Putnam patriot., 1910-08-19
Eastern Conn. League Standing
(. 4. (. Vote te Withdraw

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 While 1t has been well known that financially the Putnam base ball team has been losing proposition this sea son, the news that the Canadian Attn lotie Club, which reluctantly assumed the man agement Of the team this year had voted 10 give up, forfeit the sZ5 posted as a guarantee to finish the sea. son, and get out ef base ball entirely as far as the club. as q elub. Is concerned, spread about the city sunday after the decisive step was taken. and it has been the talk of base ball circles eYer since
 some think the move entirely justl. fled, while others criticize il, pointing to the fnet that many subscribed al the hegiDning of The season and that fl k due to them to carry the thing through To the latter we would say that when the club finally agreed 10 assume the responsibility Of running the team, that II did so with the ex- press understanding that goo must first be raised, and secondly that when the money was spent, and Il became necessary lo go into lhe clubs treasu. 1 ", then would the team be given up. The latter thing happened, and the only reason for mol giving up sooner was that 1t was unknown by the club | m i,af ittG tnh hot l.as far as anything unfair oI unjust K com. eefned, there are no grounds for such criticism ns the club has done exactly as 1t agreed. On the other hand had not the club given up as It agreed, many ef it's own members who voled In favor of running the team only on condition that the club did not have To call on its treasury, would be uniustly used
 The fans are trying to figure out why Putnam cannot support team. some will tell you that there was lack of ate ndanee, others that Inc rainy Saturdays did II, hut the fan that puts the blame upoa the players themselves gets the nearest home. lt k the same old story that has happened again and again in base ball and basket ball. Too much salary. X team begins As amateurs, every man playing for fun Ky and by some one from out of town Is needed to fill in, and of course he has to be paid. Soon the home men get dissatisfied. They see the outsider drawing the long green after each game. lie k no better than they are, and why shouldn't they get paid as well as he The best home man lhrea- tens to leave unless he gets a salary. He gets it. Then another and another until the wholo team k working for money And once they vet one dollar. they of course want two, and so on, until they get to such limit that the size ol the town k overtaxed, and up goes the balloon. They have killed the gooSe of the golden eggs.
 In a recent game that Putnam play ed, teaf men eoSt S29lo, and as soon as one of those reached home he sent word that fl he played hete again he must have more. And this k bs no means the highest that has been paid. We remember one holiday when two players carried away from this town between them, Sl6 Tor working three hours, two games.
 Hut says the fan, the season k most over, why not finish it, there are two games al home, and you could surely make expenses. Let's see. To figure | conserS atively IL costs Saa te put on q game tn Putnam. and ssa to go out ol town. Putnam is scheduled to go Ia Daysille, s4a. Dayville then comes here, s55, or total of sioo for the two games. tlo@ Was taken in when Day. vile was here last, and the crowd was nam would he a winner by s8. Then comes the two games with Taftville Same expense, Sloo. rsftville al the last game drew SIS house, and, al though the home players gave ,heil services, the treasury was ao cents short. To continue to figure, there Is | less of ssS, with ercdit of s6 on Inc Dayvilie game, leaving s net loss ol Ssa. Now just suppose II rains on ono or both Saturdays that Putnam plays al home. What then, you optimistic 1 fan,
 The above is the way the more far sighted club members figured the sita. alton, and came to the conclusion tha, they would not spend, nor take the risk of having 10 spend, forty or fifty dollars more Of the clubs money. The only way now for Putnam 10 end the season is te play on the coop. eralive plan. IL would cost tie for the two oatsidc men that would be neees- sary. and the real could divide what ever money was left. There Is some