Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-07
Local Enthusiasts Over NaIiOn-
al Game Appoint Commit
tee to Raise Money.
MANY BUSINESS MEN
ALREADY ON THE LIST
twenty-five Hundred Dollars Is Need
ed TO Finance Proposition, ana
More Than One Thousand Has Been
Subscribed.

Preliminary steps toward the lanu
Ing Of Virginia State BaseoPi
League franchise for Newport Newa
next season were taken last nigh'
Mt meeting of baseball fans III ths
Newnort hotel. After much discus
sion pro and con, the meeting ap
pointed a committee composed o.
Abe Horwitz. q. b. A. Booker and Dr
r Lee Robinson to get subscrip:'ona
for the required $500 worth OF s''CA
and authorized Mr. Booker TO 20 10
the meeting of the league Washa,es
in Richmond next Monday night ana
secure the franchise for this cry III
the event that the required amouhl
of money can be raised IN the mean
time.
Twenty well known business men
of the city already have agrees 70
subscribe $50 of stock each toward
the fund necessary TO land the IAN
fhise for the State league team ana
Mr.. Booker is confident that lie can
u.t The remaining thirty at $40 edch
today and tomorrow. Mr.. Booker mas
worked hard to land the team iot
this city and if the $4,000 is .dissd,
he will hand this city franchise
without one cents cost. liz VIII ger
nothing out of the transaction ana
declares that he will subscribe MS ~
to the STOCK.
Those Who Have Subscribed.
Among the men who alre idy have
subscribed TO the stock are. L. =.
s.tearnes. George A. SchmeiZ. SUI
art Rlanton. :. :. Pennybac<cr. Abe
.Inrwitz. Pollard Walden, w. Cope
land. Thomas Stearnes, Eddie linc-
son. Edward Monfalconc. q. Is. \.
Booker. DIR. r. Lee Robinso'. +. w.
Milstead and others. Most OF
the business men have. not yer been
asked TO subscribe aIN Mr. boeScr
feels confident that they will respond
readily when appealed TO today.
One well known merchant said last
night that even if the stockholders
do not get any OF their $40 back II
will be a good investment because
the advertising the city will get by
virtue of its being in the league will
he worth $4,000 a year.
There were about twenty business
u>en and others interested present
when the meeting was called to or
der. Former City Sergeant +. W.
Milstead was elected temporary chair
man and the meeting got down "a
business. MIR. Booker explained the
matter at great length. lie said th't
the five-year agreement in the olo
State league expired with the closing
of the last season; that a majorit,
of the magnates want to drop Dan
vile and Roanoke from the schedule
and take in Portsmouth and Newport
News.
Mr.. Booker Explains.
Mr.. Booker explained that a secret
meeting was held at Norfolk several
weeks ago and that he attended u
with the idea OF landing a franchise
for this city and Hampton If such 4
thing was possible 1t developed a;
the meeting that the magnates als1
wanted to drop L.ynchburg and the
proposition was made TO have lamp
ton come in. The original plan. now
ever. was to have a Newport News
Hampton team. but the Hampton peo-
pie. he said. refused to consider the
matter If Il was 10 be a Newport
NewsHampton team.
After the Hampton people turned
the proposition down. Mr.. Booker de-
cided to try to get a franchise 20
Newport News anne. In the mean
time. Win Clark and Herbert Joyne :
went 10 Hampton and tried to s~inS
that city for a Hampton team in the
league. but failed Mr.. Booker sSid
that ne was doubly anxious now to
have this city get into the leasil> be
cause the Hampton people think that