Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-14
sun To HELP
BRING OUT
THRONES
Plans Perfected for Great Gather
ing of Fans at Opening of
Season tuesday,

II now appears that the all-lmpOr-
tant weather man is going to make
good on his promise OF fine weather
for opening day-for the afternoon
Of Tuesday. April IA. when the first
game Of the Southern League base
ball season is to be played at Ponce
DeLeon Park between the Nashville
Volunteers and the Atlanta Crackers.
Now. it's up to Atlanta.
Atlanta's reputation is at stake
Atlanta's reputation as the Best
Baseball Town in the South.
Last year. on an opening day when
It rained and blew icy blasts and
sleeted, Bobby" Baugh, president of
the Birmingham ball club. came over
to Atlanta's opening day game and
that morning he didn't do a thing but
rub it in to Major Galloway, presi-
dent of the Atlanta ball club.
Something for Mr.. 5aush.
we have 5000 and more at our
opening" he said. You've got fine
day to beat that"
And it did look pretty sad-sleeting
and raining and all that. Major Call
laway admits it now. But at that
time his back was up, something like
that of a Kilkenny cat. And he said
to Mr.. Baugh, just before going out
to the ball park:
We'll, you just wait and see
And along about the fifth inning,
what do you suppose Mr.. Baugh no.
ticed?
A long, haunting banner, got up in
very loud taste, Mr.. Baugh consid-
cred The banner read:
at the game, 5000 Birmingham's
record, 5000"
A Wiser Man.
Wherefore. Mr.. Baugh reflected that
YOU couldn't always tell about At
lanta, and returned to Birmingham
sadder and wiser Mr.. Baugh, to plot
for this year.
Well. that's what Atlanta is up
against for Tuesday afternoon.
Birmingham is out for blood. Biz
ningham will have a fine day, too, or
The weather man is all wrong.
TO put it briefly
Atlanta needs to put $4,000 paid ad-
missions into that old ball park by
8:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when
the Man in the Blue Uniform drags
off his cap and announces:
THE bait t-re-ees for t'day's
came"
Make It $1,000.
Fifteen thousand, That's the fig
ure Birmingham is going after us,
and New Orleans Cwho, by the way,
will have her opening game Satur-
day) is going after us They're both
sore about that regional bank bust
ness and Memphis is sore about At
lanta's getting the ShrIners' conven-
ton, and they all are out to dispute
Atlanta's claim to being the Best
Baseball Town in Dixie
But they can't do it-not II the
good old fans do their part
The Chamber Of Commerce has
come to the front and requested
every member Of that huge affair to
Ter off all the hands possible ON con-
dition that they 90 10 the game. And
the Ad Mems Club is going TO start "a
rousing parade. headed by a band and
six big motor trucks, at / o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, beginning some
where in the vicinity Of the Piedmont
Hotel And everybody IN Atlanta
that can raise "a motor car Is invited
and urged 10 get in the parade and
string along out TO the park.
And everybody paws his way--don't
forget that SO passes need apply
Bill smith ponuant- winning mana
ger of the Crackers. viii pay his own
fare at the gate only paid admIs-
Nlons" count in the great game of the
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