St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-04-03
HELD ENTHUSIASTIC
BASEBALL MEETING
Business Men Gather at LaCombe
Hotel to Discuss Organization.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
FANS SUBSCRIBING
Three Hundred Dollars Already
Pledged TO Support of Local Ball
Club.

Piedged TO support OF Local Bal
Club.
Opelousas fans and business mer
are now enthusiastically aroused
over the prospect of having crack
baseball team to represent this
/ city in basebalIdom and within the
next week or ten days a score o1
good athletes will be seen getting
in trim for summer basegall.
An enthusiastic and larkely at
| tended meeting was held at the La
/ Combe Hotel on last Sunday after
noon at which meeting a commit
tee was appointed to solicit sub
scriptions for the baseball club
Mr.. ]. B. Clements, one of the most
ardent supporters of the national
pastime, reports that the commit
| tee has secured over three hun
dred dollars, already, and within
the next week, this amount will
have been doubled It is under
stood that Mine Host Cretin of
LaCombe hotel fame and Mr.. John
Molaisson, of the Jewel Restaurant
have assured the baseball club
their support in SO far as lodging
members of the team. Mr.. Cretin
will give free board to the Opelou-
sas battery, while Mr.. :Moillason
will take care of one player.
. It is proposed to secure the en-
ployment of four or five of the best
amateur ball players in Louisiana,
who will remin here the entire sea-
son. The home boys, who have
represented Opelousas on the dia-
mond for the past two years, have
signified their intention to render
their services to the team free of
charge.
The question of manager has ris-
en- and judging from present indi-
cations Mayor Edward L. Loeb, who
ably piloted the club for the past
two seasons, will undoubtedly be
chosen the head of the Opelousas
club, Mr.. Loeb is one of the most
enthusiastic ball fans in this city
and has always gladly rendered his
services to the team with absolute
ly no compensation.
The moneyed men of Opelousas,
among whom are numbered the Bo-
agnis and the Haases have liberal
ly subscribed to the baseball fund
and assured the solicitors more
in the event the team re-
qulred additional funds during the
baseball season.
Opelousasi has been recognized
as one of the best baseball towns
in the state: for several years this
city boosted Of having one of the
best bali clubs in Louisiana and in
1913 it carried away the honors of
the state.
A splendid schedule will be ar
ranged, as soon as the club is or
ganized, including games with the
crack Eunice team. as well as the |
most noted amateur clubs III the
state.
On Thursday night meeting had
been called to be held at the La
1ombe hotel, but on account of the
Of the weather it was
deferred to Friday night. A rep
gathering OF baseball I
'ans was on hand anl everybody
discussed the organization of the
Dpelousas team with considerable
Among the Opelousas boys who
will no doubt be given berths on
he team, are ''Tobe. Veltin, re-
owned amateur pitcher; .Injun"
,harles Dejean, who has been the
eceiver of the local club for the
'ast three or four seasons; Char
ey Thompson, crack all-round
layer, and John Brown, one of the |
est amateur outfielders in the
tate. With these men and a few
f the best amateurs of Louisiana
neluded in the Opelousas lineup
is expected that this City will
end forth on the diamond one of
he strongest teams in this section |
f the state. 4