The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-09
CH|cKASHA FANS
DECIDE ON PLAN
As To BASEBALL
Vote 10 start rIokstssliIne Drive
to Meet Proposition sf Daniels
10 Put Team Here
for season.
League President to Take Matter
Before Mouuls In Meeting Sun
day; VIII vIsIt chIokasha
next Week.

At the baseball meeting held last
night In the Elks club rooms. the
decision was reached to put Chick
neha back into the Western associ'
atien through the sale OF $4,000
worth OF baseball tickets under the
proposition OF 4. A. Daniels. prcsi-
dent OF the league to put team
hero on that condition.
In accordance with that decision.
Clint c. steInbcrger, president OF
the ChIckasha Baseball association.
was instructed to writc Mr.. Daniels
today. advising him OF Chickasha's
decision. In his letter Mr.. Stein
Lorgcr will outline proposition that
would be acceptable to ChickashR
fans. This proposition as tentative.
~ agreed upon nt tho meeting last
night. was that Chickasha viii raise
the $4,000 through the sale OF
tickets and will pay that money to
Mr. Daniels In amounts to be agreed
upon; that Mr.. Daniels Is to furnish
a surety bond that he will finish
the season with the team he puts In
here: that tho franchise Is to be
the property OF Chickasha;- that he
be allowed to operate his team here
under that franchise and that at the
end Of the 1922 season. the fran
chIse IL to remain the property OF
chlckasha to be handled as the fans
here may agree.
VIII Be Satisfactory.
That this sort OF proposition will
be satisfactory to Mr.. Daniels, was
the opinion OF Mr. Steinberger who
tslked by phone to the league presi-
dent yesterday evening Just before
the meeting here. The league presi-
Gent was given practically the same
POINTS as we're decided upon later
at the meeting. and gave Mr.. Stein
berger assurance that II would be
satisfactory.
The decision that Chickasha should
20 the limit In raising this money
through the sale OF tickets and keep
this city In the Western association,
was practically unanimous. The
crowd attending the meeting was
net what could be called large, but
Il was representative. It was, In q
way, like a meeting Of delegates or
representatives. That is, there swere
merchants, professional men, shop
men, laborers, travelling men pres
ont and with possibly one exception.
the opinions expressed we're that
the $4,000 worth OF tickets could
be sold. All admitted that 1t would
be a hard job, but this did not shake
the beliefs as expressed of the sue
cess OF the undertaking.
viii Talk to MoguIs.
It was the desire OF Mr.. Daniels
that the expression OF the meeting
here last night, be contained in q
letter from President Stenberger
This letter will be taken to the
league meeting next Sunday by
President Daniels who will ask that
Chickasha be rejnstated in the
league If this Is done, which the
president believes will be the case.
then definite contracts with details
will be prepared by the league pres
I ident for submission to Chickasha.
This contract will then be placed
before the fans Of Chlckasha in or
order that they may all know ex-
actly the sort Of deal that Is
planned. With the approval Of this
contract by the Chlckasha fans.
The work Of selling the tickets and
fulfilling Chickasha's part OF the
contract will be started.
Daniels to Visit Here.
Mr.. Daniels will visit Chickasha
some time next week, he stated in
his telephone conversation with Mr..
stelnberger yesterday evening. At
ulat time, 1t is expected, he will
present the contract and it is prob.
able that meeting of baseball fans
will be called for that time, that
they may hear what Mr.. Daniels
has to say
Plans for the ticket-selling canl-
paign have not been perfected nor
will they be perfected until the out
come of the league meeting next
Sunday is known. In other Words
Il is not the purpose Of the base.
bali men here to go ahead toward
the perfection Of program for tae
sale Of the tickets, before there IS
the necessity for selling them, anu
that necessity will arise when the
plans Of President Daniels are ap-
proved by the league moguls, 1t is
| ,.f,irfnd ni1f