The Washington herald., 1913-02-26
RICHMOND GOES
TO 7OPETERSbURG
Local Boy to Play with Vr-
ginia League Club This
Season.
GARGAN IS RE-ENGAGED
will Again Be Assistant Coach Of
Georgetown Football
Team.
GARGAN Is RE-ENCACED
By c, w, SWAN,

| Clyde Richmond. the local boy who re
ceived trial with the Lincoln club, o
| the Western League, last spring. an,
who pitched good ball In the Nebrask,
State League last summer. yesterday
signed a contract TO play with tn
Petersburg aggregation, OF the Virginii
State League.
Richmond will be remembered for hi
| sensational work while with the Com
| merce and Labor team. in the Depart
mental League in 1911. That year h,
put the Laborites in the runnfog single
handed. and when he quit the team
toward the close of the season the Post
office outfit tied them for the title an6
won the championship in the play-ofY
Pitching for the Cornell Tigers, in tn,
Capital City League, Richmond wor
more than ono game for Boss Cornell
and he has the backing of that sterlins
| leader in his stab at the professiona
game. Richmond will report to the Goo
bers early in April
Frank Gargan will again be the assist.
ant coach of the Georgetown football
team. This was announced last night
at the Hilltop. Gargan has been very
successful the last two years with the
Georgetown teams, and Jimmy Walsh
could not see fit to allow him to leave.
II "nc diSo lcdfHtu f1OW6Tu Gar
gan. his brother. who coach the Rutgers
team last fall. and who had been men
toned for the position of head coach on
the Hilltop, would not be able to ac-
cept the position as he is tied up to a
two-year contract with Rutgers.
DR.. Larkin, former Georgetown grid
iron star. and coach at Carlisle and
Cornell has been mentioned for the Do
sition Of advisory coach. and should this
h..
have control of the men on the field. the
Hilltoppers would have an ideal coach
ing staff.
There Is no doubt as to Iarkin's ft-
ness for the position. He knows az much
football as any man in the South, and
has proven himself a capable coach at
Carlisle and Cornell His personality
and methods inspire the men to work
hard all the time. and also keeps the
men in a good humor all the time.
While nothing definite has been done
stated last night by one in authority on
the Hilltop that the athletic board is
seriously considering Larkin as the head
coach OF the football team.
Regardless of the number of stars.
Olympic men. or record-holders who will
he present at the Georgetown meet Sat-
the most attraction. the race
that will draw the greatest number of
spectators will be the one-mile relay be-
tween Georgetown and Virginia for the
of the South. Whether
or not Georgetown or Virginia is re-
puted to have a rd-breaking team.
the enthusiasts and the followers of the
different universities may be sure that
when the institutions come together the
closest kind OF meeting will result.
So 1t will be when the Blue and Gray
lines up against the Orange and Blue
in their one-mile relay.
Georgetown has forged its way to the
top in relay circles in the East by max
ing the best time OF the evening at
each meet in which II was entered, and
also by defeating some of the best outfits
IN the country. but when il meets Vir-
sinia Saturday night, the most hair-rais
ing race will result, according to the
opinions of those who are in close touch
with athletics at the institutions.
In football last fall Georgetown went
through one of the hardest schedules
ever arranged for the Hilltop school.
md came through with a great record.
According to all dope the local eleven |
should have been victorious by large |
margin. When the teams meet one of |
he closest and hardest-fought battles |
'ver recorded in local gridiron history |
vas fought. So IL was in basketball |
nd baseball
Virginia is said to have poor material |
or a onc-mile relay race team, while, |
N the contrary, Georgetown is admitted !
o have one of the best quartets in |
cars. Even in view of these facts II Is
Virginia will give the relay |
N the Hilltop one of the hardest races /
{ the season. and IL anything should /
o wrong with the local men it would |
ot surprise the writer to see the boys
rom Charlottesville romp away with the |
clay classic of the year
As soon as Georgetown and Virginia
axe their respective places for the race
night and hear the cheers of
heir supporters the men will outdo
themselves fighting for victory No mat
ar who the local track management at
georgetown brings to its meet-and 1t is
ertain that II will have the best talent
/ the East-the Washington public will
lanifest more interest in the one Vir-
race than in any event
uring the evening, and those who are |,
resent to see the battle may be sure
lat the duel will be well worth the price
: admission.
Tickets for the Georgetown meet are
n sale at Spalding's and Whites SPORT
e goods stores. Judging from the num-
er Of tickets that have already been
sposed of at such an early date there
Ill be few choice seats left when Sat-
rday night rolls around. Iii