The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-06
S0JOURN Of COLONIES BIG ADVERTISEMENT
FOR LAKELAND; SOME FACTS ABOUT TEAM

the conduct on and off the field OF
the players. In Louisville, fully one
, fourth the attendance. we would
say. on a summer week day after
noon will be composed of women
The girls and their mothers take
great interest in the game, for it is
played cleanly, without boisterous
conduct or bad language being per
mitted, and special section OF the
grandstand, as well as a hundred
overhead boxes, are availble for the
ladies.
There are no more drunken play
ers in league baseball. A man who
cannot control his appetite for in .
toxicants soon finds himself out Of
a job. A large proportion of the
players are teetotalers. and the 9th :
ers are moderate and abstemious in
their habits. In the older days, the
police court would often see the af
termath of baseball players ribald
conduct the following day. but it has
been years since an American Asso
citation player was presented in a
court for any unruly conduct of this
character.
Our players. in fact, every mem <
ber Of the party now sojourning in
Lakeland. are nightly pleased with
their treatment By the citizens of
this thriving community.
They are delighted with Lake
land. and they hope that Lakeland
will be pleased with them. What
they want is the loyal support of
the citizens here in the series of
games which will shortly be played
with other league clubs, which will
serve to advertise Lakeland in a
manner In which it has never been
advertised before. The players are
pleased with the support of the
press and the cordiality of the peo !.
pie, but they will need the cheers of
the local partisans at the ball park
when the games begin, and they
want to deserve all Of this esteem.
In order to demonstrate to a de
gree what advertising Lakeland is
getting out of this trip, the newspa =.
per which the writer represents
prints every day something like so. :
900 papers, and in the baseball sea :
son the demand for the sporting ex :
ira published at the conclusion of
the ball games and the races) will
run from $1,000 to 10000 addition =
al daily. At an average Of five
readers to copy, through this one
channel you may say 100000 per-
sons in Louisville and Kentucky are
placed in touch with a feaure Of
your daily life in Lakeland which
cannot but be helpful and stimulat Z.
ing to your tourist business next
season, and will be beneficial to the
cutiC = iOiIuo VCbt SOoot, o iSeioh
which was first given wide public
ity by the late w. N. Haldeman,
owner of the Times and the Courier
Journal. who founded Naples on
the Gulf, and whose sons, Gen. w.
B. Haldeman, editor Of the Times,
and Bruce Haldeman, publisher Of
the Times and the Courier Journal.
have continued the policy Of their
father in this respect.
The cordial relationship estab-
lished by this trip of the Colonels. to
Lakeland will be big aid to both
cities. Louisville will learn Of the
natural scenic beauties Of this won
derful little Alpine city, and in in
creasing numbers our people will
come here in the winter season.
while orders will be placed with
your merchants for the products for
which Polk county is justly famous.
On the other hand. Florida and this
city use many articles which Louis
vile manufactures. The reciprocal
feature of the interchange of COM
merce will not be overlooked by the
larger community. Louisville's nat
ural field of trade is the south, and
being the gateway to that section.
with many peculiar advantages, it
has gained a large share of the trade
which in times past went to more
northern cities.
In conclusion, the writer would
like to take this opportunity to
thank Editor Hetherin gton, whom