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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
MANAGERS DESIRE
STRONG PITCHERS
Effectiveness of Slabmen Has
Shown Gradual
Increase.
Increase.

New York December 20.--A baseball
stat!stictan here has figured out that
since 1872, when records were first
kept 1000 batsmen have faced major
league pitchers, and only $50 OF them
have shown averages OF 300 or more.
Ever since the National League wa
organized in 1875, the effectiveness of
the pitchers has gradually increased.
In spite OF rules passed to bring abont
more batting. Nine balls originally
entitled a hitter to a base but the
number was cut to six. thon to four,
while one year the strikes were in
creased from three to four. Tho rec
ords seem to show that In recent years
tho batting has decreased in strength,
until last season the pitchers had n
greater advantage than ever before.
That the average manager believes
that the success ST his team depends
chiefly upon the effectiveness OF his
pitchers Is shown by the fact that
twice the number of twirlcrs arc car
ried nowadays than was the case in
1895. Then three or four first-class
pitchers were sufficient, whereas now
adays a major league team Is not con-
sidered we'll equipped unless seven or
eight boxmen are on the pay roll.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
BY GUS MALBERT.

owner Bradley is the source OF little news
these days. He is sitting quietly in his
boat. so to speak, and has turned over the
future direction OF the Richmond bali team
Something OF sigh OF relief came from
the lips Of tho ma snatc yesterday when re.
qucstcd to furnish some more Srist for the
mill. ~ have turned over everything TO
sullivan he said. and one could easily dis
Germ an unspokcn thank goodness.
Sullivan Is now the responsible head. and
YOU can look to HIM" continued w. B. He
will get tho new men. | have furnished
served, and from among this number have
nointcd out those 1t Will be best to have
with us again. But beyond that 1 am
through. except that in a sort OF super
Nisory manner | VIII look over what nc Is
doing.
SsuIlivan VIII Come When Needed.
sullivan Will come TO Richmond whenever
the demand for his presence becomes APP
and he may come much earlier. While 1t Is
true that there appears to be some hitch
In tho arrangements by which the New
York American League team VIII train in
Richmond II is by no means definitely set
tied that tho team will not come here.
As a matter of fact, the arrangements
| entered into between owner Bradley and
4 Irwin on the part OF the Hlghlanders was
| TO know II his team could the Richmond
: grounds and The local man said that II
would be perfectly agreeable. SO far as
Bradley Is concerned no information has
! not be here as previously arranged. or
course their arrival or arrival Will not
interfere With tile plans of the local aggre-
cation.
Work on the grass diamond is progressing
sa sfactorily. The diamond has been raised,
and only few warm days are needed TO
begin cutting turf. 1t will be a pleasnn,
surprise to tho fans when tho sottenins
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
Fl HTERS TAKE
CHANCE OF DEATH
Sport Is Like Football, Where
No Ono Is Responsible for
Killing.

Philadelphia. Pa, December 2o.--'A
WiHe fighter takes the same chance oil
death as a football PLAYER when ne
enters contest" said Coroner tord
to-day, when he discharged John
halmc, voting pngilist from CUSTODY.
and generating him from al o'aine IN
the dealt, Of John 5mhof whose Skull
was fractured In bout at the Non
pariel Athletic Club last Friday night.
We. don't hold a football team re-
sponsible for dea,n. and ] see no
reason to hold a prize fighter added
the coroner.
The bout which ended fatally was
between Emhof. who Is better known
as Kid Gardner" and Kaime, known
In the prize ring as Johnny Kahn
In the fifth round, when both boys
we're apparently on even terms, kalme
struck Emhof n straight arm blow on
the Jaw Emhof fell like log and
his head struck tho floor. He was car
rfed from the ring to hospital. where
lie died the next day.
host OF young fighters, with their
seconds, testified that the blow which
Emhof received was not hard enough
to floor n child.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
Some Wheat and More Chaff
From the Baseball Mill

green spreads out before them. Nothing SO
"cstfui to the eyes of the onlookers AZ q
carpet OF grass
Umpire Question Considered.
The umpire question, in addition 10 the
affairs OF the Norfolk organization, is &C.
cupying the attention OF President Wlllisms.
nc is more than anxious 10 get three men
who will please the fans: at the same time
nc doesn't want to get old timers. Hs
wants some young mon who have been tried
and have shown ability. Probably no ques.
ton in the conduct of the league affairs is
quite so reSatious as tho question OF UNI
pires. II the man al the helm can weather
tho selection or umplres he is more than
apt to be able to cope with any question
which arises
1t Is certain that the men who handled
The indicators last year Will not be back.
While they were good men they got in
wrong and were unpopular with the fans. a
regardless of his merit.
Few Old Men Back.
Richmond wifi have but few of the old
men back next season. Ncrbou7, Baker.
pobson, and maybe Bunting, II proper ar
rangements can be made with the Atlanta
team. will probably be the only old ones in
uniform. The reason is easy. The other
men are too hish-priced for sl,2oo salary
limit, and Sullivan must pick youngsters
who are willing 10 work for the smaller
pay envelope.
1t is still the intention of Bradley and
Williams 10 visit Norfolk next week and
in that town No one can tell what the re-
suit viii be. But this much is assured.
there viii be team in the coast city, but
BY whom II will be owned or controlled is
probcmaticai. Tho inclination Is TO throw
over Lynchburg and take in Portsmouth h.
II this is done 1t Will be because the west
ern teams have decided TO break ranks.
Nothing be done II they stick together.
II Lynchbprg really wants baseball Lynch
burg is going 10 have 1t. But walt Just a
few days longer and it VIII all be settled.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21

New York, December 2o.--1Itpe OF
breaking the worlds record for bal
loon flights, which has stoad for ten
years, Leroy Taylor. member OF ths
New York Yacht, the Larchmont
Yacht, Lambs and other clubs. viii try
to bring the trophy to America by n
flight. to start with.;; The next few
weeks, from Waco Texas
His associates viii lie Lee stevens
Perhaps the best known professional
balloonist in America. The balloon,
which is to be the largest spherical one
ever made, IS being put together in
Stevenss shops in N>rtn Avenue.
Waco was selected as the starting
point after much consideration. IN
which the meteorological observations
of the Weather Bureau figured largely.
Favorable wind currents will give a
balloon ascending there the longest
possible flight in tho general direction
90 New yo.k.
Waco is sufficiently inland almost to
ohviate the danger of being blown out
TO sea. There are few mountain ranges
TO be passed. and these are of second
airy Importance, so far as size and ef-
feet upon winds are concerned.
Again, Waco Is within the zone OF
comparatively steady blowing winds at
Certain seasons of the year. 1t is In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
Gordon Motor Co., Inc.
Gears of Character"
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA.

citation, said to-day that the represen-
tatiyes OF the two bodies would prob
ably remain In Philadelphia until every
detail Will be settled
The Navy representatives prefer
Franklin Field TO any other location
for the game, but Will not make an
agreement under tho terms of the last
three years They VIII insist upon IL
larger number of tickets than $500
allotted to their branch Of the service.
] is likely that the game VIII re-
main at Franklin Field, should tile
representatives OF the University OF
pennsylvania see their WAY clear to
offer the Navy about 1000 extra tickets.
1t is felt by tho Navy people that this
number Will be needed to ill i'm
perative demands next year
The second choice OF the Navy would
be ono of the baseball parks in Phiia-
deiphia, There IS almost no chance
that tho game viii go to either New
York or Washington. owing to the dis
lance from Annapolis and West Point
respectively.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
GREAT BOWLING
BY PICKED TEAMS
Weak Men Show Remarkable
Form and Make Veterans
Hustle for Honors.

The two-man exhibition game was
not rolled at the Newport Alleys last
night, but instead two picked teams
from the members of the Richmond
Bowling Association got together and
proved remarkably fine drawing card.
The teams were made up OF the play
ers having the highest and the lowest
total scores in the league games thus
far.
Much to the surprise OF every one
present the men who had all along
been regarded as the very weakest
bowlers put up a remarkable game and
made the veterans sit up and take no.
tice. The two teams competing dubbed
themselves the Olympias and the
Crystals. and while the latter won two
out of three games. the contest went
to the former, because of the agree
ment that the team scoring the high
est number of pins in the three games
should win the contest.
Whitman. of the Olympias. carried
off the high score and the high total,
with Cosby, of the Crystals. second.
Had it not been for tho supposed
weaker players. the score would have
been quite different. Following is the
score in detail
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
GUY FISHER WINS
IN FURIOUS DRIVE
Comes Fast on Stretch and Gets
Nose in Front in the
Last Jump.

Tacl,snnviilo rIa Deccmbcr 20
,o..,,
guy fishef' AZ - i "o' '"e -
and feature race of to-day's card az
Moncrief after a furious stretch drive
r,., par,,or ,ha odds on fayorltc
''sN ~.
went INTO an carry teau anu 'ooi>eo nv
the winner in the stretch. but Guy
Fisher came fast on the outside and
ne, nan,o, "a 90, his nose in from,
'7' 49," - : - 49,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
ny crs MALBEnr.

Now that the University of Virginia
md tho Virginia Polytechnic institute
seem inclined to get together again
and allow the football fans chance
to SEQ Tile two teams in action against
each other. there is general rejoicing
among the thousands who have
anxiously awaited the day whom the
follics of tho past would he forgiven
and forgotten and these premier
schools OF Virginia be closer than ever,
so far ns athletic relations are con-
ocrncd
But North Carolina is facing the
Same problem From one end of She
state 10 tho other the alumni of the
imiversity and OF \. and NJ. are
clamorinc for renewal of athletic rela-
lions between these two schools The
conditions arc practically the same as
obtain in Virginia. For years tho two
institutions met season after season
on the gridiron and fought out tho
annual war. Then came time when
tho university felt aggricved at some
thing done by the Raleighites. Athletic
relations were severed, and from that
day the two schools have had nothing
To do with each other on the athletic
field.
Here's n Real Letter.
X is now tho desire of the alumni
of both schools TO see the ban lifted.
The following letter from an alumnus
OF the University of North Carolina
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
JOHNSON DEFENDS
LEAGUE UMP Tres
Question of Fitness Not One
for Club Owners to
Decide.

,ikt -, 4.
chlcaso' pecemoer ~ wen s'""
owners OF baseball league decide TO
mass on the fitness or unftnass of tho
.....a 1. = .i,,a for ch,npe An
Co - .
owner would stuitifN h'msell "e'e NC
10 dictate how the umpires SHOULD be
,.,1Iea ana do NOT think snera Is a
n,
Single owner ~ ''ic ->5''e' 'e"'' - . 'e
at least, who would cheaper himself
nv interfering in either picking .. re-
.st.t -, ,,,ros THAT ,,rctio,
belongs to the mead OF the ieds'.e' aha
If he is not able to handle sucn matters
i, 1, limo for The owners to .oji Tor
so'heoouS e'ss
Tho ABOVE was the comment OF
President p. q. Johnson, OF the Ameri,
can League Yesterday regarding III,
...,a, - -, tho r,.,ono
s''V'' ''''Ue " '"e ->'''o''''
League maenatcs that majority o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
REACH AGREEMENT
ABOUT DRILL HALL
Blues Ready for Scheduled Game!
and Will Also Hold Track
Meet.

Sergeant +. w Gates, Jr.. chairman
of the athletic committee of the Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues. is au-
thorty for the statement that the
basketball schedule of the miitiamcn
Will be carried out as originally
planned, and that practice will be re-
sumed within a few days
The differences between the military
organization and the Building 1nspec
tor have all been settled and It now
remains for the military athletes ia
comply with the order of the city ON.
cial before the games arc actually
played Proper wire guards will be
placed around the lights and over the
windows Of the drill hall of the ar.
mory. Estimates for the work have
been asked Of the leading manufac-
turers and bids are expected In few
days,
Just as soon as the bids arc received
tho contract will be awarded and the
work rushed TO completion. The
schedule originally mapped out for
>hc Blues basketball team embraces
games with the best teams In tbs
state. The quint has worked hart
and is now. despite tho enforced rest
In tho very best trim Victory Is ex-
pected just as soon as the games be,
gin.
In addition to the basketball games
track meet will be held In the drill
hall II plans, az at present outlined
hold, the track meet will be partici,
pated in by the Howitzers. the Firs
Virginia Regiment. Richmond College
and the several prep. schools In ant
around Richmond Definite arrange
ments have not yet been completed
because OF the manifesto from thu
Ruilding Inspector. when tho aues.
ton OF the use OF tho drill hall wa,
! in doubt Now that everything ha,
been sr'lcably aettled. activitics II
athletics VIII be renewed, and the Blue.
| Will be heard from In this direction
| before the winter Is OVER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
CAROLINA UNIVERSITY AND
A. & NJ. ASKED TO PLAY HERE
Conditions Across the Line Same Virginia and Alumni Of Bo
Schools Anxious for Gridron Contest Next Season. Heel
Writes Asking Good Offices Of Tines-DSpatch
otIep Get Them Together.

, entirely changed. whom tho men VINO
were responsible for the breach arc ne
longer at college, then comes the time
for more mature consideration and fo1
taking up the question In the light OF
the present
All Guilty nj Some Tine.
There Is not a man who has had col
lcEe experience or who has followed
college athletics but Will admit that
some few years ago mighty question
able methods were employed to secure
athletes In the several departments OF
the school THIS was true of the track
team. of tho baseball team and OF the
football team. But these methods
have been done away with. Most OF
the schools In the United States. and
certainly in Virginia and North Caro-
lima, have put athletics upon much
higher plane--havc really made 1t an
honor affair.
Under these new conditions ~ is
manifestly unfair to hold againstgany
school the actions of the past. Not "a
single institution but has some skel-
ctons In its closet II wouldn't do to
these skeletons So let's get
off the slate and start all over again.
This would be the fair and proper
thing TO do. and so The Times-D's-
patch hereby invites the University of
North Carolina and the North Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical college
to play football game in Richmond
next season, Think it over and send
us your opinion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
VIC MILLS BEGAN CAREER
IN OLD VIRGINIA LEAGUE
rspecial 10 Tho rimes-pispatoh.1

Especial to The Times-Di spatch.l
Lynchburg. Va, December 2o.--Vis
Willis, the pitcher just secured by Bal
timorc from ST. Louis, began his re
markable career with tho Lynchhurs
team in the old Virginia League, hav.
ing been member of the strong team
hero In 1896. Willis was discovered
BY Bill Smith. now managing Chatta-
noega, OF the Southern Association, but
who managed Buffalo last season, III
the Eastern Lea que. Willis was sold
by President Mclaughlin to tho Boston
Nationals for nice sum, going from
here about the close Of the season here
in 1895 Willis played here with Ollie
Pickering and Dan McGann, who re-
Gently committed suicide in louisville,
XIV,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
toIIs It's own story.
Sporting Editor Times-Dispatch,

tclls lis own StoTS.
Sporting Editor Dispatch,
Richmond, Va;
have noted with pleasure the effort
on your part to get the University OF
Virginia and the Virginia POLYTECHNIC
Institute together again on the foot
bali field and truly hope that your
efforts will he successful ! think
1t no more than right that they should
meet.
May | ask you TO perform a like ser
vice Tor North Carolina? Tic univer-
sity and the Agricultural and Mechan-
teal College have been on the outs for
several years. Regardless of tho mer-
It's of the claims of both schools, It
strikes me that tho time has come for
all of the clubbing and sidestcppins
to stop and for the mon of the two in
stitutions TO seriously consider the
game next season. / trust that you
will give this some publicity and that
II will have the desired effect.
Yours very truly,
(signcd) 'TARHEEL.''
ii always gives The Times-DispRtch
pleasure to aid in such cause. And
it gives especial pleasure to the writer
/ am fully conversant with the reason
which actuates college in sevcrins
athletic relations with another school.
also know that the action taken is
at the time regarded as both right
and just. And maybe it is-at the
time, But after years have elapsed,
after the personnel of the school has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
JOE LAUGHL|N TO
MANAGE DANV|LLE
Especial to The Times-Dispatci, /

Especial to The Times-D Dispatch
panNtlle, Va, December 20.--The To-
cal baseball association has received n
letter from Catcher Joe Laughlin who
Is at present al his homo III Woodstock.
stating that he would accept tho terms
offered with regard 10 the managership
OF the banNiiie team during 1911. For
NAL tignins OF the contracts VIII bc
eompieted in the next few days. The
selection of LaughlIn as manager for
the foll season is a source OF much
pleasure to the Local ,fshs,;with whom
| he is Vosy .poHulsr. ~ t
steve Grifinirwho managed Tho Dan
vile team she past season; Is stu the
'prorertg, Nof the local ASSOCIATION.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21

The following advertisement is Cap
tain Cussons answer to the persistent
bounding which followed the closing
of his gates after he had maintained u
sort of open house for nearly half
century.
His field of enterprise was. delib-
erately chosen amid the pine parrcns
and crawhsh flats of Hcnrico county,
Virginia
In tho heart of this poverty-strlcken
region he expended In wages alone more
than half million dollars, only to
awaken to the fact that he had nour-
ishcd tribe of callow communists
corrupt, cunning, shameless, unclean
and shystcr-lcd,
He will cheerfully dlsappoint the ra-
pacity of these creatures!
He will leave nothing for them TO
prevarcate over or scramble for.
Fifty years is enough TO throw away
on n group of hopeless ingrates,
He will neither blow out his brains
nor abandon the country, but VIII go
on with his oasis and VIII call up 2
colony of black men to advance ms
suspended enterprise.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
arc invited to complete tho development
of a pretty little village OF their own.
1t is twenty minutes from Richmond
and within three hours of Washington,
No agents. Details viii be mailed BY
Captain Cussons, the founder and own
er of Glen Allen. Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21

} the hope OF getting one from the south
ipest that tho flight has been timed for
January.
Tho balloon Will carry water and
provisions FOR u month. This In con-
sidered essential. as loag stretches Of
desert land must be passed over and
the beronauts may nave to land whcre
wetcr ana food are unobtainablc
The present record for length OF
hight is held by Count dc la vaux. who
with ST. Victor, rode from vincenncs.
France. to Torostychew, Russia. 1893
miles. in october, 1900. They were not
| in the air long enough, however. to
give them the endurance record. rhs
| is held by clifford Harmon, who In Dc
tober OF last Year, in n flight from St
Louis. remained alof; for As hours and
| &c minutes, though he covered nowhcr-
| near tho distance the Frenchman dld
In October of this year HaWley nm!
| Post made their sensational Night from
st. Louis. IT Will be remembered they
| were lost to tho world for about n
! week: then their safc landing was re-
| ported from the Canadian backwoods
! 1T was established that they had re.
I! manned ZIP aloft for Is hours and Sc
+ minutes, and had covered LII miles
/ both performances Just short of worlds
| records.
on an airline the distance from Waco
10 New York is approximately l.5Oo
| miles, which under highly farorins
conditions could be covered readily in
less than forty hours. This would
mean travelling at an average speed
| OF a little !css than forty miles an hour.
| The balloon now being built Is being
! developed along lines tnat Il is hoped
! Will permit II TO remain alof. from
! sixty to scvcnty-two hours The ordi-
nary duration OF a balloons gas charge
] is about FORTY eLght hours.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
Brain Power
counts more than horse power III
The building Of good automobiles.
Chalmers Cars

are built in a 1000 brain power
factory. The Chalmers Motor
Company gives one dollar for
every available suggestion
made by an employee. All
kinds of suggestions are ac-
copied ideas for improving
factory conditions, bettering
cars, increasing manufacture
ing efficiency, reducing waste
land every Chalmers en-
ploye is constantly "on the
job" with his whole mental
capacity. That's why Chal-
mers cars are backed by a
1000 brain power factory. And
the brains back of Chalmers
cars don't cost you cent
extra.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
AUGUSTA LEADS STATE IN
SHIPMENTS OF APPLIES
Especial TO The Times -pispatch,

Stanton Va. December 2O,--The
apple season In Augusta county has
closed, and w a, McComb, secretary
Of the Augusta County Fruit Growers
Of shipments from all railroad sta
lions In the county, which give a to-
tai OF l,33i carloads for the whole
county, nsgregatlng 24S,l70 barrels, AZ
y far ahead OF any other county In the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
READY TO CHOOSE PLACE
FOR BIG FOOTBALL GAME
Representatives of the Navy Receive
Full Power to Act With Those
From she Army.

Annapolis Md, December 2o,---Ihe
time. place and other details of the
annual Army Navy fontball game Will
almost certainly he settled definitely
in Philadelphia early in January. when
the committees of tho governing
bodies of athletics at the Naval and
military academies will meet The
Representatives of the Navy athletic
association, who are Commanaer w. Il,
IA. Bullard and Lieutenant Commander
Harris Laning, have been given fun,
power To act in the matter and the
latter, who is secretary OF the ASSOC
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21

Al I4ippc, who has not shono as a promo
ter, is attempting to get johnson and McVcy
together in Paris, Let 'em got together,
who cares? It won't be a fight, but then
of money is $4,000; important money, as
Paul Benjaniin used to say.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21

They arc going TO have both a manager
and an advisory manager on the Boston
Doves, acscording TO teh latest. Fred Tcnney
will he the manager and Fred Lake. who
has the club tied up with a contract. will
be designated as associate manager. Here's
hoping tho two Ircds set along together
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21

Rumor has it that Jesse Tnnchill Is try
ing TO buy the Waterbury baseball team, IN
the Connecticut League. Don't know what
he wants, with 1t, but Ii he docs want. 1t
hope that he will be successful Richmond
people feel like they are responsible for
Jesse.