The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-07-22

following account of the meeting of
Raleigh last night:
Last night at 9:45 a. NJ, President
Joel Whitaker called the directors of
the Eastern Carolina to order. Present
were: Fayetteville by Capt. G. H. Ma
pier, Goldsboro by Mr.. Geo. Dewey,
Rocky Mount by Mr.. L. c. Levy, Will
son by Mr.. ]. G. Eagles, Wilmington
by Mr.. J. Ed. Smith and Raleigh by
Mr.. George Kelly.
President Whitaker announced that
the purpose of calling the directors
in session were for two very import
ant matters, one of which was the
advisability of dividing the season and
the other as to what would be done
with the Raleigh club. AS the direc-
tors had all they could do to handle
the Raleigh club proposition. the
question of dividing the season was
not gone into, and the whole time
from 10 to q o'clock, the time of ad-
journment, was devoted to the Raj
eigh team and it's future.
Mr.. George Kelly, director of the
Raleigh club, as we'll as the manager
and part owner OF the club, arose and
rendered to the league the franchise
of Raleigh, stating tnar the thirteen
players were one payday behind and
that there was only some $3.50 in the
treasury. After quite a good deal of
discussion among the directors, which
amounted to little, Mr.. Levy, of Rocky
Mount, moved that the league accept
the franchise, which was carried with
out dissenting vote.
Now, as the league had the Raleigh
franchise on their hands, the question
was raised what to do with it. Some
were in favor of letting Raleigh go
and cut out another team, making a
four-club league, and others were. in
favor of disbanding the Eastern Caro-
lima League. After every kind of
discussion, it was decided that each
team in the league be responsible for
the salary of the Raleigh team for
me coming three days in Goldsboro,
and DR.. Whitaker, the president, very
graciously shouldered his portion OF
the expense. In this way the league
is kept intact with the hope that Raj
eigh citizens will see their way clear
to get together tonight and form a
stock company to take over the fran
chise and then again there is hopes
that if this cannot be arranged the
franchise will be taken over by Dur
ham.
DR.. Whitaker's pride as a Rale:gf
man was shown when he announced
that he would call on the Merchants
Association, Chamber of Commerce
and citizens generally for aid in re
storing the, franchise back to the CITY
of Raleigh, and that baseball shouif
and would go on in the best basebai
town in the state of North Carolina.
Today DIR. Whitaker, assisted by se7
eral well known gentlemen will cal
on the people of Raleigh for aid ant
tonight at 8 O'Clock all baseball fam
and lovers generally of the sport arr
called to meet in the Chamber of Con
merce rooms promptly at o'clock t
RI
Raleigh will have baseball or whethe
Raleigh will break up the Eastern Car
olina League.
The people of Raleigh, who hav
always backed baseball were displeas
ed with the present management q
the Raleigh club at the very STAR
and the Raleigh club has been mi'
managed from the outset. 1t is no
inn arrears some $1,000, which 4epr'
senfs mostly pay due the players an
+bev are in turn behind with the
hoard bills which naturally place
them in a very unhappy frame
mind. President Whitaker Il now
correspondence with major leagt
o7,,b that is thinking of making Ra
eiph their winter quarters and ope
mn their spring practice here Tn
An itself is worth a great deal TO
citv and would help the mercnan
= generally as it would bring 100 Pc
ale TO i've here, and the neWspap
reports published in some fifty P
mars would bring the capital city