The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-25
BIG LEAGUE BALL
WILL Be DISCUSSED
Mass-Meeting Will Be Held To-
Morrow Afternoon at Bust
ness Mems Club.
INVITATIONS ARE EXTENDED
Chamber of Commerce and 9th
ers Asked to Participate
for City's Benefit.
INVITATIONS ARE EXTENDED

Confidently believing that the inau-
guratior Of big league baseball in
Richmond would in every way be of
great advantage to the city. Alvin NJ.
Smith. president of the Business Mems
Club. has issued a call inviting all bust
ness men and others who are interested
in the movement to secure for this city
the Baltimore International League
baseball club, n Glass AA organizations
to attend a mass-meeting to he held at
the business MEMS Club tomorrow nf-
ternoon ut $3.50 o'clock Details of the
proposition will be thoroughly dis
cusscd. and those attending will he
given an opportunity to express their
views. and to aid. should they see fit
in helping i'll the movement, both in a
financial way and by their co-opera-
| ton.
Those planning the mass-meeting de-
! sire that IT be understood that the Bus
| mess Mems Club is not backing any
baseball organization. but the directors
| OF the club believe that the proposition
is worthy of the consideration of Rich
| mono business men. and 1t was not
| until numerous requests frciG various
members of the club and others in.
| terestcd had been received that the
! president finally issued call for the
meeting to hear the proposition fully
| discussed.
! THINK BIG LEAGUE BALI.
| WOULD BENEFIT CITY
II IS believed by many that the inau .
| Eur1tion of big league baseball in
Richmond would be of great benefit to
the business interests of the city, and
that the success OF the proposition is
certainty. The announcement that a
mass-meeting has been called will un-
doubtedly be OF much interest to bust
ness men and others. and IL is expected
that large number will attend
indications are that there will be no
Tack OF enthusiasm on the part of those
who VIII attend the meeting, for many
" Richmond's most successful bust
ness men are keenly interested in the
national. sport and will. it Is thought
league baseball here if it is possible to
do so.
The attitude OF those In attendance
at the gathering will largely deter
mine whether Richmond is to have
big league baseball or stay i'm the
class III which the local team is now
playing, for IL ii is seen that a ma
Jortty OF those present look unfayor-
aply upon the proposition It is prob
able that no further effect will be made
any time soon to cSr:.y out the plans
OF those advocating adoption OF
the proposition.
INVITATION ISSUED
BY PRESIDENT SMITH
president Smith forwarded the fol-
lowing invitation to w. II. Reed, pres
idei' OF the Chamber of Commences:
Atter having numerous REQUESTS
from business men of Richmond l have
oecioed to issue call for a mass
meeting To be held in the club Friday
,iune. the 26th, ut $50 f. NJ, i'm order
that the proposed plan. to bring to
Richmond the Baltimore franchise in
the Az baseball class might he dis.
cussed and iayed before the business
mn OF richmond. believing that il
VIII rebound to the city's good ~ ,,n
can establish high-class baseball in
orr city. ''
II wish to extend to the members
oil your organization. who are inter
ested IN good baseball. a very cordial
=. 'ita'lon 10 attend this meeting. and
IT possible would appreciat:, it If ~n,,
would send notice to your members mo-
tityirg them of same ~