The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
GARRY HERMANN
 WILL PAY VISIT ID BIRMINGHAM SOON
Baseball MOgul Interested in Big Speedway to Be Built Here-Praises the
 South

l August Garry Hermann, president
 of the Birmingham Motor Speedway company, chairman of the National
 Baseball association. owner of the | Cincinnati club, ex-president of the In- l ternational Bowlers' association and
 one of the best known sportsmen in the United States, will shortly visit Birmingham, according to Vice Presi- dent and General Manager Solon Ja- cobs of the Birmingham motor speed way ,who had a conference with him | in Cincinnati last week.
 l MT. Hermann is greatly interested in the Birmingham motor speedway
 and has long been a champion of the
 south. It is generally known that he is particularly interested in the Bir-
 mingham district and considers this city one of the most progressive in the country.
 1 'I was very pleasantly surprised on meeting Mir. Hermann for the first ! time on my recent trip to Cincinnati,' { said Solon Jacobs. 'He has a magniri-
 cent suite of offices in one of the large office buildings in that city and
 naturally, being a man of big affairs, has large force of office assistants. 1 When I stepped into the outer office | and asked to see MT Herman I es- pected the clerk to ask for my card, 1 wait If lucky, I supposed I would be
 shown into his office at the end of from 15 minutes to an hour and 8
 half. Imagine my surprise when, in- stead of having to go through this
 formality, the clerk merely motioned 1 to an office in the distance, and said
 You will find MT. Hermann in there. | I walked through several offices and
 after inquiring of another clerk, found that Mr. Herrmann's office was just
 two offices beyond the one I was in 1 ! stepped in, extended my hand and | told him my name. He took my hand i in a friendly grasp, motioned me to a seat and stated that he was always
 glad to meet anyone from Birming-
 ham and especially if he were con- nected with the speedway. We had quite a long conversation and as l was about to go he told me that he would soon be visitor to the Magic
 City of the South"
 l "[ am so busy with these baseball
 affair> that I have found it impos-
 sble to get to your great city as yet" said MT. Hermann. However as soon as l hear the umpire announce l the batteries for 'today's' game I am going to quietly pack ms grip and
 catch a train for Birmingham. Inci-
 dentally, I don't mind telling you that ] I like the class of baseball put ur 1 by the Southern league. Robert H
 Baugh, who is president of the South ern league, is a close friend of mine
 and it will give me much pleasure tc isee him upon my arrival in Birming- 1 ham,"
 1 Mir. Jacobs said that in the course of the conversation MT. Hermann stated repeatedly that the location oi the speedway in Birmingham was the
 most ideal one he knew of. He said
 he felt sure that nothing could stop
 the carrying out of the plans thus far perfected by the local company. He further stated that on account of the magnitude of the propo '.tion rhere nc 6oubt, would be some skepticism as to i the ultimate success of the speedway but that in the event any such feel
 ing existed there was absolutely nc foundation for it.
 My trip to the different speedways
 in the country has only strengthened
 my firm belief that the Birmingham
 speedway will be the finest in the country" said MT. Jacobs. T find very
 few people who haven't the same faith
 as have and firmly believe we will
 have the unqualified support and as- sistance of every citizen who will spare the time to have this proposi- 1 tion with it's wonderful possibilities 1 explained to him."