Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-18
BASE BALL PLANs CULMINATE
 IN CLUB
Fans Get Together and Put Final Touches on Arrange mentS to Play Game Next Season.

2 DOUGLAS Dec. Especial. )--
 Final steps in the organization of the stock company which IS to conduct aseball in Douglas in the future were taken last night when there was organized the Douglas Baseball and Amusement company. It is now assured that Douglas win have the best baseball article obtainable next season and that the Shelter City team will be as strong an aggregation as can be brought together and will be the ter TOT of all teams in the southwest.
 There were about thirty of the real fans that attended the organization meeting of the baseball company at the Gadsden rathskellar last night 1ney were all men who are pledged to take stock in the company that nIakes baseball possible and were a highly representative party Not all of the stockholders found it possible to be present. but had they all been there 1t would have made no differ ence in the action which was taken Stockholders Gather
 D. A O'Donovan called the meet xn,, to order and explained the object of the call and then Frank Doan was seiected as chairman and ". W. Law
 a,n secretary. Then O'Donoyan was called upon to report the progress
 WLich he had made. He stated that
 there were now subscribed for 165 shares of stock at s5 each or $3300,
 and that he had still to see the Cal Ginet 6 Arizona company and ten or dozen business houses which he
 believed would subscribe to stock. He
 for the statement that concerning the felt sure that S450O could be counted
 upon and thought 1t night run up to
 s5000. Half of the amount is pay able the middle of February and o'Donovan suggested the taking of
 'he preliminary steps last night and the leaving of incorporation to the
 directors a month hence, when all 1 stock subscriptions would be in. It was suggested that while the matter might seem small now that Iit was something which would grow
 and ten or fifteen years from now
 might and would have developed in i, to an affair of considerable magni-
 tude. The charter will permit of all
 kinds of amusements being conduct
 ed besides baseball It was therefore decided to capitalize at 20 900 shares
 at s5 each. or s100,OO0, with whatever
 amount shall have been raised when the time for incorporation arrives as ! he paid up capital.
 Elect Directorate
 l The next step was the selection of directors, and it was decided that there should be five of them. Nom- nations were called for and a direc-
 torate elected consisting of c. O | Thomas. D. A O'Donovan, w. s. Me Laughlin, Charles Scott and Dr. I I P. Armstrong. The question of off cers was considered and it was deter. mined that they should consist of l president, vice president. secretary. treasurer and general manager oi
 whom all must be stockholders except l the secretary and the general mana. | ger, who may or may not be share holders. Nominations being called for. Dr. Armstrong was made presI | dent, W. s. Mclaughlin, vice presf dent, W. w. Lawhon secretary. e. O Thomas treasurer, and Daniel A ODonovan general manager. This
 completed the business of organiza, | tlon and the balance of the meetine ] was spent in general discussion oi baseball and baseball matters.
 | One Of the features of the meet
 ing was the utter absence of hot air
 talk and the business-Iike way in i which the company was formed to
 handle the sport. It was pleasing to
 notice the class of men present and
 the strength of the company is exen.
 piified by the excellent selection of of :. ficers made. Douglas fans have cause
 for gladness that the national game
 will be in such good hands in the
 future