Hide Article Text (OCR)
Pennant Park” CampaignDetails Announced Here; Salesmen Get AssignmentsBranch Offices in North and Middle West to Be Opened Up Immediately; A. S. Skinner To Direct Work from New York Office.In an interview today, A. S. lyn, Boston, Chcago and Philadel-Skinner, exclusive sales agent for i John J. McGraw's Pennant Park, j announced the details of his great Northern and Middle Western j sales campaign for the salt.' of the j property, as far as can be given ; at this time. Mr. Skinner stated ; that his general sales manager, | Jack Rettaliata. was the busiest ] man in Sarasota just now, getting the details of the great organiza-I tion arranged and opening of the l offices in the various cities. Mr. j Skinner stated that offices for the ■ handling of the property would be ; opened in each prineioal city in i the territory mentioned, and each I would be in charge of an old und experienced man.The Baltimore office has already been opened and is in charge of Charles Greene, Banks Rof, 1 ••Chick” Fewster and Dick Weh-j ster, all of whom have been with ! the Skinner Organization, since the I beginning of the summer.The Philadelphia office will be I in charge of Frank Sturman. Mr ! Sturman has been with Mr. Skin-| ner since last spring.The Pittsburg office will be lo-; cated in the Hotel Shenley and | will be in charge of E. J. Reilly, i who has been with the Skinner or-| ganization since September 1924.The Washington office, which will be located in the Wardman I Park hotel, will be in charce of : “Dutch” Reuthcr, R. 0. Blaekmer ; and P. Paul Mules. “Dutch” is a j newcomer, with the Skinner peo-' pic, the others arc oldtimers in j the gameThere will he two Brooklyn i f-phia, it will be necessary to employ at least two hundred men for each office, to cover the prospects and one can readily appreciate that Sarasota is going co get some constructive advertising that will be of vast and lasting good, and the Skinner-Mc-Graw interests expect to attract thousands of actual investors and nome buyers to this city, by this, greatest of all advertising and tales campaigns ever staged through the north by any one zompany or association.The great opening shot in th ;dvertising campaign will be fire, m Sunday morning. January ,‘-5ro vhen the campaign will onen witi full page advertisements of Per, -ant Park and Sarasota, in th morning daily papers, in all of th principal cities throughout theeas lorth and middle west. A grea leal of itme, thought and money, ms been expended in the prepare, cion of the copy for these adver Usements, so that not alone Pen nant Park but Sarasota may gaii the very best results fromthc ad vertising.Jack Retalliata stated today that when this campaign is over much of the deletrious advertising that has been done througgbou the north, knocking Florida, wil have been overcome and a mos iavorable impression of this sec tion and Ih State left in the minds of the people there.Mr. Skinner will leave for New York immediately aftei Christmas, and the men are leaving dailv and have been for tin• ueic win m • mg nanv ana nave oeon i«r un:«fiees, one to be located in r lat- two weeks, oth he and Mr ,1bush and the other in one of the most popular hotels. These offices will be in charge of Jack Holmes and two other members of the force, yet to be selected.There will be six New York City offices located in the various office sections of the city. At the head of these offices, with their assistants, to be selected later, will be Jack Bentley and Russell Holderman, two old Skinner men, locally popular and nationally known and liked. Mr. Skinner, himself will have general chargeRettaliata are raking the entir state for good men for the work j and have scores of applications j Mr. Rettaliata will remain in Sarasota, handling tlv* business here, keeping the business be tween the two huge salesmen bo dies functioning smoothly, am I at the same time keep the saler force, handling the various Skin-j ner developments, up on their i toes.himself will have general cnarge.of the entire campaign, and wil: W OrtillFlgiOnhe in New York City for the Anri FsmilV Heremonth of January in dose per- /\na r amitysonal touch with the operations of the work. He will make his head-To Spend Winterl,. E. Worthington, viee-prcsi-j Jeut and treasurer ’f the ^ enice rompany, has returned fromCleveland accompanied b\ Mr:| quarters a1 the Hotel Commodore.: With his knowledge of the city and persona! acquaintance there, i he will be in a position to handlecharge of BillI BuHer who'V^lp.-'hn Jvenuc*tod will make'then connecting with sonic prom,net t ^ ()ome ))erc Th, v ,aue major league ball players, se.cra t«A.m ,,v ,|.e idling orgatma-of whom he is m touch with, and ti,jn t,1{. Brotherhood of Loco-intends to build up an orgamza- mu^jV(. tingineera. Mi. Worthing tion in the great Missouri city ^u., j ajs0 partner in the lt;'Jcve oi baseball men and their friends |M,„| Brokerage company oi who wil! make bis office reports Worthington and Murl'ey. mem-the envv of all the other offices, bers of the New York Stock Ej The Chicago offc'- has already change, been opened, in charge of J. J.' G. G. Griffing, vice-president ■ oPower , a personal friend of John the Brotherhood ol Ixwomoti iJ MeGrav This will be one of Engineer,, returned today from ion.a f?**' '■ i . f .. will t.ie Brotherhood, if in Clcve •.he t e.tare. ... ■ .. lt;i.e. and. where he will remain until al 'k in charge d K. t R a d u. an e. ,|u. ,;hrist,na holida s.beold Skinner manThe office at Mtmnhir. 'I'fciui., v.-.lj b' under K nmrngrniont of “Babe” Jo.., an old Skinner Organization man, “P.o.y” Ryan and Mr. Gertr. .Bronson Bailielkq. sale*, many I te;- of the Venice Company. massing the iulida: ; .‘ason at hi’j lome n New ^crk. He will leuiil Now York Friday night on hi, re to this dt.FEAR FOR HOUSE BOA!DerMIAMI.ion is felt here f board the houseI State, w hieh todaythe larger cities, and in sonicjcraft,Uk* New York City, Srook-lsrc
Newspaper Details
Sarasota Daily Times
Sarasota, Florida, US
Wed, Dec 23, 1925
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 30 Nov 2023
Other Publications Near Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota Herald Daily Tribune
Sarasota Herald Sunday Tribune
Sarasota Herald
Sarasota Journal
Sarasota News
