The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
COUNTRY CLUB BAsEHALL TEAM
WILL BE DlssANDED.
OUT Of TOWN BALL BALL
Teams From Other Cities in Montana
viii Be Brought Here to Play
Admission Will BE Raised to so
cents-Poor Patronage to Blame.

Tile L0dmS Composing tue CITY aOdS0
ball league have suspended the seized
ule for this season, the Country Clut
team has disbanded and the best play
ers in 1t will strengthen the CONNER
cials and the Sugar Tramps, who are
arranging to play out OF town teams
The first games with out Of town
teams will be played next Saturday
and Sunday by the Sugar Tramps al
the Country Club park.
Il is the intention OF the managers
OF the two teams to play games
against all the first class teams in
Eastern Montana. In order to bring
teams here they will have to guaran'
tee the expenses Of the visiting ag
gregation and they have decided to
raise a fund of $500, which will be
placed in the treasury Of the teams,
to meet any losses which may arise
from this guarantee. Some OF the
men interested in the new arrange.
ment made a canvass yesterday and
raised, most Of the money.
Another innovation to be introduced
by the managers of the two teams Is
the increase IN price OF admission to
the games. It will be SO cents In the
future, instead OF IS cents, the price
established by the management OF the
city league. The expense incidental
to bringing foreign teams here has
caused the increase. The local teams
have to pay full fare both ways for
the visiting players, have to put up
for two days hotel bill, do the adj
vertising, rent the grounds, furnish
the officials and provide the balls, and
Il Is said that at 25 cents admission
they could not meet these expenses.
The Billings Baseball league will
probably wind up It's affairs in the
next few weeks. The league, which
started the season with an empty
treasury, has paid the expenses Of
all games this season, furnished spe-
cial trains to the baseball park, thus
reducing the cost of witnessing them,
has declared a dividend OF nearly 1928
to each team and will have a small
amount Of money in the treasury when
the bills are all paid.
One Of the officials OF the league
said yesterday that If the experiment
Of bringing in out Of town teams does
not prove as successful as the league
officials anticipate, there is a possibil-
fly Of local baseball being provided,
as there will still be two good teams
here.
He says that the reason for sus-
pending the league schedule is the
small attendance at the different
games. On July 10, after the ex.
penses Of the game and the special
train were deducted the league &C
tually paid for the privilege Of play.
ing ball. The elimination Of the spe.
cial train reduced the expenses Of the
league, but not sufacient, the manage.
ment believes, to warrant continuing
the schedule in View Of the frequent
" repeated clamor for games with out
Of town teams.
None Of the passes or courtesies e1
tended by the league will be recog
nized by the managers Of the new ar
rangement and holders Of such cour
tesies, who want them renewed SHOULD
see the managers Of the Commercial
or Sugar Factory teams, as under tn,
present arrangement the league vii
have no connection with the game
hereafter.