The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-07
Will HATTIESBURG
HAVE LEAGUE BASE
BALL NEXT YEAR?
PRESIDENT LEWIS SPENDS THE
DAY HERE AND INTERVIEWS
FANS.
CARLOS SMITH COMING Soon
Hattesbure Has a Lineup Except at
Short and in the Box. Two or Three
Good Pitchers Needed-LaureI Talk
ing Baseball.
CARLOS SMITH { COMING SOON

The gridiron season with it's &C
bruises, defeats and dis
has been brought to a
close, Christmas will soon be number
ed with past. pleasures, and then will
the hearts of the base ball fan be
made glad with the approach of the
National sport-not long since consid-
erably elevated by one John Franklin
Baker.
1t is several months before the
opening Of the season here, but it
is none too soon to begin talking about
it and working up interest in the game
as concerns Hattiesburg and putting
the affairs of the association on
sound basis that will insure beyond
all doubt another season of the sport.
And there is no doubt that Hatties-
burg will be right there with another
team-the wonder of the league-next
spring, for it is hoped and proposed
that the season of 1912 will be by far
the best in the history of the local
association.
President Lewis, of the Cotton
States League, spent yesterday in
Hattiesburg and things baseballish
We're given quite an impetus. Mr..
.lrvis is visiting all the cities in the
circuit and has been to all of them
except Greenwood, where he will go
in a few days He reports interest in
the game keener than ever before and
each of the towns determined to stick
making plans for a most successful
season. OF course he found no lack
of enthusiasm here in the best town
he has been to in his travels-if he
didn't admit it-and was given assur-
ance that Hattiesburg would answer
the call with Cap'n Carlos Smith at
the helm again. Mr.. Lewis went from
here to Laurel where the bugs are
hankering for a franchise. He will
talk it over with them and if they
mean the right kind of business it is
probable another town will be attack
ed with high enough fever to make
possible an eight club circuit.
Capn Smith has been retained as
manager for the 1912 Hattiesburg
team and is expected to come over in
few days and confer with members
of the association A meeting of
stockholders and fans will likely be
called in the near future when steps
will be taken to raise the required
funds for the preliminary work of or
ganization. A large number of the
best players on last years team are
the property of the local organization
and will report for spring practice.
Smith, Wickenhoffer, Harb. Dodson.
Gondolf, Miller, Blanchfield. Eaton
and Redding belong to Hattiesburg,
and no team in the league will have
stronger bunch to go with than these.
! Hattiesburg suffered last season by a
slump in the box work but Cap'n
Smith has his wonderful eye on some
promising artists who will be given
chance to display their stocks at the
speed and curve counter.
Hattiesburg cannot afford to go
back on its baseball organization and
| those fans who have heretofore been
with the culb in spirit should rally to
the support of the organization and
let their appreciation of good. clean
ball take a more substantial form
the necessary guarantee of pennant-
winning success.