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BASEBALL FANS SIGN PETITION ASKING FENCEMaintain Walsh Field Should Be Completely Enclosed; To Go To CouncilContending that a partly enclosed baseball plant will seriously effect the future of the sport in the city, enthusiasts of the pastime today were circulating petitions throughout the city, asking the city council to completely enclose the Thomas J. Walsh Memorial Athletic Field.After the city council in a special ■ meeting Tuesday night voted to place fencing around the Walsh field on all sides except 22nd street, I baseball fans Wednesday night 01- [ j ganized and prepared petitions for circulation, demanding that the field be completely enclosed.The petitions, it was said, will be presented to the city council next Monday night. A group of baseball enthusiasts are also ex peeled to attend the session and 11 offer their views.“If the city council stands pat on its decision to partly enclose the park the possibilities of Two Rivers getting into higher class base-j ball and a larger league are doomed,” said one of the signets today.Plantico Comments j Reuben Plantico, president of the ' Two Rivers Baseball association, sponsoring the city team, offered thanks to the citizens for their interest in giving Two Rivers a 1 model park.“Tf we can have the park entirely enclosed,” said Mr. Plantico, “it would be an easy matter to get some of the highest class traveling teams in the country to appear here. Fans have repeatedly re- ]; quested the booking of teams such | as the House of David, but they, have ignored us because of the fencing problem. “Donkey Rase ball Game” of the House of David j I is alone vorth the price of admis- ' j sion. If we can get cooperation from the council the wishes of the fans will be fulfilled.”President Plantico declared that complete enclosure of the park does not mean that the citizens | will not have access to the park. He said that the only time that the ! park would be entirely closed would be during the afternoon of the game. Large gates, he said.J could he built, and should be kept 1 open throughout the week.
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Manitowoc Herald Times
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1934
Page 13
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