The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07
Committees Appointed

Committees were appointed to call upon all merchants of the city and urge them
 to agree to close their places of business during the afternoon of the game A
 committee will call upon the city commits l sloners this afternoon and ask them to issue a proclamation setting aside the aft ernoon of April If a holiday. A parade of the teams headed by a brass band will pass through the streets
 on the morning of the opening day, Bir-
 mingham, it is said will have two close competitors, Atlanta and New Orleans. Birmingham won the attendance trophy
 last year with an attendance of over 12,000,
 but this year it is believed a still larger crowd win be out if the weather is nice. On motion of Harry Jones yesterday, Weather Forecaster Horton was made vice chairman of the campaign committee
 on the condition that he give good weather for the opening day.
 Special rates on the railroads entering the city for out t-of-town fans will be asked. It is said the Louisville and Nash
 vile already plans to run an excursion from Mobile. lasting several days. A special meeting of the Bessemer Boa rd of Trade is called for Friday. and Mayor Lewis of that city will be asked to de- clare April IA a holiday. Lee Moody and Alex Little are in charge of the Bessemer district. and state that they will bring
 between 300 and foo fans to the game from | that community.
 1 Committees named yesterday were as 1 follows:
 l Rotary Committee-Nam by President J. D. Moore of the Rotary club: F. H. 1 Andrews, George Blinn, George Knox, I. H. P. DeWindt, Fred Shireman. Corporations committee-Named to see
 all of the large corporations in order to of al. Crawford Johnson, J. D. Moore, R. A. l Brown, Culpepper Exum. Lists of the stores agreeing to close will be published in the newspapers from day to day. Committees of the chamber which will sell tickets next week are as follows: Ticket Committee First Avenue~Joe Saks. chairman;
 Soon Jacobs, John T. Yeatman, L. c. Dorrance, J. A. Williamson. Second Avenue-B. B. Burton. chair
 man; Sol caheen, Eugene Jacobs, George Blinn, Leo Loeb.
 Third Avenue-Philip Oster chairman; A. w B. Johnson, Felix Drennen. J. IT Finder, George McCleary. Fourth and Fifth Avenues-Wallace Johns chairman; w. J. Adams R. D. Burnett, Adolph Hirsch. Nineteenth Street-R. W. Ewing, chair man: Colman Blach, ]. D. Rosenberger w. T. Giles. l.. Pizitz.
 Twentieth Street-George D. Reynolds chairman; C. E. Masons, sam Erckert l.. C. Cummings, Jack Riddle, Ira Arm strong.
 Twenty-first and Twenty Streets
 M P. Mess chairman; Herbert Levy
 J. P. H. DeWindt J. N. Rose. Morris Avenue-1rving Dronsteyn, chairman; II. W. Matthews, J. W. Brown, c. H. Ungerman. c. P. White.
 southside-sidney Lazarus, chairman;
 Dan Hogan, S. w. Oliver, R. II. Wood
 row, Edwin l.. Anderson. Wholesalers--J. W. Sibley. charman " s. Gage, J. D. Moore Murray Brown.
 l. r. Young, w. II. I<ettig. Railroads-L. Sevier, chairman. Ensley-C. C. Burke, chairman. Bessemer--I. A. Lewis, mayor: Alex Lit
 tie, Lee Moody. George b. Rutledge.
 The members of the campaign commit
 tee present yesterday were: Chairman
 Jutz, John w. Sibley, Harry Jones, J. D.
 Moore, J. D. Rosenberger. Oscar Turner.
 l.. Sevier. Crawford Johnson, R. A.
 Brown, w. D. Smith and others.