The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-15
CITY, LEAGUE IS
sure; MAY ALSO
! TAKE IN COUNTY
Interesting Session of Base
~ ball Leaders Held Last
Night.

low estate; Y. M. c. A. officials, base
sbali scribes and several other inter-
esfed parties gathered last night at the
Y. NJ. G. A. and took initial steps look
ing toward the 1920 baseball season
in this city and in Marion county.
While not a. great amount of actual
work was accomplished last night
program was formulated and accept
ed which will mean that when the
next baseball meeting is called every
thing will be set to proceed with the
details for the seasons work.
The first big thing accomplished was
a decision that there should be city
league this season. A motion to this
effect was made by Ira Aiken just aft
err the meeting had been opened and
was carried without dissenting voice.
latter speeches had been made Cap
stain George NJ. Alexander, Ira Aiken,
.Srhimmell, Langell and others anent
4 county league and city league and
..tnterlocking OF the two, motion was
made that Victor Bird, OF the Y. NJ.
q. A., who had been elected temporary
chairman of the city league organiza-
ton with l.. G. Boggs of The West Vir-
ginian, acting as temporary secretary,
appoint committee ON organization
consisting of four other members be-
sides the chairman; and that this
committee should so into all the de-
tails brought up at the meeting last
night in regard to a city and county
league, discuss the proposition with
the county and city baseball leaders.
look around for suitable president
for the city organization, get full re-
ports as to managers and captains
from the various teams to be. in the
|I~..r H.. Al.
X. M. G. a. and Sunday baseball; and
when these few little details have
been accomplished to call another
out the f1al details. On this busy
committee were named the following:
Bird, chairman; Langell, OF the Mid
West; Schimmel, Watson Building;
Brown, Monongah Glass; and Garrett
of The West Virginian. In the hanos
of these individuals rest the most inn
iportant matter in the way OF baseball
: IN this section ever coming up for dis
cussion.
Captain George NJ Alexander. who
was an invited guest to the meeting
last night, made neat little speech
just AFR the meeting was called to
order in which he stated that he was
willing and ready to make good his
promise asito fixing up the grounds at
South Side park, but expressed the
desire that In some manner there be a
county league organized Captain
Alexander was perfectly willing that
there should be county and city
league separate, or a merging of the
two organizations IL such a thing were
possible, but he desired that the teams
around the county be organized in
some manner for the coming season.
1T was generally agreed at the meeting
that the county teams were ectitled
to consideration.
Offcourse, county teams such as the
CONSUMERS, Monongah. Annabelle,
1damay, Kingmont and others are in a
position to play Sunday ball and Sun
day ball would be one of the big fea-
lures OF the county league or of city
league including county teams. The
question as to whether the local board
OF directors of the Y. NJ. C. A. will
sanction teams in the city league to
play games out of the city on Sunday
Is one of the happy questions which
the committee of five appointed LIST
night must work out. 1t is hardly
likely that it would be possible to make
any arrangement whereby Sunday ball
could be played at South Side park,
although games there on Sunday aft
lernoons would undoubtedly attract
record breaking crowds. Mr.. Bird stat
ed last night that so far as the Y. NJ.
Q. A. is concerned, there are places,
many OF them, where the organization
directs Sunday ball SD sanctions IL.
but that such a matter is not up to the
secretary OF any particular organiza-
ton, but rests entirely with the board
nf dfr6NfRRc n Ind fpe
ton. Among those present last night
Sunday baseball had unanimous ap-
proyal, but Of course that means moth
ing more than rejecting the sentiment
of the local baseball leaders.
In case the county and city leagues
are maintained separately, there is the
possibility that q team consisting OF
the best players in IN city league will
be represented in the county league as
Eairmont's team. In fact there were
all manner of ideas and suggestions
brought forward last night, all O:
which will have to be assorted and
rated according to value and the de-
etsions on these suggestions incorporat-
ed In the report Of the committee at
the next league meeting.
Another proposition which will have
70 be thrashed out Is the matter of di-
lNauAn6 cOule VI Lue SATURDAY alLeTUOOu
bills at South Side park between the
county and city league teams, II two
separate organizations are maintained.
One suggestion is to allow the county
league teams to break in on Satur-
days doubleheaders $3.50 with the
city leaguers and then to send City
league teams out through the county
on Sunday TO tackle some OF the fast
leans out of the city.
Victor Bird and L. G. Boggs will act
as chairman and secretary, respective
" Of the city league organization I'M
I'll the next meeting when permanent
officers viii be elected. @
Six teams in the old city league
we're represented last night as follows:
Morgan and Schimmel for the Watson
Building; Boggs and Garrett for The
West Vrginial; Langell and Maston
for the Midwest; Gardner and CUT
lipp for Owens Bottle Co.; Temple,
Aiken and Brown for Monongah Glass:
Smith for Stevenson. Others present
were Captain George NJ. Alexander.
Victor Bird and Athletic Director
Boiler, OF the Y. N. c. A.