Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1922-03-16
ORGANIZATION OF
DAKOTA BASEBALL
LEAGUE COMPLETED
Eight Cities Represented at
Fargo Meeting - Several
Changes Made in Consitu-
ton and Rulmgs-To Play
Ninety-Eight Game Sched-
ule.

ule.
Fargo, March 13.- Re-organiza-
tion of the Dakota League was COM
pleted in meeting here yesterday.
attended by representatives Of Wah-
peton, Sioux Falls. Mitchell, Aber-
deem, Watertown, Fargo, jamestown
and Valley Witty. The latter three
towns applied for and were award
ed contracts and arrangements made
for posting $500 forfeit by the new
members.
Amendments to the constitution
and rulings provide for: three year
franchises instead Of one year; $3.50
gate receipts split instead of 40 to
visitors and 60 to home clubs; sal
ary limit s2,400 per month instead
of $1,000. not including managers
salary and 5000 month limit in
salaries except managers. 1t
was agreed to have 9S game sched-
ule.
jamestown has definitely decided
to join the Dakota Baseball League
and will send representative to the
league meeting to be held at the
Gardner Hotel at Fargo Sunday
morning. This decision was reached
at the mass melting held at the city
hall Saturday morning those in atten
dance voting to accept the oner
made by Mike Cantillon, president OF
the league, to put team in James,
town and guarantee the city forty
nine home games for five thousand
dollars and park rent-free. The
local fans also agreed to put the To-
ca! baseball diamond in playing
shape and to enlarge the grandstand
so as to accommodate one thousand
persons.
field in shape was the occasion OF
considerable discussion, 1t finally
being agreed that Mr.. Cantillon and
Wilbur Smith, who is to manage the
Jamestown team, should visit the
grounds today and come, to a defin-
ite agreement with the board of di-
rectors elected at recent meeting
as to the amount of money to be
spent on this work. 1t seemed to be
the consensus of opinion that the
work on the ball park should not ;
cost more than one thousand dol
lars.
Over -Four Thousand Raised
Members Of the soliciting COM
mittees were unable to give the ex-
act figures as to the amount sub
scribed by local fans and business
houses, but placed the figure at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,40O. The COM
mittee expressed confidence in being
able to raise the rem aiming six or
eight hundred dollars necessary to
place the five thousand dollar guar
antee in one of the jamestown
banks and the necessary funds for
the repair of the grand-stand and
fixing of the playing field.
Considerable time was taken in
the discussion of what should be
done with the present baseball
field, Mr.. Cantillon holding it es-
sential that the grandstand have
seating capacity of at least one
thousand persons. Some of the old
time baseball players declared that
it would be necessary to drain the
present field into the river, others
1olding that twenty-five or thirty
Dads of dirt would put the diamond
in prime shape. Several local enthu-
,iasts have offered to loan trucks
and men to haul the dirt. and it is
hoped to fix the field at minimum
cost in money.
Proposes .'Grandstand Bee
A. w. Mogren and others propos-
ID to merely purchase the lumber
necessary to construct the grand
stand and then to hold grandstand
'aising bee and invite all of the To-
,al fans to come down to the ball
park to do their Bit toward build
ng the granstand under the direction
If some local contractor, who it is
believed would be willing to donate
lis services.
It was also suggested that a series
" dances be held to raise a part of
he money needed, Mr.. Mogren
stating that some of the local or
,hestra had offered to donate their
services for five dances. He declar-
ID that he believed the Armory
BOARD would be willing to donate the
lse Of the Armory hall for such
project figuring that several hundred s
lollars might be raised in this way.
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