The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-25
SCALING RAMPARTS
FORNEW MEMBERS
Y. M. c. a. Campaign Workers
Expect to Get 1900 in Ex i
actly -Four Days
FIGHT OPENS TOMORROW
r c d S and Blues. Opposing
Armies, Ready to Sweep
Through City

| Thirteen hundred new members in
! four days is the gigantic task which
| Young Mans Christian Association
men in the city have set for themselves
| but they are already scaling the ram
| parts and going after recruits. Fol
lowing suggestion made at the or
/ the workers have decided not to wait
until Tuesday. the opening day. to be-
| gin the canvass. but they hope to re-
| port 500 by that time.
Each day at ] O'Clock the teams on
| the opposing sides, the Reds and the
| Blues. will be served lunch in the big
| dining room of the new building,
| starting Tuesday. The chairmen and
captains Will be on hand to map out
| systems and plans, and reports of the
| daily progress Will be made, Every
\ worker Will be expected to be on hand.
Going After Everybody.
/ Four thousand announcement book
\ lets have already been sent out to the
members and friends of the association,
urging their vigorous cooperation.
/ In securing new members various men
4 are following various methods. The
| captain of one team is working on a
1 Sunday school class of eighteen boys.
and he believes he is going to land
every one of them. Another. an en-
| ployc of large corporation, is try
| ing to enlist the membership of the
| young men who are working in its
Offices.
Another member. WHO has fiery
shock Of red hair. is getting up a sub
Inscription list of red headed men. His
/ successful appeal is: Nobody loves a
red headed man, but the Young Mems
| Christian Association does" The red
/ headers are coming across in great
| style,
From this morning until the end OF
| the campaign the finely equipped new
! building will be open to workers who
| wish to show the interior to prospec-
| tive members. 1t is full of interesting
sights and is worth seeing. The
4 swimming pool, the reading rooms and
/ many other features are most attrac-
tive After it has been inspected by
| him man is usually ready to put his
name down on the membership roll.
The building is one of the most com
plete in this country, and one promi-
nent business man, who has been all
over' America, has declared publicly
that for the money expended Rich
mond has the best building in the ma
ton. The equipment and arrangement
are as near perfect as anything could
be
Inquiries as TO membership will be
cheerfully answered by Membership
Secretary Buchanan, telephone Monroe
PSI. The organizer of the campaign
is Charles G. Taylor. .Ir.
Blues
Frank ". Duke, chairman.
Team No. DIR. Alex. q. Brown,
captain. Dr. Harry S. Corey, j. Ber-
nard Hobbs, D. r. Midyette, A. j. WEB
ster, j. Holderby Toone, DR.. G. c.
4 Coleman, T. D. Adamson, w r, Davis
/ D. McC Thornton Jas. Benz. Robert
son.
Team No. 2-Ernest Watson Farley
! captain: e. S. Blair, h. C. Fisher, Jno.
H. Jones. l.. T. McBrien. Lewis Pitcher
Drury l.. Rice. C. B. Richardson, DR.
Herbert Mann, DR.. ". II. street, y. IT.
WarX.
Team No. 3-Jno s. Haw. captain
Or. r. l.. simpson, G.. Howard Redd
w. G.. Fuller. Jr., G. Nersal Black
burn. A. j. Fulgham, w. Norvell Wood
ward. Norman r. Watt, Payson r
Bruce, Walter NJ. Wren, Jr., j. New
ton Gordon.
Team No. Nv. f. Harrington. cap
tain; Jno. Hancock Baker, Hans Defer
hoi. l. d. Briggs, Jr.. E. G. kirtley. G
w. Isbell, Ildw. a. Seal, Jno. sharp
w. E. Smith. Stewart Graham. II
Elmo Hamilton.
Team No. sc. Edmund Massle
captain; Z. NJ. Thomas. VIM. L. Gill
: liam. NJ. F. Lawrence. Percy B. Stone
j. Hoge Kicks. w. Henry Kelley, Wan
, A. Graves, A. F. Dodd, VIM. M. Craw-
: ford. Paul Mayo.
Junior Blues-F. NJ. Bradbury, cap
tain; II, T. Wilingham, Wynne John
> son. NJ C. Beckner. John Dudley, L
: G. Hamlin, i. II. Cosby, r. M, Baker
Jr.. WI G.. Gibson, +. p, T. Tyndale.
= c, Webster, c. p. Word.
:, Reds.
h Horace S. Wright, chairman.
/ Team No. &c. HARDWOOD Bates, cap
+ tain; d. r. Johnston, VIM. III. Chen
: ault, a, L. Williams, Mosby Hogge F.
: +. Stringer, a. V. Rountree, G. j
C Ruehrmund. a. G. Walton. Geo.
: Steigler, .Ino. c. Goode. VIM. a. Col
Inns
Team No. 2--Wm. Dewey Cooke, car
tain; d. c. Ballard, 3. Frank Dew, /
C. Slcdd, u. L. Word, Hunter W
Camp, w. C. Blanton. Jas. l.. Ande.
son, Walter NJ. Taylor, r. 3, Forres
= DR.. r. D. Merrick.
Team No. 3-R. G. Hawkins, u
captain Lawrence t. Berry, Jno.
Cary, Otis w. Gilman, Edgar llarriso
w. II. Mccain, c.. A. Canepa IT, !
simpson, Harry r. simpson, e. Flowal
Twining, j. B, link.
Team No. d-Wm, r. Hill, captain
Robert T.. Bruce, Jr., VIM r. CraN
q ford. Peyton Fleming. Jas, Garlar
II Hood, G. a. Montgomery, Jas,
Il O'Neale. w. A. Palmore. owslcy Sa'
y. ders j. D. Ewell. A. c. (Dick) Goods
= by.
ia Team No. &C. Calvin Roblnso
= captain; Aug, A, Booth, N. A. Bou
ot man, Y. c. Corkran, Robt. j. Duncai
son, Il. l.. Layteld, w. 3, Sadler in
$, Daniel Taylor. Vernon A, Wells H.
70 Calls, julius Giammattei, Geo,
"a Culton,
Y. Junior Reds-Raymond Massey ca
y tain NJ. L. Gaines, W. j. Parrish,
d A. Miller, n. s, Mccarthy, Jrp 7.
20 Mayo. Jr, S, y, Padgett, Jr., Geo
ID King, IT., A, B. Cosby, o. B, Hinnal
Is u n Mercer w II Word. Jr II.