The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-13
OPEN NEGOTIATIONS
 WITH SUNDAY
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 The members of the committee are as yet undecided whether services will be held in the Casino, the State ar mory, or a1ternated between the larger churches in the center of the city.
 After the committee meets Monday afternoon, Rev. P. B. Matthias of the Kings Highway Congregational church, president of the association, vii be asked to call special meeting to hear the report of the committee. Although the invitation to bring Billy Sunday here must come from the vote. of the entire association, one promi- nent clergyman said today that un-. doubtedly what the committee recorn- naended would be adopted and that most of them were in favor of having the baseball evangelist come here on the week of April II.
 Rev George M. Brown, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, is chairman of the committee that went to Philadelphia several days ago to review the work Of Billy Sunday. Seaking of his visit Rev. MT. Brown, who returned home this morning, said:
 ssNfr. Sunday would stir Bridgeport as it has never been stirred before if he comes here.4 He encourages every thing that is good and his conduct and
 work are incentives to everything that Is good. would not say that MT. Sunday was eloquent but he is forcefuI and aside from his eccentrtcitiesi at times he uses language that is mag nif1cent. believe that Bridgeport would be made a much better city by a visit from MT Sunday.''
 An old 5Bridgeporter who has seen Billy Sunday play baseball said today:
 .1 have seen MT. Sunday play ball and he was a good player and the fastest base runner have ever seen. | have seen all the good ones, too, down to the present day. have seen MT. Sunday sent off a baseball field for his spirited language on the coach line. I should say, however that if he breaches religion the way he used to coach and play baseball he is worth going a, long way to see and hear.'' 1 Rev. MT. Brown was one of the first members of the committee to return here to-day.
 Rev George Q. Tanb1yn, pastor of 4 the OIivet Congregational church re- mained behind the others in PhiladeI- pI1ia to-day to secure from Mr. Sunday his open dates for the year and an ar- rangement of the terms on which he l will come to Bridgeport.
 1 Rev. Gerald H. Beard, pastor of the Park Street Congregational church. was also in Philadelphia to-day get ting a view of Mr. Sundays methods at close range. Rev. MT. Beard is op- posed to MT. Sunday and at the meet | ing of the Pastors association in the basement of his church last week, lspoke against the plan to invite the tbaseba1l evangelist here. Both Rev. MT. TambIyn and Rev. MT. Beard are expected to arrive in this city this af- Iternoon.
 Rev. J. G. StadtIer. pastor of Christ Episcopal church was unable to go to Philadelphia. The other pastors twho went were: Rev. John R. Brown of the Grace M. B. church; Rev. J. M I IRichardson of the First Presbyterian church: Rev. Henry B. Kelly of the St. Georges Episcopal church; Rev. IF. D. Ga1laudet of the North Con I gregational church: Rev. F. A. Dav- .l enport of the Peoples Presbyterian
 church and W. Seymour Lacy of the | Young Mems Christian association | Billy Sunday for ten years has been an ordained minister of the Presbyter- ian church, MT. TambIyn says. MT
 Tanblyn who is secretary of the Pas T tors association committee has begun an enthusiastic campaign for the pur-
 pose of fetching the evangelist here for a week or ten day revival services