The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21
WILL ORGANIZE
EVERY AMATEUR
CONTINUED from nryt pace,

unwilling to give up its first nresidcnt
DE- Eaton. Mr.. Hill, at the on. meet
ing over which no presided, clearly
showed that he Is the man FOR the
pihcc. lie has executive ability, is firm
yet Kind in his decisions, and hus !,
peculiar knack OF knowing how 10
mako friends and hold them. Every
man In amateur baseball has already
come TO respect and appreciate the new
president The fact that such : man
IS at the helm should and will lend
influence 10 the movement
Co-0pcration the Cause.
When the strides made by the ana
teurs IN tho short while they have
been organized is contemplated. IL is
hard to believe. But 1t was all duno
through co-operaiion. tho kind CT CO.
operation which counts. Players and
managers united their efforts with
those OF the officers. and things went
on hummtnsly. 1t Is just this spirit OF
CO. operation which Is going 10 mako
the Amateur Baseball Association the
huge sncccss II deserves 10 be. Tho
men actually in tho game wan. It to
be a aucccss and when nearly. 5000
SounSsters set their minds on any
I thing they usually get what they
want.
II IS hard TO conceive how ary one
| can refuse to give tho sum OF 81 to
| comes 10 tho young men playing tho
game is incalculablc. They are de-
/ felopcd IL every way and arc engaged
| IN clean, manly sport, properly con-
Quoted, undcr the most stringent rules
| Parks arc an absolute necessity, but
without the aid Of the thousands Of
people interested they will be iinpoa-
siblc. Everybody should attend tho
Meeting. Membership cards hav nj
ready been printed and will b. ready
Tor distribution Ut tho mass-mec tins
| upon payment of 81.
| Nothing has been heard officially
from Washington regarding the meet
| Ing TO be held between That city. Bal
| umore and Richmond for the purpose
OF adopting uniform rules for the three
vote source that tho meeting viii 90
held early in February. Richmond IL
a little nhreasl OF the other cities in
| commission have been practically
adopted. a meeting will he held to-
morrow. at which time the few amend
| ing will be Incorporated IN the CON
stitution and bylaws. The rules will
then come to the commission for inal
| action. subject TO such changes as nuy
| be suggested at the conference.
| Letters or acceptance have been re-
| cciSed from Aiinitrcc Folkca. Common
| wcaith'S attorney, and John Dunn. who
| were recently elected members or tho
! commission, Warren j. Taylor has not
! yet accepted. though IL Is thought that
Lookins, over the situation the af-
fairs Of The amateurs arc in tho beat
| possible shape. The mass-mocting ia
/ bound 10 be tremendous thing, On
| oil sides arc heard Inquiries and TO r
man those thus far approached have
| agreed III s1ccomc members OF the as
| soclat!on. With this out OF the way
| tho playing season WIN bc discussed
| schedules made ard umpires and on :
cnl scorcrD employed. Seven leagues
are assured, while the eighth is not
unlocked for. The fact that there will
nc Two class "A" leagues makes n
post season series Inevitable. The win
ner OF the city championships Will Es
the team to play In the intercity
series.
The following bulletin has teen
issued by Secretary Hooper, OF the
| commissions:
Official Bulletin.
| Official bulletin OF tho amateur Base
ball Commission of Richmond UP TO
Saturday. january 90, { r. N.
The following contracts have been
| received and approved:
| Coiiegians. Capital City League--H.
IL. Augustine. J. G. Bailey. Gus s..
Ezekiel, u. u. Payne, Jr.. j. L. Rose.
.Tr. O. N. Richardson, W, j. Stout.