The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24

With .he coming OF spring the interest
q, ,-b1c,ics and outdoor sports is be-
cinnin- 10 show signs Of new life and
awakening among the students o1tehe
universities, colleges, and academies OF
Virginia.
Already the boys are getting together
and forming their plans ana SchenuieS
for the baseball season, and the aSaiiapie
material is being cany:iSSed, discuSseu,
md COMPARED by se!f-constituted special
isis and critics Of athletics il an ex-cathe-
dra style that reminds one Oh the one.
limo editor of the athletic department OF
1iaTperS Weekly
There is every reason to DeiicFe thaI
The prospects for good athieucS at hicH-
.nond College was never brighter IMAM
this spring. There are several OF inc
first year men. who will be applicants
Tor the baseball team. and good part
of tho team and substitutes of last year
are back at college. Scveral men. who
for one reason or another were unable
10 make a vigorous fight for places on
The team last year say they VIII be
able 10 train and practice this sN1nS,
and venture The suggestion that they VIII
he heard from when the nine men are
selected 10 whose charge Will be en-
trusted the defense Of the athletic -epu-
1ation of the college on the diamond.
The winter has been such 2 mild one that
The bows hope 10 he able TO start 4 little
iimbcrinS up in short lime An order
has been placed for the suits, which, 1t
IS thought, will bring the boys IN lie"
DAYS the prcttiest baseball SUIT ever worn
on the college campus.
Local interest in athletics has peen
much awakened by the purchase for the
Union Theological Seminary. OF west
wood. the country homefof the late Dr..
Hunter Mcclure. a portion of Which VIII
he used Tor an athletic field for the stud
c,ts of that institution. Hitherto The.
seminary has rented plot o. ground
for this purpose, but this arrangement
fias had its disadvantages. and 1t is be-
lieved that athletics among The students
will be much encouraged by che fact OF
their having field of their own.
INTEREST IN TENNIS.
Provision will also be made on the
Mcguire property for a number OF tennis
courts. There is some talk OF the foTI1la-
lion of a local Intercollegiate :ennis
league Union Seminary and Richmond
College could each furnish exceedingly
s.reditahle tennis material, and the two
medical colleges are anxious to secure
suitable tennis grounds and would be
heard from. II it can be arranged. a
tennis league of these four institutions
should be able 10 get up a tournament
$1,000
athletics.
In tennis. and other lines of athletic
life as well. the medical colleges are
hampered by the lack OF suitable ard
conveniently located grounds.
If these could be secured. it is believed
The students would take the liveliest in
terest in athletics. and there is no cues
1ioninG the proposition that this would
be most notable and valuable addition
10 the life Of these Two institutions. Both
the Medical College Of Virginia and the
University College Of Medicine have in
fucntial friends OF means who could east
3y set going a movement 10 give these
much needed additions to the plants of
the different colleges. To whom shall be-
long the credit of inaugura1ing a scheme
OF this character. which will bring re-
suits of the largest value to the hard
working medical students OF Richmond?
y GYMNASIUM NEEDED.
The colleges in and about Richmond in
several instances stand in need of another
recognized athletic necessity, a well
equipped gymnasium. This is especially
true in the case Of the medical colleges,
where, during many months OF the year,