The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-22
BASEBALL SEASON
At THE UNIVERSITY
First Game Will BE Played OH
Monday, Will, the Episcopal
High School.
TORONTO TEAM AT CH'vILLE
Regular Season viii Be Begun
on Monday Week, With
Amherst College.
Especial TO The rlmes-p lspa,eh.l

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, March 81
Tho baseball season at tho University
of Virginia Will be inauguratcd Mon-
day. when the first OF tho prep SCHOOL
games will be played with tho team
from the Episcopal High School. near
Alexandria. ne opponents On TUESDAY
and Friday Virginia win. In all proba-
bility, line UP against the Toronto
team. the champions Of the Eastern
League. who are here for two weeks
OF preliminary practice "Wednesday
Fishburue's Military Academy Will be
played, Thursday. the Miller school
aud on Saturday the Woodberry Forest
nine. II will thus be seen that o.
hard weeks work is mapped out for
the collegians.
The good weather OF the past week
enabled the squad<to put in some coed
Hicks at practice. Only one day was
missed a snowstorm on Friday keep
Ing the mon indoors. The squad re-
mains thu same as week ago, no
cuts having been made, the intention
OF the coach being TO give every one
a good tryout In the first two or three
minor games. The fieldtns OF the men
as a whole is fast and clean. but the
batting Is at present rather light. This.
however. will no doubt improve With
practice. AZ the majority of the mon
have the reputation Of being good hit.
ters.
The warm weather hns given the
pitchers "a chance 10 lumber up, and
al tho rate the twirlars are now work
ing. the visiting players will hnd aorne
difficulty In fattenine their averages ut
their expense Walker. Fulton. Whit
Jner and Douglas arc In splendid form.
susong the mainstay In the box. will
he out for regular work after his senior
law examination on the 24th. and hr
work this year should ou.shine all OF
his previous achievements.
TO Play Amherst.
By tho daily games between the
members of the squad, the men are
gradually learning the finer points OF
the game, but the contests with TIE
prep" schools Will develop this far
moro than any number OF games be-
tween themselves, for although tile
teams that they will have to go up
against during the first week of the
season are not as strong az the scrubs,
yet the fact that 1t is strange team
viii put the men on their mettle.
The college season proper opens
Monday week with Amherst. Amherst,
although not so well known here, gem
orally turns out winning team. This
will be the first Southern trip ever
attempted by thcnl. AltcF AulneTsl
comes Lafayette. Cornell. North Caro-
lima. Georgetown. Princeton. Pennsyl-
vania State, Lehigh, University OF
pennsylvania. etc.
The revised schedule issued to-day
by Manager Graves, is as follows:
Monday, March ED Episcopal High
School; Wednesday, March 25th. Fish
burne's Military Academy; Thursday
March 18th. Miller School: SATURDAY
March 2Sth, Woodberry Forest School
Monday March goth, Amherst: Tues
day, March 3ist. Lafayette.
Wednesday. April 1st, Amherst;
Thursday. April I'd. Cornell: Friday
April Sd. Cornell. Monday. April 9Th
North Carolina, at Greensboro. y. CT
Saturday. April 18th. Georgetown: Mon
day. April 18th, Dartmouth: Tuesday
April 18th, Princeton: Thursday, April
18th, Princeton, at Richmond; Friday
April 18th. Pennsylvania state College
Saturday. April 18Th, Pennsylvania
state College: Monday and Tuesday
April Goth and 2lst. Lehigh: Wednes-
day, April 22d, North Caroline: Thurs
day. April esd. and Friday, April cath
University of Pennsylvania; Saturday
April 25tl. Davidson: Monday. April
2Ith. Georgetown at Washington
Tuesday. April 2Sth. the Collcgiates. al
East Orange y. j.: Wednesday, April
Goth. Princeton, at Princeton: Thursday
April aOth. University of Pennsylvania
at Philadelphia.
Friday, May LIST. Fordham. at New
York; Saturday, May I'd, United States
Military Academy. at West Point.