The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-20
BASEBALL FANS HELD
MEETING WEDNESDAY
Lamb Davis Lumber Co. Will Give the
Grounds. B. Adams Is Elected
Manager For 1914

ball enthusiasts gathered in the old
Commercial Club rooms Wednesday
evening to discuss the ways and means
of handling the local ball team this
summer. Col Fox acted as chairman
OF the meeting. ]. B. Adams to whom
most of the credit for Leavenworth hav-
ing baseball this season is due, was
called upon for talk and briefly out
lined the plans Of the league which he
has been instrumental in forming.
The main object of the organization
in which this city Wenatchee, Water
vile and Chelan will participate is to
do away with the hiring Of salaried
players and at the same time maintain
a high playing standard among the
four towns. Every player is to be un-
der contract with his team, and shall
be subject to punishment by fine, sus-
pension or expulsion. After all ex-
penses are paid, Is per cent of the re-
ceipts going to the ground owners the
money on hand will be divided up
equally among the players of the four
clubs. This will guarantee them fair
compensation for their Sundays work.
Each club is required to put up $50
as a guarantee OF their obedience ol
the conditions of agreement between
the four teams.
Arthur Mcclure of Waterville who
was chosen president of the league,
will be all powerful and disputes must
be referred to him. His decision will
be final in every case. The players
contracts are now in the hands of Mr..
Adams who will begin signing up his
men at an early date. The schedule
below covers a period of three months
ball, ending with the 4th of July series.
AS was brought out at the meeting ev'
eryone knows baseball in Leavenwortt
loses its interest when the fishing sea-
son begins. 3
The securing Of suitable grounds il
now the only matter that SO far ha:
not been attended to. Mr.. Adams who
was chosen as manager of the team
and his committee Of five consisting o.
Geo. L. Gardner, o. S. Sampson,
Charley Fox and F. S. Jacobsen, who
are to secure the grounds, build the
fence and grandstand and make Other
arrangements have an ideal location
for a park in view. The land is the
property of the Lamb-Davis Lumber
Co. Mr.. Gardner general manager oi
the company stated that they would do
all in their power TO assist the organi-
cation, and any land they might have
near the city which was not in use
could be used as a park. He stated
further that he would give them an
option on the property in case they
wished to buy the same at some future
date. To show that he was heartily in
accord with the movement he jokinglY
remarked we will let you have any
thing we have except the mill yard,
we must reserve that"
The present site in view by the
committee is a strip of land this side oi
the dam near W. V. & N. Ry depot.
There is about four acres in the tract
which will be plenty large for ball
field. Mr.. Gardner stated that they
had several idle teams in their barn
and they would donate their use to-
wards clearing up the site. Ar
rangements with the milloWners fol-
lumber will be made shortly and it is
planned to start work on the grounds
in few weeks. Under this new lea
que system it will be unnecessary to
ask for contributions for the support Of
the team, the gate receipts being ex-
pected to take care Of all the expenses.
Mr.. Sampson, one of the managers
of the team during the summer ol
1912, stated that the receipts Of one
game that year amounted to $500.
The rest Of the time it averaged about
$500.
The following shall constitute the
schedule for the season: March %,
Waterville at Chelan; March 2o, Lea