El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-01

ACKERS Of the proposed FL Paso team
for the Copper league have decide &c 1ss
ID to give up s the s Eho eaund 3f'f 9 Te fa ins
IN lease them the park Ihey assert lhal
rbe cftv would have derived as mCch money
- d. 70 +be citv league for a flat sum. and
1eserr that El PasO is denied some une al
-ertising by not being able to put a league
te,, mo The field while it will get no ad-
7-ertfsing from the city league anu "lLlleS9
an lnlel toT,sDt relative to the matter was
fz-1ed TO-DAY by those instrumental in form
ing the Ell PasO team for the copper ieas ue'
70 he Trans Of FL Paso and the South
west ---..-77 4o---,
this sumLaer- statement OF the LacSs ~
reasons is due to the lovers OF the natI 9
sport well as TO the clllAeIls o. .al,,5-
and its friends Of last year copper
4 few enthusiasts took it upon themselves,
II one cares to use that expression 10 give
their time and energy to the raising OF SUI
ficient funds to help pay part OF Lhe eA-
Denses Of a semi professional team to rep
resent FL PasO as a whole IN the udseuol-
Great trouble was found in getting bust
ness and a playing manager and 50 ~ Is
true that late start was made but thlhss
finally began to move along smooIIhy anu
the season Of 1914 promised wen 10 O9 d
In endeavoring to procure Washington
mark for the season. it was found that Ihe
same had been promised 10 the clLy t5s-s ~ e
bv the chairman of the park collAlI-tS ~
the city council Finally, aIter nluGl " Vi n
and effort on the part or Ihe pIeslJLe-iI - -
The EsI PasO Baseball association, the cry
council agreed to have a meeting Win IH ne
city league committee ana one "a IA0 II
AT that meeting the directors present rep
-esaDtinr- fhe FL PasO association ot1ereu lne
CITY league representatives proposllloh lhttt
1bev take over the work of organizing an III
PasO team or that they drop OUT anu ls I1
Neither was acceptable to those OF the CITY
league who are playing baseball Tor me
sport there is in it but more Ior the HlOAey
they can make out Of it. .,r =.
q quandary called for Dlas IoL tlle " ~
washington park The city ieagoe oIIeIsu
S1Oe5 The FL Paso Baseball ASSOCIATION OF
dered $500 without the cushion prlNlIege, anu NJ
SAYS with. the privilege or pIoposeu -
give the city 1Ez percent OF the gross gaze
receipts without the cushion privilege, or
1 percent with the same.
last wear the FL Paso club paid the city
sgOO on a 1914 percent basis and this year
certainly would have done as wei, or, We
Relieve. much better. Certainly IA percent
with the cushion privilege would nave given
the city $1,000 at least -
fer of the city league and thereby threw
the FL PasO club on its own resources as 1ar
fans and good Ell PasOans tried to buy a
suitable piece Of property but could not
do so and so for this year, at least our city
viii be represented IN the baseDalL WOIld 1y
teams whose players will wear across their
breasts the names Of local institutions ana
who are put into the ue!u Tor the puIelS
selfish purpose Of advertising the various
nntprDrisee leaving out of consideration en-
tfrely the welfare of FL PasO and the good
that would accrue to this city from an FL
Paso baseball team Such team would
serve to further cement the pleasant rela-
tiOns between our friends in New Mexico
and Arizona and our own citizens and would
advertise FL PasO before all else, that Is,
the whOle city and not only bank,
bakery or a newspaper. Why were the in
dividuaIs OF the teams so anxious to get
the park and exclude any possibility Of or
EanizinE an Ell Paso team2 The answer IS
Obvious-fOr the money there IS In 1t.
il, as one Of the city league commission
said at the council meeting. they wanted to
play for the sport only, then we ask, why
could they not have played Sunday mornings
and during the Saturday and Sunday after
moons that the EIPasO club was to be aWay2
Why could they not have played on the
many vacant spaces in East FL PasO where
they had so much fun last year, Why2
Because they wanted the money
Are those behind the city league and those
in IT. after taking the position they did. to
be considered good sports and good loyal
FL PasOans2
The directors Of the FL Paso association
work. There was no money to be made by
them: in fact, each and every one besides
giving time and attention to matters per
tiuent to the baseball club, were donating
in cash from IS to So per month for the
support of FL PasO baseball team
Which side should the city council have
taken?
We criticise the council and justly. we be
1ieve. for not having looked at this matter
IN the broad sense Of the greatest good to