The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-19
BOOSTERS CLUB WILL Be
ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE
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BASEBALL AND kEokuk.


= All of this talk about Keokuk =
= retaining baseball is not the an .
= nual distress signal-it is a real .
= serious proposition. Judging .
. from past experience Keokuk =
= does not wa baseball. II 1t did .
= why does 1t neglect to support .
= the game? In any other line a =
= conclusion is drawn from pat .
= ronage. When the people fail to =
= patronize sport or CONNER =
= c1ai enterprise it Is indicative =
= they are not In favor of It. Keo- =
= knk has not supported baseball =
= in anything like substantial =
= manner for several years. 1t .
= would indicate the people were =
= becoming tired of 1t. =
= Are they? Is it the proper time =
y for Keokuk to surrender her .
= franchise? Is 1t worth what 1t =
y costs to keep it? Does the =
= benefit exceed the cost? Is 1t =
- worth while to keep the game =
= going and continue a constant .
= solicitation from the same will =
= ing supporters of the game year =
= after year, Or is it advisable to =
. drop the franchise and take the Z
. risk and expense of getting back =
= some indefinite sometime? =
- Lots of things to think about =
= on the baseball proposition. =
- 1t is wholesome and clean =
= sport; the great American game, Z
= but The Gate City hardly feels
= enthusiastic over the retention of =
= an organization that finds it Z
= necessary every year to beg and Z
= beg for an existence, and respond
= to appeals for hundreds and hun Z
~ dreds OF dollars worth of free
! = advertising while the regular
= newspaper bills remain unpaid.
= But with all of its deficiencies, Z
| = with all of 'ts troubles and fail {
y ures, The Gate City feels there is
- recreation for large number of 4
/ q people in the game, entertain
~ ment for visitors and homefolk 4
| = alike, and feels that it would be
- serious reflection on the city
. portant point of the city's ca 4
= reer. If the required $4,000 can
y be secured to assure the financial
y success of the club during the
7 = season it would be nice solution
I . Of the problem, but it is certain. 4
4 = ly an unwise business proceeding
= to enter upon another year with
= out any reasonable assurance of
- dignified existence. Thirty
= five men might form a stock com 4
. pany and subscribe 500 each and
= take the sportsman's chance of I
5 = quitting the season even
= The latest move to ask the I
aid of the Boosters Club is en- I
tirely proper as that organization I
= was created for purr oses that I
= have Keokuk's welfare in view I
= The Boosters include many of !
= the younger men of the city who I
o can give some time and thought I
y to the solution of this perplex- I
. ing issue. President Hobbs has
= consented to call meeting to
y consider the question, Prompt
: = action is necessary The ques-
: = ton cannot be evaded. 1t is up
= for solution. 1t is either get in
. the game or get off the grounds.
) = If the money can be secured The
= = Gate City is in favor of con-
: q tinuation of the sport. II not,
, = don't start anything that there is
} q no reasonable hope of finishing
, . in business-like way. And
/ = while Keokuk has contributed
i, = most literally to many enter
!. . prises and propositions during
/, q the past three years The Gate
= City still believes there is enough
. sporting blood left to put the
y baseball game over for another
!. . year
q The fact that baseball has lived
' as long as it has in Keokuk is
q . due in a very large measure to
q the personal efforts and person
. p al sacrifice of Louis Sterne
a q q o O a a q a a - q