The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-11
HARbOR
! BASEBALL
MEETING
Promoters of Crack Ball
Team for Twin Cities
This Year Are Disappoint-
ed at Outcome of Gather
ing Last Night.
Especial to THE TIMES. }

Indiana Harbor. March 1.-THE base
ball mass meeting was pulled off &C
cording to schedule at Clines hall last
night with unsatisfactory results for
the men who promoted the meeting.
The slate which had been prepared by
the men who are the most competent
to secure good ball for the Harbor this
year was smashed to smithereens and
the prospects for winning team next
season are not very bright
While the Commercial club of Indiana
Harbor and East Chicago had not taken
the matter of baseball club up as an
organization, still there were a number
of the prominent members, died-in-the-
wool fans, who had interested them
selves in the project and would have
seen to 1T that the scheme was properly
financed. providing the manager and Of
ficers of the club were Of their own Sc
lection. These men had picked DR.. +.
E. stephens for manager, and there is
no doubt but that the success of the
club, financially, would have been as
sured if he had been elected. but the
crowd last night outvoted them and
Henry Nellis was chosen by a majority
of four votes.
An official of the Commercial club
who has been active in pushing the
baseball question, and who made the
statement a couple of weeks ago that he
| would guarantee to raise at least $500
by his own Individual efforts. said after
the meeting last night that he was
through and would take no further in
| terest in the scheme. Henry Nellis, he
said, is as nice young fellow as you
could find anywhere and has splendid
knowledge of baseball, but there
tother qualifications, other than knowing
| the game, necessary to make success
| full manager, and I think DR.. Stephens
would have been better qualified to run
| the team"
/ Another prominent business man who
was never known to miss a game terse-
ly remarked: They've taken the Har-
Dor team out of the high school where
1t was just about ready to graduate and
put it back in the kindergarten. The
team is now back where it started and
as far I am concerned, it can stay
| there" NO town in Lake county" said
this gentleman, would support base
| ball team better than Indiana Harbor
If the club was properly organized and
financed, but judging from tonight's
meeting l cannot predict a very bril-
liant season for local baseball"
i The meeting was called to order by
| Mr.. H. c. Rutledge, who was then made
| chairman by reclamation Mr.. E. E.
Dubbs was elected temporary secretary.
The question of grounds was then
, brought up and the chairman stated
| that a lease on the present site could
not be obtained owing TO the property
being owned by so many different
parties. Mr.. Fowler then stated that IL
a piece Of rgound 1000 feet long and
500 feet wide was large enough, he
thought that lease for anumber of
years could be secured on the c., L. s..
& E. tract of land Just south of the
school house on Commonwealth ave-
nue.. After some discussion 1T was de-
cided to stay on the old grounds as
long as they could without a lease and
get of when they we're ordered to do
So Tom Campbell was In favor of the
old site. as was also Matt Steinberg.
After this matter was settled the
men present began balloting for officers
and Henry Nellis was elected manager
over DR.. F. E. Stephens, E. e. Dubbs
secretary over Bob Munton. and Dick
Saunders was chosen treasurer. Matt
Sternberg and Gus Little were unani-
mously selected as members of the ad
visory board to act with the other
officers. The meeting then adjourned.