The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-27
TURNER PURCHASES TROPHY DAY CUP AND II IS ON EXHIBITION
Nearly Every Store in Bir- mingham Will Be Closed Next Wednesday
 Afternoon

The inscription on the silver cup to be the winning of the attendance record on opening day of the present baseball sea- son will read
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 Presented to the Birmingham Base ball Association for largest attendance, opening game, 1914 season, by the South ern Association of Baseball Clubs.' Oscar c. Turner, one of the chairmen of committees in the civic bodies fight for a record attendance on Trophy Day, September g. yesterday received a letter from President w M. kavanaugh of the Southern league, asking him to buy the cup and enclosing a check for its pur- chase. MT. Turner did so and the cup will be on display at the lobe Rose Jew elry company.
 Many Stores to Close Between SO and a merchants already have agreed to close their doors on Wednesday of next week at o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of permit ting their employees to attend the game. Many who said they would not entirely suspend business have agreed to give any of their employees who request it a half holiday in order that they may attend the game.
 Today practically every store will be open instead of closing as is customary on Thursday afternoons. Instead of the holiday this week. the merchants will give their employees next Wednesday aft ernoon
 Back of the movement to have more people at Redwood on Trophy Day than | have ever attended baseball game in Birmingham before. are the Chamber of Commerce, the Business Mems league, | the Board of Trade, the Ad club and the Rotary club. These civic bodies on the | opening day of the present season were partly instrumental in the bringing of | 12.225 people to the baseball park. of which all paid admissions.
 1 It is hoped on Trophy Day the dirrec- tors of the Atlanta Baseball club will be the guests of the Birmingham Baseball association. They will occupy box at the game and will witness the presenta tion of the trophy which Birmingham. l through the assistance of the loyal fans, l secured from Atlanta and the other cluus 1 in the league
 Those in charge of the movement 10 ex- ceed the record of opening day say that it easily can be done. They insist that ! it must be done. if for no other reason than to show the visiting Atlantans what live bunch of baseball fans reside in Birmingham, and what a loyal and CO., operative spirit pervades the citizenship of this community.
 The Barons now are at the top of the percentage column and indications point to their occupying that exalted position on Trophy Day. Oscar c. Turner ssays ! that now is the proper time to get in and boost the team that it would be a shame | to let delegation from Atlanta come over and see those centerfeld beachers unoccupied by wild-eyed fans. vocfer- ously cheering their idols on to victory made possible by this cheering.
 DeWindt to Care for Traffic | J. H. P. DeWindt has volunteered to personally take charge of traffic on-ths Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company lines and see to it that the best | of street service is given those who attend the game. Nothing will happen to disturb the steady stream of we'll filled l cars leaV1f1S fllSt avenue ana NlnctecnLn street for Redwood. The lines between Birmingham and Redwood will be cleared for the baseball specials and ev erything possible will be done to facilitate l the handling of the crowds.
 Word was received yesterday afternoon i late that the electrical jobbers and sup 1 ply houses through the efforts of sam l Oliver of the Oliver Electric company would close their doors at ? o'clocl, ] Wednesday of next week and visit the I game in body. Sam Erckert will begin today a vigorous campaign to get the barbers of the city to close at ? o'clock l the same day and he has received from others in the trade assurances of c,-oper- ation.
 | Indications point to the largest crowc l on Trophy Day that ever visited RicN- | wood. and this means that the centerfield I bleachers will be overf1owed. Atlanta will again be humiliated and again will | the Baronial clan be cheered to a vic tory.