The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-06-24

follows.
 PROTEST
 Before attempting to render a decision on two protests on the rlks- Moose ball game played last Sunday, I. too, wish to PROTEST. Nv protest is directed to Juneau hal players and fans and I will at tenlps to summarize the critical baseball situation in Juneau today. Immediately after writing the de- cision on the Elks-Moose protest, l will resign a5 president of the Juneau Baseball League.
 I reluctantly accepted the presi- dercy of the League from the Juneau Fire Department at the be- ginning of the season, as last year I had watched league officials take a drubhing in the hands Of Ju- neau's baseball public. The job was taken perhaps with the selfish con- fidence, that as wornout ball. rlayer. could possibly correct some of the difficulties the league was having.
 In the first meeting of the year we outlined the following objectives, which it was hoped would put base ball on a sound basis: (D A better financial structure for the league. g2) An umpire organization to ham, dle the game. (3) A better physical organization This is what hap pened:
 Cooperative Agreement
 CD In a cooperative agreement with the Fire Department it was decided that the League teams would receive one-half of the pro- eeeds from the sale of season tickets to finance outside games. The result was that the ballplayers would not sell tickets and the plan was not too successiul-and the league is in a dubious financial condition.
 @ The umpires organization failed I tried desperately to get a group of qualified umpires for the league without success. Walk CT Oliver has done fine job on the field in almost every game this season, but there has been abso- lutely no support from any old time ball players in Juneau.
 C3) The Fire Department re- sponded with a new gate which has simplified the control of the spectators, but their interest in baseball has waned ot a point where it is negligible.
 There were other things which ve discussed at that meeting, all of which we have slowly been working 10 correct. You ball players pro- bably don't realize it, but the ma chinery necessary to keep our base ball league in operation is quite complex. I have spent many hours working on little details or oganiza- ton which might seem insignificant, but which are important to a smooth working league.
 and good organization. In corclud-
 Teams Congratulated
 It was my desire to get the or ganization of our games so perfect that we could really begin to draw the spectators that we should have for the brand of ball that is played in Juneau I wish to congratulate the teams on the fine caliber of baseball they have been playing this season, and often have been shamed by the attendance.
 I wish to go all the way in my protest by stating that the lodges and organizations which sponsor teams in the league do not support them. Do you members of the Elks, Legion and Moose know what it takes to make a fighting ball cam? Well, it's a bunch of loyal fans out there pulling for the team More fans, more noise, better game, any time. have not seen a mem Der of the Chamber of Commerce the Lions Club or the Rotary Club at a ball game for so long that I wonder whether these respected gentlemen have lost their faith il, the great American sport of base ball.
 Purpose Of This Letter
 What l am trying to get across in this letter is that I am not go. .ng to take abuse from either bal players or the public of Juneau 10, situation I have tried to correct but have received little cooperation The fact that the hallplayers, them selves, through petty squabbling ant criticism, have recently lost sight o the broad objectives of what tn league is trying to accomplish, leav es me no other alternative than t turn the job over to someone c their choice
 I will admit that some of tn criticism made by the ballplayer has been justified. On the othe hand, they must be sportsme enough to admit that there Is Il other remedy unless they help t