The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-17
Slate BASEBALL
MEETT0 HANDLE
FRANCHISE DEAL
Whether chIckashs VIII Fight or
Lay Down on Removal OF w. A.
Franchise Depends on
Action Of Fans.
DIRECTORS READY TO
START LEGAL ACTION
Want Approval First; Session Thurs.
day al EIks; Loyal Fans Asso.
elstIon Organized to Boost
Clean Sport.

Just how far is ChIckasha goIng
with ITO fight TO retain the fran
chise In tie Western association
lifted by action OF w. A. officials
and placed IN the hands of Ray Win.
der, manager of the Chicks last
year.
That Is the question which Is to
he decided at mass meeting OF
baseball fans scheduled for the Elk,
club rooms Thursday night at 8
O'clock. At that meeting. officials OF
the Chickasha Baseball association
viii have prepared for outline the
legal proceedings necessary to
start suit against wlnder, the
Western association ct al. This out.
line will be made and II Is then
up to the fans as to whether they
want to fight or lay down and al.
low the baseball powers to dispose
OF Chickashas franchise In any man.
per they may deem proper. This
was the statement OF Clint C..
Steinberger. president Of the Chick
asha Baseball association.
'If Chickasha fans want to flgIst
we are ready to go ahead" said
Mr.. Steinberger. "If they don't want
to fight, the local association Off
cials can do nothing. We might fight
and lose and then of course we
stand a chance TO win. We can't
win without fighting. that's a cinch.
80 it's up to the Chickasha fans to
turn out to that mass meeting and
tell us whether they want to go into
this fight or not"
The president and directors of the
Chickasha Baseball association have
started preliminaries with reference
to the employing of counsel to take
the case into court. 1t is probable
that attorneys will be present at
the meeting Thursday night to ex-
plain the legal steps necessary, in
order that the fans may know ex-
actly what they are contracting
when they take on the legal battle
with Winder and the Western asso.
citation moguls.
AS evidence that the Chickasha
fans crave action of some sort,
whether it be legal battle or just
general activity with reference to
baseball, an organization known rs
the Loyal Fans association was
formed at an impromptu meeting
in the Chamber of Commerce rooms
this week. AT that meeting, jim
Montgomery, was elected president
OF the Loyal Fans association and
P. P. Griffith, of the Griffith Adver-
tising company, secretary.
The purpose of the association, as
explained by the officials is to boost
anything that will make for better
and cleaner baseball in Chickasha.
Membership cards are being printed
and every fan who becomes a men,
ber will be issued one of these
cards. The initiation fee" is to be
so cents and the officials of the as
sociation believe that they will be
able to roll the membership up to
500 in short order
Mr.. Montgomery could not be
found this morning, being according
to reports, busily, engaged in catch
ing string Of bass and croppie to-
day. However, Mr.. Griffith, the sec
retary, freely expressed his views
on the subject of baseball in general
and the Loyal Fans association and
the present status of the franchise
tangle in particular
Gas l see it, the first thing the
fans of Chickasha have to do is to
stage a battle for the local fran
chise in the Western association"
said the sFannIsa secretary.
"Its going to take some money to
carry on the suit which the Chick
asha Baseball association proposes
to file, on the approval of the fans
at Thursday nights meeting. The
money derived from the sale of the
membership cards in the Loyal
Fans association, is to be disbursed
at all times for the benefit of thu
game locally and as the most urgent
need for cash at this time seems tt
be to carry on the suit, l feel tha'
the Fans association would agree