Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

the shedding rather bunny 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 S: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.
D UT here is a point that we wish
- especially to hammer IN and
clinch 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
ALidnld won llldL prize iciSl yCdA'
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 ii. e.,
Birmingham, New Orleans, Chatta-
nooga and others) you simply have to
prove it.
w HERETOFORE 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
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 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 home
team.
ed in its most ticlklish 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
tionaI Game, and Down With Biz
mingham, to grant half holiday to
ell or as many of their employees as
possible. so they can do their duty by
their parent city
A GOOD many firms have not walt
"a ed for the invitation. The Geor-
+ gia Railway and Power Company mas
come through, and the Lowry Nation
al Bank. and Harry Schlesinger Ca
cracker ma ker, you see), and the CITY
Hall Gas aforementioned) and others.
They will be issuing edicts right along
from now on, and it's just as Wen
that Ponce DeLeon Park has several
spare acres out in left-center neI9
and along the Red Mountain ana
other Swiss scenery to the eastward.
Onr bunch is that if the Weather
Man totes fair, the fans reaching
Ponce DeI.eon Park late on the after
noon of Tuesday, April II, will have
10 be inserted with a shoe horn II
thev expect to see the Crackers ana
the Volunteers engage in deadly com
bat.
T OLIOWING an off day, we take
Il this occasion of producing a play
in one act, for which all rights arc
reversed and all responsibility AT
tached to the author, who signs ms
production with the name of Toney
MILLER The production Of this noto-
,5ous drama. is not to be taken as
symptom that other similar literary
offspring will meet the same Fate
r16tSe a, shot at this one, and see what
You make Of It. 1t Is entitled
"BIZZY."
YOU may fire when ready, Gridley'
1 Here she goes:
Biz was the shortstop for me
home team from boy. He was the
hest long distance hitter on the team
and could always be counted on 10
make his share Of the Noyes He
was a Hogg for work, but would
never KrOh over what he could 40,
hut only said NIX on" that sort of
stuff. When a boy, If he acted knis-
lev during school his Paulet nm
play ball every afternoon. and ne
was pronounced King among his
schooimates. With three on bases
sure would like to see Bisland one
out for a homer, He would Dent me
left field fence with his Nalop
NO one COulO hDeTIltll Inc llc N"ulA
either and Il was also Daley task
with him to get hit When he was
not PLAYING ball after school, he act
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 would
starr the next day surely. He fell in
Love at tho age OF 20 with CLYDE
Wares and he was often caught Kis-
singer. She had Brown hair and
was OF the Gibson type, and, al
though very Young, she was old
enough to Merritt HIS Love, 50 one
day he met her on the Street un-
expectedly and they decided TO be
married right away at The Parsons
After his marriage he invested his
money in Stock in the fourth Ward,
but found It to be Graft and with
drew his subscription I had often
heard Lindsay he would Abstein
from drink, so their married life
was ever-More happy.
JEANETTE STOPS JOHNSON
LIVERPOOL. April 9.--Joe Jeanette.
mn