Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-10-18
MANSFIELD TEAM IS AFTER PAY.

Manager S. T. Nelson of the Mans
field base ball team which played
here on June 18th, to very small
crowd in Recreation Park, writes
the Daily World asking for relief.
He says: ~
Son June 14th our Mansfield team
played game of ball in Wenatchee
and after waiting patiently to hear
from your celebration committee in
the way of reimbursing us for the
expenses incurred, we wish to in
quire now just exactly what arrange
Iments were made. We were willing
at the time to accept return game
but on being Informed by the players
that the town was not financing the
ir team took it for granted from re-
marks in your issue of the World
Wednesday, June 18th, that money
had been raised by your celebration
committee to protect us i. e. The
locals are going to considerable ex-
pense to bring the Mansfield boys
here and it is up to every fan to help
the cause along by attending the
game"
do not believe that he Wenatchee
people are aware of the fact that we
were obliged to pay our entire ex-
penses and if it could be brot to the
notice of some of your good boosters
that we would Immediately receive
money to cover the expenses incur
red-some of our boys were working
and we were obliged to pay their
lost time-any ball follower knows,
that in this country to get a week
day team together for a game costs
money, and if they do not know lei
them have Sunday season schedul-
ed and then try to give some team a
mid-week game-our biggest item OF
expense was transportation-four-
teen men at $500 each, S56.00-oul
expense at the lowest kind of figur-
ing amounted to $4,000 but we will
entertain with a great deal of re.
spect some offer remunerating us.
Always holding the greatest respect
for our big sister, we beg to remain,
Very respectfully yours,
MANSFIELD B. B. TEAM,
By Sam T. Nelson, Mgr.
After reading the foregoing letter
which was reprinted from the
World sudden desire struck us to
ask the writer if he ever heard saiG
that charity should begin at home.
How anyone living among bunch
of grafters such as reside in the
flourishing little town of Mansfield
can expect to be "Remunerated',' fol
a trifling little item like S100 for. ex,
)ense money is beyond our conlpre-
lension. Surely they can not alrea.
ly have forgotten their 4th of July
celebration. 1t surely must take s
lot of nerve for anyone living in
Mansfield to try to publicly bawl
)ut celebration committee for neg.
ecting to pay them paltry 500
or expense money with the cloud
If that ridiculous failure still hang.
ing over the town. Yes, Mansfield
people are well aware of the, fact
hat several hundred dollars of just
lebts should be paid but has anyone
,ver noticed any of their "Gooc
Boosters" digging up any expense
money to parties who were induced
o go to Mansfield for the "Big Cele.
)ration" and render their services
,long various lines? Well, l guess
lot. Their "Good Boosters" were
light there when it came to hiring
out when payday came-Oh, that
vas a different story. No, this is
lot hearsay. We know from pain.
I'll experience just what kind OF
Boosters" were behind the Mans.
ield 4th of July celebration. We
you'd suggest to one Sam T. Nelson
lanager of the Mansfield B. B. team
nat he should not place too much
onfidence in the Good Boosters
IT Wenatchee for they might TURF
nut to be like those in his homo
own and then he would suffer Sc.
ere disappointment just like we
I'D after the Fourth. In time he
viii forget the bill anyway Just as
We are beginning to forget that the
Iansfield Celebration Committe,
yves us 5000.