The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-05
Open Letter to the Public.

Open Letter to the Public.
The undersigned, directors of the
Winchester Baseball Club, at meet
ing held Thursday night unanimous
| ly decided that we would not permit
the Winchester ball club to play any
ball on Sunday, either at home, or
abroad. This action was taken out
of Difference to the wishes of many
of the good citizens of our commun-
Ilty, who asked that such an action
be taken and who felt that it was
wrong and a desecration of Sunday
for the team to engage in a game,
even away from home on that day.
The ball team was not organized
for the purpose of making money, but
to advertise the stOwn, and to give
to our citizens a recreation from
business worries and cares by wit
Messing a good clean sport. If the
playing of baseball on Sunday away
from Winchester, would be the means
OF depriving any OF our people of this
pleasure, then there shall be no such
game. While the team was not or
gained to make money, yet to main
tain the team in the Blue Grass
League, pay players salaries, ground
rents, purchase uniforms, balls and
such other necessities, will require at
least $1,000 for the season.
There will be sixty games played
at home, and we figure that the av-
erage gate receipts per game will not
exceed $75 Of which amount $35 is
paid to the visiting team, thus leav-
ing us net profit of $40 per game
or $2,400 for the season. The games
away from home will bring us no
revenue as it will take practically all
the amount we receive from these
games to pay the clubs railroda fare
and hotel bills. The remaining 49,
400 will have to be raised by sub
Iscrptions.
AT present, we have succeeded in
raising only about $4,000 so it can
be seen that we are still short 81 400
Of the amount necessary to carry us
through the season. The club would
easily make this amount if permitted
to play Sunday ball away from home,
but this we have decided not to do,
and instead are going to trust to the
liberality of the people Of this COM
munity to see that enough subscrip-
tons to stock $50 per share) are
made to insure the club playing out
the season.
The directors are no more interest
ed in the ball team than any other
lover of the game, but the stOckhold-
er having elected us to the offices
which we hold we feel it our duty to
do all in our power to run the team
through the season honorably and
morally. This, however, cannot be
done unless we receive at least 81
400 more in subscriptions to the
stock of the company. That you may
know who are backing the enterprise
we are herewith publishing the names
of those who have subscribed for
stock in the club, of whom no one has
subscribed for less than $40. There
are many Of our citizens who have
not yet subscribed at all. We cannot
think that they have deliberately re-
fused to join US, but instead, believe
they have overlooked it through mere
inadvertence. We wish to publish as
souvenir of the first game COM
plete list of the stockholders. VIII
not everyone who is interested in the
REPUTATION of the town and clean
recreation for its citizens see that his
name is upon that roll?
1t is proper to say that many of
our stockholders do not object to our
club playing Sunday ball away from
Winchester, but in Difference to the
wishes of the ministers and many
others who have conscientious scrup-
les upon the subject. we have decided
upon this action, but whether we
have acted for the best financial in
terest Of the club is vet to be seen,
and that can only be ascertained
from the numbered new subscriptions
to be received.
! Hoping that these may be many