The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-17
Public Must Be Prepared
for Re Enactment of
Tragedy at Reno.
CAN POWERS COME
BACK TO YOUTH?
.Councilrnen Do Not Train With
the Seriousness Which Should
Obtain, and the Question as
to Whether They Are All
Right Inside Is Puzzling
Public.

One week from yesterday and the
know the glorious tidings or. over.
whelmed in the depths OF woe with
the full and complete knowledge
OF how. when. why and where
1t all happened. will prepare IT
self to face defeat and bear UP
under the weight OF adversely. One
week from yesterday the questions.
can they come back?" and can they
stay back long enough to whip Bal
timore again.? will have been an
swered and settled.
Gazing through the eyes OF casual
observer. 1t would seem that the trag-
edy Of Reno was about to be re-enact-
ed. and the awful fact cannot be es
capped. The City Council team Is not
working. Not later than yesterday
Johnny Powers, the hope of William
Byrd and the mainstay Of the Council
team, refused to improve his leg ac-
ton by even a short sprint from
Church Hill to the Broad Street Park
and supinely adapted himself to the
ease and luxury of taxicab IN max
Ing the trip. Sunset Rogers refuses
to give up his matutinal dope and Ice
cream soda, although the wisest and
best trainers have advised him to
cut 1t out and drink buttermilk In
stead.
Non Curvilinear Cutchins turns a
deaf ear to the call OF heavy training
and refuses to be coaxed out of bel
before the sun is high In the heavens
and even then rides in Sprague nu-
itomobile, such as are used by the Vir-
GINA Railway and Power Company, to
his office. where his only work is
wrestling with the law.
| To Put ON Knife Edge.
| Although to the casual eye the coun-
cilmanic athletes are in prime condi-
! ton, the question still obtrudes: Are
they all right inside?". In the matter
of politics they have been spoken to-
and can be depended on. but there is
| no guiding hand to point the way 70
physical condition. But the outside
| a broken leg on the team. and only
yesterday Hofnrau Boschen sprinted
from the home plate to first base in
! siXty-three seconds fiat.
This week will be used by the menu
bers OF the Council team in putting
the knife edge on their condition and
In putting the kibosh on the Richmond
DOCTORS The kibosh will be neatly
and carefully placed on Wednesday
afternoon, when the waiting public
will get line on how the Solons axe
taking their training. Then twill be
discovered whether George Rogers'a
knee action is really human and il
jeff Powers can really bat as well ca
he can vote on street paving.
The members Of the Council team are
getting their business affairs ready
this week for The trip to Baltimore.
which will begin next Friday after
noon. The Baltimore Solons are pre-
pared for the fray and are ready 10
| fragile. The rumor that a City Hall
janitor would play with the Orioles anu
thereby strengthen the team has been
branded as a '-wilful and malicious"
and the lineup of bona fde statesmen
in the embryo has been scanned by the
committee on credentials.
The Council team will leave Rich
mond for West Point Friday, where
the York River boat will be boarded
for Baltimore.
Train travelling was suggested, but
the salt sea air sounded SO deliciously
would hear Of no other mode Of
travel. and where the manager goes
there must the statesmen go also. for
the manager Is footing the bill,
Brass Band and Things.
Word has been received that the
Rtchmonders will be met by a brass
band. and the municipal government
in Baltimore, and will be carried In
state to their hotel The game will be
/ played In the afternoon, but that is
merely an incidental If the program
4 Is to be believed. The program Will
INCLUDE auto rides through the city.
| luncheons, dinners. stunts, and a trip
sdown the bay on Sunday. Confden-
! tial information has it that all OF
1 those parts of the program will we'll
| be worth the while of all concerned.
and the undertakers have been noti-
fled to hold themselves In readiness
i for a hurry CALL
All that may be, but the question
| now being asked Of all Is in regard
Il to the chances of the Richmond Coun-S
Gil team. Baltimore was neatly clean
| ed up last summer without apparent
! effort. but since that time Baltimore
/ has looked up a book of baseball
1 rules and is ready Since that victory
last summer the members OF the Rich.
mond team have been loafing, smok-
Ing cigarettes and taking no more
/ strenuous exercise than q game OF
! pinochle In the Dutchmar's. Now can
/ they come 5back--and stay back Echo
doesn't see to answer with any degree
of enthusiasm.
1 Wilmington Loses to Wilson.
II Specialize The Times-Dis patch.l fs
ilmington. NJ c.. July 16.--Wilson
made 1t two out of three from VIII
mtngton by Winning to-days game
to Q, The game was pitchers bat.
/ tie between Hearne and Howard, and
Twas a beautiful contest up to the