The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01
BY GUS MALBElT.

of the silence. constituting ii as a sure
sign of the final dissolution of the or
ganization even before 1t was born.
Up In Washington Is Hugh Mcs.in-
non, one of the most energetic men
IN the world. Though he admits his
limitations when 1t comes to absolute
knowledge of the inside workings of
baseball, he dons his hat to no ono
so far as work Is concerned He has
his park and work on making improve
ments is about to begin. In Pitts
burSh, Cincinnati, Cleveland New
York. Brooklyn and Reading the Same
condition exists.
Here In Richmond local business
men have the affair in charge and are
going about tho work in methodical.
pusinesslikc manner. They know
nothing of skyrocket methods. All
they seem to know is that they have
IL Is UP to them to take the best pos
sible advantage of the opportunity.
Such men as Leroy e. Brown, Morgan
r. Mills and t. p. Snyder don't usual
~ tie to a proposition unless they
Investigate and know what they are
doing.
a meeting OF the board of directors
was held yesterday in the offices of
Mr.. Mills All the work which had
been done up to the present time was
reviewed and everything found 10 be
In perfect shape. from legal stand
point. Tho next question was that OF
building and oquipping the plant All
day yesterday Ernest C. Landgrar
travelled through Richmond with set
OF blue prints securing estimates from
the several contractors In town upon
the cost of the structures to be reared.
lie reported to his associates, and
while II has been practically decided
who the lucky bidder is. tho name viii
be secret for few days in order
that competitive bids may still be re-
ccived. Morgan r. Mills was elected
secretary and treasurer. succeeding j.
G. I.azarous.
If built according to the plans and
specifications shown, ;hc new park
Lee Park, by the way--wil! be a GEM
something in striking contrast to the
nccomoda lions heretofore given the
public at ball games. Every possible
convenience has been thought out.
There will be resting rooms for women
and for men. No high steps will have
10 be walked 10 get in ana out of the
grandstand Owners OF property abut-
ting the park have about agreed to
lease portion of their property so
that parking facilities FOR autom obilcs
and carriages can be arranged. The
stand Will be equipped with Individual
seats. so that crowdinS and iostlng
will he Impossible. y row OF boxes
will fringe the grandstund SO that a
party of people, desiring to be together
can BIO accommodated. Ample press
accommodations have been arranged
in order to take care of the visiting
newspaper men who will travel with
the teams playing In Richmond. In
fact, IL will be modern up-to dat e
plant such as Richmond has needed
and has shouted and cried for In vain,
UP TO the present time.
President Whitman, of the United
States League will be i'll Richmond to-
day lie spent yesterday in Washing
ton 1t will be his part to help out
the local men in their arrangements.
making suggestions and looking over
what has already been done, SO that
his more mature judgment can be
rendered. Alfred Newman. playing
manager of the locals, will be here
early next week. He will superintend
rolling. grading AMI turfing the dia-
mond. His players will drift in from
day to day. Tho men will train at
Suffolk, tho park in that city having
already been secured.
President Landgraf. whose name will
appear in the next directory of Rich
mond, as he has moved his household
goods and goods to this city, has OPEN
ed offices in the Ebel Building and will
conduct the business affairs of the club
and dish out news from that place
Elaborate plans have been made 10
popularize the new club. If that he
necessary. In addition to giving the
better kind of baseball, not tho Sl,4O0
kind, tho people of Richmond will be
taken into the confidence of the new
owners, Every hand played in the
game will be played with the cards
face up. There Will he nothing to
hide The quality of the game offered
VIII speak for itself, but, in addition
say the owners. they will endeavor to
SHOW their appreciation of the good
Will of the people by doing everything
in their power to please them
On next Tuesday night. when the
amateur commission meets Presidcn:
Landgraf will make an address At
that time he has an interesting an
nouncement to make. something that
WI please the amateurs. He has al
ready decided to let them havo the
use of the park when the club is on
the road. but this newest idea OF his
is something even more beneficial. He
has not quite worked out all of the
details Of his plan and until he does,
what he intends doing will remain
secret.
az has always been my great de-
sire" he said after the meeting yes
tcrday. Ito get into town in which
there were some live. active youngsters
playing baseball. l know how, 1t was
when | was a kid. We didn't have any
organization. IT was a case OF fight
after the game, that's all If my side
won we had to stand for a licking
from the other side If they won then
we tried to lick them and as for the
umpire he didn't have the ghost of n
show.
When l first broke into professional
baseball I made up my mind that &c
ever the opportunity presented itself
and ! was in some city where there
was organized amateur baseball, OF
amateur baseball played with dis
cipline that I would help, would do
my part to make the youngsters moro
successful, And right hero let me
say that it isn't all philanthropy. It's