The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-12-18

Reduced to figures the seasons run
shows up totals that most of US never
even suspected. For instance, the
item Of total receipts. This amounted
to $2,248.56, practically all of which
was money taken in at the gate or
received from other teams when the
locals were playing on foreign fields,
except the special donation Of. $3.50.
which was so generously subscribed
by the fans Of this village to help the
team bring Anoka back for one Of the
last games of the season. This proved
to bero one of the best and most excit-
ing games ever played on the local
bali lot and which drew the biggest
crowd that ever assembled there. The
statement also shows an item Of $224.-
IS for improvements of grounds. Con-:
siderable work was done on the
grounds this last season and atssthe
end Of the playing Princeton had sone
of the best baseball plants in the
state Also there was whole Hot Of
donated labor and team hire that does
got shew up IN the, item Had all this
been charged up at full going rates it
would no doubt have swclled this to-
well OvCl Cllc @CUO l1ldlh.
The item Of $22.60 for advertising.
looks exceptionally small when you
stop to ponder over the successful
team and season, and amounts spent
for other necessities of baseball life.
However, this can be easily explained
by the. liberal policy of the Union in
giving the team and game plenty Of
front page writeups of the games and
dope something that money couldn't
buy-and which meant whole lot TO
the general success of the season. OW-
ing to the lack of Sunday railroad SER
vice it was necessary to, spend SLIT
for auto hire, and had all the patriotic
citizens who donated the use of their
cars for the benefit Of the ball team
during the summer charged full rates
this item would have been in the neigh
borhood of $500 also.
Uncle Sam was also with US and
you will note that he is 1898. 10 fur
Their along towards the payment of
his big war bill by the fact that we
had team here last year. This 10
per cent tax counts up faster than you
would at first realize--1O cents out
of each dollar taken in going to our
big uncle The other two big items
were to cover the expenses of outside
talent that the board of directors
found necessary to hire to put on the
class of baseball that the fans demand
ed and to put their team in the run
ming with such teams as Foley, Anoka
and Mora-semi-pro teams in every
respect and good ones. There was
considerable difference of opinion
among the fans and also among the.
directors in regard to the wisdom Of
this policy of hiring so many players,
and toward the end of the season
Princeton was paying out a whole lot
of money for each game that it
played.
The season Of 1920 should either find
Princeton in a Sunday league of some
kind, with such teams as Anoka, Still
water, Brainerd, Foley, South St. Paul
and few other teams Of a like cali
Der, or retrenching policy should be
adopted, more local players used and
not such strong teams met on the dia
mond. This is something that should
be carefully considered and investi-
gated, and each and every fan will be
given chance to air his opinion in
public at the big get-together meet
ing that will no doubt be arranged for:
them in due season this coming spring.
a definite policy should be adopted and
stuck to throughout the season some
thing concrete, that we can all get
back of and push along to a legitimate
success, otherwise we will get into the
position of team cross-hauling
against itself, and the ultimate result
will be disaster, spelled with a big d.
In conclusion You will note that
there is stiIl cash balance Of 1920 on
hand. Horrors! How did that ever
happen? Who remembers Of i ball.
team that ever had money left at the
end Of the season Either the board
Of directors overlooked this neat little
balance or they left it for bait for q.
1920 team Well weN bite, swallow
ing bait. hook sinker and the whole
outfit. We unqualif iedly and uncon-5
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