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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-19
RICHMOND COLLEGE
TAKES GREAT GAME

Richmond College IN an Utmost per-
feet exhibition OF baseball put in a
strong bid as one Of the best college
teams in tile South yesterday by do
feating the Agricultural and Mechan!-
cal College Of North Carolina winners
Of the South Atlantic States champion
ship last season, by the score OF 2 10
] in Petersburg. AS there was light
drizzle at the beginning of the game,
by agreement only five innings We're
played.
In spite OF the unfavorable playing
conditions tho fielding was quick and
snnppy, and was greatly enjoyed by the
few spectators.
z Counsel's and Farmers hitting and
Counsels beautiful one-hand catch of
a long fly to centre were the features
for a. and NJ. while sheppard's line
drive past second and Ezekiels timely
hit were Richnond's good plays.
ID. Wright pitched splendid game.
having almost perfect control, and
was puzzle to A. and M. The team
behind him was almost perfect, con-
sidcring the wet condition of tie
grounds. Harris pitched n good game.
but seemed to be little wild. His
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-19
VIRGINIA FOX HOUNDS
HUNT COYOTES IN WEST

SANTA ANA. CAL. April 1s.-chasing
coyotes with good pack of modern Amer
lean foxhounds in the foothills east OF Santa
Ana has furnished considerable sport for q
number of local men. this winter. the char
ucter of the country making the chase 1ully
as exciting as fox hunting.
This week party of sportsmen Went out
to capture live coyote. They were sue
&C ssful in their chase and ]. A. Turner OF
this city, has expressed the animal to Harry
w. Smith. OF Worcester. Mass. Smith IS
owner and master of the celebrated Graf
tel, foxhounds.
]. A. Turner. James Conley and Gus Ward
ali own foxhounds picked from the best
packs in Missouri Kentucky and Virginia.
These three men, accompanied by a. b. TIT
fanny. keeper OF the Orange County Park;
j. S. Staten, of Bethany, Mo-, veteran
fux-hunter, and J. Euraud. sheep rancher.
owner OF four hounds. were In the party
which captured the coyote. The dogs al
most Immediately started a coyote. The
hunters followed until they saw that the
chase would Inevitably bring the coyote to-
ward knoll on level mesa.
After running for fifty minutes the hounds
ran the coyote around this KNOLL on which
the riders were waiting. The coyote at
tempted to cross gulch. but his strength
failed him. and the dogs caught him as he
was trying to climb out. AS the dogs had
been taught to catch and kill. 1t was neces-
sary to lasso the coyote and drag him from
the excited pack.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-19
No Olympic Tennis.

Official notice has been given that
the United States National Lawn Ten
mis- Association will take no cognizance
Of the lawn tennis matches in con-
nection with the Olympic games In
London. DR.. James Dwight. chairman
OF tho committee appointed to consider
equally Olympic tennis and the Davis
Cup matters. has written as follows:
"The committee appointed to take
charge of all matters concerning the
Davis Cup and the Olympic games has
voted unanimously that the United
States National Lawn Tennis Assocla-,
ton shall take no part in the Olympic
games"
The decision. which has been for
warded to the other side, altogether
changes the situation regarding the
Davis Cup preliminary. The British
players. Judging from recent reports.
were sure that the Americans would
take part in tho Olympic tennis tour
nament, and therefore regarded as a.
certainty that the preliminary round
for the Davis Cup would BIO played
in London while our men were there.
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~ y /. L.. +
takes place on April Gath. Is the lead
ing topic OF conversation in New York.
During the daylight practice hours
these mornings the course Is alive with
cars. Most OF the candidates are pr,i-
dent and satisfy themselves with study
ing the circuit in touring cars. saving
their racing machines until the course
shall he put in less dangerous practice
condition. and In some cases until the
day Of the race itself 80 az to take no
chances Of a breakdown through an ac-j
cidcnt. Some, though, have been ui'.
able to resist the temptation to put
their cars, which they are to drive IN
the contest, to their best, and laps un-
der fifty seconds are claimed already.
a fifty-second circuit means forty miles
per hour. This is the estimates placed
by experts OF the probable rate that
will be shown In the race. II the track
tie much improved by the gang OF worh-
men now working on 1t, forty-flye,
mile an hour average may be attained
with the spur Of the race Itself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-19
y. ?. |. BASEBALL,
q "a, !, rh ! r,mcs-pIspatch

Special to The Times Dispatcn.J 49,,
BLACKSBURG. VA, April ls.-l ne
Techs victory over Lehigh uhisersi.y
ON the nome grounds Friday afternoon
was a surprise to spectators and play :
ers. Four runs in the ninth inning
made an exciting finish to what was the
fastest and most interesting game
played here in years. II ever. Had me
man with the money been on hand ne
would have found none to bet on Y. Z. !.
Five to two In favor Of the VISITORS
when the home team went TO bat for
the last time, and there seemed, III
view OF what had gone before, only one
result possible. But three runs tieh
the score. the Techs had line OIL
Lehigh's pitcher to some purpose, ana
Il lucky hit by Austin and run fof
home by Kenna finished the game IN
such wild excitement on the grand
stand and bleachers as ono only sees
at the end OF college ball gan.c when
the playing throughout the game has
been fast, clean and devoid OF KICKING
and the home team wins.
All interest now centres In the an
lnual game with Virginia Military In
stitute at Roanoke on Monday. Pritch-
ard, who was in the box for four IN
nings FRIDAY. Will pitch. and should ne
not hold out, Pcrsinger's work In the
Lchigh contest was such that he can
take his place without endangering
the chances OF success. Austin behind
the bat played great game Friday,
as he has done in all the games. and
both the Roanoke professionals ami
Lehigh players gave as their opinion
that v. P. rs battery this season was
equal to that OF any college In the
State. The lineup In the game with
v, NJ I. Monday Will be the same as
IN the game with Lehigh. as follows:
Battery, Pritchard and Austin: short
stop. Shepard: right field, Fuqua; Sec
ond base, Ives; third base, Kenna; cen
tire field. Billups: left field. Cooper;
first base. Dlffendall.
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WeHerweigM Championship

Young Ajax. champion OF Mexico,
and Joe Turner. OF Washington. meet
tomorrow night at Corcoran Hall to
decide the welterweight wrestling
championship of the South. On ac-
count OF not being able to procure
the hall for Tuesday. the bout will be
held tomorrow.
The contest promises to be the finest
exhibition ever held here, as Turner
Is an indicated star of the mat, and
Ajax has a standing equally as good.
Both men are fast and of powerful
build. and the game will be a fierce
one.
II know am going up against the
real article" said Ajax last night. but
If confidence will win. the decision is
already mine. / want my hackers to
know how much victory Will mean to
me, for If lose 1 shall never go.on
the mat again. Defeat means that l
quit the game for good. What shall
/ do? Why. will probably go into
boxing to see If / cannot win better
success. / am in the best of condition
and have been training hard, and as l
understand that Turner is In the same
box, the result will be that I win II !
am the better man, or he wins If ne
Is the better"
Turner is expected to-arrive in Rlch-
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SEASON OPENS At
NORFOLK IN RAIN
Portsmouth and Norfolk Play
Five-Inning Tie Before Wet,
but Happy Fans.
rspecIal 10 THE Timey-Dlspntcb.

Il SpcSlhI 10 me JlIne9-DlsputCn.J
NORFOLK, VA, April 1S.-Ecforc
5000 enthusiastic fans and in driz-
zling rain. Norfolk and Portsmouth
opened the baseball season at
the new park this afternoon, the
contest going five innings and ending
in tie.
Despite the fact that the field was in
no condition to play ball. and tho
spheroId was wet and slippery, the two
teamg put up an almost faultless feAd-
iEE exhibition. The pitchers were un
able to show their respective gaits.
but the overhanging clouds made the
field dark and 1ueered the batters.
Following a parade OF the principal
streets, the ceremony at the park was
brief. Mayor James G. Riddick made
brief speech welcoming both teams,
and the game was on. Manager Fender
was presented with n floral offering,
and the club with beautiful horseshoe
of gold by enthusiastic fans.
Portsmouth made her two runs in the
opening inning on single by Keller.
double by Griffin and an error by Field
er Jackson in the centre garden. They
were unable to do anything after that.
Norfolk tied the game in the second.
Haas working Vail for free pass.
Cummings driving the ball to deep
centre for three bases. A wild pitch
allowed him to score. Both teams
showed any amount OF ginger. display
ing excellent team work and conf
dcnce. During the latter part of the
fifth the rain began to be heavy, the
clouds interfered with eyeslght. and
Umpire Mace called the contest off.
THE score:
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IS JEFF AFRAID?
NY JErr THOMPSON.

NEW YORK. April 1S.-Whatever the
merits OF Jack johnson as a fighter
there can be no question Of the aDit-
as publicity promoter: AS matter
of fact. l am strongly inclined TO the
belief that IL it were not for Fitzpat-
rick's really remarkable talents.IJo john
son would occupy about the same po-
sition in the pugilistic hall OF fame as
is now held by those other gentle
men OF color Joe Jeannette and sam
Langsord.
Fitzpatrick. however. is not hiding
his light. or shall we say his "dar-
key" under a bushel by any manner OF
means. On every occasion. possible or
impossible. he gets into print. and al
ways as the greatest fighting man
that ever put on fighting shoes or
donned tight mitts, and the fun
ny part OF 1t is that he makes 1t
stick at least with good many people.
There are some who actually believe
that Jeffries will not fight the big
dinge because he Is afraid OF him
while more have the same idea as TO
the way Tommy Burns Views Eitzpat-
Kicks protege.
These people do not stop to figure
Just how Johnson has gotten such a
reputation. Asa matter of fact. in his
career In the ring. where a fightine
mans status should be established. ne
has never figured better than a second
rater. II he ever meets Burns. OF
course, Jeffries Is out of the question,
It's dollars to doughnuts he will be
uedlen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-19
BURNSKNOCKS0UT
AFRICAN IN PARIS

PARIS. April 1s.-Tommy Burns. the
American heavyweight puglllst. knock
ed out "Jewey'' Smith. the South Afri-
can boxer, here Tonight In the fftf
round ot what was scheduled to be
u ten-round bout.
The meeting of Burns and Smith
was the biggest affair OF the kind ever
held in Paris. 1t was witnessed by
a big crowd, who paid high prices
for their seats. Smith was beaten
man from the start. although he scored
several heavy body blows In the first
and second rounds.
skill l.a,. his opponent. and, after
playing light with him, tioored Smith
with a left-hander In the third round.
In the fourth round Smith was knock
ed down twice. but managed to get on
his feet before the count ended. in
the fifth he rallied gamely, after TAX.
ing severe punishment but he could
not succeed In reaching tho. agile
Burns, who ended the one-sided match
with terrific right to the. jaw, which
put Smith to the floor and out.
Almost panic was caused at the
end of the third round when pho
Geographic apparatus exploded. setting
fire to the flags and decorations. Scores
OF the spectators leaped to their feet.
but they were prevailed upon to re-
main in their places, and the fire was
speedily extinguished.
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Wild throw to second let in the winning
rtin.
In the first inning Lodge got his
base on balls, was advanced to third
by sacrifice hits from Sheppard and
Handy. and brought in by Ezekicps
hit to centre.
In the third seifert reached first on
Sheppard's error and was brought in
by Farmers and Connsel's successive
hits. Tho agony was ended by Farmer
being thrown out at home.
In the fourth Ezekiel drew a pass
to first. q. Wright hit a long fly to
centre and was robbed of n hit by
Counsels one-hsnd catch. Gwathmey
hit an easy one to the pitcher, who
threw wild to second, the ball going
by the centre fielder and letting In
Ezekiel. d. Wright got his base. Smith
famed and Atkins got his base, maxi
Ing the bases full, but Lodge hit an
easy one to the pitcher. who threw
Gwathmey out at home. The score:
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GETS HOME RUN.

BURLINGTON, N. c.. April 1S.-Elon
won It's second game here to-day from
Bingham by the score Of 4 TO g. Both
teams played excellent ball. Every
thing went in favor Of Bingham up to
the seventh inning, when Elon got into
the game. Excitement held everybody
when Gates made a safe hit to first
followed by Il two base hit by Horner.
With one man out and two men on
bases, Murrow made the record hit on
the grounds down by the first baseman
and clear out of the park, bringing two
men In and making Il home run himself,
bringing the score to tie. In the,
ninth inning Elon made a rum thus
saving the game for Elon. Score: Zion.
4; Bingham g..
Batteries: Elon--Lamb and Gates.
Ringham--Lowe. Waldrop and EIerbeun.
The line-up was as follows
Elon-Cates. catcher; Horner, short
stop; Murrow, first base; Iseley, centre
field; Loutteroh, second base; Malone,
left field; Atkins, third base; Holland,
right field; Lamb, pitcher.
Binghnm---Ilnots, first base; Herboun,
catcher; Richardson, left field; Glenn,
centre field; Lowe, pitcher; Waldrop,
third base and pitcher; Colwell, sec
ond base; MCGEE, shortstop; iGils, right
field. fDp
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tspeela q, 4, to :, The TImes-p Dispatch. ]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, April 3D.
Pennsylvania State College captured
the first game played on It's Southern
trip. defeating Virginia to-day, 3 to
.. Considering the condition of the
grounds, both teams put UP Il good ar
ticle OF ball In the field. two OF Ntr-
ginia's errors being excusablc. In the
first inning Morrison lost n fine oppor-
tunity to pull off n double play by
throwing to Honaker. instead of Mad
dux, who had covered second.
In the fifth. Cree spiked Walker at
first and prevented him from handling
Maddux's throw. Both teams welded
the stick in good form. with honors
about even. Virginia took the lead In
the opening innings and maintained 1t
until the seventh, when Douglas blew
up. The young freshman twirler es-
sayed to take Morrisons place in the
seventh, but before he could warm UP
he had handed the game to the Penn
sylvanians.
or tile nrst four men to face him.
two were passed Co first and two hit
BY pitched ball. forcing In one run.
With tho bases full Carl Walker was
called to the rescue. without any warm
ing up Haverstlck responded with !,
Texas Lacquer, scoring Cnulson and
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To Race vigilant.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-The Old
Americas cup defender Vigilant Will
be put In commission this summer and
raced by William E. Iseiin.
The famous yacht is now laid up high
and dry on the beach of Gardeners
Bay. at Greenport. L. l., but work OF
uncovering her and fitting her out
will be begun shortly. She will be put
overheard the middle of May.
Mr.. 1selin bought the vigilant last
summer, but did not race her. She is
deliberately furnished, and therefore
much heavier than she was when she
defeated Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie IL.
off Sandy Hook in 1893, but she Is still
fast and probably will be queen of the
coast this summer in wfndward work.
Though now rugged as a yawl. she re-
.tains large mainsail and has little
loss power than II sloop of the same
size.
Whether Mr.. Iselin will race her In
the new handicap class or not he has
not decided Her presence at the many
regattas would add much interest to
the sport.
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Rculbacl, wild.

Rculbnch Wild.
ST. LOUIS Mo-, April 1s-st. Louis
broke their losing streak to-day by
winning from Chicago 8 to 2. Fromme
pitched in fine form, errors giving
Chicago it's two runs. Reulbach was
wild.
Score by innings: r. H. E.
st. Louis ...... 11o0oooo1-s 8 3
Chicago 1900. o00oo020O-2 3 .
Batteries: Fromme and Hostetter;
Reulbach, Pfeister and Killing. Time,
1:44. Umpire. o'Day.
Play In Rain.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 1s.-To-
days National League game- was
played during drizzling rain, the
Philadelphians defeating Boston to 9
Dorner's wildness was largely respon-
sible for the visitors defeat.
Score by innings: r. II. Z.
Boston ........ 00010O1oo--2 6
Philadelphia ). 100O02O0s-3 6 2
Batteries: Dorner and Bowermnn
Umpire, KLEIN.
Shut Out brooklyn.
BROOKLYN. N. Y. April 1s.-The
New York Nationals shut out the
Brooklyn team by score OF 4 to 0.
N1athewson's pitching was the feature
of the game.
Score by innings: r. II. Z.
New York $500. 20OO0O2O0-4 A
Brooklyn 5000. O0O00O0O0-0 o
Batteries: AIathewson and Bresnahan;
Pastorius and Bergen. Time. 1888. Um-
pires, Rudderham and Emslie.
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mond tomorrow morning. and come &C
companied by his training partners.
The Washington wrestler will weigh
at least Ave pounds more than Ajax.
as he cannot tip the scales at less
than $50 pounds. while Ajax weighs
l45 pounds to the dot. Turner Is the
undisputed welterweight champion OF
the South. and great crowd of local
mat admirers Will be on hand to see
him lose his title, as Ajax has won
many friends during his stay in Rich
mond.
The bout Is for the best two out Of
three falls, catch as catch can, which
gives the contestants the best oppor-
tunity of showing their speed and SCI
ence Two good preliminaries are TO
precede the main event, and that be-
tween Kid Coleman and j. s. Glielmo
is sure to be hard and furious mix
m From the advance sale of seats
tho hall will be filed to capacity The
first preliminary will start at $3.50 - a.
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To South America.

There is considerable interest In soccer at
Cornell University this year because OF the
pre- posed trip TO South America, and also
because OF the presence of the Indian Prince.
victor Narayon, on the team. The trip to
South America seems assured Although M
definite contract has been entered into by
the Cornell management private advices
fem South America represent that the san
Paulis de Football Ligua is willing to give
Cornell as per cent of the gate receipts.
Il the members OF the Argentine Lea que,
which have challenged Cornell. make the
same offer the trip is practically assured
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WAKE FOREST WINS
WELL PLAYED GAME

4 WAKE FOREST. N. c., April Is
With tantalizing showers coming every
few minutes and threatening weather.
Wake Forest and Delaware State Col-
lcge crossed bats this afternoon, the
utter losing In an interesting game by
the score Of to 2. Perkins. for the
locals, pitched his first game, allowing
no hits until the seventh inning. His
work in the box was fine, and he re-
ceived splendid support. Doane, for the
visitors. pitched great game and also
received good support, but the locals
We're too fast for the Northern boys
Dawson, with a Dagger In the
last, started the ball rolling. followed
by Hamrlck with hit and Temples
sacrifice .Hamrick stole third and
scored on a wild throw There was no
more scoring till the sixth, when Daw-
son, hit by ball. walked to first, stole
second. and reached third on bunt by
Humrick. With Temples hit to second
both scored. Temple scored on a wild
throw.
The last two runs We're made In the
eighth on wild ball. Adkins, for the
visitors, scored in the third on a passed
BALL. Their last run was made In the
seventh on an error. The features We're
pnWson's three Dagger, Hamrlck's base
running; double play, Benton to-
Couch to Josey, and the pitching Of
lDonne, for the visitors
5I.ine-up;
Wake Forest-Perkins. pitcher; Ham.
rick. catcher, Josey, first basei Couch,
second base; Hammond, third base;
Benton shortstop stt ftela;
field, u
Delaware State College--Do ane,
pitcher; Gibbs, Fowler, catchers;, Nd
pHis bass o3ies iona
Ramholdt. left field Sis
llary. centre field /; al kins. 4 ight field,
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WITT, the Ponies,

Kid Shea, 2:O7 ia, is being trained
to a cut-under by Nat Herbert.
Topsy Van. 2:1s1-4. is showing up
good for w. P. Miller at Wilmington.
Del.
The racer Sherlock Holmes, 2:o6 LII.
by Zeloch, will be raced this season
ny Harry Holman.
Hiram Tozier has three good horses
to race this year. Two of them were
sired by .Tupe.
Billy Abshire, Dick, zenia Lady.
Major Forrest and Dash are matched
for a $1O0-a-corner race in June.
Kapolna, 2:161-2. owned by DR.. j.
B. Carson, Blairsville. Pa. will he
raced down the Great Western Circuit.
The Eel, trial 2:05 1-2, and The Liar.
trial 2:O6 Ia, are touted to be one,
two In tho Chamber Of Commerce
Stake race.
Jacob Danzeisen touts Nlnol, by AL
lerton, to trot to o:15 mark this
year. He looks good and is showing
fast quarters.
1t is said that Tom Grady will stake
lack Leyburn. 2:0S1,2 in the $4,000
free-for-all, at Libertyville and Kala-
maZoo.
George L. Carpenter owner Of Billy
Abshire. 2:171-2. by Haxall has placed
the chestnut matinee flyer in Theodore
Aliens string.
Alta L. Mcdonald will go down the
line this season with George G..
2:o5 Ia; Guy ANworthy, 2:0s Sd
Mimic, 2:16l-4. and Wllteen, 2:l51-4
Four out of five first places are
claimed by the Wilmington (Del.)
horsemen in the interclub series with
the Road Drivers Association this year.
Amos Rathbun will be out again
this season with Ward NJ, 2:O9; Miss
Syracuse 2:101-4; Nancy Allen,
2l11-4 Gains. 2:11 Ia. q and Eneta,
2:07 Ia.
It Is more than likely that Pelagon
Ed. Bryan and Directum Penn Will
meet In a tWo-mile race over Belmont
track before the season closes.
II Wilteen, Nahlna and Locust Jack
keep sound and start In tho 2:11 trot
at Detroit, 1t Will be a battle royal be-
tween last seasons half-mile track
performers.
Twis G. b.. 2;121-4, is expected to be
another Hedgewood BOY in Dick Me-
Mahon's string this year. Twls drove
Citation, 2:03 Ia. out In 900 Ia over
the Des Moincs track last season.
AT the Rrockton, Mass. Fair, Sep
tember 29th to October cd. there will
be $1,000 stakes for 2.96 trotters ana
2:19 PAGES; also $500 stake for two
and three-year-old trotters, eligible
to the $3.50 class,
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Heats Tusc,,l,,,n.
Especial to 'rhe Timcs. Dtsn,tcb

= 7 aUsClHI g TIC Tlmes-Dlspatchl
f RApFOftD, VA, April lS,--St. Adams
defeated Tusculum College Friday on
tho Radford grounds by score or 4
to 3, the features of the game being
tlIa pitching OF Einstein and tho ALL
around playing OF Jackson, of st, Az
bans, Batteries: st Adams, EInstein
and Geisen; Tusculum, Mcdaniel and
Stansberry, Tusculum has strong
team of seasoned players, With q good
number Of victories over some OF the
best college, teams OF Tennessee AID
Virginia, and Radford Is gratiied at
st, Alhans's victory. 53