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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
New Policeman Qualities.

City Clerk Ben T. August yes
terday afternoon qualified M. T.
Echo as a policeman, to succeed +.
f. Stephens. He will enter upon his
duties at once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
Ballot, Son Of
Voter, to Return

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.--BaI1ot, the
American thoroughbred sire that the
late James r. Keene raced on both
sides of the Atlantic, has been sold
TO John Il. Madden. The sale was
made by Phil Chinn, who recently
took a number of the Castleton
mares, together with the stallion Pc
ter Pan. to France. and the price paid
was $4,000 Ballot, who is now
abroad. has been insured for $4,000
and he will shortly be shipped to
Maden's Hamburg Place In Kentucky.
Ballot is son of Voter and Cerito
and la the best Voter ever sent to the
races. Some of his best American
successes included a victory In the
Double Event as 2year-old as well
as victories in the Suburban Handi-
cap, Great Republic. First and Second
Specials, Standard Century. Advance,
Election Day Handicap and the Equal
ity, as we'll as several others of let
ser Importance.
The return of this horse to Amer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
Plans to Help the
Umpire Call En-

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.~-Ban Johnson,
president of the American league, has
received from Albert A. Lohr, OF
Washington, ID. G.. a plan which he
considers feasible for enabling UNI
pires to judge more accurately balls
and strikes.
THE plan Mr.. Lohr suggests" said
President johnson, lis to run two
white lines down the path from the
pitchers box to the batters box, just
the right distance apart; then when
the umpire is looking over the shout
der Of the catcher he has a guide
for the corners of the plate, whether
the ball be low or high.
Whether the lines should be paral-
lei or whether they should converge
toward the pitchers position or Just
how far they should extend beyond
the batter's box could be determined
by few tests, and also the distance
apart these lines should be.
Il hold the plan contains lot OF
merit and 1t may be adopted before
the championship race is started"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
Medical College
Has Star Lot of
Box Candidates

Coach Hedgepeth, OF the Medical
College OF Virginia, says that he mas
a real baseball squad at work, ana py
the time the season opens the ola
college viii have team good enough
to clean up anything in the State or
out of it.
With Doc Ayers. Bell the former
washington and Lee pitcher; Erwin
Peninsula recruit, and young NC
Crazy who was with Norfolk last
year. the team will be well equipped
for boxmen. Behind the bat viii be
Lee and Parker, the latter an All
American selection, which should give
the team a cracking good battery. On
first base is Lewis, and he is as good
as any coIiegian playing ball. while
the numerous candidates for the
other positions are making the work
of wedding out difficult;
Medical college is pracucing every
day except Saturday at the Civic
Church association park. Saturday
they work in Byrd park. Coach
Hedgepeth is not allowing the men to
work too hard at the start He is
giving them easy batting practice and
waiting for the weather TO break be-
fore going beyond the limbering up
mark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22

Wins Game From
Harnpden-Sidney

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
ASHLAND. VA, Feb. 2i.--Ran-
dolph- Macon tonight defeated Hamp-
den Sidney, after the hardest and
most exciting game of the season
here, II to IA.
The game started off fast. and it
was evident from the first that close,
hard game was to follow, 1t was just
eleven minutes before either side was
able to score, Brown scoring for Ran
dolph- Macon.
Long. hard shots were tried fire.
quently through the whole game by
both teams on account of close guard
ing Pendleton followed Browns
shot at once by most spectacular
shot. From this time the Presby-
terians took the lead until the second
half was well on.
1t WAS evident that the yellow
Jackets" had not recovered from the
effects of the long and firing trip,
from which they had lately returned.
They could not get into good working
order, and the visitors began slowly
to pile up their score.
Browns goal for the yellow
Jackets was the only one they made
during the first half while the visitors
had piled up eight points.
In the second half for Randolph
Macon, Sheffey went In for Tatum,
and walker for Wray The yellow
Jackets started in to win. They had
not lost a game of any kind with
the exception of one game of baseball
to Hampden-Sidneyf for two or three
years, but they seemed unable to get
a start.
The rooters kept up constant cheer
ing and even pleading. but Hampden-
Sidney added two more points and
the score stood ten to two.
It was time for the yellow Jack
cts, to start something. 1t seemed as
though the Presbyterians must win.
Right here Fiddle" Woodhouse, who
had been doing some good guarding,
shot the ball through the basket for
Randolph Macon. and the pretty work
began.
The yellow Jackets put forth al
most superhuman effort. Brown,
their star center, began some SPLEEN
did shooting, and soon the score drew
near to tie.
with this the crowd in the balcony
nearly grew wild with excitement, the
yelling and cheering was almost deaf
ening. The visitors were unable TO
score or check their opponents from
scoring. The yellow Jackets" ran
their score to IT points. and goal by
the visitors In the last couple of
seconds of play ran their score to IA
points.
Brown. woodhouse and Walker
starred for Randolph Macon, and Nc
Chung for Hampden- Sidney. Pendle-
ton and Corke also did excellent work
for the visitors.
RIM Positions. HIS,
Miilican, Capt .R. f, -, Pendleton
Tatum :. ....L. f. -. Darlington
Brown 80. 49,. C. 80. McClung
Wray ...... .R. g. -. Capt. Corke
Woodhouse .....L. G. ....... Sloan
Goals Frsm Field-Brown, 4; Nc
Chung, 4 Woodhouse, Q, Millican, l;
Corke, /; PendIeton. I. Goals From
Foul-Brown. 3: McClung. 1: Car
rington. I. Eubstitutes-Tate for
Sloan; Sheffey for Tatum; Walker for
wray Referee, Hopkins, of RAN
| dolph- Macon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
Thorpe Of Giants
Seems to be in
Best Condition

MARLIN, TEX, Feb. 21.--Of ali
the Giants in camp here, Jim Thorpe
appears to be in the best shape
There has hardly been a week in the
last four years that the great Iidian
athlete has not been trained to the
minute. Big Jim again played around
the first base bag today, and McGraw
probably will endeavor to make him
a first baseman. Thorpe's size and
long reach would make him an ideal
initial sacker. If McGraw can teach
him to hit big league pitching.
MeGraw Is not yet predicting
Thorpe will be a baseball star, but
he Is well satisfied with the showing
the aborigine has made so far. The
Little Napoleon says Thorpe has the
right sort of eye for a batter His
eye Ia quick and keen. and with prop
err coaching McGraw thinks he soon
can be taught 70 detect all brands of
pitching.
"One OF the things Glen Warner
impressed upon me about Thorpe was
his quick eye said McGraw at a
tanning bee last night. Warner told
me the way Thorpe helped make his
reputation as an athlete and foot
ball player YVES by watching other
stars in those sports. And after Jim
discovered how they did things, he
Immediately adopted their style and
soon was able to pass the men whose
style he copied"
The weather continued warm to-
day, but 1t was cloudy, an dold Jupi-
ter Pluvius fthe same old Jupe) ran
his sprinkling cart across the skyline
while the boys were at midday meal
However. 1t was only light drizzle
and did not interfere with the prac-
tiee. The temperature remains high
above 10. but rain is predicted for
the end of the week.
McGraw announced tonight the
time schedule for the practice, which
will be followed until the Regular
Yanigan series begins The morning
practice Will begin at $3.50 o'clock
and truce will be called at IL. AT
ter three hour intermission hostiii-
ties will be renewed each day at $3.50
o'clock, and McGraw will keep the
athletes out until he decides they
have enough
Claude Cooper. the Fort Worth out
fielder, blew into town this morning.
He is likely looking chap. Claude
is rangy young fellow. who bats
and throws left handed. and is light
on his feet. He 10 rather green, but
McGraw seemed to take an immedi-
ate fancy to him. Mac" followed
Cooper's work closely, and offered
suggestions here and there. Coop
er's speed is what impressed McGraw,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22

as John Joseph loves those speed
boys.
Dave Robertson and Preacher"
Perryman have not yet arrived on the
scene of action. McGraw has not
heard from either one and does not
know what Is the cause of their delay,
other than that both are collegians,
and may have been unable to get
away from their studies.
None of the regulars went near the
diamond, except to take a whack at
the ball during the batting practice.
Doyle, Mccormick, Burns and Wiltse
took some luscious bites out of the
horsehide, though the young beavers
made no attempt to pitch.
They merely threw the ball TO the
batter, and as soon as a youngster
tried any speed he was Immediately
reprimanded by MeGraw or Robby
All the young slabsters took a turn
at dishing up their wares to be sac
riaced on the alter of the pasrers.
McGraw tried several infeld COM
binations in both the morning and
afternoon practice. He played first
base himself. and alternated with
Thorpe. In the afternoon McGraw
used Thorpe on first, Groth on sec
ond. Stock at short, and Evers on
third.
Wilbert Robinson, Jr., also worked
around second base. He is heavy like
his dad, but gets around. Rohby, ST.
does not expect to develop his kid
into a catcher, but will endeawor with
McGraw's assistance to make an in
fielder of him.
A local boy, Jess Eddins, also work
ed around second base late in the
afternoon. He looked so good that
McGraw will keep an eye on him
He is twenty years old and formerly
played with the University Of Texas
team. Eddins confesses he is am
bilious of winning a place on the
Giants, and Marlin Is roofing for him
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
N=ndI WWO
Highway

in fact. the sailors on n battleship
have nothing on the average automo
bile salesman when Il comes to a be
lief In fnascots. The w. e. Smith ex-
hibit has a real live mascot in the
person Of Miss Roberta Allen, who has
adopted the 1913 Mitchell as her abid
ing place. Miss Allen, aged SIX,
dressed la Little Red Riding Hood,
is a warm admirer of the new model,
and graEely informs all inquirers that
she will drive one rs soon as she
"drows up"
Perkins, the well known expert on
motor fire apparatus for the Knox
company, is AT the show extolling the
merits Of Knox cars In general and
Knox tractors In particular. Mr.. Per
kins Is well known In Richmond. hay
ing been inst rumentai In helping How
ard Smith sell the city the Knox fire
apparatus. which has been giving such
splendid service. one OF the new
Knox tractors was unIoaded this af-
no win show Richmond something
new In the commercial line within a
day or two.
Opinion of Engineer.
The Eastern Motor Sales corpora
IbDs Q3SEtpptOfS Tor stevens l1uI Ca
motor cara. quotes fro man editorial
OF interest 10 Richmond motorists APP
pearing In a late Issue of the Auto
car" an English publication, which
is recognized as an authority on the
motor car industry, not only in Eng
land. but on the continent
In reviewing the body design and
tendencies. under the heading Clean
ness of Designs, he refers as follows
to the Stevens Duryea product
"Cleanness of design does not. as a
rule, much affect the working of q
machine. but II would weigh very
largely with an educated motorist In
Europe. AS, however, American cars
are invariably sold with their bodies
IN place, this feature. to "A great ex-
tent, disappears. The niceties of Eng
Hsh design which / observed ut Olym
pia have only appeared in one car in
the States. but they presumably will
be adopted more and more before an
other year is over Taking the cars
as Il whole, and judging them by Eu-
ropean standards, they are sadly lack
ing in cleanness of design, the most
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22

notable exception to this being the
Stevcns-Duryea,
Continuing in another paragraph
which deals with the mechanical feat
ures Of the American makes, he refers
as follows to the Stevens Duryea-
Corning to the Stevens Duryea, one
feels bound to say that this car is
thoroughly up-to-date. It has unit
power plant with good three point
suspension and the timing gears are
on the rear end Of the motor in the
clutch chamber One OF the models
was fitted with Rudge Whitworth
wheels and the touring car had par
ticularly pleasing lines with the bon
net sloping upwards to the ffared
dash. The standard bodies have also
clever arrangement by which the
height of the rear seat can be varied
at will"
The above review shows how close
iy tho English writers observe the
leading American products. and re-
fleets great deal of credit on the en-
gineering and designing staff of the
Stevens Duryea company, inasmuch
as the mechanical features referred to,
which make possible an accessible and
lightweight chassis, were adopted by
the Stevens~Duryea company over
sixteen years ago. II was a number
of years afterwards before the Eng
lish and continental manufacturers ap-
preciated the value of these features,
as their energies up to the late nine
ties were centered on manufacturing a
self-propelled vehicle of extremely
heavy construction throughout, due to
their endeavors to fulfill the public
demand at that time for high pow
cred car. They soon, however, adopt
ed the American ideas, which were
founded on the Stevens Duryea prin-
ciples of lightweight, yet efficient.
m otor complemented by chassis de-
sign which made the power useful, not
wastefuily developed to propel a
heavily constructed car.
Electric Vehicles.
The Electric Vehicle company at
the auto show are exhibiting a num-
Der of cars and utility vehicles that
have attracted a great deal OF atten-
ton. Mr.. Hatke, of the company,
said last night
The Electric Vehicle company is
making an entirely unique departure
in automobile shows. Heretofore 1t
has been the custom to exhibit only
new autom obiles and truck They.
however, are showing a Detroit cleo
trio truck for 3,000-pound capacity,
which has been run about two thou
sand miles, over the rough streets and
hills of Richmond. and the county
roads. 1t has been used as a demon
strator. and prospective motor truck
buyers are respectfully invited to. ex-
anime this truck and see for them
selves what a money saving PROPOSE
ton we have to offer.
when you buy a Detroit electric
pleasure car you anticipate the future,
a chivalrous escort, always at COM
boulevard drives. Need we say
more? p"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
Bulletin Shows
Contracts Signed

Among the minor league announce
ments are these contracts:
With Portsmouth, Val. e. Hud-
gins, A. Monsanta, George III. Houck,
John Doherty Lee Garvin.
With Norfolk -- Orlando Keller,
William A. Pailman, Harry Joyce,
Pete McCracltin. Homer Layton. l.. A.
Gallagher. b. J. McCrary. Joseph j.
Seitz. Jack ,Schenebe berg, w. r. Powell,
Robert l.. Orrison.
With Richmond, Va,--Kelly Har-
ris, NJ, @. Bridges, Charles Lusky,
Arthur Smith, Harvey Bussey, Charles
Strain. Clarence e. Berger, a. @.
Burleson.
With Roanoke-W. w. McComas.
With Virginia League-Umpires
Frank Norcum, c. II. Stockdale, s.
Cameron Shelter.
Kelly Harris, or Charles, has been
taken off the suspended list and Is
now reinstated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22

TonIghrs the las, night for the cab
aret performers at the auto show. and
any body who has not seen these clever
artists should avail themselves Of the
opportunity, IL is absolutely certain
that the company is the best that has
ever appeared In Richmond They
appear more like clever amateurs than
blase professionals. A professional
usually appears as II working on the
lob. doing a stated kind OF work fer
"A limited amount Of time az n stated
sAjarv. An amateur works as II he
Boved his art. And II is thus with the
cabaret players.
Just what the cabaret singers would
90 without the exhibiting cars nv a
ps4ra OF their cuisines" would he hard
20 say. Last night. after hair-Talsing
slide for life down rope from the
balcony. two OF the singers landed in
the Loco and the Mitchell. respective
IL. where they finished their song. TO-
aieht it is rurnored that they viii use
.he same cars IN a buriesque on the
aalcony scene from Romeo and Jul
aet The Smith exhibit IS very adj
snntageouSly situated In many ways,
none more so than in being directly
in front az the stage. and both tho
statesmen and the customers alike have
what might be termed orchestra sears
at every performance.
Factory Men Visitors.
AZ has been stated before, the fac
tories are evidently much interested
In the Richmond show. Not only have
they sent many of the New York show
cars 10 the local show, but in addition
they have sent some Of their best
road statesmen to Richmond to as
glst the local dealers during the rush
Of the week. Among some of the
many factory men" that are in town
are the following: Il. w. Llvensperger,
OF the Rauch 81 Lang Co. Of Cleye
land: Doc" White, of the Locomobile
rom any, with his genial smile and
ever present cigar Mr. Yost, repre-
sentinF The Mitchell compauys branch
at Philadelphia, and many others too
numerous TO mention. In fact the
W G. Smith company, where the ex-
hibits OF the above named gentlemen
are on view. is the general headquar-
tiers for the out-of-town brigade.
Many are the various mascots that
have been adopted by the exhibitors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
ASSOCIATION WINS
FROM CHESTER HIGH

In game of basketball featured by
fast playing and good headwork, the
Young Mems Christian Association
Reserves defeated the Chester high
school by the score OF 81 to Is. For
the Reserves Glazebrook featured,
while G. Bruce captured the honors
for Chester.
The following players participated.
Y. M. c. A.-Glazebrook, Minson,
Heubi, Culton, Bolton. Chester, G.
Bruce. f, Buoy, t. Buoy H Goyne
and l.. Hatcher. The referee was Mr..
Tyler: Timer, Robertson, and Umpire,
Phillips In the practice game played
by the Y. NJ c. A. Seniors and the
West End association, the Y NJ. C. A.
quint won Sc to s.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
South Boston Wins
From Springs Five

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian.
SOUTH BOSTON. VA, Feb. I'll
The South Boston Athletics defeated
Cluster Springs academy here to-
night in a fast game of basketball
The final score was 10 TO IL in favor
of South Boston. Murray, Ouid and
Joyce threw some beautiful goals for
South Boston. and Dejarnette and
Harreli did good defensive work, Ed
wards was the best scorer for Cluster
Springs. Chapman threw several
goals for Cluster Springs from fouls
The lineup:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
Charley Faust Heard From.

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.--Charles Faust
one time mascot of the Giants. has
been heard from after more than six
months of silence. He has figured it
all out now and says Since the
Giants lost one worlds series with
me mascoting and one that j didn't
mascot, my average Is 500"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22

lea means much TO the thoroughbred
breeding interests He liz an individ-
ual bound to transmit both speed and
stamina and his blood lines are of
the best
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
Sent to Grand JURY.

Peter Monroe. colored, charged
with illegally having cocaine in his
possession, was sent on to the grand
jury by Justice Crutchfieid yester-
day morning
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
Griffin Church.

On the first Sunday I preached
nay farewell sermon at Griffin
church. After the sermon, II
was my happy privilege to bap.
tie Bro. Eddie Griffin. son of
Deacon j. A. Griffin, and a
grandson of Rev. w. B. Single
ton, Of blessed memory. Griffin
church has within her member-
ship some members who are the
salt of the earth.
After the services on Sunday
the members handed to the dea-
cons money to pay the PASTORS
salary, and after the amount
promised was paid a nice sum
was handed to the pastor, con-
siderably more than the salary
promised. Not many churches
pay more than they promise.
The pastor who goes to Griffin
may feel sure that he will get
all they promise him. May
Gods richest blessings rest upe IL
the church and the new pastor.
D. w. Hiott.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
Aspen Camp Elects Officers.

At a regular meeting eff Aspen
Camp No. 46, w. q. W., the
following officers were elected
for next year:
j. M. League, G. c.; w. R.
a. Garrett, A. L.; j. N. White,
Banker; G, NJ Folger, Clerk;
John M. Lesley, Escort; G. B.
Higgins, Watchman; NJ. H.
Fox, Sentry: L. X Couch, Mgr.
j. IS. Taylor. Janitor.
The Camp is in fine condition.
We now have 107 members,
have added twelve by initiation
during the wear, and have three
on hand. Rev ID. w. Hiott,
who has been our 9. @. for the
past year, declined re. election
because Of pressing church du-
ties, but promised to do all he
could for the order. The Camp
has recently erected in front of
the hall a beautiful electric sign.
The w. 0. w. is great order
and is doing much good. w.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
Crane-C Cartee.

A most beautiful home we'd
ding took place on the 10th of
December at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Crane,
when Mr.. Leland Cartee led to
Hyman's altar the beautiful
bride. Miss Ollie Bell Crane.
The ceremony was performed
in short but very impressive
manner by their pastor, Rev. j.
e. Grim. When the marriage
was over the guests were in
vited into the dining hall, where
a most splendid dinner was
served, and most heartily en-
joyed by all. Those acquainted
with the host and hostess can
better imagine than can be de-
scfibed what a bountiful and
well prepared table was spread.
Only a few guests were in
vited, but all enjoyed the even
ing. Misses Nellie Robinson
and Daisy Willis were their
only attendants. Many warm
congratulations were rendered
the happy couple, and all wished
that they should ALWAYS be hap
py, as they now think they will
be. Il Sincere Friend.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-12-18
Easle:y Dots.

Dr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Bolt, re.
turned from Charleston on Fri
day last, where Mrs. Bolt went
sight seeing and DIR. Bolt at.
tended the meetingof the Grand
Lodge Of Masons.
Messrs. VincentHamilton and
Whitsitt 1Iiott Of The Sentinel
visited home folks last Saturday.
The X. of P. Lodge is on a
small boom just now.
Aspen Camp No. 46, w. O.
W., will give an oyster supper
Thursday night.
Messrs. j. Med. Bruce and r.
L, Bivins Of Pickens and Mr..
Frank Day of Easley are fitting
up one of the best lumber yards
in the up country oh Main street,
on what is known as the La
them lot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burdine Smith
OF Vandergriff, Pa, are on a
visit to relatives here. Burdine
is looking well. and we are glad
to see him agaili among the
friends Of his boyhood davs.
T he Palmetto Pharmacy,
which has been conducted by
Or. j. H. Myers for several
years, was recently purchased
by Julius e. Boggs, Jr.. of Pick
ems, and j. M. Smith of Easley.
The Palmetto is an up-to-date
drug store and is very popular,
and we predict great success for
these cnterprising young men.
While we are very sorry to give
DR.. Myers up, we are glad to
welcome Mr.. Boggs to our city.
We hope that DR.. Legg will re-
main with the Pharmacy, for
he is one of the finest prescrip-
ton men in all the land. Sue
cess to you, young gentlemen.