The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-11
REVIEW
FOR THE WEEK
Southern Handicap to Be Held
Here Excites Mucl,
Interest.
MUNICIPAL PARK MAY COME.
Virginia Boat Club to Meet To-
Morrow Night--Baseball
Gossip.
MUNICIPAL PARK MAY COME.

Interest in the Great Southern Han.
dicap at targets to be held in this
city In May under the auspices of tho
Deep Run Hunt Club has become very
ment promises to be the largest ever
seen in the South. The fact that it
is to be In close proximity to the
jamestown Exposition and at the same
time Is expected to be drawing card
In bringing together experts and anna
tours from all over the country.
Richmond boasts of several experts
with the shotgun and the. rifle, among
them being j. A. Anderson, Wiley
Lawrence, Bob Banks and others. The
grounds on which the tournament Is
to be held are said to be the most
beautiful in the country and they will
be especially arranged for the meet.
Members of the Virginia Boat Club,
who are to have their annual meeting
to- morrow night, are taking more
active interest in the crews for this
year than they have at any time past,
as several crews will be sent to take
part in the regattas to be held dur
ing the jamestown Exposition. Boat
clubs from all over the country Will
enter the competitions at the eNposi-
tion and 1t is expected that the dis
play here of water craft from the tiny
racing shell to the largest warship
afloat will be the largest and finest
ever exhibited in the worlds history
The local club expects to enter many
of the sporting events, and, with the
assistance of a well-trained coach. the
Richmonders should show up we'll IN
the competitions.
On all sides is heard the voice of ap-
prevail for the proposed municipal PARK,
in which all kinds of athletic eXhlpitions
may be held The centre OF the ola
speedway i'll Byrd Park Is admirably
suited to the purpose. The grounds are
large enough for football and baseball,
and there is ample room for the ac.
commodation Of grandstand and bleach
ers for the seating of the crowds. The
establishment of such a park would be
the best sort of encouragement for pure
amateur athletics. to which 1t would give
an impetus that would work for the good
OF everybody in the city who has a
fondness for outdoor sports.
Manager Charlie Shaffer has written to
all his men asking them to be in Rich
mond on Sunday. March oath, so that
they may be ready to start practice the
following day. There will be about
seventeen men to report for tryout, and
about fourteen Of them will be carried
regularly on the team. The extra men
will consist of four pitchers and one
catcher Manager Shaffer is determined
to have the best possible battery, and
there is little doubt that the men he has
signed for the pitching and catching staff
will be equal to any in the Virginia State
League. 9tt aJ
After a weeks practice an exhibition
game will be played with the Montreal
Club of the Eastern League, and there
after exhibition games will be played
until the opening of the season in the
| middle of April
Captain Shaffer and Catcher Phil Hin
| ton went out to the ball park Saturday
afternoon to have little quiet practice.
They had enough of throwing the sphere
to make their arms sore, but the prac-
tice did them good and made them all
| the more anxious for the season to begin.
| Being in a reminiscent mood the
| other day Catcher Hinton remarked
| that the hardest fought struggle that
he could recall of last season was one
| played at Danville, where, after ten
| innings with the score at to 6, the
game was called on account of dark
| ness.
The remarkable thing about the
| game was that the Lawmakers de-
| pended entirely on their fielders and
catcher, as Billy Laval and Colonel"
Stil, who were doing the pitching,
| had completely lost their heads and
We're throwing every other ball wild.
Laval started the game, and at the
end of five innings had given thirteen
Il men bases on balls and had hit two
batters, After this terrible showing
| he was taken out, and the Kentucky
colonel was put in the box. The score
was then to 4, despite the rank work
| of Laval But Still was experiencing
an off day, and he could do little
better. lie gave six men their walk
ing papers and struck one. Notwith-
] standing this tho thermometers tied
the score AT to 6. Altogether the two
Richmond pitchers gave twenty two
free masses to first. Had 1t not been
for the grim determination of the rest
of tho team to recover all that their
twirlers lost the score would have
stopped little short of the twenty
mark. Yet the game was prolonged
to ten innings. and tho two teams had
then to give way to the shadows steal
ing out OF the West,