The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-23
BY JAY LEWIS.


struggle. between the big baseball
teams can be staged. This Is not
free gratis for nothing, won't-cost-
you-a-cent, given-away-w h o u t.
tip to w. b. Bradley and the other
owners of the Richmond baseball club
Of the Virginia State league. They
have troubles of their own. 1t would
not be bad idea, however, for the
good people of the Virginia State Fair
association to have in mind.
Maybe they have. There is no
telling as the shrewd mother-in-law
remarked. what lies under the
thoughtful domes of the State fair
folk. Sam Cohen has more. original,
good, sound. practical ideas than
football player has hairs to his head.
Manager Warwick is a person who
appears to do heap of thinking for a
purpose: Secretary w. Douglas Cor
don IL keen, energetic, fare-sighted;
President Henry Fairfax, while more
deeply concerned with the agricul-
tural side. does not overlook the other
features, and Leigh X. Page, ]. T. An
derson~--fraternaliy hailed as Jake by
the entire population of Richmond
Colonel Barton s. Grumpy and all the
other gentlemen associated with them
on the board of directors, are all alive
to ANYTHING which will develop the
Virginia State Fair association and
take thought along all possible lines
for its development.
State Fair Stadium.
A stadium at the STAFF fair grounds
would be quite In keeping with the
maenihcense of that institution II
would be comparatively easy mat
Ter to retain the present grandstand
and build stadium in the enclosure
surrounded by the race track. \
stadium might be butt with seats fac
ing the track and also the field. where
a baseball diamond. a football grid
iron, II speedway and a cinder track,
II preferred 10 ..tarf. might be built
the cinder path for hundred meter
sprinters. Thus the Nirginia State
Fair association would not have only
a race track for horses, but all the
accessories that would cover every
branch III sport .=s---
Richmond would be the IDEAL place
&c hold the Olympic games. next time
they come to America. II is asserted
that the Old Dominios capitol would
have had them in 1909 had there
been any suita bic place 10 hold them.
That place will be provided by 1870
even il the Richmond baseball club
has to build il.
Club to Move December list.
Speaking OF the Richmond baseball
club. the grandstand Will be removed
TO the new grounds about December
LIST or shortly after the football season
closes. Richmond will not have a
steel and concrete pavilion this year,
and maybe not for couple of years.
even IL the club does obtain an Inter
national league franchise.
Speaking Of the latter, II certainly
Is some undertaking for the Rich
mond club to attempt to live up TO an
International agreement and get a
team thar will be factor In the race,
Without top liner In the race the
Eichmond club would not draw, and
top line team casts money.
There are a whole lot of fans who
are generous with other people
money. They will give gratuitous ad-
vice to the men who have their money
invested in baseball bid them spend
thousands, and when the team hits a
bunch OF hard luck they Will get out
their little tack hammers and bang
away. An electric riveter on a rising
steel structure IN calm and slow COM
pared to them when they get real en-
thusiastic. but when IL comes to a
question Of their meney they are alb
salateiy deaf and dumb. In fact, their
deafness and dunhness would make
silence meeting ia a deaf mute asy
lum sound like IA Rul Moose rally
with Teddy raging or the staging.
To Ask For Franchise,
Richmond Is going to apply for an
International league franchise. this
year and may get it. President Bar
Richmond a franchise, hut if he sees
money in sight he will get into line
with the rest of the clubs in that
league Richmond will put up and
carry the thing through, even IL the
directors have to dig down deep 10
make up a deficit at the end of the
season.
The Richmond club made no money
last year. 1t broke about even. The
United State league cut the attend
anee nj the start, hut even that popu-
lar organization did not provide the
sport that the State league afforded.
and the procession ssgan to move
back in the direction of Broad-street
park long before President Landgraf
ever saw the finish was I'm sight,
Secretary Bradley says that thu
club will probably erect wooden
grandstand this year, bat If bigger
baseball comes to town the steel and
concrete pavilion will follow as
matter Of course and in time, per-
haps, even stadium may be erected.
State League Meeting.
Next month the Virginia league
will hold its annual meeting at Ports
mouth. and the" chances are that all
the old officers will be elected. The
circuit will be made up of the same
clubs that closed the season of 1912.
President Boatwright will start of
with quartet of experienced UNI
hires in O'Brien. Mcnamara, Nc
league and Cowan, and If he will in
crease his clerical force seificiently to
issue bulletins from time to time on
the progress OF the players and the
clubs. he will be proclaimed a won-
der by the newspaper men.
The Petersburg club and the Roa-
noke club appear TO have the best
OF II, Judging from a glance at the
reserve lists. and Manager Steve
Griffin will have to hustle to get
couple of pitchers, one or two in
fielders and an outfielder or two. Grit
I'm writes that he has an eye on the
men he Is after. and that he will
have faster team than the one he
held up in The race so long last year
He will lose Perryman. Ayers and
Graft, anyway. and 1t Is likely one
or two Of the others he has on the
reserve list. Griffin would like tn
have Tenant back In the outfield. for
he thinks ne il a conner. man who
can score from second on an infield
out is a player worth developing.
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