The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-10
OLD TIMERS
ALL SET FOR
NEXT TUESDAY

With a civic half holiday proclaimed
for next Tuesday afternoon by Mayor
Thomas A. Davis, an aggressive adver-
tising campaign and the resultant gen
sral interest, that has been aroused,
Old Timers Base Ball Association
gathering of the ancients ON Tuesday,
March IA, promises to be an unQuali-
fled success
An al-day program has been .arrang-
ed that will prove Of absorbing inter
est to Old-timers and the younger
spOrts-lOving inhabitants OF the city.
During the morning, Sartley j.
Dolye of Philadelphia, VIII will come
10 WyandOtte especially f. Old Tim
ers' day, will give talks to he students
at both Roosevelt and st. atrick high
schools. The talks will be accompanied
by a showing of the movie film, 1.-THE
First Century of Base Bal
Mn Doyle. a resident of WyandOtte
half century ago, Is a sol Of the Late
Edward H. Doyle, who o, Grated the
city's first electric light pl ant. and is
Z brother of Thomas DOyk, for many
years a Dodge car dealer in Detroit.
BARLEY was q keen base bal fan. man
aging the first semi-prO team in Wy
aIidotte
A reception will be held at the city
hall. which will be Appropriated de
crated for the occasion.
Mn DOyle's organization, back in
1894. included such Old-time players as
T.. p. Smith, Philip Payette, Floyd
sieger, John L. Sullivan, Frank Char
ter, Henry ROehrig, Arthur f. Baisley,
Frank Booker, Claude L. Lewis, Frank
T. Goodell, Daniel j. Campau, "ShOr-
~" Fuller John Hertel, Fred Laba-
die, Betty Bettingham.
AT O'Clock p III. there will he
parade of old timers. led by the ROOs-
eyelt high school band.
The big event of the day will be
banquet at st. John community hall.
Tickets for the feed are selling rapid
l.. Among the speakers scheduled are
Arthur IL. Baisley, "Sixt, Years
Wyandotter; Eddie McG+ I. member
OF the Old Timers special committee;
Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Wyan-
dOtte: Edward X. Milspaug president
Ct the Old Timers; Charlie Ill. Mari,
Forty Years a Citizen of WyandOtte;
John Clements, Thirty Years Wy
aldOtter;' Louis BrOhl, "Fifty-fiye
Years WyandOtter," and FAIRY Ger
man, "Fifty-One Years a Pitcher" and
Superintendent of schools +. w. Eros
tic.
The guest orator of the day, Mr..
Doyle. will speak on Americas
Greatest Problem What About My
BoyT'
Arthur YOps, an Old-time ball player.
will present the following trophies, on
behalf of the donors named:
Junior athletic championship trophy
to the WyandOtte public schools, by
the Old Time Ball Players Associa-
ton.
The John l.. SullivanA memorial trO-
ply To st. Patrick high school, by the
Old Time Ball Players association.
Four base ball trophies TO Roosevelt
high school, by EbertS Brothers Com
pany.
Basket ball trophy to the city recre-
alton department, by Williamson Lum-
her Co.
Eberts Bros. Bronze Trophy
Eberts Brothers will present RoOse-
yelt high school with beautiful
bronze trophy TO he presented each
year to the outstanding base ball play
err mt Roosevelt high.
The three Eberts boys all attended
wyandotte high school and present the
trophy to stimulate interest in the
game of base ball now NJ dergoing a
revival at the local school,.
Harry Germans Record
Harry German. Carleton anker, Will
10 one of the speakers at banquet.
He Is Ga years of age and as pitched
base ball for 81 cOnsecutiV years. In
all he has twirled 1,25O iames anu
thrown over $4,000 halls b games be-
sides probably as man practice
throws.