Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-26
TEXAS WELCOME
FOR ATHLETICS
San Antonio to Meet Phila
delphia Team With Brass
Band Thursday

SAN ANTONIO. Feb. 25. - Pre-
liminary steps toward the reception
OF the Philadelphia Athletics upon
their arrival In this city on next
Thursday morning. will have been
taken and the committees TO take
care of the greeting are getting busy
perfecting plans.
While the fans as a whole have
not taken the matter in hand, the
movement is gaining force and Will
take volume within the next fe"
DAYS. d. j. Straus is chairman OF
the general committee.
Robert Kaupmann, manager oil
the Menger hotel, where the Athlet-
les will locate in this city, has an
nounced he will have big automo-
bile tally-ho with band at the de-
not to greet the visitors The mat
ter of the automobiles is the next
big item requiring attention.
In the person OF Secretary BIZ
Furlong, secretary of the San An
tonic Automobile club has been
pieked the right party to look after
,he automobiles. He has given his
promise to have enough cars and TO
snare on hand to convey the visit
ors and a bunch of fans from the
train 10 the hotel. lie has started
70 work on this without delay with
his customary vim and il is assured
that the automobile end OF the mat
Tor will receive the necessary atten-
ton.
The Athletics are due to arrive in
this city at o'clock Thursday
morning, II the present schedule Is
followed But II the desire OF the
committee in charge here is TO have
the party lay over two or three
hours at Austin that morning, so as
20 get here about 10 o'clock. For
the accomplishment OF this plan ar
rangements will be made with the
International and Great Northern TO
so fix the schedule.
This will bring the Athletics here
al a reasonable hour and at ume
that will insure a large crowd OF
fans on hand at the depot. There
will be little formality in the greet
ing. the desire being just to show
the Visitors they are welcome.
At the hotel. after the ride
through town. there will be few
talks on the part OF local orators
but this part OF the program viii
not be prolonged. Manager Mack
desires to get his men down to bust
ness without delay. and TO that end
will feed them at noon. The prac-
tice session will start at the ball
mark the afternoon the Athletics ar
rive
II is urged that all good fans OF
San Antonio take this occasion OF
assisting In the welcomining OF the
visitors, and that such as own auto
mobiles will bring them for the pa
rade. Decorations are not essential
although few flags and some bunt-
ing would help a bit
The publicity value OF the Attn
letics' visit to San Antonia is almost
beyond estimate Accompanied by
a corpse OF trained writers, whose
every word is devoured by the pub
lie with avidity, the club and its
surroundings never are out OF the
minds OF fans. whose number are le-
gion. In no other manner could
such publicity be obtained. II is be-
yond purchase, and II is enhanced
by its association with the greatest
OF fall sports. getting right next to
the hearts OF millions This fact is
realized TO the full. and the Cham
Der OF Commerce is eager to do It's
part in showing the visitors how
welcome they are-for what II
means to the city as we'll as the per
sonal popularity OF Connie Mack
and his cohorts