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yt[1v.dr.bermWILLBATTLE*?Intoaticoinasgel. m-ororit-n -Joplin Prepares to Entertain Thousands of Guests From All Parts of Two States WhoWill Come to See the Game Tomorrow.HALF-HOLIDAY WILL BE OBSERVEDCommercial Club Committees Will Canvass Business District Today to Urge That All Stores Be Closed-Game Equals Annual Missouri-Kansas Contest in Point of Interest.iKDYDll1s-bvonro-iroof■hoonkfl.lalhoHe************************** *********** ** By Associated P**** ** Columbia. Mo., Oct. 2rt—The Missouri tXnlvorslty football ** team, Including: nine substitute*, left, here at 11:80 o'clock tonight ♦* for Joplin Mo * where It will plav t.be Oklahoma eleven Friday ** afternoon ** ********* ****** *********************UDDENLY awakened to a realisation that Joplin will tomorrow bothe point on which the Interest of a large proportion of the Inhabitants of two states will be ceentered, the Commercial Club last nightInaugurated an eleventh-hour campaign to take full advantage ofthe opportunity to make the city live up to her reputation. What thearrangements lacked In point of time was more than balanced by the enthusiasm with which they were finally undertaken.With many of the club'b moat active workers busily engaged In attending to personal business which accumulated while they were giving their time to the Ozark Interstate Exposition, the Mlssourl-Oklahoma football game, to be held at Miners park Friday afternoon, had not received the attention from the organization to which its importance entitled It. A committee of university alumni has been working for several weeks on arrangements for the big game, but the active co-operation of th* club was necessary' to arouse public Interest.. noon Friday until after the game, 'and to decorate his premises 1n the colors of the two universities, oldlendofait.or!SHnnhessn-n-wieh.IsBTd.id ig5. 1-IndIDitAlumni Ar* Aroused.When the matter was first brought up at the club meeting last night. President Henry Weyman. lust returned from an European trip, and out of touch with the situation, calmly referred the matter to the regularentertainment committee. Thi»aroused Fred W. Kelsey. James Dol-son and Walter Btomraons, members of the alumni committee, to Indignant explanation. it'This Is no high school affair.^ said Judge Kelsey. It will be one of the big games of the season in the Missouri valley. Kansas City, with all her population, is practically turned over to the university students every year when the Missourl-Kansas game Is played there onThanksgiving day.St. Joseph offered $5,000 as a guarantee for this game. Because of the fact that a large number of the university alumni live In Southwest Missouri, and all used their influence to have the game played here, Joplin was selected for the game. Thousands of visitors from all parts of thetwo states will be here. The game will be equal in every respect to that which 30,000 persons will attend In Kansas City on Thanksgiving day. You don't appreciate the Importance of the undertaking.Arrangements Already Made.Dolson and Steramons followed, explaining the elaborate arrangements which have been made for the contest. The grandstand at Miners park has been doubled In size, giving aseating capacity of 7,000. Telegramsasking for reservation of seats have been received from every city, town and village within a radius of 100 miles of Joplin. Special excursions will be run by the railroads to bring crowds from the south and east. Special trains, the first, of which will arrive at 10 o’clock this morning,! will bring the teams and their university supporters. In other cities, where games of this importance are played, the entire population suspends business in order to see the struggle on the gridiron.Well,” said Mr. Weyman. when the speakers had concluded their ax- I planatlons, it sometimes takes Jop-\ j 11 n a little while to wake up, but when £ j she does she Is wfde awake We made * an eleventh-hour success of the exposition, r am told, so let’s ^Jo the same thing now ’No sooner was the suggestion made than it received the unanimous endorsement of the hundred members of the club who occupied every avail able chair In the club rooms A motion to authorize the chairman of the entertainment committee, c A Dieter. to appoint additional committeemen, was carried It was urged that the work of preparing for the entertainment of visitors to the game be started as soon as possible, and Mr Dieter called a meeting of the committee immediately after adjournment of the regular club session Genera! Committee Named,At this meeting the following men were named as members of the gen era! committee, which will superin-j tend Joplin’s entertainment of herguests tomorrow Messrs O ADieter, W, H Warren, Clay Gregory, Gene Phelps, Tames Dodson, Fred W Kelsey, Abe Scherl, Henry Weyman,W. A. Sandford. A P Clark, Charles Fear, O V7 Buchanan, Frank Yale, John Church, M F House, Walter Stemmons. H. A Forkner, H H Gregg, Buehler, Baker and Piekson.This committee was subdivided 1 into divisions, each of which will de-I vote its attention to a certain part •’ of the city. Every merchant will be j requested to close hie store fromAtI©.8©L-©1 ——itrlt••8Igold and black for Missouri and red and white for Oklahoma. The committee will also have charge of thereception of delegations of visitors Prof. G. V. Buchanan, superintend ent of schools, promised the assist ance of high school students in deco rating the club rooms arid in advertising the big game in Joplin Punch will be served In the club rooms to the girls who come with the university delegations The Connor hotel will be headquarters for the twoteams and for members of the faculty and athletic boards of the universities.The city council has requested all business men to observe Friday as s half holiday, the same request ha* been inudo by the Retail Merchants* Association, and the efforts of the Commercial Club committees to the same end are expected to result in n general holiday.The Morning Program.Two bands, one of which will the M. 8. U. military band, will bt on hand to add to the gaiety of the occasion and the down-town prellml naries during tomorrow morning will Include several parades of various rooters’ clubs, some Impromptu band concerts In the vicinity of the Connor hotel and some lively excursions over the different street car lines.The advance neat sale Is heavierthan even the most optimistic promoters had hoped for, and Jt Is evl-dent thus early that seats will be at premium. Scores of out-of-townorders for seats were received here yesterday and there was a general rush on for reservations at the three ticket offices.Reports from the training camp* of both teams indicate that the boys who are to do the fighting are in su perb condition and fit for the most gruelling affray Coach Hollenbach pronounced the Tigers In perfect form last evening, after he had watched his proteges in scrimmage practice Coach Benny Owen says that If Mis sour! wins, one of the fastest football elevens In the entire west will have to he vanquished first Oklahoma, isstrongly desirous of getting a per manent berth in the Missouri Valiev conference and In order to attain this ambition it Is lndispenslble that the Soonerg humble the defender* of the old gold and black here tomorrowResult Is Important.The Mlssourl-Oklahoma gazttfc promises to be as fast and as hard fought as any contest in which the Tigers and layhawkers ever engaged in at Kansas City and the Missourian3* attach about, as much Importance to it for the reason that defeat at the hands of the Oklahomans means the loss of a great deal of prestige andginger necessary to win on Thanksgiving day, when the Kansans will be in the consideration Besides, should the Tigers fail to annex a victory in Joplin, they will be out of the running for the season’s MissouriValley championship, a very much coveted honorThe work of erecting new bleacher* al Miners park, in order to provide the required seating capacity for 6 -000 people, is about completed now and the field is to be given a thorough cleaning and rolling this afternoon.Millionaire Gets Jail Sentence.By Associated Press.Norristown, Pa , Oct % GordonDyer, a millionaire, convicted of aggravated assault and battery because a motor car h© was driving ran down and injured a man and wife who were riding in a carriage, was today sentenced to nino months’ imprisonment in th© county 1a.il and fined $260.
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Joplin Daily Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Thu, Oct 27, 1910
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