The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-21
THURSDAY WILL
Be BOOSTER DAY
FOR BALL CLUB
ASSOCIATION PLANS. TO GET
OUT RECORD CROWD TO
RAISE FUNDS
STORES WILL ALL CLOSE
Committee viii Circulate Petition
Among Merchants Tomorrow--Mon-
ey is Badly Needed and Must Be
Raised to Keep Club Running.

A Booster Baseball Dayi
That is what Brunswick is going
to have next Thursday afternoon
and as has always been the case with
Brunswick fans, they are going to
join in the movement and make it a
great success. Practically everybody
is going to be given a half day off
in response to an appeal from the
baseball association, and Brunswick
| Is going to turn out a crowd Thurs
day, which, by the way, is the for
nal opening offThe second half i'm
| Brunswick, equalled oniy by the open
| ing day attendance.
AS is well known, Brunswick has
expended large sum OF money in
giving the people winning ball club
No expense has been spared in bring.
ing new players here, and it is now
acknowledged that Otto Jordan has
an aggregation sure to be contend.
ers for the pennant.
On Thursday afternoon the first
game of the second half will be play
ed on the local diamond, and, in Or
der to assist the association in rails
ing funds, which are badly needed,
it has been decided to have bene-
lit game.
A committee will tomorrow circu-
late petition among the business
houses of the city generally, asking
them all to close at 230 o'clock in
order that clerks and others can at
tend the game. An admission OF one
dollar will be charged, ladies, fifty
cents and the bleachers fifty cents.
In this way 1t is hoped to raise quite
large sum, which will insure the
success of the club during the re-
mainder of the season. In view of
the fact that the merchants in all
other cities cf the league are now
closing up their stores one afternoon
each week, it is more than likely
that the. local merchants will agree
to close for just cne afternon. In
fact a humber of them have already
been seen and they have cheerfully
agreed to close. .
The Brunswick club has been run
ming behind financially, and some
three or four citizens have been dig
ging" in their pockets for the def
cheney. There are many people in
the city who will gladly contribute
dollar or fifty cents as that is
what it will be, TO the association,
and in order to give them this op-
Eortunity, the prices will be advanc-
ed for the afternoon. While Ameri-
Gus will be here that club will not
participate in the increased receipts,
the local association receiving over
ey taken in.
Brunswick is the best baseball city
In the league; that fact Is acknowl-
edged all over the circuit; Otto Jor-
dan has unquestionably one of the
best clubs in the league. Money is
needed, and the best way to get
it is to give every fan an opportunity
to contribute fifty cents or dollar
the ladies', boys, bleacherites and all.
Tickets will be placed on sale at
Bryant's Book store Tuesday and it
is hoped that by Thursday morning
one thousand will be sold. 1t is up
to the fans to make the benefit game
a great success, and every business
man in the city should gladly agree
to close for the afternoon.
Further details of the Booster Base
ball Day will be announced later.