The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14

ehrough most OF them will not only
I know where Richmond Is but will
Y know that Richmond is in tho race
Scr q pcnnapt. hayo never known
Landgraf to have q poor team, and
4 hare been with him In baseball for
pYcr ten Scars."
A ten-strlko wap pulled by the local
owners when they offered the ball
yafd TO the amateurs while tho team
was on the road. This means great
deal to the amateurs, but It means
moro to the club owners. At ono foil
nwoop they have mndo for themselves
5000 friends. each ONO Of whom Is
directly Interested in baseball. The
offer came unsolicited and is. there
Gore oil the more appreciated.
Governor William Hodges Mann will
get the first pass issued by the new
club. 1t will DO mounted In a hand
come card case, and will bear his name
In gold letters. The pass Will not DO
OF tho common variety either, but Will
admit the Governor and his family to
the executive box. which will ut all
times be at tho disposal OF tho chief
executive of tho State. 1t is probable
tina. tho press box will be on top of
the srandetand
I&s Drawing PonIatIon.
Compiling few approximate figures,
II IS found that tho United States
Lcngnc has u drawing attendance of
e.6so.ooo souls quito Il nice bunch or
people. There is Cleveland, with 60o.-
coo: Washington. with $4,000; Read
Ing with 100000; Richmond. with $780,
600; Now York. with 3,50o.o00: Brook
1yn. with 100000; Pittsburs. with Co.,
900: Cincinnati. with $4,000.
They talk about us not having a
chance" said President Whitman
We'll, maybe We haven't, but we arc
willing 10 put our dollars and our
energy into tho league and see what
we can do Here's tho whole country
fighting the trusts, while the base
ball trust is tho biggest trust in the
world. They have got II throttle hold
on the game and say to ony one who !
wants TO como in and compete, to
Keep hands OF or We will freeze you
out. Now. that's pretty state of ac-
fairs, Isn't It? Here wc are lesiti- !
mately organized, asking aid from no |
ono. simply offering our wareo for |
sale. and because we happen to buck |!
tho baseball dust. thcy say mean
things about us.
They will find that we are In the |
sarne and in the game to stick. They |
will also find that all o. the brains of
the baseball world arc not contained
in organized baseball. We pride our
selves that We have been fairly sue
cessful as business men, and our as
sociates arc all successful business
men. We have gene carefully over
tho situation and arc convinced that
we Will mako money.
Believes in League.
Let's look over the situat ton u bit.
Starting with Cleveland, which Will
probably be the eighth city to get q
franchise. we find a great big town
with only one ball club. The sano is
truo In Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Brook
lyn and Washington. New York with
it's nearly 100000 people hos just two
clubs Richmond and Reading. we be-
1ieve. are ripe for the better kind OF
baseball and will desert the old kind
for what we will offer. If it's n gam
BILE In these two towns. we are willing
to take gamblers chance. There's
no use to argue now. We have gone
too far TO stop and argue. We arc
simply going to deliver tho goods"
meeting Of the United states
League will be held In He1v York the
latter part of this week. when the
eighth city to get franchise will he
officially announced. Work OIL the
schadulo will also be begun and all
routine business transacted.