The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
SPORTING REVIEW OF
LAST WEEKS EVENTS
What the Virginia State League Is Doing
Chances of Good Grew to Represent the
Virginia Boat Club at Middle States Regetta.
!, aMpclMlA crhrE lEAGE lup yondcr to TIN

SIateS Ne&elLd.
up yondcr. His appointment to the
managcrsliip has seemed to put new
life, and a plenty Of snap and fire and
ginger into the Truckers game.
slump of the Mnry Jane.
The Crew OF the good ship Mary
Jane seems to have encountered or late
high tides and adverse winds, and for
a while she has drifted listlessly with
the tide of defeat and disorganization.
and lost some of her crew; but now the
old ship has been remodeled and re-
fitted. and with Il nearly new. and an
entirely reorganized and strengthened
crew. recruited to Its fullest capacity.
the old ship Mary Jane will be found
right at the forefront Of the firing.
line. From a drifting derelict she has
been transformed into ship-shape
vessel, which will carry the colors Of
Norfolk right to the front.
IiyncliburE Looking for New Ones.
Lynchburg also has slumped disas-
trously OF late, but the management
new material, (which will strengthen
the team substantially. Rumor has u
that several good men are to be
brought from New York and every ef-
fort made to give the Shoemakers L
team which will play winning ball for
the city of many hills.
Virginia Bont Clubs Crew.
The crew which Coach Hecox will
fick from the eights of the Virginia
Boat Club to represent that organiZa-
ton In the Middle States Regatta.
Labor Day. should be a good one,
Judging by the form the two crews
showed in Saturdays race. The men
composing these crews are strong,
athletic fellows. and with the train
ing and careful supervision OF Mr..
Hecox. they should develop into fiac
rowcrs. capable Of either carrying the
club colors to victory or of making the
other crews hustle for the first place.
These two crews will row practice
race Thursday evening on the Same
course over which Saturdays race was
pulled. Prospects are indeed bright
| Tor winning crew in the Labor Dav
| race.
Completion of the New York-parf. Race.
IN automobil!ng the most notable of
the week Just past Is the winning ~
the Mathis prize. In the endurance
ace from New York TO Paris by car
OF american make. with an American
aboard by the broad margin OF TWEEN
ty-six days.
When the American car entered the
,., pai cry OF the French 1t was a
triumphant entry. and the car and to-
drivers were given an oyation TIT
race rs double triumph. placing The
american car and also its drivers az
.he front of the motoring world
i.Orce-NncinK, TrOttinE and Runninp
ne Grand Circuit meet at Detroit
WAS complete success, and good at
| tendance marked each DAYS racing
MANY iast meats were paced and trotted
and one of the days the last. the nm
| usual average of 2:07 for fourteen heats
was ihaoe- There was great disap.
pointment on account OF the much.
talked-of race between Sweet M.ri.
| and the great High Ball being callef
! on, owing to the latter's lameness.
In running circles the most mote
worthy events were the closing OF tho
Brighton Bay meet ana the opening nj
the Saratoga meet. On Saturday Nor.
ter rode a slashing race on Hilarious
heene's great Voter colt, winning in
great form from Bobbin. Selectman.
Edward and Torbellino. in the United
states Hotel Stakes. Harry Payne
| Whitney's Ballot finished second and
/ keene's Selectman took third place.
The Times-Disputch Voting Contest
] Did you know that all the ballot.
| which have been voted and received a,
The Times-Dispatch office in the base
ball balloting contest. now on. are in
| round numbers 100000? Well it's so
Now. IL these two-column votes were
| cut in half into a one-column strip
and these strips were laid end to end
In straight line. this line would
reach ten miles beyond Washington
d. c. Just think Of it! Five stream
ers of paper nearly three inches wide
reaching from Richmond to Peters.
burg.
Again. laid one on the other, Just a!
the boy who counts them piles them
and each ballot placed on the pile. /
would make paper column $500 fee
high. or nearly five times the heigh
of the Washington Monument Nor,
than four times the height OF the Fife
!, Tower, in Paris. would stand this grea
obelisk, a monument to the yirgini;
1 League players popularity.
In sending these ballots to The
Times Dispatch, the Richmond post.
Office estimates that $40 goes dali,
into Uncle Sans Golfers for stamps
5000 monthly-enough to build up {
first-class post-office.
4 OF course. some of the ballots are
never taken from the papers and voted
but as nearly as can be estimated
Il dbout W per cent. Ok All DdilOtS PIN Tee
! have been voted up to date, which is c
good average, when the wide circula
ton Of this paper is taken into con.
4 sideration.
\ There are about 100000 persons II
Virginia. and there are ten Virginia
! Congressmen. or one to every 10000
persons. If every ballot received II
the baseball contest represented a per,
son living in new State, that State
I would have representation in Con.
gress of six Congressman, or two
thirds as large a representation as Vir
ginia.
j If every ballot represented male
voter, we would have polled a vote
! thirty-three times as great as the en-.
tire Virginia vote.