The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-02-27

Six teams Of enthusiastic baseball
fans" composed of Richmond bust
ness men. are campaigning through
Richmond today to dispose OF $4,000
of stock of the Richmond Amusement
company, the organization which is
to place Richmond in the Central
Baseball League. taking over the
Terre Haute franchise.
Members of these teams are to re-
port at the Y. NJ. C. A. Wednesday
noon and not one man who attended
the baseball meeting at the CONNER
cial club last night, feels doubtful
over the result OF this effort to place
Richmond on the baseball map.
Subscribe $1,000 in Stock
There was $1,000 stock subscribed
last night with such little effort that
the members OF the several teams Of
stock statesmen" started out on their
campaign this morning brim-full OF
confidence.
The option on the Terre Haute fran
chise expires Wednesday night so the
stock selling campaign necessarily has
to be prosecuted quickly and vigor-
ously.
At the meeting last night practically
every man who attended made an ad-
dress, pointing out that Central
League baseball would give the hun
dreds of baseball enthusiasts in Rich
mond and vicinity the fastest kind of
sport and would be wonderful ad-
yertising medium for the city.
Provides for Wide Publicity
: II am a baseball fan but | look at
this proposition from another stand
point" remarked Alfred Bavis. This
proposition is right in line with the
movement for bigger, better Rich
mond. A Central League club will
give Richmond nation wide newspaper
advertising that the city could not
afford to purchase. 1t is as necessary
for city to advertise as it is for a
business concern
business men who are back Of the
baseball movement have given care
full attention to the financial end OF
the project and have agreed that the
club can be completely fnanced by
the organization of a $4,000 stock
company and the sale of season
tickets.
A large number of shop workers
have notified the promoters that they
are back Of the movement to put Rich
mond on the baseball map "up to their
eyes" and have guaranteed large
sale Of season tickets. Baseball fans
in neighboring towns have also ex
tended encouragement to the pro-
motors, promising to assist in the sea-
son ticket sale campaign.
Form Permanent Organization
At the meeting last night perman-
ent organization for the formation of
the Richmond Amusement company
was effected with Joseph H. Mills,
president OF the Richmond Casket
company. chairman, and Burton J.
Carr, one of the officers of the Ameri-
can Seeding Machine company, secre-
tary.
Providing the stock selling CAM
paign closes successfully tomorrow
noon the formation of the stock COM
pany will at once be effected, the for
felt. guaranteeing that the club will
finish the playing season, will be post
ed and Thursday there will be spe-
cial meeting OF the seven other club
presidents, to be held in this city, for
the purpose of admitting the Rich
mond club into the league. The seven
other clubs in the circuit are Dayton,
o., Springfield, O., Evansville. Ind,
Fl. Wayne. Ind. South Bend, Ind,
Grand Rapids, Mich, and Muskegon,
Mich.
Form Membership Body
The permanent membership COM
mittee appointed last night was COM
posed of Elmer Eggemeyer. chairman,
j. H. Hill, DR.. w. W. Zimmerman,
Clifford Price, Clarence Jessup. Harry
Patti, w. w. Keller. Ben T. Hill. S. ].
3eebe, William H. Bailey and Karl K.
Meyers.
Members OF the stock soliciting
teams are:
Committee No. Phil Twigg, chair
mar; Charles Euba.ks. Fraak Foster.
Lou Emmcus. Harry Shaw, John G.
Bussen. William G. Curtis, Paul Price.
Moose RECETNE