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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
next ON PROGRAM
CLUB MEMBERS AND DEALERS
UNITE IN EFFORT TO MAKE 1T
EQUAL TO BEST.
COMMITTEE AT WORK
FIND THAT RACE MEETING HAS
DONE MUCH TO MAKE RICH
MOND PROMINENT IN AUTO
MOBILE WORLD.

Encouraged by the. applause be-
slowed upon them for the excellent
racing meet furnished Richmond, the
Automobile Dealers Show association.
in conjunction with the Richmond
Automobile club. is now undertaking
to put on an automobile show which
will compare. modestly. with the best
IN the country.
The committee having the matter
in charge, of which b. A. Blenner Is
chairman, and T. r. Hutchinson, gen
eral manager, do not promise to sur
pass the big show In Madison Square
Garden, but they declare that the
Richmond show will be as perfect in
IT'S entirety as hard work and a
model exhibition may be. If II Is up
to the standard of the race meeting,
they say, they will be amply salts
slcd
The racing meet was the greatest
ever held In any part Of the country.
for that matter. The Case team and
the Kline ears evoked all sorts OF
enthusiasm and the work Of the Mer-
Ger and the Stutz cars was not far
short Of the performance of tbs
others. 1t can be safely said that had
the Mercer car been able to take
part In all the events in which II
was entered. the yellow racer would
have won laurels, perhaps, equal 10
any. As 1t wat the car made grand
good showing.
The Case people were so well
pleased with the exhibition of theiE
team that they have arranged to open
a Richmond agency. They will be
represented in the show and when
this event is staged In the Horse SHOW
building Virginia is going to have an
exhibition which will attract attention
in the automobile world.
THE effective WORK of the Richmond
Automobile club In all its enterprises
has attracted such widespread atten-
ton that this city has been selected
for the next annual convention OF the
American Automobile association
Richmond was chosen over Washing
ton and Buffalo and the fact that II
was thus selected is due solely to the
work OF the Richmond Automobile
club and the Automobile Dealers
Show association.
The fact that the Kline Motor Car
company has moved its plant from
York. Pa. to Richmond. has also at
tracted widespread attention. II has
made Richmond prominent in the au.
tomobiie world and the publicity COM
mittee Of the club and the Dealers
association has not lost sight of this
fact
1t IL the intention of these allied In
terests to make the show worthy Of
Richmond and with cooperation Of
the business men of the city, the
chamber of commerce and its sub
ordinate organizations this can be
readily accomplished. Not the ieaTi
Important consideration is the hearty
support given by the Virginia State
Fair association. All are working in
harmony to give Richmond the best
possible automobile show, and unless
all signs fail this will he accomplish
ed by the time the show opens. the
middle OF February.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
Champion Kramer
Holds His Title

NEW YORK. Dec FRANK l..
Kramer. the worlds professional cham
pion, and holder of the American title
for twelve years. successfully defend
ed hts title tonight at Madison Square
Garden, when he decisively defeated
Joe Fosier. II Brooklyn, ana Gordon
Walker. OF Australia in the final heat
Of the oncmile race. which was the
big feature Of the two night carnival
which preceded the annual six-day
race.
Charlie Stein. the intrepid motor
cyelist. undaunted by his narrow es-
cape Of Friday night. was again on the
track In q return race with Jimmie
Hunter, but was beaten in two-miie
race because OF motor trouble.
LLOYD Thomas. of Salt Lake City.
captured the one-miie professional
handicap.
Eddie Root. OF Boston, won the two
mile professional race in two straight
heats. Time. three minutes. Percy
Lawrencs. Of salt Lake City. was sec
cnd ss,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08

the new Burgess boat the Gossoon,
did beat the Minerva occasionally. yet
the little Fife cutter. sailed by John
Barr. with Charlie Barr as his mate
quite as often beat the Gossoon.
But the big freak, Gioriana, canoe
with a modified fin and centerooard
outsailed everything that had pre-
viously been built. Blow high. blow
low, blow battling breezes. the Glor-
lana walked away from the rest of
the fleet like a ghost. She pounded
of sea, but she could sail like q
witch.
Wasp Beats Gloriana.
Next year Herreshoff built the
Wasp to beat the Gloriana and she did
1t nicely. He had his first chance to
build a cup defender when Lord Dun
raven challenged with his first Valky-
RE. the Watson designed cutter with
long overhanEs, but with fixed keel
of the fin type.
The Vigilant, a centerboard freak,
was able to beat the Valkyrie, but
Herreshoff did not hesitate to adopt
the Scotchman's idea and when Lord
Dunraven challeged with his second
Valkyrie--or was 1t the third ?-
Herreshoff met the crack Scotch-de-
signed boat with the Defender.
Yachtsmen have never been fully
satisfied whether the last Falkyrie
was really better boat than the De-
fender, or vice versa, for after rath-
err unsatisfactory first race the series
was called off. In the second race the
Defender fouled the Valkyrie and as
Lord Dunraven had been rather put
out by his treatment at the hands of
the New York Yacht club members,
he quit IN a pique In the controversy
that followed.
Upton and His Shamrocks.
The next cup hunter was the Sham
rocks. of Sir Thomas Upton. tea
merchant, designed by "Wuil' Fife OF
Fairlie. who had designed the famous
little Minerva The Columbia, re-
rarded by all yachtsinen as the dar-
ling OF the entire lot of American cup
defenders. defeated the Shamrock. OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
YELLOW-JhCKETS
DEFEAT VISITOR,
-----------~ aAsS1
FREDERICK sBURG COLLEGE, rTv~
LOSES FAST GAME AT
ETBALL.
SCORE is "a TO q
WINNERS EXCEL IN TEAM Won
HI
SCORE is "a TO
WINNERS EXCEL IN TEAM Won
AND PASSING THE BALI Al
WHILE INDIVIDUALS
SHOW Up WELL.

Especial to The Richmond virginiau.N
ASHLAND, VA, Dec. The YSt4
low Jackets defeated the fast teaA1
from Fredericksburg college tont9h~S
by a score of "a TO Is. AS 1t Is r1fn@
er early in the season neither teal =
showed very much team work.
The home team was the superior t
team work for they did have moE4
passing.
The first part of the game was n0e|
as interesting as the latter
The Yellow Jackets kept ahead, hH1|
In the second half the visitors caug0M
up and came near taking the lead.
When the college five saw they ha3
TO fight they fought hard. Captain
Milligan played d swell game -
threw 5 goals and 1 foul. Brow
center, also played a good game 49,
he was the next in the number e.
goals for he threw and l foul. sSS
Coach REESE put in most all OF Mk
men and gave them a good chance 6M|
show what sort of player he 10.
Carter. Cannon and Wiliiaua1
threw 2 goals each.
The first half ended with the Bc0EM
IA to IL. in favor of the Yellow Jac1k%
cts.
In the beginning of the second h1lo
the yellow Jackets started with r.
rush. but did not make much prCM&
ress, for the opposing team was d15
termined to make the Yellow JackA&Z
fight for all that they were worth.
Carter and Cannon played the d
game for Fredericksburg, while Min
gan, Br9SRn lad Waller, did .sthA1n%
| selves proud.
There were six fouls during til
game and four of them were ma4M
! by the home team. The prospect koM
q fast team this year Is excellent
The final score was "a to Is. TT
| lineup and substitutes were as fo&S
| lows:
| r. NJ. Positions. r. e.
! Brown &C. -Cafters&
Tatem .....-.. r. F. 80. Gamm0M
tPlitt and Forbes)
Milligan .... L. F. 49,. .WilltaM
| Wray ....R r. G. -Whitehou1M
| (Woodhouse and Sheffey)
| Summary: Referee-Hopkins. GoA1e
Brown, 3: Tatem. /: Millingan, 81
:, Walker, 1; Forbes, l. Carter. 2; Cam
mon. . Williams, 2. Fouls--CartexSS
/ g. Brown. i; Milligan. 1. Game start
ed. 7;3o. Attendance, 200. Scoro11
Vaughn.
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battles, had a Boston designer draw
the lines for a ninety footer.
The Boston designers had been rath-
er out Of the game ever since Herre-
shoff had improved on the Burgess
models, but Charles Fl. Paines had
tried his hands at a compromise nm
keel and centerboard sloop, Stewart
and Binney had turned out fin keel
freak, called the Pilgrim, and now
| Crowningshieid proved that he knew
something about the designing game
| by turning out the Independence.
This yacht was modelled on the idea
/ that the scow is the real racing type.
Give the boat straight side to sail
on and she will evolve more speed
than one with fine rounded lines,
Crowningshield argued. The big nine
ty-footers, some one hundred and
thirty or more feet over all, when heel
ed over would have a waterline length
OF more than one hundred feet. The
farther they lay over in the water the
longer their waterline would be. and
the straighter the waterline the faster
the yacht.
Designs Independence.
With this idea in mind he turned
out the independence, and that big
brute OF scow could sail. with tnree
| hundred tone of water in her hold
water that had come in through her
leaky plates. strained while rounding
Cape Cod in a blow-she gave the
New York contingent a surprise. They
refused 10 admit it, but nevertheless.
the Lawson. or Crowninshield boat.
gave Herreshoff another idea. and he
merely copied the lines of the lnde-
nendence. with notifications, Of course,
when he turned out the Reliance.
Between the tune of the Columbia
and tho Reliance Herreshoff had turn
ed out the Constitution. but the boat
had hard luck her first season, and
repeatedly broke down, losing spars
Or meeting with some other mishap
in the tuning up process. SO unrella-
bic was the Constitution that the Co
lunbia was selected over her to meet
the second shamrock. or third--one
of the yalkyries or Shamrocks did not
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
PACIFIC COAST YACHTSNlEN WILL BUILD
SLOOP TO MEET SIR THOMAS LLP7ON'S
SHAMROCK w IN 1915 RACING MEET

appear. but which II was the writer
fails to remember--so the Columbia
had the honor. which befeli to the lot
OF no other yacht, OF twice defending
the America cup. And her skipper ana
the skipper of the Reliance was CHAR
lie Barr. an adopted son from scot
land. whose elder brother had vainly
tried to lift the cup in the Thistle.
Barr Great Skipper.
1t was Bars ability as skipper
that made the Columbia faVorite
over the Constitution. and he Is re-
garded as the greatest racing skipper
who ever sailed in cup race. Cap
tain Croker. Captain Hank Half, VINO
sailed two defenders. the Volunteer
and Defender: Captain Rhodes ana
the English shippers. names forgotten,
were all famous seadogs. but Charlie
Barr was the craftiest, the most dar-
ing of them all, experts say.
The races of the Reliance and the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08

Shamrocks were the last ever held
sor the America cup--a musty old
homsly mug with no bottom. so 1t is
said--that rests in the trophy room
OF the New York Yacht club. 1t has
had an odd history ever since 1t was
won by the famous Baltimore clip
per schooner America-wh!ch, IL not
built In Baltimore, was designed on
clipper liues--down to the present
day.
In the Early Days.
IT caused no end of international
talk when the Canadians tried to win
ii with the Countess of Dufferin. and
the names of such famous yachts as
the Oracle. Mischief and Atlantic,
come mp when IL is mentioned. sloops
that were famous even before the
days of Burgess and the Puritan.
1t caused another international dis
turbance when Lord Dunraven got
hufry over his treatment. and 1t was
the treatment that Thomas w. Law
SON received from the New York
Yacht club that set him on his
ffenzied finance campaign.
Lawson was proposed for member
ship in the New York Yacht club.
in order to make him eligible as
owner of the Independence to race
for the America cup. He was black
balled. In revenge he took up
frenzied finance for a war cry and
the lest is history.
Sir Thomas Upton has had &C.
casion to complain about the deed of
gift and the rules for racing, with
which the New York Yacht club has
surrounded the cup. and the sole
reason for his challenge to the Paci-
ffc coast yachtsmen Is his failure to
get a modification of these rules be-
fore he will again challenge for the
old cup once known as the Queens
cup. 1T was Queen Victoria. who
originally offered it as trophy, but
now It Is known as the American cup
from the name of the schooner which
won IL from the English.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
Revive Old Story
About Jennings

A dispatch from Washington says,
1t Is whispered among those aho
might be in the know that a sens;t-
tional deal will be pulled OF during
the American league meeting in Chi
cago next week which will send
Hughey Jennings to the New York
club and bring Bill Donovan back
from Providence to manage the IT,
gers.
Owner Navin. Of the Detroit club
so the story goes. has consented to
let jennings take charge of the New
York club. where he would prove
q great drawing card and incidental
1y stand q chance Of improving con-
ditions Just how much foundation
there IL for this story In hard to say
though those who pretend to know
whereof they speak insist that the an
nouncement Of tho deal win BE- made
during the eor,ing msstinA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
Tener Syndicate
to Buy Phillies

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. THE re-
port in circulation here today that
the Philadelphia National league club
had been sold to Robert A. Balfour
and Governor John K Tener. proves
to be premature.
Report had It that the sum OF
s4S6. 600 had been paid for the fran
chise alone, while the consideration
for the real estate. good will. etc.
would bring the figure for the trans
fer up to a million dollars.
II IL understood that Governor
Tener and Mr.. Baifour represented a
syndicate OF Philadelphia bankers
Horace Fogel, president OF the club.
denied that there had been any sale.
Int investigation elsewhere brought
out tho statement that the report was
premature"
1t is now stated that the stock OF
the club Is to be offered for public
sale. but when such offer will be pub
llshed u not known.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08

WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.--Ioe Jack
son, the hard hitting Cleveland fielder,
let II be known that he will not play
with the Maps in 1913 unless he re-
ceives a substantial increase in salary.
Joe Ia spending the winter at his
home at Brandon Mil, Greenville. s,
C. According to reliable information.
the Cleveland slugger has saved most
of the money he has earned since
he has been playing and he Is about
decided upon the purchase OF farm
near his home town.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
American Athletes
Perform in Style

NEW YORK. Dec. 7.-FollowinS
are the feature performances OF
American athletes in 1912:
Thorpe's all-around work, making
him star of the season.
Horine's high Jump. feet 6 1-s
inches. which beat Sweeney's seven
teen-year record.
Wright's feat OF raising pole vault
ing standard to over 10 feet.
kiviat's 1,5eo-meter mark and his
mile in AIS 3-5, through big field.
Craigs and Lipplncott's sprints and
Meredith's S00-meter race at Stock
holm.
Pat McDonald's shot put and Ka-
hanamokus records in swimming
events -etsf= ----'--.~-7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
Ban Johnson Has
Conalled Umpires

NEW YORK, Dec. ban john
son, the American league boss, has
gathered large field OF officials Tor
the coming season. and there is talk
that Hank O'Day may be seen on the
American circuit next year Billy
Evans, Tommy Connolly, and Bill d.
neen, the three real officials, will be
seen again.
Jack Egan says he has retired. but
he may be found killing good games
again. The same goes for SILK
OLouglin, the strident-toned Jump.
Bob Hart, who did fairly well last
year for man breaking in with the
big show, will be back. and a new one.
Charlie Ferguson, will be shown 10
the fans.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
Captain Douglass
May Become PRO

BALTIMORE. Dec. 7.-Malcolm
Dougless, regarded as one of the best
shortstops in the college world last
season. when he played for the Uni
verslty of Virginia, seems about on
the verge of donning professional
uniform.
Instead of returning to Virginia to
captain tie~Hine of next season, Doug
lass remained at his home near Bal
+imore. II was rumored that he in
tended to Matriculate at the University
OF Maryland. but Douglass said last
night that he had decided not TO go
to the varsity. 50 IL looks as If his
school days are over.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
Hampton Defeat
Alexandra 6

Especial to The Richmond viY0tI
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Dc
BY defeating the hitherto und1l
Alexandria high school team n
ternoon by a score OF Al ~
Hampton high school football
this afternoon won the hi9h
championship OF Virginia.
The McGuire's school, Of HtG1
was defeated sby Hampton le
By score Of "a to o. N
The big scores rolled an
Hamptonians was due ~ IT,
sive and suocsasful ~ %
ward pasa, ;sS)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08

course Herreshoff was the designer
Upton challenged again and
Thomas w. Lawson, who was longing
to humble the members of the New
York yacht club, who had fought him
more than once in stock exchange
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
SENIORS WIN At
RANDOLPH MACON
FRESHMEN PUT UP HARD FIGH1
BUT LOSE FOOTBALL
III
GAME.

Especial to The Richmond Virginianxl
ASHLAND, VA, Dec. tn
Seniors strong eleven defeated tM1
Freshmen this afternoon in a hotx
contested game by the score OF u
to 6. Although the ball was fumhlM
considerably for the first five minu9M
of the game. 1t was one of the pE4&I
test seen on the local grounds tA
season. In the first quarter
Seniors kicked off and the pf891
was brought back twelve yards II
Blanton. It was soon fumbled and 141
covered by the Seniors. ~
After a couple OF line plunge9 M.
a run around left end for ten ya1<
the Seniors made first down and txi1
hard to carry the ball over the It'll
for Il touchdown, but the first Q1Mm
ter ended with the ball on the Fko4%T
mems ten-yard line. In the next QuM<!
ter the Freshmen were penalixed he
way to the Seniors goal This N.
followed by the first touchdOWn
the game by Holloway. Comps
kicked a goal The Freshmen cn1
back hard, and with consecutive E
ward passes, Blanton soon mAdN
touchdown. Fishborne tried to -
n goal but failed. sSsE
When the third quarter opened
seniors started series OF IQE04XX
passes. They soon carried the ~
to the sixteen-yard line. Tha
was finally carried over the linz
Cogbill. Compton failed to kickN
goal and the score stood Is to 8. N1l
Seniors at the big end
In the fourth quarter both A149
were forced to kick several time9
keep 1t from tho goat line.
BIanton and York starred for 4
Freshmen. while Stewart and Fx04
ser played in excellent FORM
the Seniors Compton and Coghill M
up q good game. The teams llMX
up as follows:
Seniors Position. FreshmeN
Nicholson ...... left end ..... Or
Childs -. left tackle ..... w.
Burgess ..... left guard Stew
Smith ....... center GxH
Naylor ...... right guard 6al%
Grey ... right tackle M&N
Harrison 49,. right end 80. Pre-
CogbiIl ..... quarterback Hl4M
McWhorten right half N. Ffshh
Holloway ...,. left half 50. Wt1k1
IIaglek1
Compton -. fullback ......@
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
PICKS CHAMPION
FOOTBALL TEAM
M'BETH HAS WORD TO SAY ABOUT
ALL-sTAR ELEVEN FOR 1919
SEASON.
REASON FOR CHOICE
BoMEisLER. KETCHAM. THORPE
AND BRICkLEY, AS USUAL.
APPEAR IN LINEUP OF
THE TEAM.
BY w. j. MACBETH.

NEW YORK, December 7.-"Ev-
erybody's pickin' em'--All-American
football collections. l mean-so here
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
Morey Of Dartmouth.

Morey, OF Dartmouth, seems eM
.,.i.d ~ the other guard position. He
80 hetter man than Cooney, with
n,t = doubt and with either Harvard
or yale would attract much OF 'ne
iimelight. .. ,.1.. ~.
Guyon, the grim Indian. looks ne
strensth Of two ordinary men. and the
srsed If an end. Defensively he can
stand any sort Of shock. He is a
wonder al covering kicks and a demon
- carrying the ball. He was one OF
Warmers paost reliable ground gain
- "a the old "tackle-around" play
this year And the best part Of 4.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08

long everhang, forward as well as
aft, would be an improvement and with
this idea in mind he designed forty
footer called the Cloriana, which was
almost, II not quite. seventy feet over
all,
The Gloriana was the first racing
freak OF which the Reliance WAS the
last word. Herreshoff had also pro-
fited by the experiments OF VIII Fife
and Watson as well as Burgess. He
had seen Flies little thirty-footer,
Minerva. como over here and clean
up everything near her size on this
side of the Atlantic. He had seen
Burgess build q special thirty-footer
to mset the Scotch boat, and although
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-06

Admission, August Especial with
the departure of all regiments of Ma
tlonal Guard infantry, Camp Pettus Is
now dull and uneventful spot. Only a
few men of the regular army remain as
a n evidence of the activity which at
traeted thousands of visitors to Camp
pettus during the past few weeks. Be
J. T. Van Orsdale, popular commander
of Camp Pettus, said he would recon-
mend Admission In his report as site for
grounds.
Colonel Van Orsdale said
4 believe Admission a very fine location
for a permanent site, and hope the citi-
zens will be successful In getting it.
viii make favorable reports on Admission
being a good site for permanent maneu-
Yer camps
Colonel Van Orsdale explained that the
proposition, whichever way 1t resulted
would require much time and many in
sestigations.
THE present grounds. With addition OF
land to the north and west, would prob
ably prove satisfactory" he said. Colonel
Van Orsdae has inspected the northeast
territory of Blue Mountain as far west
as the Morrisville vicinity the present
maneuver grounds. and territory lying In
the Choccolocoo valley
-Four Thousand acres Of land northeast
of Blue mountain have been offered for
permanent grounds as special induce
n.ent to the war department. According
to Colonel Van Orsdale. at least 1000