The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-15
Bowling League StarsPackers Wn---Basebal--F Football
"As / SEE IT"
BY HECK.

IlueWater virginia Is gong 10 DC
! represented in the Virginia League
next season, That's certainty.
| The question OF whether it will be
Norfolk or Portsmouth. win be set
tied at the next meeting of the high
| sactrems of the league. Settled Is the
word. and settled 1t will be.
! After many weeks or activity on
the part of Mother Grundy, it trans
/ pires that Norfolk has simply be-
/ That she has duce under cover Will
/ probably be shown wnen the moguls
! cali TOR a showdown at the next
/ poW-wow.
! What has been known as the Nor
/ folk situation" has complicated mat
/ tiers long enough and the men who
are willing to invest their money in
/ a baseball club and provide sport for
the masses, as we'll as raking down a
dividend larger than their coin would
draw II placed in bank. are weary
OF fiddling around ana ABOUT that
aforementioned situauon.
When the receiver Of the Norfolk
club announced there Will be a sale
! OF the club franchise, things will be
doing and the situation" solved. The
holders Of stock in the Norfolk club
VIII either sell out for a reasonable
price. or the franchise VIII go to
Portsmouth. The probabilities are in
the last named direction.
Portsmouth is a good baseball town,
even though IL did take a slump In
the 1910 season. and astute business
men who nave never seen their name
in large print for socding their lawns
with long green or doing anything
else rash with the kale," stand ready
to finance a club.
Norfolk will either ne In the league
solidiy and substantially for the
/ season of 1911 at least, or Ports
mouth will come back and stick.
Have you noticed that Jack Quinn
! has signed up Tor another year with
the Highlandersy 1t takes a whole
lot to make good in New York city.
but when the Gothamites find the
sterling article they are loath to alike
! their lunch hooks out of II. More
power to your elbow. Jack.
There seems IT, be divergence of
opinion among the baseball wise
kings about Fietcher!xation. In New
York Brush and McGraw are taking
no chances Of having their stars COB
bled up by an outlaw league. As an
evidence of the}r apprehension, and
for The admirable reason Of reward
ing the war horse ror services rem
dered. they have boosted Christy
MattheNsons salary 10 ten thousand
seeds per annum and for three an
NUNS.
On the other hand Tyrus Cobb,
champion wagon tongue wieIder OF
the baseball world. and lad quite
hep to what is going on In tho base
ball sphere, says F7etcher's proposed
new league Will never get beyond the
conversational stag. Cobb says
Fletcher hasn't shown the color OF
his money and until he does he fTy)
won't place any stock In the rumors
This Is q Very sane way to look at
things, but the stars will have one
thing to be thankful to Fletcher for
at any rate and that Is throwing a
scare into National and American
Leagues and, thus causing salaries TO
aeropiane.
Work ~ arranging O pool tourna-
ment In Richmond has progressed so
far as the naming OF contestants. The
names, however, will not be an
nonnced for several days The plan
Is To have only amateurs in the
tourney and To offer an appreciate
prize 10 the best players. The pro-
motors are devoting some time and
thought 10 selecting evenly matched
men for the contest
One flushed with unexpected vic
tory. and the other chagrined by de-
feat bE an ignominious score. Ran
dofph- Macon and the Richmond Col
iege eievens are working assiduous-
iy and earnestly to get into shape for
their conflict Saturday after next at
BROAD street Park, which will settle
the intercollegiate grtdiron suprem-
asy Of Eastern Virginia. Botr teams
VIII go into the fray with the one
thought; This is game we cannot
lose. Pride. grit. endurance. speed
and determination and all other quail
ties which go TO make up winning
teams. wiz be greatly IN evidence in
this game. and IL should prove one OF
the banner drawing cards of the sea-
son. with Rtchmonders out In force
10 help the West Enders on 20 VIC
tory. But--with talk OF annexing
Ashland rife, II is hard for one to
anchor his allegiance.
A game for men only will be played
on Broad Street Park gridiron We'd
nesday afternoon. when the First Reg
iment laddyhucks accept the gage Of
battle thrown down by the warriors
from Fortress Monroe. For men only
does not mean that the ladies' will
not be welcome. but that no player
who does not feel that ne 10 every
inch a man need venture on the field
with any hope OF making Off with a
shred Of glory or whole carcass.
The rivalry between these teams In
something fierce. and the game will
be as the rivalry. The First Regi-
ment soldiers have fought all oppo-
nents hard this season, and they lust
dote on terrific strife. What makes
the game promise unusual entertain
ment Is the fact that the Fortress folk
feel the same way about It,
II is to be hoped that the presea-
tation of travelling case to Coach
Courtney did not mean that the Cor
nell oarsmen wanted him to travel.
Courtney is sixty-one years old anc
has devoted the best years Of his life
10 developing winning crews for the
Red and White. He should be. and
the presentation means that he Is. be-
loved by every Cornell athlete, for his
service has been long. admirable and
effective,
Tap keg OF civic pride and trudEe
out 10 our baseball yard Thursday az