Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-04
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". 8 n and Richmond.
DIG CROWD Of R0ofEas cOaIuG
Baseball Game on Casino Today VIII
be Witnessed by Many Students
From the colIeses--Local Fans In.
tcrcsted in the Event.

William and Mary College and
Richmond College will play The lirst
game in the 1905 race for lie baseball
! championship of the Eastern State
Collegiate Association at the Casino
park 1T 2:30 o'clock this afternoon
10th teams have been hard at work
FOR nearly three weeks and they arc
reported TO BE- in fine fcttlc for this
afternoons affray
There is no dope" on which To
figure the probable outcome OF the
match, but. after reviewing the work
OF The mines thus far this season. II
would seem safe to predict fast,
close ana decidedly interesting per.
! formuncc. William and Mary had the
champion team last season and in its
lineup today will be tho five stars OF
that champion team. They are Lewis,
pitcher; JofncS. third base: Scar
borough. catcher: aud Garth aud Ar
mold. outficldcrs. The new material
has, II Is said. shown up well in the
three preliminary games played last
month and the manager claims this
Years team to b. even stronger than
! that of last season
Richmond College has a very fast
team. The boys met thr Richmond
team of the Virginia state League
This scason and held the leaguers to
six runs, while they made two on
clean hitting. This is good record
and would indicate that William and
Mary will have opponents who will
fight gamcly and vigorously to the
finish.
The two teams will arrive here over
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway at
1890 o'clock this morning Reports
from tho two institutions say that
about 100 students will accompany
ench team and if this be so there
will be some strenuous roofing at Ihc
Casino. The mines will be met at the
depot by committee of the Mer.
chants Association and escorted to
their hotels. The teams will be tR
ken to tho park In automobiles, the
procession being headed by the North
End Fire Company's brass band The
procession will move around The park
before the opening of the play.
10th OF these schools have many
friends In Newport News and Hamp-
ton and 1t is expected that record
crowd will turn out for this game.
This will be the first college game
pulled OF in Newport News and 1t is
In the nature OF an experiment. The
Merchants Association Is cndcavor
ing to give Newport Ncws Tho same
rank III college baseball as II holds
IN The football world, and If the at
tendance today Is a success the low
crs of the diamond sport here will
$50 several other big college base.
ball bamcs this season.
There is ample accommodation at
the Casino park Tor thousand or
more of people and The association
hopes to have the park crowded to its
capacity.
w. q m. won Yesterday.
Tho William and Mary team wal
lopcd The fast nine of tho Richmond
Medical College at WILLIAMSBURG, yes,
tcrCay afternoon. by n score of Z 10
, In brisk. snappy game. Tho Ned.
ical College team tied the Richmon..
College nine at Richmond two wocka
ago and naturally the orange and
white players are ela,ed over their
victory. They expect TO turn the sama
trick on Richmond here this after
noon
The managers Of the opposing teams
last night announced the following
lincups FOR this afternoons game:
William and Mary Scarborough c.
y. l.. Arnold. ib: Garth, 2b. McCsnd
llsh. SIS: Joynos, 3b: Lewis, y: q. z
Arnold. IL Barber. Of; Hall. RI. Sub
stitutcs-phillips. Seymour and HALL
Richmon1- Sheppard. 81; Handy
ID; Gardner. 1t: Lodge. c: Ezekiel. lb;
Gwatkiny, IS; Denny Wright. p:
Smith, RI; G. Wight. CT. Substitute
Jenkins.
Physical Director Eugene G. King
of Tho Young Mons Christian Associ-
alton. who IS graduate OF the Ken
lucky State College. and Mr.. Burriss
graduate OF the University of Mis-
souri,. will be nmpires for tho match