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

n AIN, cold and other untoward
* weather AFFECTIONS might make
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.
PUT here is point that we wish
ID 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
canning the Grand PriX offered to the
city that turns out the largest crowd
on Opening Day.
Atlanta won that prize last year.
That marked Atlanta, in way as
the best baseball town on the South
ern League map That is absolutely
the case. but with some people Il. e.,
Birmingham, New Orleans, Chatta-
nooga and others you simply have to
prove it.
WHEREFORE certain civic bodies,
w 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 FL
lott Dent will give his little demon
stration. Also, Mayor Woodward has
ordered a holiday on the halt 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
hinge organization, requesting them,
in the name of civic loyalty, the Ma
tional Game. and Down With Biz
mingham. TO grant half holiday to
all or as many of their employees as
possible. so they can do their duty ny
their parent city.
A GOOD many firms have not WaI.-
~ ed for the invitation Inc Feof-
ola Railway and Power Company has
come through. and the Lowry Nation
al Bank. and Harry Schleslnger "a
cracker maker you see)' ana lhe CltN
Han (as aforementioned, ana otHers,
They will be issuing edlcts f8ht along
from NOW on. and it's lust as well
that Ponce DeLeon Park mas severn era
snare acres out i'm left-Center held
and along the Red Mountain ana
Other Swiss scenery TO the eastward.
Our bunch is that II the Weather
Man totes fair the fans reaching
Ponce DeI.eou Park late ON the after
noon Of Tuesday, April "a, VIII nave
10 be inserted with shoe morn u
the, expect to see the Crackers ana
The Volunteers engage in deadly com
bat
r OIIOWING an off day, We take
It This occasion Of producing play
in one act for which all rights are
reversed and all responsibility az
tacbed to the author, who signs his
production with the name OF IoneN
Miller The production Of this noto-
rious drama is not to be taken as
symptom that other similar literary
offspring will meet the same tate'
Take a shot at this one and see what
Won make of it, j. Is entitled
"BIZZY.
Won may fire when ready, 6ridleN.
L Here she goes
Biz was the shortstop Tor ne
home team from "a boy. He was the
hest long distance hitter on the team
and could always be counted on 70
make his share of the Moves. 1s
was a Hogg for work. nut %o9,o
never Kroh over what he could 20.
but only said Nixon that sort OF
stuff When a boy If he acted hnls-
lev during school his Paulet nm
play ball every afternoon ana ne
was pronounced hlne ahlone l,lS
schColmates. with three on nases'
] sure would like 20 see Blsland one
out for homer He would Dent the
left field fence with his "Wallop.
No one could Eberfield like he could
either and II was also Daley task
with him to get nit. When he was
, not playing ball after school ne 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. lie tell W.
Love at the age Of 20 with clyde
Wares and he was often caught hls-
singer She had Brown hair and
was Of the Gibson type, and, al
though very Young. she was ola
enough TO Merritt his Love, 50 one
day ne met her on the Street un-
expectedly and they decided to be
married right away at the Parson S.
After his marriage he invested ms
money In Stock I'm the fourth Ward,
but found it to be Graft and with
drew his subscription ] had often
heard Lindsay he would Absteln
from drink. so their married life
was eVer-MOre happy
JEANETTE STOPS JOHNSON.
LIVERPOOL, April 9-Ioe Jeanette