The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-08
TRINITY TO TAKE
NORTHERN TRI P
Baseball Schedule Announced by
Manager Sheppard Calls for
Twenty-Eight Games.

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Durham, y. c.. February T.-Manag ger
W. G, Sheppard has completed his
schedule for the season of 1872 and
he announced the list OF games to-day
There are twenty-eight games In all.
seventeen OF which are to be played
on the home grounds, the same number
played here last year
Perhaps the most notable change in
the schedule this year is that Manager
Sheppard has departed from the regu-
lar custom of arranging n trip through
the South. ana this year has arranged
Northern trip, playing eight OF the
best known colleges and universities
in the State of Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia. The trip. which
includes Washington. Lynchburs, Lex
inSton, Richmond. aud Manassas. will
give the Meihodists Il chance to show
their skin in territory where they have
not played in several years.
Wake Forest Will again play series
of three games. one in Durham, ono in
Wake Forest, and one on neutral
grounds, III Raleigh. Trinity will again
have Il chance at its old time rival.
the University Of Georgia, meeting
Swarthmorc. Lafayette, Amherst. and
mos, OF the other games are with
teams familiar to the Trinity fans,
though new name in the University
of Vermont appears on the list.
With the announcement Of the
schedule, the candidates for the team
were called out for practice Saturday
afternoon by Coach Merle T. Adkins
and Captain l.. Il. Bundy. something
like nifty men responding to the call.
Very little real work has been done
on account of the cold weather. bu.
each afternoon the men are allowed
to warm UP, and when the weather he
comes more favorable practice will be
tbegun in earnest. DR.. Adkins has given
the men several short talks. encouras-
inE them to do hard work.
The members OF last years team
whojhave returned to college this year
are Captain Bundy, Foushce, Godtiey.
Anderson. Spruce. Spence. Rose and
Thompson.
Besides the old mon there is material
galore among the new men. About
thirty-lve have already signed up 3s
candidates for tho team, the most
prominent among them being Bosh
amer, Sheriff.. Thoruc. Carson, English,
Bond McL.ain and others. From last
years scrub team there is White. Mari.
Castor, WarlIck. Paris, and r. War
lick. lvey. who was pitcher on tho
scrub team last year, and would prob
ably have made the varsity IL he had
not hurt his back before the season
started. is again on the field and It Is
believed will mako prominent add!-
ton to the pitching stan this season.
a'hc schedule of games lis as follows:
March IL, Trinity Park School, Dur
ham MARCH, ~, Cataw,ba College. Dur
ham; March 81. Elon College, Durham;
March %, Lafayette College, Durham;
March IS. Lafayette College, Durham;
March &c, Atlantic Christian College:
Durham; March q, Wake Forest Col
legc, Wake Forest: March IS, Univcr-
s'ty OF Vermont Durham: jlarch 80,
Swarthmorc College, Durham April /,
Swarthmorc College. Durham: April {
Amherst college. Durham; April ), AM
herst college Durham; April s, Gull
ford College Greensboro: April {, Ran
dolph Macon College, Durham; April
10, Wake Forest College, Durham:
April 10. Guilford College, Durham:
April %, Wake Forest College. Raj
cigh; April IS, University of Georgia,
Durham; April &c, University of Geor-
gia. Durham; April -, V. z. l.. Durham;
May Nv. NJ. l., Lexington. Va. .iay :.
Washington and Lee. Lexington. Va:
May 3, Washington and Lee, Lcxng-
ton, Va: May 4, Catholic University,
Washington, y. c.; May g. Eastern Col
lege, Manassas, Va. May Z. Randolph
Macon College, Richmond; May S, V
L. l.. Lynchhurg, Va; May ., v. i. l..
LynchburG, Va.