The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-05
MN TheWAKE 11he GAME M
@By GU MaIbert :@z5

Now that the football championship
Of the South Atlantic division seems
70 have been definitely settled. we can
reject With some peRco Of mind upon
what has actually happened. For once
We can Sh"oniclc Il unanimous verdict
That no single team has au unblcu-
ished record or au iudispu;ahlo claim
10 tho Glorics and honors which accrue
from being pinned Ia the top OF the
pioiI" written in hold letters upon
the ponnant
What is particularly interesting 10
US IL the eviden, policy, ON the part
favor Richmond with II few football
games They are gradually coming TO
SNOW tho Which we have known FOR
20 mighty nuo town for anything. and
Il wonderfully fine town when it cones
10 supporting football
other game with North carolina l.
" NJ, for next season Virginia will
PLAY the University OF North Carolina
~ probable thatV. Nj. l. Viii play either
Georgia Tech OF Auburn here. anu
row comes the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute with proposition to play
the Tnrheels some time in October
II Washington ana Lee Will 50 an
range its schedule taat iiichmoud can
So a peep 1T LuN ItNc'SlS local. fOi-
lowers 81 the game viii HAY. au op-
portunity TO SEQ all of the arcatcl
teams ~ action That's What wo'vc
been orGuins for all along. Richmond
is tho oiS@ost town in the state Of
NirEuia mud the best town in tho
south Ths colleges OF the StGtc
should take advantage Of this fact.
There = not better equipped park
within many miles than Broad street
paris II cam take care o. lo,boU PEG
pile easily and the management is uow
Z fT . lrn ii
capacity Ivy several thousand seuts
Tor next sensoA.
Welcome Washinston and lee We
Know That the Lexington university
m s[ea, sgm0Gi' IN, ana ma II IS s al
ball ana other athletic teams but wo
want ~ soc these teams AZ iirst-hand.
and not nave 10 get our Lessons from
stories Ia the daily papers. Itchsnond
j. willing To meet Washington ana
Lee half way. Let, the athletic ad-
Nisors OF the school give some con-
Secretary W q Bradley will attend
schedued Tor New York, ana expects
at thnt meeting 10 complete his list
81 exhibition games for Tho Colts The
ilrst game viii be with tho Athletics
champions VIII come Toronto. Buffalo
Rochester, Washington and all of the
major leaEuo teams Including the
Giants. No deiinitc date for the Giants
App.&rancc has leon set. though
letter from Secretary John u. Foster
has been received asking that q date
b. hold open for his outfit.
Work on the diamond will be begun
early IN January. Parkllceper Hcuslel
has his plans all ready, and when the
wcnthcr becomes settled will start his
improvements, so that Ray RYAN will
FIND everything shipshape when he ar
$50 sat1NH
Roger Rrcsnahen is to receive HE
sentence. so II is said, some time about
Chrtntmas Hrcsnahan has served
baseball long AND we'll, and conntless
fans who have watched the Raiah
work viii sylnpathizo with him in
Eajah is 10 succeed 100 Tinker as
Leader OF the Cincinnati Reds. 1t Will
oe tho one Earring note III the merry
CHRISTMAS OF his friends.
just where Tinker will find himself
: When the bell taps 40 one seems TO
caGo, where his old side kick. johnny
ENcrs, is willing 10 welcome him with
open arms. Surprising as ii may
seem Tinker seems not nvcrsc TO an
other engagement with c. Webb Muir
phy.
since the arrival OF Americas and
Pcrilli, wrestling fans have come to
tlie conclusion That Joe Turner and
'tiIouis or, in other words. the light
weights, are about heavy enough TO
make the game interesting.
Carl Morris trimmed less willard.
which, IN thS choice words OF Ruhc
Goldhurs, brings us TO the oft-:tskcd
question why is 4 white hope; ana,
II SO. how mauy?"
Clark Griffith with his more than
tWo-score OF pitchers is finding il n
dllficult task to get hold OF 1t frst-class
outhcld"r one that can hit as we'll as
led lite has recalled Roy Spencer
from ms temporary berth on the coast,
aud vii! take the former Petersburg:
cioutcr TO charlottesville in tho spring
IN tlic hope HAT lie may show some
t'iinc worth while
Just when things get dull they bring
an th" old argument ns 20 whether
-aCrIlclms ~ worth while and Just as