The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-21
FANS VOTE KEEP
TRAVELLERS HERE,
START CAMPAIGN
Funds 10 Finance Balance OF Season
to BE Raised by Subscription;
Name Committees to start
Work Now.
ESTIMATE NEED $l,735
TO HANDLE ALL EXPENSE
Some Money In Treasury: Gate Re.
eeIpts to De s2.650. Estimate;
Enthusiastic 10 Meeting OF
City Faithful.

To retain the franchise IN the
Oklahoma State League was tho yer.
diet reached last night at the mass
meeting OF fans held In the Elks
club.
Because OF the short notice on
which the meeting was called. the
attendance was small but the meet.
Ing developed into an enthusiastic
one
When c. u. Plott. recently elected
president OF the Chickasha Baseball
association. submitted n statement
showing that a total OF s5.0Sl.53 had
been paid into the club treasury.
that fi.27S.5s had been expended In
organizing the team. buying neces.
sary equipment. etc. leaving n bal.
ance OF 1908. the fans voted to select
committee to raise. by popular
subscription, the amount necessary
to finance the club during the re-
mainder OF the season, less the
amount of gate receipts estimated
on the attendance figures for the
first Il games played here.
Jim Montgomery was elected d.
rector.general of the campaign and
this morning the drive was launch
ed. Soliciting committees will con
tinue at work until the necessary
funds, si7S5, are raised. A commit
tee consisting of A. Y. Shockley OF
the First National Bank and H..
Kohn, local merchant, was the first,
to take the field today. Other COM
mittees are being organized and each,
of these committees We he asked to
worle one day.
Dliector. Montgomery estimates
that tho $1.735 will BE- raised before
the team returns home Saturda j
A booster day" also Is o (
planned and it IL estimated that this,
will add some strength to the club
treasury.
iChickasha must support win
ming baseball club" is the slogan of
the committees selected to raise the
money.
The financial statement submitted
by Mr.. Plott shows that $4,27S53
has been expended as follows: for
telephone and telegraph service,
railroad fare of managers and play
ers, board and room for tryout play
ers, practice balls, bats. bases, etc,
necessary equipment to start train.
ing, work on diamond, including pipe
and fittings for water back OF pit
chers' box; sand hauled to make
hog-back diamond, work on outfield
by tractors and graders, cushions.
cushion covers, rubber hose, rakes,
shovels and spades; advertising ex-
hibition games, circulars and signs;
salaries of manager and captain
paid from beginning of organization
patching, cleaning and pressing uni
forms, expense Of printing tickets,
etc, paid out of rain insurance; con
cession equipment, rent on chairs:
fifteen complete new uniforms; sal
aries of players paid up to June 10,
umpires' expense, guarantees paid
to visiting clubs; war tax paid and
paid out to park board for use OF
park.
The total receipts, according to
the statement, was as follows: rain
insurance $7S7; donations 1886,
turned over by old baseball directors,
$12l5; box seats sold, $S75; receipts
from sale Of season tickets, $4S500;
receipts up to date for Is games,
less war tax, $1,2S4.53. Total, $5,-
OS1.53. Total balance on hand, $S03.
A total of $4,3S5 is given as the
amount necessary to complete the
season, 35 games here including ev-
erything to be paid. Receipts from
the coming IS games to be played
here will be approximately $2,65O.00
according to the estimate.
The amount necessary to raise by
donations, $1,7S5.
NO Charge use Fark
Fred M. Frey, member of the
Grady county park board, announced
at the meeting last night that he
would assums the responsibility OF
cancelling the charge for the use OF
the baseball park by the Chickasha
club of the Oklahoma State League.
Il have not been authorized to
make this decision, but il other
members of the board insist on a
charge being made for the use Of
the park | will pay the charge my
SELF" said Mr.. Frey. He received
hearty applause from the fans.
The park board has been charging
the baseball club $1,000 per game
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