The Democratic advocate., 1909-05-21
A Big DAY FOR THE FANS
EVERYBODY is LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE OPENING GAME ON TUESDAY
The Frederick Team VIII Bring q Biz
Crowd OF ROOtefS

Professional baseball will make it's
bow to Westminster next Tuesday for
the first time In twenty some years
II will begin with accustomed cere-
monies and usual noise, and then
settle down to a season OF hard work
and summer-long run OF winning
games
Hundreds Of people, coming here
over the Western Maryland Railroad,
and hundreds Of others who will drive
miles across our beautiful and fertile
county, not to say anything of the
almost entire population OF our own
city. will crowd the streets and fill the
spacious grounds to see the parade
and witness the opening game OF
baseball
Here, there and everywhere per-
sons are arguing the outcome OF this
great game, and in this city there Is
a growing impatience to see the home
team discuss the seasonable horse
hide with the visitors
For those to whom Ben" Spencer
is more than b mere name, and for
whom the score presents no mystery
Il may be interesting to know that
Westminster will meet It's opponents
with eight other men in "Ben's" class
This means nine fast heady perofes-
sional baseball men are to represent
the home team in this opening game
and that McCurdy's bunch will have
to give up the idea Of playing mar
bles."
Everybody, soldier and statesman,
clerk and merchant. Office boy and
financier, Is aware that there Is TO
be hot contest, and all are interest
ed at heart and desire to add To the
success of the occasion by appearing
at the game In person. Men will bring
their wives, and boys their sweet
hearts. Let nothing keep you away,
not even appearances. The peanut
man will be on the scene to supply
your nervous jaw with something to
grind on; and the Westminster nine
will be kept busy all the time dealing
out lemons 10 the visitors. The fever
in a few instances has reached one
hundred and four, and there are fears
OF its becoming II not already, an epi-
demic.
All business places will be closed
between the hours OF one and Ave
o'clock
The parade will begin about I.3O
o'clock. IL will b3gin on Center
street, opposite school building, and
proceed to and up Main street aud
Pennsylvania avenue TO the gruundg
The order will be as follows:
Supreme grand marshal and aides.
Automobiles with members OF West
Minister and Frederick teams.
Mayor and Common Council in open
baronches.
Directors Westminster Base Ball
Association in tally-ho
First Regiment Band.
Company II, First Regiment. NJ. n,
Westminster Fire Engine & Hose
Co No. l.
grand display OF fireworks will
be furnished 10 the evening by Prof
Samuel Jackson, OF Philadelphia, Pa,
at the forks OF the road in front OF
the Ki-Yi Moving Picture Theater.
Grand bursts OF myriads OF jeweled
cobras, fighting dragons. spider and
fly effects, golden spurs. silver ana
condas, Jack In box, saucissons, roses
violets, pansies, diamonds, rubles
saphires, scintillations of electric
spreaders. thousands OF comets, geys-
ers. devil among the tailors, roman
candles and many other effects toe
numerous to mention will be display
ed in wonderful conglomeration. All
displays viii be In batteries, and fol-
lowed by a magnificent Illumination
consisting of mammoth red, green
lowed by magnificent illumination
which will illuminate the surround.
ing buildings In the most fantastic and
weird manner. These illuminators
will cast the most beautiful glows over
the entire surroundings In crimson
golden and sapphire effects.
After the display all are requested
to attend the special benefit perform
ance OF the Ki-Yi Moving Picture
Theater. which is for the benefit OF
the Westminster Base Ball Associa-
ton.
The proprietors OF the Ki-Yi Nov
ing Picture assure the public that the
finest films ever shown in this city
will be displayed on the evening OF
the benefit performance. Remember
this is the evening of the 25th.