The annual meeting of the Shanghai Amateur Baseball Club was held Inst Friday in the American Club, Mr, F. Macintyre presiding, supported by Messrs, H. B. Gallop, S. A. Moss, and Dr. N. L. Downs.
The Chairman's report, which is appended below, was adopted unanimously, as was the report of Mr. NI, B, Gallop, manager during 1927.
Mr, S.A. Moss proposed and Mr. Gallop seconded the motion-that the minutes of the last meeting should be adopted. Dr. N.-L, Downs proposed, seconded by Mr. S.A: Moss, that the report and accounts should be adopted as presented. Both resolutions were carried unanimously.
Mr. $. A. Moss was elected pre-for 1928, and Messrs. Clair, 1. Riddick, Gui, Lewis to the General Committee.
'After the various reports had been read, Mr. Gallop suggested that a committee should be appointed to confer with the Recreation Ground Committee regarding "the allotment of a field to the Baseball Club, Dr. Downs said that he' thought it might be difficult to] secure the Pioneer Field for the ensuing season.
Upon a motion being made, the meeting empowered the General Committee to devise ways and means. to secure playing fields for the 1928
Members and committee alike were in favour of an extensive membership campaign, Mr, Gallop said that the US. Pittsburgh's team would arrive in Shanghai on April 12. The Commander-in-Chief had donated a cup for a series, the financial takings of hich were tobe donated tothe Red wan Said:—
The Bascbell Club started out the season of 1927 in March with cash in the Bank of $1,023.44 and have fon hand to-day $271.02.
The Dud for 1927 had a membership of only 105 against a membership of 272 for the season of 1926 and 323 for the season of 1925, This small membership was not only due to changing our playing field to the Pioneer Field, but also because a number of former menibers paid admissions to games instead of aking out membership cards.
On account-of this small member-chip, the Club would have ended the season with aloes if it had not boon for the refreshment concession received from Mersrs, Gande Price Ca, in the amount of $900 for the months of July and August. You will note from the financial statement that our July disbursements were $2,985.12.
The Club had no expense in 1927 as in other years for storage of igeand-stand and equipment, trans. portation of stands to playing field, erection of stands or building of matshed club house, as all the Club property was at the Pioneer Field tit the opening of the season. The only expense we were put to was the building of a low bamboo fence under the wire netting in front of the main stand.
T might atate, however, that leaving our grand stand and roofing out in the open air on the Pioneer Field from September 1926 up to the present time has naturally dev creased the life of the fixtures, especially 0, as they are not covered with weatherproof paint, and it may be advisable this season to £0 to the cost of painting all of the woollen framework for stands and roofing with a weatherproof paint.
The Race-Course Field [At the opening of the Recreation rads ay the Race-course in May 1027, the location used by our Club for the past 20 years was being used as a aerodrome by the Shanghai Defence Force, and no location was assigned to our Club by the Recreation Grounds Committee. Tt was, therefore, necessary for your mittee to make arrangements th the China Amateur Athletic Federation to use the Pioneer Field. As the Olympic meet was to be hela at the Pioneer Field the last of August, we could only have the
Olympic meet was over.
Held up t© August 7, and after the sociation wanted approximately $900 for the use of the field, basing this amount on their receiving one-third collected from a membership of approximately the same number as in 1926, namely, 270 members. Our manager's report will show how this mount was taken care of on account of our membership being only 105 members.
On May 20, 1927, as no location on the Race-course had been assigned to our Club, your President! fodged complaint with the Shanghai Municipal Council through Mr. €.E, Gauss, Acting Consul-General, against the action taken by the Shanghai Recreation Grounds Committee for not providing space on
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