The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-29
Tim e SD ispatch Will
Launch Organization
for Local Diamonds.
CORRESPONDENCE 4.
IS In VITED NOW.
If You Are Interested in Anna.
teur Baseball, Write a Letter
Now to the Sporting Editor
Stating Your Views-Me et-
ing Will Be Called at
Early Date.

! t7st Lolly odlC. Eyt
/ Probably 5000 boys ana young men
| and men not SO young, will. in lust a.
| few days now, HE themselves to 70
nearest vacant lot. and induls, In the
| pastimc which Old Father Chadwick
| Invented for US lust as soon as ,he
! sun shines warm enough 10 mako us
1 forget that there ever was such n Tine
| Us winter, or that an overcoat is ever
Il necessity, the call of tho great OUT
/ doors will DO upon u.s. ana what red-S.
oiooded individual but naturally turns
! - .h' ehase OF the horschido for ex-
+! ercisc and pleasure?
1 10 the lover Of baseball ali the
/ world is divided into two classes !. r
! those who play baseball anu those
| who wish that they coul;i. In tho
/ great ana austere universities. where
/ are gathered the highbrows Edclving
| INTO grea tones Of mysterious lore, or (
/ trying to unveIl the cryptic meaning
| Oh some decadcnt language haseball
lwill be played, and anaelnic, besDec-
tacied pedants, grown Weary through
.hcir winter hibernations among muslv $
| ana indulge In tho plebeian ecstasy OF
/ roofing for the home team 4e3s
/ iids Commence to Browse #
/ pn the hillside, the kids, lust turn b
i cu out from school, will choose up.,'a
ana start n battle royal. Factory en-
4 ploSes will spend the noonday rest s.
/ ing hour III trying to make liz mselye.s
future diamond stars. Bank clerks
and those who serve the vast army of
pHSers i'll the retail stores Will look,
! ionglngly at the clock and ,hal. at thu,
sun 70 see Just how many hours &c
daylight are left after work Is done.
1of indulgence in the greatest of ali
/ outdoor sports.
4 Is the season when ,randm O hersK
increase the mortality rate surprising
~, and when every member Of the
family may. without tho slightest
4, knowledge OF the fact ba suffering
from some horrible disease, OF border
ihSaon the brink Of the grave IN ORDER
i TO satisfy the longing OF a. too en-
thustastfc younger brother, who 1,lsr#
1 must get or To root
ne Richmond league team is going
10 snpplyfa mighty good article OF
pascpail this season. il indications
count for anything. ~ number of Local
diamond stars arc to be given, a chance
TO mako good in professional ranks. X
ManN of us believe that Some of these
boys VIII make good il given half a q
I show I5II7 -
4 The Virginia League will be practi-s
/ cally composed oit youngsters, who viii
essay professional ball for the first
time in 1911. Those youngsters bear
/ the same relation in their home town
as the fellows who will travel out to-
] l6roau street Park from the back lots
OF Richmond
Back Lets Furnish STARE
I is from the back lots and the corr
her lois and amateurs that the minor
and major leagues; arc recruited. .4ns
i stock OF good baseball players is nv no
means as plentiful as the managers
would wish. The game has literally
/ grown by leaps and bounds during tia
l past ten years, and, while there We're III q
+, ionrtcen organized baseball Leagues in
i the United states in 1900 there ase
i more than fifty to-day. siA
i In every city In the United States
with as many as 100000 people there
are always from two to three, ana in 4
mary instances moro, amateur base
ball leagues. These leagues furnish an
4 innocent amusement for tho men or
boys engaged in the games. and, ut tho
same time develop good ball players.
i TO Organize Amateur League.
The object of this story is to enlIat
l the interest Of all who are lovers az
I, the game OF baseball iii an amateur
i league in Richmond dnEing tic season
Of 1911. The sporting editor of Tie
! Times-Dispatch has in mind /. plan
/ which VIA practically insure Tie s,,,
/. cess of such Il league He has no
! doubt OF the fact that there are more
than enough good bail players III RIGS r
mond Ito furnish the material tron
| which TO pick SIX OF eight !irst-cla SIS !
Z, teams.
/ But there must be permanont or
(, Sanization. Such u league Il ii Isl
/ formed must be properly oiitooreu, \
must have some definite ruTes for
!guidance and should be formed az
l,ncary s possible along the lines es-5
4! tablished III organized professional
baseball 70 attempt tho formation OF
such league without Il proper or-
| Sanization would spell disaster ana
neforc II began.
i For this reason II Is desired o cali
! . meeting OF ell those interested inss
amateur baseball. Correspondence is3
/ invited by the sporting editor OF The
! Times dispatch along these lines, and u
as soon as he has the letters In hard a
/ q date for such 4 meeting Will be-
fina,ucd. The business office OF tho pa,S
4 per viii DC placed at the disposal OF
4 tho members ofsthe league FOR the pur-
/ pose OF holding meetings ard discussing
plans & suitable trophy Will be ofiered &
/ by this paper 70 stimulate interest A
/ CHrrcspondenccI In tied. g;
/ But time Is growing short. and re. ~
ton must be taken NJ once M II is Il
i therefore Impressed upon every ma ~
in the city OF Richmond having an In
CONTINUED on Third pnge,) FTH ID