The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-06-03
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Elsewhere among cur kilograms
this morning VIII be { rad an inter
zsting item ON .ar. !. J. Leayy
r. 81 lne <ena, % Alderman
a-Atel nOD-I1s. appeared before
he BOARD OF directors Of the South
.tahtic Base all league in Augusta
yesterday, 10 present the claims Ct
brunswick for [ e forfeited franchise
Of the Augusta team It will be OBJ
erred tat the directors of the asso.
:iation have given the Augusta team
,wners eight days in which to con-
slider the matter If whether or not
ey want their forfeiture to become
permanent In that event the tele-
gram indicates that Brunswick can
secure this franchise The value of
this movement to Brunswick was
stressed in these columns yesterday
morning. following which an interest
ing public meeting was held at the
city hall and a preliminary canvas Of
the general situation revealed the
fact that If the franchise can be Sc
cured by Brunswick vito only a
nominal charge the rest will be easy.
Special committees appointed for
the purpose yesterday took up the
question with the management of the
City and Suburban Railway company,
and We are given to understand by
= ose In position to speak tElat the
company would do everything in it's
over and all that it could be expect
ed to do to secure this franchise 1t
YES even suggested by some of the
members of the board of directors
hat tee company would Re willing
% put up so per cent of the cost of
securingStNe franchise for the season.
This, with popular subscription
among the business men would make
- task OF producing possibly six
thousand dollars an easy one While
base all is a sport it must be remem-
her edt atpr OCCASIONAL baseball had
been reduced to a commercial state
and 10 make it succeed and to make
it pay it must be handled as any 9TH
eT usiness enterprise should be.
What we silould do In the interim of
lime allowed to the Augusta team
owners is to canvas the people OF this
city and see just how much money
can be secured, not donated, but Sc
cured to 90 into a stock company
formed on similar lines as is the case
with all Of tse teams in the league.
While this additional time has been
allowed to the Augusta Baseball asso.
citation. from this distance it seems
to he pretty certain, that the Angus
Ia fans are down and out so far as
Je franchise is concerned and the
proper thing for Brunswick to do is
to work with that theory in mind. so
at the proper moment II will be in
condition to handle an intelligent
proposition when It comes from the
directors Of the South Atlantic
league.
While there may not he any big
revenue in this enterprise The News
believes candidly that 1t would be
the best advertisement that Bruins
wicE could secure, in fact we do not
believe she could buv WITH coin of
tAe realm any advertising that would
come anywhere near approximating
the value of this opportunity. In
view of this new turn in the situa.
ion We would suggest tat those who
re interested in the proposition get
usy without any delay and work
with the idea being in shane to take
- the proposition and do so prompt
~. when it comes along,
Outside of being a real amusement
q a very large percentage of the
nile baseball Of this kind will
ring many visitors to the city and
we believe that an economical board
IF directors handling the affairs of
70 c~mDanv with the same business
precision that would OBTAIN in any
'er well regulated commercial
touse would at least make ends meet
If not earn small dividend on the
Investment. 1t is good chance for
brunswick to take a good step for
warda nd we hope that the people of
this city will take advantage of the
opportunity if it is presented.