The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-14
MEETING OF BASEBALL
FANS HERE TOMORROW
TO FORM LEAGUE

Florida League meeting or DaSe-
bail enthusiasts from Tampa. Lake
land, ST. Petersburg. Plant City and
lSanfcrd has been called at the Kib-
Ter Hotel tomorrow afternoon at l
O'clock OF the meeting last night
1.-THE Tampa Times says:
If Bob" Chapple gets that organ
LIKED baseball of his under way this
Summer. Tampa should stand up OH
her hind legs and give him a rousing
lvote of thanks. 1t is going to be
one of the best things that ever hit
the city and state, and it will take
more than a thank you-mam" to
square up the debt owing this vet
Gran for starting something that will
do more good than all the aviation
The people will not begin to see how
much it means until it is we'll under
way, and then when the people of
Tampa put their trunks back in the
attic and decide to spend the summer
at home instead Of going away where
they used 10 get their warm weather
fun Tampa will begin to see what
real baseball means
Bob yesterday took the Flying
Flivver" to Plant City and Lakeland
and has beth of those cities wild
with interest and ready to go the
limit 10 push things through. In
Plant City he caught up with Mayor
Claude Root and Tom Knight and
in Lakeland he pulled a live wire
when he talked to Claire IIenly. Mr.
Henly runs drug store when there
is no baseball in sight. but when his
honor the jumps. takes his reserved
standing room behind the box. G.
'lenlv closes - drug dispensing
doors and then if you want to &C
IIcnly" you must ramble to the b. b.
field He Is rs-'" ~ the kind of
stuff that is going to make organ
z lied baseball in Florida GO.
after several yards of conferences
, fuil of barrel and half of enthus-
iasm, il was decided to call an or
sanitation meeting, which will be
held at the Kibler hotel in Lakeland
. at / o'clock Thursday afternoon.
There will be representatives there
from Tampa, Lakeland. ST. Peters
-, burg. Plant City and Sanford. Chap
, pie has not been over here long
enough to get around to the other
towns yet, but sends weird that all
are invited to have some one at the
reeting Thursday afternoon.
, At this time il will be decided Just
who will be allowed in the league
ana all the towns that want a place
| had better be there The number of
teams will be limited and as soon as
the meeting is over, territory will be
closed and protected
The preliminary details of organi-
cation will be attended to at that
time and when the gathering has
finished the afternoons business and
everything is a go, the details OF
getting the teams and clubs together
for an early start will be taken up
AND the various members left 20
work out their own destiny for the
grabbing Of the first Florida state
league pennant
Search the best way we know in
Tempo and we cannot find man
Tho is not in favor of the plans as
Chapple has laid them down. Col
I Hugh c. Macfarlane, one of the
greatest baseball boosters in town.
saic he was heartily in favor of or
ganized baseball along the plans as
/. prc posed by Bob The rest of the
fans are of the same opinion and
the chances are that there will be
a GOOD sized gathering at Lakeland
Thursday to talk things over and get
the league under way. Get that
.tulder cf yours up against the
wheel now and do your share of the
boosting. Talk it over with your
brother. fans. Take a look back and
think of the miserable demonstra
t;rns we have had here in the past
couple of years and ask yourself If
YOU want such a game repeated. You
Ill say NC" and no one will blame
you.
II is the fans that make baseball
and if you are a fan. do your share