Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-05
A TRI-CITY LEAGUE.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CITATION OF SIX CLUBS.
Tho Y. M. G. A. May Enter
Petersburg Likely to Como
In---Selecting Their Men.

This is the season that the young
mans fancy lightly turns to things ethe-
real, and the mellow cadence OF the
cranks will soon reverberate in the
breezes OF Msyos Island or go scintil-
lating over the hills and tree tops at
Forest HilfPark.
AS the evenings grow longer and the
weather more pleasant the athletic
young man begins to think OF baseball
and tries to remember his record at the
bat during tho past season how many
errors were charged to his account and
how many times lie was "roasted" in
the papers. lie then begins 10 specu.
late what bis record will be during the
coming season. and inspired with the
thought OF base-hits ard brilliant plays
takes a Younger brother out into the
back yard and INDUCES IN little prac-
tice.
The small boy is already prac.icing,
and every afternoon he can be seen
upon the streets hurting the sphere to
each other, or bounding it against the
wall of some neighboring dornieile.
These young twirlers OF the horse-hide
think that Young, Clarkson, Cuppy, and
other luminaries in the baseball firma-
ment are only secondary considerations
to their own abilities.
OUTLOOK FOR A GOOD SEASON.
Richmond will certainly enjoy good
ball this summer and the lovers of the
national game are looking forward with
q great deal of pleasure to the enjoyment
that is evidently in store for them.
1t is very likely tri-city league will
be organized, composed OF three clubs
from Richmond, one from Manchester.
and one from Petersburg. a schedule
will be arranged to play two games a
week. and as the Spaulding Company
will no doubt offer penant the clubs
will do their best to win the coveted
prize. There may also be other induce
ments offered the players to inspire pew
enthusiasm in their sporting gambols
over Donati's oat-held or the luxuriant
hay crop that will adorn the outer field
at Forest Hill.
SELECTING THEIR MEN.
The Petersburg team, the club from
the "Free State, and the Virginia nine
will play pretty much the same men as
last So ason. The college club will likely
present several new "stars." IT is pro-
baole that the Young Mems Christian
Association will come into the league. as
an effort is being made in that direction.
Professor Horace Smith, the director in
tue Young Mems Christian Association
gymnasium. has been approached and
asked to organize club from among his
sturdy young athletes. The idea is an
excellent one, and it is believed by those
who delight in 1ui-+, gentleman!y
game that team from the Young Mems
Christian Association would add great
deal OF strength in that direction.
The very un ardonable and frequently
uncalled-for and disgusting clicking"
makes greatly against the popularity
and success Of the sport, not only in
Richmond but everywhere. Strict rules
should be adopted on this point and en-
forced, and the success of the national
game IN this city will be foregone con-
clusion.
Professor Smith. while in New York,
was manager for the League OF Young
Mems Christian Association Clubs. He
has had considerable experience in this
direction, his executive ability is I'M
questioned, and club from the Young
Mems Christian Association with him at