The Washington times., 1909-06-25
HOPE TO NET $4,000.
ON BASEBALL GAME
Officials of Commercial Bod
les Working Hard to
Make 1t Success.
PROCEEDS DWINDLE
FROM BUTTON DAY
Totals Not So Large as First
Thought-Candidates in
Training.

Because the proceeds from Button
Day will be several thousand dollars
less than had been anticipated, officials
OF the Fairgrounds Association have de-
termined TO increase their efforts TO
make a success of the baseball game TO
be played between the Chamber OF Com
Inerce and Board of Trade teams, in or
der to have sufficient funds on hand to
open the thirty-one school and munich
pal Fairgrounds Of Washington next
week.
While, the total amount Of money re-
celved from Button Day has not been
estimated, it is stated that the pro
ceeds will amount 10 but little more
than $1,000. OF this amount, $500 was
collected by school children, while sew
eraI hundred dollars are still in the
cash registers of business firms, which
have not yet made their REPORTS.
$4,000 Needed
At least 5000 more viii have to be
collected, before the city's thirty
Fairgrounds can be opened and main
tanned throughout the summer. Ten
thousand dollars is the amount which
has been estimated as necessary TO
carry on the Fairgrounds work this
year: 5000 will therefore have to be
made out of the ball game, if the as
ISOLATION is 10 carry out all Of its plans.
Washington children win not have to
pay 70 see the game which is scheduled
for next Tuesday. A decision to this
effect was reached at a meeting Of the
joint committee representing the two or
ganizations which was held in the
Chamber of Commerce room yesterday
afternoon
Discussion of plans for disposing of
tickets for tho game was taken up I'M
mediately after the committee had been
called 20 order by Chairman Noyes,
and continued for more than an hour.
A motion TO the effect that two chill
dren's tickets be issued with every
adult ticket sold and that five be given
away with every two adult tickets sold
was passed. The adult tickets will be
90 cents.
VIII Arouse Enthusiasm.
Tt IS believed that the decision will
result not only in a large crowd wit
Messing the game but that the young
folks. whose interest has already been
aroused through button day. viii be en-
couraged 10 become ardent workers in
behalf Of the Fairgrounds cause.
New interest was given TO the out
come OF the game yesterday. when
Chairman Moves announced thai r. n
Harper had offered a cup 10 be played
for by the two teams. The terms of
Mr.. Harrer's offer are that the cup be
won two years in succession before il
becomes the permanent property Of
either team.
Besides the Harper cup the teams will
play for the cup offered last year BY
the F. @. Smith Piano Company the
terms OF this cffer being that the cup
shall be wen three Years in succession
before IL becomes the property Of eth
er team. This cup is now IN the pos
session OF the Board Of Trade team.
which won last years game by the
close score Of L 10 IL
Practice Work Begun.
Candidates for the Board Of Trade
team have already had about two weeks
Of practice and are getting into shape
Dick COnnors is scheduled to do the
twirling and Is showing good control.
de has plenty Of speed and uses a va
Tiety OF c1rves.
The Chamber of Commerce team
SHOWS up wen enough on paper, espe-
clally with respect TO the infeld, but
has only had about half of the practice
that the Board OF Trade team has In
addition 10 this. only about half OF the
same number Of men have reported for
practice, and a number of them have
not yet worked the stiffness out Of their
arms
1t is practically settled that the Cham
Der OF Commerce team viii be picked
from the following candidates. Phil
King captain: Harry King. Dr. Harry
kaufman, IiEgue Hume. Tom Hume
and Messrs Murphy, Lamb, Guy, Mere
olth. Plant. krehs ana Knox
twenty-five men are trying out for
the Board OF Trade nine, which prob
ably VIII not be picked until a day be-
fore the game. The uniform of the
team viii be white shirt, gray trousers,
biack stockings and dark blue caps.
The game viii be called az 4 O'Clock
ana VIII be umpired by William Belts.
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