Date: January 30, 1928
Source: San Mateo Times
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The San Mateo Blues will continue playing independent bush baseball, it was decided Saturday evening at the meeting of the newly organized California State League at San Jose. The Blues, represented by Herman Kroger, member of the managing board, asked to be excused from membership in the league, as the rules and regulations were of such nature as to make it impossible for San Mateo to stand by them.
“We fill the San Mateo fans when not sanctioned our entrance into a league where the type of ball would be governed by a sum as comparatively smaller than currently paid as to make the competition and gate proportionally lesser,” said Kroger.
“We will continue our policy of bringing the best teams in California to play at San Mateo for the benefit of baseball fans and the merchants who support the club. As far as losing out in the schedule of games with teams that currently are in the league is concerned, we can play them either before or after the season, and still have plenty of time for games enough with the leaders.”
“In the past, we have played very few of the teams that have joined in the league, anyway, and their entrance into such an aggregation will not rob us necessarily of many good baseball games.”
“We could not live up to the league rules of paying out less than $100 for Sunday baseball, as it takes about $200 a game for us to run the club now. We have been successful in the past with the plan we have undertaken, and I see no reason for no continuation of that success.”
Nealon is prexy
At the meeting Saturday, J J Nealon, baseball manager in San Francisco, and veteran bush ball authority California, was elected president of the California State baseball league, the name officially chosen for the organization.
Al Earle of Oakland was elected vice president and Jack Graham of San Jose, secretary treasurer.
Teams that have entered the league are Monterey, Gilroy, San Jose, Alameda Elks, Modesto, Stockton, San Francisco Stock & Bond, Piggly Wiggly of Oakland. Reservations have been made for Santa Cruz in Hollister, who are undecided.
The managers of the various teams will post forfeits of $100 with a secretary treasurer by February 15th as a guarantee of good faith. Another meeting which will be held between February 15th and March 1st, at which time the official ball of the league will be adopted.
18 games played
The bylaws of the league will be known in a few days. So far it has been agreed that visiting teams be assured of a guarantee of $50 or 10% of the gate receipts, after the umpires and the gatekeepers are paid. The ration is optional to the visiting club.
A schedule of 18 games will be played, and if Santa Cruz is admitted, they will only be asked to leave home four times.
