Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1923-08-24
LOCAL FANS SAY AUTOS HURT
SUNDAY BASEBALL In PUTNAM
BEMoAs THE LACK OF A BALL GAME IN THE CITY Al
THE WEEKEND AND BLAME SABBATH
MOTORING
But the Reason Why the Sport Does Not Pay Here?-
Some Expressions the Question

-fherefore - unst ralse biEeer guar
aniees II be eoulir't gel - on the
cd admission charge. how in Heaven 3
name i he = make both ends meet.
with bis expense hiEter.t VII ire
fans tErn cat u Ereatsr numbers
and therefore provide the wnerewiin-
81 70 defray az e1pensesR Expert
sncs rlgst sss~s s. stfiafa mas prov
en that the fans dor y come through,
even when they ho8led foF a faster
team ard got IT, Ard Will they stand
Tor a jump II the gate Zee. e meet
the higher expense eataile3 because
q their insistanee thst TIE teams
home ard visiting shall BE- speeded
ups They xIii not Their limit =
50 ceuts-on baseball And i Is this
attitude OF the part = the fans that
naz pat the berry or baseball IN
Putnam this season
William Peehie Takes Helm
THE Nightingale-Morse crew, with
William Peehie 8. ths helm, got away
20 a good start and was putting on
some good games. But the fans
didn't turn out in appreciation and
the team weathered along, making
> BIT this week. losing i al the week
after and breaking even the third
week. And then came the OF Sunday
and the cry went up for q faster and
better club. There was 10 assurance
Of larger attendance and knowing
tickle Putnam fans as wen as they do,
the discouraged management quit
cold And don't blame them a BIT.
"a have dropped the thing like hot
potato. And then Ernest LerrIon and
his followers took Up the battle and
put on the reorganizet Nightingale
Morse club. Did they get rieh2 They
did not They had a tough time 70
exc out enough from the pitiful gate
receipts, 10 meet the guarantee, TO
say nothing Of paying something 20
the boys 10 have their SUITS Isnndered
once in a while. l. was q strictly.
bonafde home talent ball club and
the boys put on some good exhibi- /
tons. But again the fans proved BY /
their non attendance that they didn't /
want either Saturday or Sunday ball, /
even with a home team made up Of /
players living in Putnam or towns 4
Immediately in the vicinity
Management, at Fault
Il may be the management that
is q blame in the selection Of the
PLAYERS thes pick for their teams.
Or the choice they make Of opposing
teams But | am not q this opinion,
even though the question may be open
70 argument ! claim that Putnam
fans don't want home-talent teams
because they are not fast enough %
compete With fast steppers from out
Of town And they Won't % 70 games
I'll sufficient numbers at 80 cents 9
head. 10 pay the expenses Of really E
club and an opposing out F
III worthy Of taking on for a game. F
And. please, Mr Reporter, just
give me a parting shot. Like lot f
II other places know, Putnam isn't +
alone in rs present baseball situation. +
A lot Of towns are going through the +
period And ike other towns, Put F
nam Is not minority IN having It's
cheap-skate ball fans, II ! may be
permitted 10 use such euFbstone talk
in your paper.
critieizes Fan" Sharply
But the term weakly describes that
class of fans who would rather sneak
into the ball grounds or SIT of AZ
short distance. yet in full view of the
diamond action, so he can escape
paying his pittanee for the entertain
ment he is getting And you'd be sur
prised II you knew some of the men
who are cheap enough 10 place them
selves in this class wish there was
some way Of reaching them, where
they sit, and making them come
across or get of the horizon. They
make the real. honest, fair-minded
fans sick And / shan't state how
thew affect some others know. But
baseball in Putnam would be better
off-perhaps even. we would be hav
ing some games today-if these men
would be he-men enough 10 walk up
10 the ticket seller and put down their
so cent pieces and 20 in and see the
game like self-respecting lovers Of the
national game"