The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-14
|0vEMEN7 TO ORGANIZE.
4 MEETING WITH FAVOR
NERAL GEORGIA AND ALA
LAMA TOWNS ARE CoNSID-
Frp1Nc CLASS D LEAGUE.
IDFR NATIONAL COMMISSION

.u;+ Would Be Under Judge Ken
I.eow Lands, and Teams Would
b. Six Days a Week. Eufaula
Mr. Visit Dawson for Conference.
b..sbsl1 one Of the first harbingers
snr;rg. is here. 1t causes the local
Il to HE himself to the vacant lot
school and the red corpuscled
f., citizen to wonder within him
.irst what kind OF club will rep
~ Dawson this season?" That
Astioo is easily answered. The team
+.kss the field for the locals will
4 tbe hest in southwest Georgia, as
ptotore A few tar-reaching, public
&ited citizens have made and are
4 inc an effort to raise the money
essarv TO finance a real organiza-
ooe TO remind us OF the strenuous
H. with Arlington, one to bring
Z memories of the magnificent bat
& with Montezuma and such local
as Baby Wilder, the Thrasher
Doc Harper and Dave Williams.
b. it is one thing to conjure up
Rnories of by-gone glories and an
H. TO provide material aid for the
kent To have a team the commu-
j will be proud of will take money,
i not hall as much as the average
Il thinks.
kirst and foremost, it is the inten-
i of the locals to have a capable
Sbager: one that is well versed IN
directing end OF the game as well
the playing end. Next, to have, an
Sanization Skilled enough to play
i entire season, thus eliminating the
srmous and unwise expenditures III
curing star performers for just one
1.-Two games
j party OF Euiaula citizens were IN
kvson the other day discussing pros
h for the coming season, and they
sgest class D league, under the
6sdiction OF the national commits
b This plan is sound and altogeth-
Feasible as well as very economical.
kre are some fans here who refuse
zplace their approval on league
N, but we have never tried this.
lem, and it is certainly not fair to
Jose it until all its advantages as
as disadvantages have been un-
Stood.
II begin with, the circuit would be
fer the rule OF Judge Kennesaw
hdis, the eminent jurist who resign
bis place on the federal bench af-
wenty-seven years of public ser
Il 10 become high commissioner OF
seball.
Then comes the question of salary
the players; a limit is placed on
z club as to the number of players
the total amount of salary ex-
Se. II player shows class enough
sinay be sold or drafted to a higher
ague, Thus we have another almost
4 source OF revenue unknown to
4 i-protesslonal ball
! he best feature of organized ball
4 Dawson is in the schedule.
#etolore the local team has
n forced to spend at least two
#nree days out OF every week idle,
8qgh inability to book games with
#a0Ie teams. Under the league sys-
i the club will play six days week
Nns the entire playing season, thus
u mating the extra expense of pay
the men for doing nothing. The
i disadvantage we could find to
&anized baseball here would be a
r. team, and that is negligible
as Dawson has always had a win
s ans ITS up to you! Whether we
>em'protcsSional or professional
& we must have the money to be
with, Its a foregone conclusion
sooner or later this year we will
a team, SO why wait until we
10 pay eNorbitant salaries or else
content with cast-offs?
8 must all individually and col
q teiy rally to the support of the To-
baseball team, and once more as
5'' mt representation in the ma