The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-15
PLAY BALL. AMERICA!
/ 839- l93s-Baseball Centennial

l83s-ls3s-Baseball Centennial
This column, several days ago,
began using excerpts from the
book of the above name, describ-
ing in detail how to celebrate
the Tooth birthday of the national
pastime in American cities. Sat
urday an outline of how to start
doing so was given. Today, the
excerpts elaborate:
'The Centennial Committee
should e@large. It should include
civic officers, leaders, prominent
citizens, officers of clubs or So
cieties, sports writers, newspa-
per editors, and other specifically
interested in baseball, athletics,
youth and recreational activities.
1t should by all means include
prominent women in the city or
town. But the most important OF
these--and the only one that
should be elected at the first
meetings. the Executive Com
mittee.. The Executive Commit
tee should appoint the other COM
mittee members.
COMMITTEES. Centennial COM
mittee.-It should include all
members of the other committees
and should be largely a general
governing body-but without ex-
ecutive authority in itself. Ex-
ecutive Committee-This should
comprise not more than five
neutrality-suspicious. of bus
mess, baseball, press, civic and
social organizations in the city.
! From this committee must come
, all the decisive action-permis-
sion here, refusal there. These
five committeeman and commit
! teewoman must be prepared to
give generously of their time. 1t
must appoint members of the
other committees, stimulate them,
coordinate their activities. They
must arrange to have the mayor
issue a proclamation coincident
with your celebration. Publicity
cornmittee-This should consist
of one newspaper sports writer,
! one member of the Chamber OF
Commerce and one civic execu-
; tive. This committee should be
charged with securing all local
publicity. Upon it devolves the
duty of seeing that proper news
paper space is secured through
out the period of celebration or
throughout 1889. Speakers and
Radio Committee-These, closely
allied, should blanket the town
with information about the CEN
tennial and local participation
by speeches before local educa-
tional, social, business and polit-
ical organizations. Program, Dec
Grafton, Entertainment and Pa
rade Committees - Obviously
these committee should cooper
ate closely. Let the program
committee lay out a ) complete
program of celebration-inter-
grating it with the activities of
the Publicity Committee, and
then pass along to the other COM
mittees instructions of their
shares of the duties involved. Re-
member there are no time limita-
tions upon your local celebration.
You can begin now. and carry
on throughout the baseball sea-
son. Or you can name some spe-
cial day like the 4th of July, La
Dor Day or CArmistiee Day to cele-
brate the Baseball Centennial sir
your home town. Finance Com
mittee-Whenever local funds arc
to- be subscribed or collections
made, a Finance Committee
should be elected to handle all
monies involved. Most of the
celebration ideas recommended in
this handbook or by the National
Baseball Centennial Commission,
however. can be executed largely
by the donation of local talent,
time. equipment and merchan-
disc. And these monies can be
divided ernong the players for
equipment or trophies given or in
some way celebrate the centen-
NAL and offer prizes for that day
this will create interest Pub
licity Material-and fun instruc-
tions for using it. Feature stories
and historical background ma
teriaI for release in the local pa