Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
RIVALRY
HOT FOR PRIZE
OPENING DAY
Chamber Of Commerce and
Mayor Plan To Get Half
Holiday tuesday,
BY O. B. Keller.

IN MSdlHEI hight 4lldhO
the shedding rather bumpy for
this colyum-busting up ball games
between the Crackers and the Bron-
chos, you know-if there wasn't lot
of other stuff to pull.
Chief among the prospective diver
sions, of course, is Opening Day.
Everybody knows the day by this
time, we should guess. But there's no
harm in repeating it-Tuesday, April
IA, at 3:15 o'clock in the p. m.
Also, everybody knows or should
know, that the Crackers and the Vol
unteers from Nashville will be the
contracting parties.
pUT here is point that we wish
u especially to hammer IN ana
ciinch on the other side;
There is an uproarious, and in some
quarters unseemly. effort abroad in
the Southern League to win away
from Atlanta the prestige and pride OF
coping the Grand Prix offered to the
city that turns out the largest croWd
on Opening Day
Atlanta won that prize last year.
That marked Atlanta, in way, as
the best baseball town on the South
ern League map. That Is absolutely
the case, but with some people q. e.,
Birmingham, New Orleans, Chatta-
nooga and others) you simply have to
prove it.
WHEREFORE certain civic bodies,
w such as the Chamber of Com
merce. and the Hon Mayor, and the
Ad Mems Club, have taken the we'll
known steps looking to another rous-
ing demonstration of the fact that
Atlanta is the Best Baseball Town in
the Southern League.
AYOR WOODWARD, for exam
wi pie. has signed a contract TO
pitch the first ball, after which Ell
lott Dent will give his little demon
stration. Also Mayor Woodward mas
ordered a holiday on the half shell
for all the help in the city depart
ments, said afternoon to be spent
preferably in roofing for the nome
team. I
The Chamber Of Commerce, touch
ed in its most ticklish locality by the
horrid threats of Birmingham et al.
"a shove Atlanta into the blooming
discard. is preparing cards to be
mailed out to all the business houses
in Atlanta that are members OF the
huge organization, requesting then'
IN the name of civic loyalty, the Ma
. fional Game. and Down with BIZ
mingham, to grant half hohday 10
all or as many of their employees as
nossibIe so they can do their duty by
their parent city.
A GOOD many firms have not walt
"A cd for the invitation Inc Geor-
ria Railway and Power Company mas
come through. and the Lowry Natloh-
al Rank and Harry Schlesinger "a
Gro cI,er-rnaker. YOU see), and the CITY
Hail las aforementioned), and others.
rThev will be issuing edicts right along
from now on, and it's just as wen wen
that Ponce DeLeon Park has several
snare acres out in lett-cehter nei9 5
and along the Red Mountain anu
other Swiss scenery to tine S stWa az,
our bunch is that II the Wea Si,ea,
Ponce DeLeon Park late on the after
noon of Tuesday, April IA, VIII NAY g
IA he inserted with shoe morn Il
tbev expect to see the Crackers ana
the Volunteers engage in deadly COM
bat.
T. FOLLOWING an Off day, we take
r This occasion of producing play
In one act for which all rights arc
reversed and all responsibility az
tached to the author, who signs ms
production with the name or loneS
Miller The production OF Ems ho'o
rious drama is not to pc laNe,! az 9. .,
svmpton that other similar literary
osfs,.ine viii meet the same fate.
Talse Shot at this one, and see what
YOU make Of it, 1t is emitted
"BTZZY."
NOU may FIRE when ready, Grlu'e!'
4 Here she goes: -, 49,,
home team from a boy he Was ero
best long distance hltter on lIo ts" -
and could always be counted on 70
make his share Of the Noyes. ~
was a Hogg for work. bur wouIo
never Kroh over what ne coulu Nv;
but only said NIXON that sqIt ol
stuff. When a boy II he acted MITE
lev during school his Paulet MN
play ball every afternoon, aho "
was pronounced King among ms
schooimates. With three on pas s
/ sure would like to see Bisland one
ant FOR a homer. He would Dent the
left field fence with his "Wauop
No one could Eberfield Ike he coulG
either. and II was also Daley task
with him to get hit, When ne was
not playing ball after school, ne aot-
ed as a Messenger. but was always
very tired when his days work was
Dunn In Case any one. should MAKE
a Howell about his playing, he wouiid
Starr the next day surely, He ieu n
Love al tho age OF 20 with Clyde
Wares and he was often caught ks,
singer. She had Brown hair ana
was of the Gibson type, and, az
though very Young, she was olo
enough to Merritt his Love, 50 one
day he met her on the street IN
expectedly and they decided to pc
married right away at The Parson :.
After his marriage he invested MS
money in Stock IN the fourth. Ware
but found II to be Graft and Win
drew his subscription l had otlen
heard Lindsay he would Austen
from drink, so their married NE
was ever-More happy.
JEANETTE STOPS JOHNSON.
LIVERPOOL. April Joe Jeanette