The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-20
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BASEBALL.
Richmond sto Have Amateur
League This sea- n 55s II
z soil Y li355.'l8
5WHERE LOCALS SIGNED
Dryer to Give Farewell Match.
Gun Cltbs-Auto and u.
,$ Bicycle Rims.

With the approach Of spring and sums
mer tic fans look to the diamond for
their sport, They long. 20 to speak for
tho days when%thc enclosure Of Broad
Street Park will rc-ccho the sounds from
board to board. OF their merry roofing"
forftllc home team
s On tho o5th OF tails month the Mon
trcnl team Of tho Eastern League VIII
begin practice in Broad Street Park, and
during their, stay here will meet the,
Philadelphia, New York. Boston, Brook
Ilyn%nnd other American League teams
On da tes that are not closed. tho Fulton
brownies and Richmond College tcuns
Will contest wftll. the Canadians for
4 honors. % ts f XII $}s8liSS NJ * 3S3a 55 RI 68
\ .ss After tae \ departure OF the Montreal
team the local tcums representing tho,
eastern and western portions Of the city.
the Northsidc and Manchester will begin:
4 q series OF games TO determine the cllhni-s
plonshlp OF the city and q the sport VIII
Z bc kept up during the entire season. isg
ll.ls Mr. James Mum viii manage The. Full
ton Brownies. and among his team, al =
ready selected, the following well known;
amateurs have signed: Daley Captain.
Elmorc, BoWers, l1ulchcr.. SHARP Jones'
McI3yoy, Morgan. cheathnm and Smith
Charles Eaclio who played second base
for Tho old Fulton BroWnics.. Will again
play The same position. ss NJ 3
5s WHERE TILE II & @. q u u i] i5
Richmond has furnished tho big leagues
many players who have made their
marks AS PROFESSIONALS, and II will ( be
Interesting to note the contracts that
1,ooy, nad u hiu anusnps hy3yf
J local boys. 555 81 # 81 I'm 8
8s5 Last season Barley Kain was manager
for the Wheeling (H. ya.) team and
this season hc will play right field for
i the Evansville. Ind, team. Kahn during
the seasons OF 1895 TO 100 played With the
Richmond team, and was II local favoritc.
He is a. first class all-around man. and.
plays the ontfcld like a veteran. besides
with the stick rs he Fis II good one, and
once 9or I. base he can be counted on for
a run. His reputation as a basc-rnnncr
has been established.
During the sea son OF 1895 he led the
Atlantic League Tlthtninety-efshts stolen
bases to his credit. In a game that sea-
son Kahn stole three bases against tho
Boston champions. thing which Hamil-i
ton. tho then acknowledged rogue Of
the big lea que. dared not attempt on Dan
4 Bolan, who was then catching for Rlch-5
mond. 3s s9s IA :.tts3l #
q Besides Kahn, here are several other
local men who Will play It'll faster COM
-:pany this year. among thcn4being John
Bishop. who goes to Charleston, s.. CO.
10 Pitch: Stanley. Bigbee. and Buck
Hooker, who goes to- lowell, Mass to
play center1nld and pitch. spcctive-.5.
~ Dick # Lewis. a. clever southpaw
Il Wirler, we'll known III n this city. will
20 TO Birmingham. Jack Frost will again
play short-stop for the Baton Rouge
team In the Cotton Belt League.
OLD FAVORITE HERE
When the New York. Brooklyn and
BOSTON teams come through. several old
fav',rites who graduated froa, this city
Will he seen. Brownie" I:lberfed and
Jack Ghesbr n:tA n t.r New Yntk
Lean, and Jesse Tannchill is with tho
Toston team. Atherton, who played first
hasn on the Wilkeabarre team 1866 is
now the captain OF tie Montreal team.
FUTURE YREST LING.
Dwycr. the famous wrestler. who hus
dtine some great work here. will rrUbn s
bly, leave Richmond within a few weeks
He: is making an effort to :s:..a u final
match, and Is trying 70 get Sharkey as
Els opponent. 9 5ss ss ~ 5tSs I5
Pardello, tho Italian giant. wants to
meet Dryer. and 1t is likely thnt a
match may be pulled of either In Nor
folk or Newport News later OIL.
Charles Rolnecke, tho oleycr wrestler,
Will come 10 Richmond next week to go
into training for ~ match with L)WycIE
X ars Newport News Easter " cak. S VA
Rc!necke has ,,.stondlns challenge 10
4 meet any one d t s159 pounds for tho cham
pIonship OF the world. 53
While In Richmond Reinecke will meet
Parker. OF Washington, n wrestler of
rote, and will clldeavor to throw him
twice In an hour. /! IA e u I'll
Reincckc Will DO trained BY Melville
Dnniels while hare, u i5
531 GUN CLUBS. M 5 ss
The local gun clubs arc beginning to