South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-15
Fans Are Urged to Assist in
Crusade for Smith Team
Other Cities Are Backing
Clubs Loyalty.

A committee composed OF a dozen
live fans started Monday morning on
the Booster day ticket selling cam
paiRn which viii continue until
Thursday afternoon and il is expect
ed that the workers will produce sur
Yrising results before the Saginaw
South Bend game starts on Boosters
day 81 o'clock one dollar is be-
ing charged for the tickets which can
be used at any game during the re-
mainder of the season.
The obiec: OF Boosters day is 20
raise fund OF money sufficient to
strengthen the Blenders to the stand
ing of the leading clubs in the South
ern Michigan league. Ed Smith has
spent a small fortune In organizing
the local team this spring and al
though he has one OF the fastest clubs
in the league IL has been unable TO
climb into first division. He has been
spending money like water in an eff
fort TO solve the difficulty, the pur-
chase of Ben koehler and Southpaw
L0udermilk last week being evidence
OF this. Neither koehler nor Louder
milk have reported as yet but they
are expected TO join the club in Jack
son today or will be in South Bend
tomorrow when the team will have
its first scheduled open date this sea-
son.
The fans OF South Bend have not
supported the Southern Michigan
club this spring as they should. Ed
Smith took long chances i'm leaving a
pennant winning club at Grand Rap
ids and sinking his savings in the
local team for the benefit OF the fans
who talked baseball the entire winter
through. The Bender pilot has or
ganized a fast team which. although
IL has not been winner. has been a
contender which every club in the
league fears. Every manager is anN-
iOusly awaiting the break in the
Bender luck for they see no other
reason for the local club sticking on
the bottom.
The Bender players are in a bad
frame OF mind. They are a bunch Of
scrappers and when they step TO the
plate every one is too anxious to win.
They are fighting for Ed and their
anxiety has lost them more than one
game as they take long chances.
which under other circumstances
would win battles for them. They
need support in the grandstands, not
for the financial end but for the con-
ndence that is inspired in them by
enthusiastic hackers.
other Towns boosting.
The fans here have been too COM
placent in their attitude toward the
club. Step 10 the front and show
what South Bend can do when it
comes TO boosting Battle Creek
Jackson, even the little - 90 town of
Adrian are always there with the
push and shell ont the coin day in
and day out Arrangements are be
ing made 10y the Battle Creek fans at
this time for a banquet to be held
there ON June "a when the South
Bend club Will play the Crickets. Ty
pastime celebrities viii be present
and more than 400 fans are cashing
in 81 apiece for the affair. In Adrian
the fans take mp a subscription each
spring for the baseball club in order
that it may be represented in the
league. Last year $500 boosters
day tickets were sold in this town of
but 10000 population.
South Bend does not want to be
rated as a dead baseball town be-
cause it is not All that is needed is
an awakening and this Is the time TO
come out into the sunshine II means
p Tot 10 the general public To have a
baseball team and it means lot
more 20 the baseball team TO have
staunch public supporting IT,
let every fan and the fans i'm the
embryo buy a ticket for Boosters
day and not only buy the ticket but
attend the game. The Chamber Of
Commerce has appointed a separate
committee 90 assist In the selling the
tickets. Every one pull together and
Ed. Smith promises at least one win
ncr this season and that viii be on
Boosters day.
Six Home Games.
smith is expected Co return today
20 assist in the arrangements for the
game Thursday. Saginaw viii be
here Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
day. Friday lis ladies' day and all
feminine fans viii be admitted 20
Springbrook park free of charge
Kalamazoo VIII bc on the local