The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-04
MANAGER AIKEN, OF THE CAR
Liis STATES POSITION OF
HIS COMPANY.
City and Suburban, He Says. Is Will
ing to Meet the Baseball yAssoeia-
tion Half Way He Explains the
Sitl alton as it Exists at Present.

In reference to the article pub
lished in these columns Saturday
morning in regard to the baseball sit.
uation in Brunswick, Manager F. D.
Aiken, OF the City and Suturan Rail-
way company. yesterday issued
statement. in which he states the
facts as they existed last year, and
as they stand at present. In t;is
connection the News desires to state
that it was not informed hat the
| company asked for 90 per cent of the
gate receipts. 1t was Is per cent,
so the reporter was informed. and
he inadvertently stated that it was
20 per cent. Mr.. Aiken's card. which
is Gleerfully published. is as follows:
Editor News:
Referring to the article regarding
baseball in your issue OF Saturday,
April |, as you have evidently been
misinformed as to the facts and feel
ing it is YOUR desire to give the put-
! lie correct information, permit me to
advise the following:
Last spring the street railway was
i'll course of extension. we had sew.
eral meetings with the various gen
| Llemen interested in baseball and in
a desire to assist them and the car
| line as we'll, we offered at the out
set to subscribe up to 50 per cent
; OF a 9aseball association, but the
promoters preferred not to have our
company interested.
"They desired us to luild a ball
park, which they would use, agreeing
To pay the company l. ner cent of
the gate receipts mot 20 per cent?
as stated in YOUR article
After the park had been completed
| and ball games started, the baseball
association advised us from time to
| time tf'at they were having difficulty
in making ends meet, probably due to
the fact that the park was not com
| pleted until late in the season. Fur
| thermore, heavy rains Oh a numter
of occasions spoiled attendance at
some of the best games.
The association made a personal
canyas for subscriptions, and various
officers of our company contributed
| from their own pockets to that sub
scription list. Later, our company
gave them free use OF the park for
| several benefit games, in order to
assist the association in catching up,
but, despite these efforts by all par
| ties, the association wound up the
season with an unpaid balance due
! this company from gate receipts OF
SIG.
'The base all association requested
relief from this obligation, which
| referred to our executive committee,
which promptly authorized the dona-
ton of the unpaid balance to the as.
sOciation, which was done, so that
| our company met the association in a
fair spirit in every way, and the
members did not Ilave to go down
in their pockets and make up the
deficit balance due our company, as
stated IN your article, neither have
we asked them for 20 per cent of
the gate receipts for the coming sea
son
80 mich for last season.
".As to this season, the company
has an application from some Of d!e
\ promoters requesting free use Of the
park, in which case the association
would proceed to make arrangements
for ball this season. This company
has not asked for 90 per cent Of rhe
gate receipts, but, writer explained
to Mr.. Herbert Bryant, who an
preached elm on behalf Of the as5o
ciatian, that our company actually
had to pay 5000 per annum ground
rent for the lall park, to say moth
ing of taxes and insurance on tha
Improvements, as well as mai1te
nance Of the grounds, grand stand
fences, etc. However in an endeavol
to meet the association we Offered
Mr. Bryant the use of the park "'
5000 per annum, the company pro
viding maintenance Of grounds, otc
which figure will not cover coripan|''
actual outlay in the promises. Or
we offered to consider proposltiu;
from the association on reduced er
centage basis. that we fell Wpu.f
about approximate the company ac
tual outlay. In short. we are Willin.
to take a sporting risk with them
This is where the matter stands
ana we would appreciate yonr civ
ing this article equal publisi,' W.T.
your article Of April /, thereb!