The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18
STEVE TALKS OF
PLANS FOR SEASON
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trail had grown to weeds. the alfalfa
covered in the dustheap of memory.
This A City"
Say. but this is A city," repeated
tho famous citizen Of Toledo. Ohio,
inhaling the smokefree ozone after
winter Limitations of the carbon
charged air of his native heath. .Tm
going to stay here now. It's going to
be home to me from this out They
did think OF running me for Congress
out my way. but-and when I say but
mean but never was strong for
that Congress thing. and when 1 get
through winning that RrandoldraE at
tho end OF this season. after due con-
sideration. I have come to the conclu-
sion that L Will Just about be Mr.
Nifty in Father Byrd's demesne-get
me right on that demesne-and. any
way itll take the chief of police to
Dieted this slight tribute to himself
and incidentally to the city, he is to
serve for some few days to come
Steve continued his eauntering.
Ills slight jaunt took him TO the
ball yard, where he encountered Joe
ieusler. several carpenters, Billy
chapel and n few loads of dirt. 1t
didn't take Steve long to find out that
he would be satisfied with the changed
location of the enclosure. He liked
the inficld, and no liked the outfield.
He liked tho view. with tho curling
thereabouts giving positive evidence
OF the growth and prosperity Of Rich
mond. Especially was he Impressed
with certain institution where the
Juice is mashed out of hops, an insti-
tution which dots the horizon just to
the east OF the park.
Everything Just Right.
It's Just about right oDipod
Steve. "or II Will be az soon as every
thing Is completed. That Erandstand
Is immense. It's considerably larger
than the old one, and I'm glad, because
INC way that club OF mine is going to
WIN bail games is going to draw ca
pacity to the yard every day in the
season. We sart on the clubhouse in
the morning. and I'm going to be SUI
perintendent- There's going 10 be
nothing dinky about that clubhouse
Inc lockers are going to bis enough
ana the baths are going to be placed
so that the fellows will not interfere
with one another. Mr.. Bradley has Civ
en- me permission to carry out every
one OF my ideas, and. believe me. son.
/ IN going to do It. They say that eigh
teen carpenters are on the job. Well.
put this III your note book: I'm going
To have sixteen OF EN- working on
that clubhouse, and they're going To
work.
And pipe the press box Now, that's
what 1 call big league. How you fell
lows ever got along as we'll as You
did under the old conditions L can't
see. OF course you had TO work. but
working with good tools and working,
with al of the implements dulIed is
something different. Up ON top OF the
stand Is the place for the press. for
one Know tfp power of the press. and
J. nave always been an advocate of
giving the fellows Tyt~o report tine
games tho best possible accommoda-
lions. I'm glad TO see that the direc.
tors felt the same way about it. In
talking with Secretary Bradley he told
me that there would be telephone SER
vice in the press box and every pos
sible convenience. Well, Il looks like
big league baseball for Richmond In
1918