The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-06
In the Wake of the Game
By GUS MALBERT

Passing of the pay check will be
next in order. Already the stars OF
to-morrow are being dubbed as the
meteors of yesterday. one OF the
many things which make the game OF
baseball really attractive IS the case
with which prospective giants are
transformed into infinitesimsl ptSmies.
The draft route is the popular methon
Of extracting stars from the cioos'
but the room for-improvcment sign
gets worked to death afte: car rare
has been sent.
! Getting rid of the driftwoo gathered
during the battle is now the JOB OF an
! the managers in the big ieas ues, anu
not a little worry to the leaders III
! the .ushes. Tho pity OF IL all is that
the youngster secured for the big Top
either through purchase or draft SUI
ifers from an exaggerated dome. ana
before the swelling has time to SUP
! side he frequently becomes uselssS.
lust once in 10000 times Is resl
lind pickcd up There are few ~
! Cobbs or Joe Jacksons laying arouhu
loose. The average busher, having o
good season, is gobbled by the scouts
! He Rows chesty at once. ana VINE"
sent back homo begins his little mono
/
little the fellow who let him out knows
! .hou. his business. About that time
! The can should be very much IN eNl-
dence.
/ Unless Secretary Bradley is unsnle
! to understand his plans. local iehS
will have the pleasure of en)oylhs
the advantages of a real bali plan'
next spring Except for rszlns 'he
( stands at the old park. little mas oeen
! dome hut lust as soon as the "ea'hei
norirs n assume anything like work
! inr possibilities work on the new paih
viii start in earnest. Both secretary
! bradley and Joe Heusler are or the
! oninion that the turf diamond shouiu
| be well under way before tue non
DAYS. They want all the holes "iieu
/ in. so that the grass. nurtured o! the
SHOWS. will grow rapidly
steve Griffin has been notihed thd'
| ne can report whenever he wants TO-
| The local owners realize that TO nasc
! the manager on the ground edriS %
/ half the battle. There are g. nunoei
! -, details which the manager aiohe
! an attend to. But steve is not idIlnS
I AWAY his winter. Not quite satishsu
/ with losing a pennant last seasoh h'
/ is watching in the grasses lor ma
teris1 which will put him out IN
iron, carly and keep him there all
/ the way. In his Toledo home, with
/ Ms Griffin helping, he is sending out
/ letters at the rate of twenty a DAY.
and his replies keep pace with the
! output From all of these he hopes
! to Gull winning team
Johnny Evers now says that the
reason the Tinker deal with Cincln-
! natl did not go through was because
| he was not consulted. AS they were
! wont TO say several years ago. Evers
I nccunies the position that if he can't
! r.. Lillian Russell he won't play at
all He is going 10 be manager OF
/ tho Cubs. and he was not consulted
! in the former transaction. Negotia-
! tions will be renewed at the meeting
~ the National League in New York
next week.
II Tinker should go to Cincinnati
I is almost certain that Frank Chance
/ viii get a Job from Frank Farrei,
manacine the Highlanders. Farrell
PERSISTS that he has made no oner
! TO Chance. but. as another has said
/ that's no reason why he cannot or
! ,-il not Chance gave Charles Webo
! Murphy every dollar ne has made IN
y baseball and ne may take the kilties
I To A better berth IL given a chance
! John Camel. OF the Rochester team.
/ fhree-time winner OF the pennaGt IN
! the international League, is also men
I TONED as a possible successor to Harry
, WoIverton. who is TO manage SacTe-
u,cnto in the Pacific Coast organiza-
ton next season Indeed. every pos
sibIc name has been mentioned in con-
/ nection with the New York club.
The football season having brought
| its usual crop OF all-this and sll-that
el,vcns. We ponder the net result
, The fellow who is on saws it's right.
I and the fellow who isn't saws ne
should have been. IN albany kind ct
! team = on par with al argument that
the North Pole is colder than the
I So-,h Pole And yet we have been
guilty OF the offesse
The University Of Virginia Athletic
d Association will dine the football
team Monday night. II viii be some
1 .nAir and some occasion. Reviewing
the advance notices. w are more
firmly convinced that some affair II
Nil Re.
Having offered our farcwells 20 the
rsoleskius. 40 now coro salsN erect nv
Laske ball fraternity ia the hope that
tat particularly interesting game DC
viven more support heresoouts tnan
il has obtained IN tho past
j Bowling. 200. j. a fair winter sport
- for the indoor track meets Ne
presume they will come along later,
&! although righ; now impreSses u as
about as good time as any 20 start
preparation. This particularly 20 tho
] local schools who have the added al