The Washington times., 1930-12-11
MIAMI READY
FOR GREATEST
SPORT CROWD
1000 Autos Arrive Daily; Gala
Program Of Racing, Fights,
and Other Events Scheduled
ny HAMILTON M. WRIGHT. Jr.


BY HAMILTON M. WRIGHT, Jr.
MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 1l.-They're
coming-flying, riding, boating
q half million frost-nipped Yam
KEGS, to the palm-fringed shores
of this modern Utopia. More
than q thousand automobiles q
day are arriving in Miami, carry.
Ing from two to five people ana
bearing license plates from every
State In the Union. Canada ana
Mexico.
This season viii see by far the
largest influx Of visitors any
winter resort In America has ever
welcomed.
Sports Program
A gala sports program, greater
and more varied than anything
ever before offered here, awaits
the visitor. There win be horse
and dog racing, fights in huge
outdoor arenas, an All-American
aviation meet, golf classics, night
football, the annual BiScayne Bay
regatta, big-time wrestling, jai
alai, outboard motorboat racing,
yachting, fishing tournaments,
championship swimming and div.
Ing meets, q ''little world series"
between the world champion
Philadelphia Athletics and the
st. Louis Cardinals, three polo
matches weekly, trapshooting,
archery, fencing, basketball and
volley-ball contests, horseshoe tour
naments and international tennis
meets.
The 45-day race meet Of the
Miami Jockey Club will open
January is, for an aggregate OF
100000 in prizes and eight stake
events, including the Florida
Derby, for $4,000 added money,
on the closing day, March z.
The University Of Miami will
be seen in night football at Moore
Park.
Charity Night
Plans are under way for one
or more big fights in Miami this
winter in one Of the huge out
door arenas. One Of the battles
would be q charity affair CORE
spending to the Milk Fund meet
ing Of the heavieS in New York
each summer.
Three greyhound racing tracks
will be opened sometime in De-
cennber.
Gar Woods newest speedcraft,
"MiSS America IX," fastest OF its
kind in the world. will be seen in
speed trials during the Biscayne
Bay regatta, March 13 and IA.
Entertainment programs in Bay.
front Park, q picturesque and
tropical 43-acre municipal park
ahutting Biscayl1e Bay, is being
provided this season by the Uni
versity Of Miami under a special
arrangement Of the city. Orches-
tral and band concerts will be
given, with an occasional pro.
gram featuring certain well
known operas.
Pan-American Always, Inc,
with 80 planes flying the $4,000
miles Of its system, touching 20
different countries Of central and
South America, Cuba and the
West Indies and Nassau, eStab-
lished Miami as a gateway to
the great Latin-American cour-
tries to the South.
Good Highways
u. 8. highways Nos. /, IS, IL
and Al provide excellent routes
from the north for the 100000 or
more guests who annually come
to Miami by motorcar. Improve
ments during the past year have
put these highways in practically
perfect condition, with only a
minor gap or two incomplete on
any of the routes.
More than $50 apartment houses
and hotel rental agencies have
been established throughout the
North by the city Of Miami.
Apartments can be had In
Miami as low as $35 monthly.
These include two or three rooms,
comprising living room with Pull.
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and bath, which win accon1no-
date two persons comfortably.
This type is situated in fine
neighborhoods and can be rented
from $35 to $50 by the month or
5000 to $3.50 for the season.
For those who come to Miami
for q winters restoration OF
health and vitality. quarters may
be found near the beaches or in
more secluded sections Of the
city, surrounded luxuriantly by
tropical shrubbery and palms. -
Six hundred Of the 1900 or
more apartment buildings in
Miami rank as first-class; that is,
fully furnished, including linen,
bedding, china, silverware, cook
ing utensils, etc. Most Of these
buildings are Of tile or concrete
block and modern in appoint
1nentS.