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s tenwas afront at thepar-hostwhilemuchI with irmitypres-n tho ndced bould1, oner tlio.8 gen nd as havenor of 1 her site Iy icnd*. *y a 8 ! •' a it pre-trans-haud-d bylightMrs.thanHit at goodDCforein ldal , su r-le and pears,h.esto tho t.wlio’ S6V-bsentt Bilt-iromi*leafeDr J. nightBASE BALL.STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING TO-NIGHT.IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO BE TRANS-mm /ACTED.A FEW WORDS OF INTEREST.To-nielit the stockholders of the Cincinnati BaseBall Association will meet at l/ovi's, on Central avenue, for the election of a Board of Directors, who will in turn select officers for the ensuing year. The season Just oloalug demonstrates beyond the shadow of a doubt that the present Board hag been an ignominious failure, not through a lack of willingness to do what was right, for they worked hard enough, hot through sheer inoapaeit/ as a Board. There waa an unhappiness in tho selection of the geutlemen to fill ihe positions that has brought about the result, and it recalls forcibly to mlud the story of the man during tho war who was made a Brigadier General on account of his greatexperience In the coal business-An cDfire uprooting is needed that will severtu« gam* in this rlfy from any speeiftl business interest., for It Is this lllsuited combination that has lost tho club so many friends and been ono of the causes that has dwindled the the attendance •town to a figure where it reaches but an average of two hundred persons to the game. The Worcester Club left hero lasr night with $70 as Its gross proceeds. lu other Dengue cities Cincinnati has become a laughing stock through its bad management.,No effort has been made during the season to make the grounds a resort for ladies. The officers themselves, who should set the example, did not bring their wives or daughters, possibly for the reason that The ladies objected visiting any place where drinks were hawked around, after the manner of the lowest over-the-fChiue variety shows; and speaking on the liquor Question, If. will be of Interest to state that the League intends, at a future meeting, to abolish this object ion a Vile feature from all League grounds. Chicago, Cleveland and Worcester have managed to get along without their Bale, and why should it Dot prevail in other cdties. A majority vote ha« already been secured for the passage of the suggested rule.Ii should bo the duty to-day of every stockholder to cast about him, and choose for presentation tonight the names of men who, in addition to a knowledge of the game, possess business intelligence, with executive anility. If objectionable men, through their ownership of a majority of stock, force themselves upon the Board, the course of the numerical majority is clear; let them sell out their stock, give it away or throw it away and have nothing more to do with an organization that can not be anythingmore than a tail pkoe or a thorn in the aide of the League.tr»lt;ilia»iueatforair.in ato Chi Ilk. the 1 A llthethetrlipreAbieldplaciuhuianlt;thethoewwhthegardialIiquiallthewoitheofaltonsonotin a Iandballquaegonlnidenlaetcacllion bus of ttrolhasneruult8pelt;Cignua shlattChitveilworhaytnotChDalrGoreW ill Anst Kell Bun CoreQnoiFilm
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Cincinnati Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 03, 1880
Page 6
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