The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-09
REEININc THE yAT,oY,, J: IN,

REFINING THE NATloNtj. G,u,.
hen suck PressIy of Due West
smashed the sphere squarcly OH INC
nose the other day ana Knocked q oyor
ne rieht field fence for a home run
Tor Roanoke. the very air sizzleJ Min
excitement that would have s,irrah
the blood OF dead man. Thn, ,.as
art that was genius thai was What
a thousand or SO people went cut 10
me GROUNDS Tor TO see. 1t is not often
'nai ANYBODY on the Roanoke team
ever does anything like that. and We
believe that there is nothing said in
Elson's history, the favoritc volume
down that way. about what should IL,
zone In such cases: bu, Dr.John :
Noiicn President of Lake !'ores, Col.
lcGe, would have seized ,pon the 81.
caS'on doubtless 20 impress mpon his
students the Importance Of pres.-y-
ing a dlgnihed bearing oven il The
face of such temptation TO indulge in
riotous demonstrations ~ uncontroI
liable enthusiasm
Gene Morgan tells us in lii. t,nicn 20
Tribune that an efor, is being made
by college presidents. educators.
preachers aud other high brows 10 re
form the 'nlgarities of the National
Game, and that the first poin, OF ~.
tack is 10 he The Fan the stenographic
way OF writing Fanatic, who Furnishes
space with his mouth and causes con.
ius'on even in the midst Of the artists
on the diamond President Nollen s,,.
that baseball roofing Is cntirel,. dir.
ieren' now from what it was when he
was %onng man. and admits that
perhaps the interest In tic sport has
become intensified To a degree where
GOVERNMENTAL outburs.s are neces.
sary; butt he holds that "a sport which
fanno, be conducted in gentlemanly
fashion has no right 10 cx!st-and ina.
applies even 10 BASEBALL" Presiden
Noilen is especially Interested in Tho
sort Of ball that i played by college
teams. and takes The posfes1r tha,
the relations between rival bodies OF
college students At a ball game should
be ruled by courtesy. for the visiting
team and its followers are the guests
OF the home crowd, ana gentlemaniy
Conduct should prevail. u see no rca-
son why The same ethics should not he
maintained IN professional ball"
| Colonel Henry l.. Turncr-who was
brave enough TO fire tho salute at tho
dedication Of inc monument 10 the
| Confederate soldiers in Lakewood Gene
terry. Chicago. despite the protests OF
inans Grand Army Posts. and who said
! thai II his Regiment, the First Illinois
| infantry, would volunteer for this
! splendid service. which i, did 10 a man.
he would give the command, and that
the objcctors could all 20 to as hot y
place as Savannah---has joined In the
] spoken Of by the Tribune as vet
| Gran fan. beau ideal OF the grand stand
and author or The Code OF Ethics in
! BASEBALL" and his. feelings have been
4 touched BY considerations for the UNI
| pirc naturally the central figure II,
nc field and the most abused of all the
/ dignitaricE Of tho diamond. Last sum
/ iner Colonel Turner actually saw n
| cushion thrown at an umpire, and "a
/ fcw days later saw the same devoted
tunc'ionary escorted. from the grounds
under guard by policemen. 'rhe mani
! ftstations OF disorder III these two
cases aid not como from the blcachcrs,
where the real Fans sit. hut from the
| SWEETEST sections and the grand stand
which are SO often filled with tin-horn
srorts who wouldn't light n flea on
| anything like equal terms. Colonel