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Skipping around th# spcSioux City, the sickly chi is finding that the split seas.numerous problems.The Soos have won only four of 17 games in the second half, trailing the league-leading Lincoln Chiefs fay Wh games. lt;This indicates that the split season accomplished nothing in the way of getting Sioux City “back in contention.”But it’s the financial picture that’s even more bleak for Adam Pratt’s Soos.Latest reports from Sioux City say that all hope of reaching the $15,000 goal in the Chamber of Commerce assistance j j campaign has been lost.In fact, there's good reason to believe that civic cash is still shy of the $10,(XX) minimum demanded by the Western League when it okayed the split season.Another tip off on the sorry plight of the Soos is that the daily legal sheet, published in Sioux City, recently reported that Siouxland Park—the baseball park—has been mortgaged for $25,000.Visitors returning from Sioux City have expressed doubts as to -whether the Soos will finish the ' season, which they contrived to completely foul up the rest of the league.Aside from the schedule tangle and the absence of a club to get fat on, the loss of Sioux City wouldn’t smack of tragedy.None of the niber Western League clubs has made any money in Sioux City this year.In fact, they could feel like they 1 had a big night if they made cab fare.
Newspaper Details
Sunday Journal and Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Jul 15, 1956
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
William R.
CT, USA 20 Sep 2018
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