Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-12
CITY LEAGUE
SEASON ENDS
Decision Reached to Award
Pennant to Cleggs on
Gamess Played.
1867 TO SCHOOL BOARD
Portion OF League Receipts Goes to
Reduce Debt Oh the Athletic Field.
CleggS and PaStimeS Ia Play
Post-SeasOn Series.
1857 TO SCHOOL BOARD

The Pine Bluff City league came to
close with last Wednesdays exhi-
bition. The Claud Cleggs, who wo1
eight games and lost only two dur
ing the entire season, were declared
the pennant winners and will be pre-
sented with the flag at a meeting OF
the league officials OF be held to-
night at the assembly hall Of the
Chamber of Commerce
This is the first year that local
fans have been given al opportunity
to witness city league ball, and the
season was said to have been very
successful, not from financial
standpoint, but from the viewpoint of
sport. The average attendance dur
ing the season has been compare
lively small, but the players as well
as the managers of the teams are not
dishartened and say that next year
better grade of ball will be pre-
scented.
While the teams were somewhat
unevently balanced, some classy ball
has been presented to the fans, and
tries and Bedells dropped from the
league, the penlant winner could not
have been picked, as the Pastimes
who were second in the standing
were rushing the league leaders for
first place honors.
During the past season a total OF
1851 has been turned over to the
school board, which will be used in
paying off the debt on the new Ath-
letic field. The remainder of the
money collected from admissions will
be distributed among the four teams
tonight. and all of the various play
crs of the city league will receive
their prorata. The peAnant winners,
however, will receive the bulk of TIC
grapes"
All four of the teams have agreed
to enter the league next year and
at the meeting tonight plans will be
laid for bigger and better league.
Efforts will be made to have six
teams enter The Electrics, who
dropped from the league last week
have already signed a manager for
the next season, and we'll known
business man of the city has put in a
bid for the team which have been
playing under the banner of the
Bedells
Much credit for the success Of the
league is due to the officials and
members of the Clegg team, who were
the originators of the league, for
their services put FORTH
A post-season series will be played
from now until Labor Day by the
Cleggs and Pastimes. Two games will
be played each week, and the pro-
ceeds will be divided equally between
them. The Cleggs, who are said to
be the fastest amateur aggregation OF
ball PLAYERS in the state, have made
quite reputation in Arkansas and
Mississippi and are strong contenders
for the amateur state championship.
The Pastimes, who have strengthen,
ed their weak spots since the othel
two teams have dropped from the
league, are of the opinion that they
will prove superior to the Cleggs in
the post-season series and some classy
exhibitions of the national pastime
may be looked for.
After the series with the Pastimes,
the Cleggs will seek a series with
teams who are contending for the
state championship. Efforts are be-
ing made to have the contests played
in Pine Bluff.