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.

n AIN, cold and other untoward
IL weather AFFECTIONS might make
the shedding rather bumpy for
this colyum- busting up ball games
between the Crackers and the Bron-
chos. you know--if there wasn't a 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 S:15 o'clock in the p. m.
Also, everybody knows, or should
know, that the Crackers and the Vol
unteers from Nashvite will be the
contracting parties
DUT here is noint that we wish
u especially TO hammer IN and
clincb 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
city that turns out the largest crowd
on Opening Day
Atlanta won that prize last year
That marked Atlanta, in a 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.
XGT THEREFORE certain civic bodies,
wv 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.
M AYOR WOODWARD, for exam
INI pie. has signed a contract to
pitch the first ball, after which FL
lott Dent will give his little demon
stration. Also, Mayor Woodward has
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.
The Chamber Of Commerce, touch
ed in its most ticklish locality by the
horrid threats of Birmingham ct al.
to 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 them,
in the name of civic loyalty, the Ma
tional Game, and Down With BIZ
mingham. TO grant a half holiday to
all or as many of their employees as
possible, so they can do their DUTY Dy
their parent city.
A GOOD many firms have not wait
n cd for the invitation. The Geor-
gia Railway and Power Company mas
come through. and the Lowry Natlon
al Rank. and Harry Schlesinger "a
cracl1er-maker. you see), and the city
Hall Gas aforementioned, and otners.
They will be issuing edicts right aloIlS
from now on, and it's Just as Wen
that Ponce DeLeon Park has seVera,
spare acres out in lett-center Hei9
and along the Red Mountain anu
cher swiss scenery to the eastward.
Our bunch is that if the Weather
Man totes fair, the fans reaching
Ponce DeLeon Park late on the AFTER
noon Of Tuesday, April IA, Will nave
Ia he inserted with a shoe horn II
thew expect to see the Crackers ana
the Volunteers engage in deadly COM
bat.
II GLOWING an off day, we take
L this occasion of producing a play
in one act. for which all rights are
reversed and all responsibility az
tached to the author who signs ms
production with the name OF toney
Miller. The production of this noto-
,Sa,Is drama is not to be taken as
svmptom that other similar literary
offspring will meet the same rate.
Take a Shot at this one, and see what
Won make Of it, 1t is entitled
"BIZZY."
NOUT may FIRE when ready, GrldIey'
L Here she goes:
T7izz was the shortstop for the
home team from hoy. lie was tne
hest long distance hitter on the team
and could always be counted on 70
make his share Of the Noyes. he
was a Hogg for work; pul wo9iu
never Kroh over what ne coulu az
but only said Nixon that sort OF
stuff When. boy, if he acted knls-
lev during school his Paulet MN
nlaV ball every afternoon, and ne
was pronounced King among MS
HCnOOImdteS. w III NAi'--.N
I sure would like to see Bisland one
out for a homer He would Dent the
left field fence with his 'Wallop;
No one could Eberfeld like he could
either. and It was also Daley TASK
with him to get hit When ne was
not PLAYING ball after school, he act
ed as a Messenger, but was always
very tired when his day work was
Dunn. In Case any one should make
a Howell about his playing, ne would
Starr the next day surely lie iell ~
Love at the age Of 20 with Clyde
Wares and he was often caught kis-
singer. She had Brown hair and
was OF the Gibson type, and. az
though very Young, she was old
enough TO Merritt his Love, 50 one
day he met her on the street I'M
expectedly and they decided to be
married right away at the Parson 3
After his marriage he invested ms
money In stock In the fourth Ward
but found II to be Graft and WIN
drew his subscription. had otten
heard Lindsay he would Austen
from drink. so their married HE
was ever-More happy
JEANETTE STOPS JOHNSON.
LIVERPOOL. April 9.--Joe Jeanette
the American negro pugilist. last nlght
knocked out Andrew Johnson IN the
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