be Allowed to Dispose of
Franchise - Will Sell Book. for All
Remaining Games.

At a meeting of several base ball
fans, including many business men,
held Thursday evening in the police
court room, Manager Kennedy, Of the
Marshalltown team Of the Iowa State
league, explained the attendance sit
uation, which has been the great OBJ
stacle in the way of financially sue
cessful base ball this season. Kennedy
rather favored disposing of the Mar
shalltown franchise before the close OF
the season, but members of the asso-
citation present did not see 1t that way.
There is a clause in the revised con-
stitution Of the Iowa league to the eff
feet that il the total attendance of any
city having team in the league does
not reach 10000 people during the sea-
son, the franchise of such city may be
revoked by the league for business rea-
sons.
Half Of Demanded Attendance.
Marshalltown, so far this season,
has had an attendance of between TO-
600 and 1900, and as there are only
twenty-five more games on the home
grounds to play. there will have to be
a mighty big increase in daily attend
ance to bring the aggregate up to 90
900. It was suggested to Kennedy that
If he had played more winning ball at
home, and been nearer to the top OF
the percentage column, the attendance
would have been better. kennedy,
however, said he did not believe that
the town would draw much better If
he considered that Marshalltown need
ed rest from base ball for a few
years.
Kennedy declared that he was will
ing to stick it out" the season, even
tho loser on the venture, but thought
that IL Marshalltown could not have a
team in the league next year 1t was
nothing more than a reasonable busi-
ness proposition to allow him to trans
fer the franchise and get something
for it. After it is revoked there will
be nothing to sell, while now it would
be worth something.
Mistake to Cut Out Books.
Some of those present considered
that the manager had made some mis-
takes, altho his management of affairs
in general was not criticized. The In
crease Of S cents for amphitheater
charge was one thing that was criti-
cized, and the failure to provide sea-
son books at reduced rates another.
Decide on Book Canvass.
After a general discussion, Presi-
dent Strub, who presided at the meet
ing, appointed committee of five,
composed Of Messrs S. w LaShelle, A.
j. Clark. r. A. Mcdonald, c. P. Cook
and A. H. Simon, to meet Mr.. Kennedy
at II this morning. The meeting was
held at the office of Mr.. Clark, and 1t
was decided to place on sale at once
books for twenty games, at s. EACH in
Guiding grand stand admission, or %
cents game. Three hundred or more
of these books will be placed on sale.
and purchasers may hand the tickets
broadcast to their friends. In other
words, the books are not limited to use
by the purchaser or any other one
person. 1t is hoped in this manner to
so stimulate the attendance during the
rest of the season that the aggregate
will reach the 10000 mark. Commit
tees will have charge Of the sale of
hooks