Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23


is the announcement In the Dubuque
newspapers. The situation would have
been more correctly described had the
sports writer's said baseball never was
alive in Dubuque The location of the
ball park Is given as the principal rea-
son for the demise Of the national
game by one sports writer, who has
forgotten that Pants" Rowland acted
the role Of assassin several seasons
since.
Baseball Is dead in Dubuque just as
all other sports that demand an ad-
mission ticket are dead in Dubuque
A free show is about the only thing
that will thrive in Dubuque sportsdom
and even a gratis entertainment is not
a popular success without key party
in connection.
Dubuque has suffered from the Row
land brand of baseball, fake fights on
the island and entertainments which
run foul of the law and discredit GOOD
healthy sport.
Dubuque has suffered from baseball
as 1t Is played in the Three-I league
a type of baseball which would not be
countenanced in the Central associa-
ton. The hard boiled" ball player
who must resort to rough neck" tao
tics to win, Is still to be seen in some
cities of the Three-I league and THIS
species has been best known to Du
buque fans in the past Dubuque failed
to appreciate George Hughes, ana the
higher type Of baseball which the Cen
trail association insists on.
The promoters made vain effort to
put the game on its feet in Dubuque
but failed. A week ago Sunday thS
fans were offered double header at
one price, with band concert thrown
in, but the booster" affair drew out
500 On week days the attendance has
averaged 400. Not enough money was
taken in at the gate on any one week
DAY to meet the $50 guarantee for the
visiting club.
Last week 81 tickets. good for SIX
games, were placed on sale. Seven or
eight were disposed of. Manager
Hughes then attempted to conduct
personal canvass and finally succeeded
in disposing Of grand total OF 1our-
teen. He then was convinced that II
was slow music and flowers for oase-
ball in Dubuque. Requiem mass was
Thursday afternoon.
Charles City, town of 5000 VIII
get the Dubuque club provided II can
raise $500 to finance the team. One
Of the Dubuque players commenting on
the transfer, says:
League baseball should go good IN
a town Of that size for a month or two
or until the novelty wears off. Sunday
games draw big crowds In inland
towns because the natives have moth
ing else to do"
Dubuque, with the big river at her
front door has something else to DO.
and from the baseball attendance hg-
ures it is apparent that she does II.
The Waterloo TimesTribune be-
lieves that Dubuque is making a~mis-
take, from a commercial viewpoint. IN
letting its baseball team 60. The wa
terloo paper says:
III Dubuque is determined that II
can not support ball team, then tho
team must be transferred to another
city. It will be hard blow to the
reputation Of Dubuque, but 1t is hoped
that the city will some day realize the
benefits of ball club and get back
into the game A city needs more than
it's name to keep pace with the other
cities in Iowa. Waterloo's ball club,
while II has not always been con-
tender for the honors of the league,
has nevertheless done much in putting
this city among the leading towns In
Iowa. without the ball team 1t would
have been much harder proposition.
An example of what a ball team will
do for a city, provided the fans give
the team proper support. is found In
the Marshalltown case. Before Mar
shalltown came back into the league It
was supposed to be dead down, and
Waterloo was one of the cities not par
ticularly anxious to see Marshalltown
in the league believing 1t would be
weak sister But Marshalltown has
proven beyond question Of dispute that
it is a progressive city, and that Its
citizens are not has beens.'
To-day. when people speak OF Mar
shalltown they praise 1t most highly
and declare it to be a genuine booster
town. And the way the Marshalltown
fans have supported the Ansons is SUI
fcient proof"
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