The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-20

The decision of the fans at the meet
ing held Wednesday night that a
Booster Day be held for the Topeka
ball club resulted in a Booster Day
contest between Topeka and Wichita.
Each town will give its team a Booster
Day. The Topeka date is July at
which time the Topeka club will be
playing here with Wichita. The Wichf-
ia date will be June 20 according to
the announcement of the president of
the Jobber club. Topeka will get the
henefit of the increased attendance at
Wichita and Wichita will get the bene-
fit of the big crowd in Topeka. In this
way both Kansas teams will be helped
and a chance will be given the towns
to show which one can turn out the
largest crowd in support of it's team.
A challenge was issued by S. J.
Hodgins, president of the Commercial
mercial club at Wichita, for a Booster
day contest. Attention was called to
the fact that Topekans believed this
city would turn out a bigger crowd IN
support of its ball team than Wichita
would. The closing paragraph of the
challenge reads:
''The fact that Topeka will have a
chance to render financial assistance to
the fine Wichita ball club will make 1t
double pleasure to beat YOU
The plans for Booster day call for
the selling of between six and seven
thousand tickets for July 6 or any date
thereafter this season. The tickets will
be placed on sale at once in stores and
shops. All that can be sold in this
way, will be disposed Of Then next
Tuesday morning at o'clock teams
from the Commercial club will start the
big sale by covering the business sec
ton of the city with ticket statesmen
who are not supposed to allow anyone
to escape without paying 81 for at least
one ticket. If those holding tickets
sold by the Booster day teams cannot
Booster day, they may use them at any
other time after that date.
Meantime the Wichita fans will
give their team a Booster day June
20. The fans there have been turn
ing out to support their team as well
and perhaps a little better than the
fans in Topeka. The contest will be
a hot one, as Wichita, boasting an
alleged larger population and believ-
ing herself a better ball town than
Topeka, will get some crowd at the
ball game on that day. The benefit
the Kaws will receive as a result
will be large, but not as large, it is
hoped by the members of the Com
mercial club, as the benefit the
will get out of the Booster
day here. The visiting clubs in both
cities will get the regular per cent of
the days receipts. Thus the large
crowds in each town will help the
visiting team.
Fred Voiland of North Topeka
lighted the fuse leading to the en-
thusiasm tank Wednesday night when
ne said that he would pledge the sale
Of 800 Booster day tickets on the
North side. He would personally see
that this number were sold, he said
and believed more could be disposed
Of on that side of the river. Other
men pledged the sale of tickets and
many made promises to buy both
books and Booster day tickets which
hey declared they would give away.
Is they would be unable to attend
An attempt will be made to get the
fair fans in line for ticket selling 1t
IS known they will boost the Booster
day attendance if they will get be-
hind the team in this way. An at
tempt will also be made to interest
people in the surrounding towns in
the proposition.
The committee appointed last night
for the work of arranging for the