The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1909-06-05
BASE BALL Meeting At
CITY HALL MONDAY night.


And Discuss Way and Means
of Backing the Club.
4 number of the citizens inter-
ested in the continuance of a good
base ball team gathered at the City
Hall Monday night to see what
could be done.
W. G. Nash, the present manager
of the ball team, stated the object of
the meeting and suggested the cleo
ton of a temporary chairman and
secretary, which was carried out,
and Elmer Oliver and w. NJ. Han
kins were elected to these offices.
S II. Cove addressed the meeting,
saying that Mr.. Nash ough to have
sufficient backing by the citizens to
do whatever was necessary to fur
nish good games for the entertain
ment of citizens and visitors and
that the city certainly needed some
thing of the kind during the sum-
mer, lie thought some means
should be used to get up more en-
thusiasm on the base ball question,
but this might be a difficult task
with regard to anything, unless it
be free bridge. Mr.. Cove thought
we'll of the move to push the sale
of the season tickets already issued
and was willing to be one of several
to guarantee Manager Nash funds
enough to close engagements with
Sanford. Orala and Orlando teams
now in correspondence. In this he
was joined by S. E. Billiard, Elmer
Oliver and w. NJ. Hankins, all three
of whom put up good, earnest pleas
for the support of the local team,
asserting that the citizens in general
did not realize as they should the
excellent work done by the Daytona
team and the fact that it furnished
one of the best forms of much
needed entertainment.
Manager Nash, who has worked
faithfully and hard to keep up a
good team and give the people en-
tertaining games, said he believed
there were enough people in Day.
tona interested in the matter to
make it a success if they could be
properly reached, but he was averse
to shouldering the entire response
bility in the future, as he had in
the past.
MIR. Billiard suggested that an Or
ganization be effected by the cleo
ton of officers and accordingly
Jerome D. Maley was elected presi'
dent; Elmer Oliver, vice president;
W. NJ, Hankins, secretary and w
G. Nash, team manager for a term
of one year. A committee, consist
ing of Postmaster w. G. Smith and
NJ. B. Aultman, was appointed by
the chair to handle the season tick
cts, a good distribution Of which
would in itself insure the summer
base ball.
Manager Nash stated that thu
Daytona team had not lost one O
the five games played this season
and had the last three games of tn
previous season also to their credit
which should appeal to the people
| Chairman Oliver said it SHOULD
not be essential to win all games, a
long as the club played good bal
which every one knew was true G
the Daytona team
Manager Nash said it was ofte
difficult for the members of tn
team, who were nearly all at wor
| in the various stores in the city,
get off to play the regular games,
say nothing of getting off for pra'
tice, which they should do for fe'
hours at least once every week, an
he wished the business men wei
more liberal in this respect.
The question of securing a reg
lar pitcher was discussed, but notl
ing definite was decided upon. 1t W;
stated that Roy Barnes had secure
a position with s. H. Cove an
would be able to be with the tea
for the summer.
Walter Rogers and Billie Bagge'
members of the team, briefly a