The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-07-08
JAMESTOWN
TEAM IS SOLD
TO BISMARCK
Lack of Support and En-
thusiasm Assigned AS
the Reason

jamestown, N. D., July SIT was
announced officially from baseball
headquarters that the jamestown
baseball club has dissolved. Not only
was the lack of funds the cause. but
it was stated that the old baseball
spirit Of the fans is dying out, also
that the tremendous drain of subscrip-
t1onS and donations placed on the
business men for different objects has
had q tendency to prejudice against
this national sport
The aid and support Of the business
men has been appreciated and with
the $4,000 spent, the committee on
management Of affairs has put up the
pest team jamestown has ever had.
But for some reason or ether the big
teams that drew the main competition
have gone away. and the spice among
the fans has died out.
The club this year was started by
a few fans who wished to have a good
team, but had no money, and relied
on the business men for help. Mr.
Wolf stated that next year the man
agement will be changed materially,
and instead of relying upon the bust
ness men for support, the club will
be owned by one man, or a group Of
men. The owners will then have to
get a permit from the fair association
to use the diamond, which undoubted-
ly will be given free, and present
games to the public on their own hook
If the people come and the gate re-
ceipts are large the management will
prosper, but if the spirit dies out and
the gate receipts begin to Wane it will
be the owners business to see that
things are run so that the people will
come
t. T. 4AI Al
baseball committee that the aggrega-
ton Of players this year was the finest
ever collected, and with sufficient
funds a great team would have still
been in the field at the present time.
The members of the committee, in
cluding Harry Wolf, Martin Ruud and
George Game, jr, deserve great credit
and 1t is regretted by many that it
will be impossible to continue the team
any longer.
Immediately upon the news that
Jamestown would not continue it's
team, numerous calls from all ever the
country came in to secure the players,
but the boys "loved" each other, and
worked we'll together, so decided to
stick in one team if possible. Man
ager Dolly" Elder succeeded in turn
ing the entire team over to Bismarck
with a handsome increase in salary of
each of the men.
Following are the boys that left for
the capital city, where they will un-
doubtedly show up in excellent form:
Dolly Elder, shortstop, manager,
last year in the league at Glendive,
| Mont.
Goldrick, pitcher, rom Indiana Fed
eral league.
Frankenhauff, first base, from the
,, Western league in Topeka, Kan.
Peacock, catcher, from the league in
Ontario, Canada.
Stanley, second base, from the WI.
league of Racine, Wis.
Collins. center field. from Fort Will
liam, Northern league.
Vivian, third base, fgom Calgary,
Western Canada league.
Bismarck also hired Northrup as
pitcher to relieve Goldrick, and Ellis
as catcher. Northrup. in 1914. pitched
no-hit game, playing in the North
ern league. Ellis comes from Winni-
peg, and has a good record both as
catcher and outffelder.
The friendship and social life of the
boys will be missed by many.