Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-08
BASE BALL SEASON
CLOSED WITH IN.
TEREST VERY HIGH
BELDING HAS SUPPORTED THE
BEST TEAM IN IT'S
HISTORY
LOCAL DIAMOND ONE
OF BEST IN STATE
Sport Has Been Conducted i'm a Good
Businesslike Manner-Belding
Advertised

At the conclusion of the double
header ball game with the Wassmuth-
Emmer team of Grand Rapids, at
Leonard Park Monday the local club
completed the best season ever play
ed by Belding team. Out of about
sixty games played only ten were lost.
In the many games played the local
club has met and defeated many of
the fastest teams in other parts of
the state. 1t has shown up with
much credit beside many of the league
teams of former years and also
the league and independent teams.
Every game has been classy and a
good exhibition of the national sport.
The Belding club has had the honor
of combating for the state independ-
ent championship at the windup.
While the title was lost, the local
club and its supporters feel that had
the arrangement of the series been
different the outcome would in all
probability have had a different color.
Be that as it may the local club, be-
cause of the nature of the challenge
was compelled to accept it almost as
outlined by the st. Johns club, OF give
that team the title without them hav-
ing to fight for it.
In the base ball club Belding has
had the past summer, an extra good
amount of advertising. The club and
city is now known all over the state
and even other states as base ball
wise. The management has tran
sacted every part of the base ball
business in staight forward busi-
nesslike manner. Reports of receipts
and disbursements have been given
at stated times and all games have
been conducted in a dignitied and leg
innate manner. The grounds have
been improved upon. An excellent
grandstand has been built and is
practically paid for.
Belding should be, and is, justly
proud of her showing in base ball
circles the past season. Interest ard
enthusiasm has grown in the great
national sport. Scores of citizens
now have pride in saying they hail
from Belding, that formerly apologize
ed when mentioning the place of their
residence In the future this city
will experience no difficulty in sche-
duling games with other prominent
city teams of the state.
A good deal of praise should be
given to the men who have so faith
fully and efficiently handled the
sports of the city the past summer.
II. j. Leonard, at the head of the
sports committee of the board OF
commerce. has been directly respon-
sibIe form uch of the work, especially
the improvement of the grounds. DR..
E. w. Little has looked to the lJcal
clubs best interests in booking games
and handling correspondence. For
rest Fish has very ably looked after
transporting the team from city to
city and arranged for the conven-
fence of visiting teams while here.
The finances have been handled by
Glenn Brown, and Orba Mccoy.
We hope the interest in base ball
will not wane during the coming win
ter and that Belding will support as
good team next year as this. Few
changes have been made in the line
up during the season, and because of
this fact the boys have been able to
get together and work as a complete
whole in a way that would not be
possible with frequent changes in
lineup and position.