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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-15
CAROLINA FARMERS
EXPECT A WINNER
Plenty of Material at A. & M.
From Which to Pick
Baseball Team.

West Raleigh. " Co. March 1.-THE
baseball season at Agricultural and
Mechanical will begin Monday, when
tho Techs will encounter the strong
team representing Trinity Park School.
The season generally starts here with
the Park School. which always puts out
II very strong team, and the game Is
expected TO be q closely contested one.
This game Viii be the first means OF
determining the strength OF the Red
and White aggregation. as there has
been little chance for real practice for
the past month on account OF the bad
weather. However. there is an album
dance OF material out, and as soon as
Coach Anderson has chance to weed
II out and pick tho best men for the
different positions n better line can be
had on the strength of the team as
whole. From present Indications the
strongest points will be the batteries
and outfield.
Captain Farmer. who played centre
field for the past three years. will most
probably lie shifted to first base. al
though this may not be necessary. as
there are several men trying for this
position. At second base, either Cor
rclle. Hodgin or Tenncy, and at third
Cannon and Seifert arc putting up n
hard fight. At shortstop. Wheeler
seems to be tho most likely candidate.
as he is exceedingly fast in that posi-
tlon. getting everything that comes his
way. The outer garden positions will
be contested for by Correlle and Farm
er, in case they are not shifted to the
inficId, and Patton and haynes. of last
years varsity, who will be given a
hard race by some OF the now men and
last years scrubs, including Liverman.
Albright, Carlton, Coleman and several
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AMATEURS START
WORK IN EARNEST
Leagues Organizing and Con-
tracts Being Sent In-Capi-
tai City Meets.

Amateur baseball affairs are fairly
cumming these days. The Capital
City League held n meeting during the
week, elected officers, and made plans
TOT the season. The league this year
VIII be four-club affair. This action
was taken by the representatives, I'm
order that better article OF ball could
ne offered the fans than ever before,
with games played twice week Tho
schedule under this arrangement ia
now being drafted
The Cherry Smash team. Of the Com
mercial League. has already begun
practice. and on tho 21st Will play a
practice game with Crafts, pennanr
winners last season. The battery for
cherry Smash will be Highheld. Sales
and Bowlcs. Tho Smashes expect a
more than usually successful season.
The four clubs composing tho Capi-
tai CITY League are Collegians, Grays.
Battle Axe and Ashland The Ashland
team VIII be managed this season by
*. Is. Wilkinson, who last year sue
cessfuily pfloted the Barton Heights
aggregation.
a meeting of tho amateur commits
sion Will be held this week upon tho
return or President Julien Hill, who
mas oeen called out of tho city on busi-
ness. Secretary Hooper. OF the COM
mission. announces the following con.
tracts turned in during tho week:
Richmond League.
with Kingan & Company-James A.
Creamer. Leo Creamer, 0. Sutterlin, b.
j. Beasley.
With Walk-over Shoe Company-c.
T. Berry, /. w. Creekmore, j. r. Camp-
oeli. waiter Chamberlayne. I. B. Eu-
bank, G. A. Green. II. Is. Seifert, d. J..
~ ely. hnwood Turner. r. ]. Shaw.
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FORTY-SEVEN MISS
NO-H|T HONORS BY
JUST ONE LONE TAP
Many Near-Heroes During Thir-
teen Years of American
League History.
ny ERNEST j. I.ANTGAN.
Publication Department, WnshinEto

III 81. LA
Publication Department, Washington
md Lee.)
Since tho American League started
out to compete with tho National
League for popular favor, thirteen
years ago, forty-seven OF It's artiller-
lists have missed getting their por-
traits in the pitchers hall OF fame
ca space reserved for those who deny
their opponents hits), by the scantest
of possible margins--i. e., as Horace
Fogel was wont to say, by the margin
OF one hit. The records of the John
son organization. from 1901 to 1913.
inclusive. show seventy three one-swat
combats for the hurlers and sixteen
no-safety controversies. Some box
men who arc not IN the no-hit class
have come so near to entering It that
1t Is small wonder they have been
peevcd at tho conclusion of games In
which their rivals procured only one
weo safety. Other slabmen now In the
ranks OF the no-hit heroes had to rid
their systems OF several near no-hit
contests before they were able to get
their names on the honor record by
denying tho opposition safeties.
Took joss Long Time.
The late Eddie Joss, of the Maps,
had quite a time breaking into tho no.
hit class. On six occasions before he
did SO the Clevelander limited his adj
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SECOND OUTDOOR
MEET OF R. k.A.F:
Athletes Will Be Divided Into
Two Glasses, Seniors and
Juniors.

The second annual outdoor meet Of
the Richmond Amateur Athletic Fed
Grafton will be held on Saturday. April
IL. The place will be announced later.
There Will be two classes only. junior
and senior. The Junior class will in
clude all boys seventeen years OF age
ana under. The senior class will IN
clude all young men over seventeen
years Of ago.
Junior events: 5o-yard dash, 75-yard
dash. c20-yard run, running high jump.
standing broad jump. and S-pound shot
put, six events In all.
The senior events will be 1oo-yard
dash, 220-yard run. 440-yard run. $50
yard run, one mile run, 120-yard low
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BOOZE REMAINS
IN |NDIANAPO Oils

Clinton. 8. c.. March H.-AIlesed efforts OF
tho st. Paul. American Association, baseball
club to obtain Everett Booc. under contract
with tho indianapolis Federal League team.
wero repudiated hero to-day when Booe.
now teaching tho Presbyterian College team,
here, gave out copy OF n telegram to tho
St. Paul club. The copy read:
your proposed contract Just received. It
would be impossible for mo to execute this
contract, as 1 already have with tho
Psderal League. as l fully explained to your
Hn ETisl WHEN no was hero TO SEQ mo last
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DObSON TO HAVE
RATHER HARD lob
Baseball Material at Richmond
College Not So Good as
at First Thought.

With the arrival of moro favorable
weather, the Spider ball tossers are
beginning to loosen up II little and to
show little better form. The cold
weather of the first part OF tho week.
of course. cut off all chance for prac-
rlce but whenever there has been half
n chance % ge- In any work they hive
been out and practicing under tho eye
Of Coach Dobson. 1t Is very evident
that there is great need Cor practice,
for. as a whole, the squad does not mp
pear to be nearly as good as they
looked on paper before the practice
started
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TRINITY PARK IS
EASY FOR TRINITY

Durham. y. c.. March ii.-Trtnity College
won the opening game of the season In de-
feating Trinity Park School Is to >. Trinity
started scoring In first inning. and consist.
Maddox. Rome ard Spence for Trinity feat
ured the game. kanipe pitched good
game for the coilegiaHs. holding the props
to four hits. collegians landed on Menshaw
for sixteen safe hits
Score by Innings: II. II. e.
Trinity .................3s rs .
Trinity Park. .,,......o oOl0l0o0-- 3.
Summary; MISUNDERSTANDING and Maddox;
Menshaw and Mccormick. Hits-On Kanipe,
=: Off Msnshaw. l6. Struck out-By lSanipe,
shaw. 6; OF Kanipe hit by pischor-SileA
Forced rupa-On Menshaw.
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PITTSBURGH FEDS
HAVE FIRST WORK

Lynch5urS. Va. March 1.-THE Pittsburgh
Federal League team worked out here near
~ six hours to-day. the day ending with
twenty-four players accounted for. Man
nyer Gcssler was pleased with tho result
OF the first day. Rebel Cakes and Hugh
Gradtoy were added to the squad late to-
t!onals las, year. wired he en- route
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TWENTYFOUR PROSPECTIVE COLTS TO ANSWER
MANAGER RAY RYANS CALL FOR SPRING PRACTICE
Entire Squad Here Ready WorA Virginia
Optimistic Has Outfder Manager
BY GUS MALBERT.

?% s@:~$%%
w od
effort
M paa
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ABSENCE
PROVES NO BAR

New Orleans. March 1.-THE Detroit
Americans defeated the New Orleans
Southern League team here to-day, 4
TO 2. Ty Cobb missed O train In At
lanta, and did not arrive in time TO
take part, but will play IN to-morrow's
exhibition game.
Score:
Detroit
New Orleans Observation-Disclosures
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TEXAS LEAGUERS
WALLOP YANKEES

Galveston. Tex. March 1.-The first team
OF tho New York Americans was defeated
hero to-day BY the local Texas League team
to /. The big leasuers were unable to
bunch their hits
The score: R.HE p.
Galveston Observation-Disclosures.
"ew Hork.........- .............--.........1
Battcr!eS--Sewcii. Herbert H!ett and
Noyes; Cole. WARRIOR and Reynolds.
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GIANTS DEFEATED
BY DALLAS TEAM

Dallas. Tex. March 1.-THE Dallas Texas
League team defeated the first team OF the
New York Nationals here to-day by n score
of to 0, Mathewson worked five innings for
the big leag uers and held Dallas TO one run.
The score Il. II. l..
Niiias ''''''' ''.''''.'...'.'''.'
ne"
Batteres-Huenke. Smith and Menefee:
MathewSon, Schupp and Mclean.
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John NInrshall Club Lose.

John Marshall Club Lose
Fredericksburg. W.. March 1.-THE Fred
ericksburg basketball team defeated John
Marshall Athletic Club. of Richmond, in q
weil-played game &C basketball hero last
night, the score being % to a.
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their deliverance from the sea, which
they dedicated Notre Dame de Grace.
and this gave to the place the name of
Havre de Grace. or 'harbor of grace"
The present beautiful church of No
ire Dame is built on the site of this
little chapel, and is an imposing monu-
ment of the sixteenth century. 1t is in
the style of the Renaissance, though
the tall windows and the small chapels
of the apsis are in the Gothic period of
architecture. Architects generally COM
plain of the mongrel style of the
Church of Notre Dame, but to the less
critical it is Very beautiful.
Under Louis XII some wooden con-
structions We're built to shelter the
town from the sea. However, it as
sumed no Importance until the time of
Francis 1, when the building of the
harbor was begun and the place given
the name of Franciscopolfs. Francis
erected tower at the entrance of the
harbor which served as a lighthouse
and was honored by the presence of the
so-called founder of the city, who had
a magnificent banquet given in his
honor. He later made other improve
ments and additions.
The defense of the town and harbor
works We're added to by the great min
lister, Cardinal Richelieu, and complet-
ed by Vauban. Colbert, that wonder
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full fnancter in the reign Of Louis XIV,
WAS one of Havre's most valued patrons
Napoleon L raised Havre to a war har-
Dor for the first rank. and under Ma
poleon III works begun by Louis XVI
were completed.
In 1852 Havre was delivered over to
the Protestants, but they were soon eN-
PEELED by the Earl of Warwick, who en-
tered the town with English troops. In
the same year Catherine de Medicis,
Frances great and crafty queen, after
bravely assisting at the siege of Rouen
by encouraging the soldiers in the
and bullets which whizzed around her,
aftefward took possession of Havre,
which was occupied by the English, and
negotiated with Queen Elizabeth. by
the coasts of Normandy which had been
ceded to her by the Protestants under
Condo during the civil war in France.
AT the time this took place it is an
interesting fact that all Europe was
governed by women-England by
Queen Elizabeth. Scotland by Mary
stuart. Portugal by the infanta,
daughter Of Eleanore, Navarro by
Queen Jane, the low countries by the
natural daughter of Charles V, Spain
by Isabella of France, and France by
Catherine de Medicis. A galaxy of
female rulers to which the feminists of
today could point with pride, SO far as
ability was concerned.
War does indeed make strange bed
fellows; the allied English and French
forces of today were the bitterest of
enemies in the seventeenth century
when Havre was several times be-
sieged by the English, and was bonn
barded by them in 1853, 1894 and 1876.
But in spite of the persistent attacks
Of the English, Havre seems to have
grown and flourished commercially and
acquired a strong mercantile position.
Even the storms to which it owed its
existence have sometimes been the
means of saving it from its enemies.
When the Due de Choiseul was in COM
mand of the military forces of Havre,
the English fleet, which was about to
make an attack, was forced back by a
fierce gale which ragged beyond the
harbor.
Henry " was the first monarch to
make a royal state visit to the port in
1903, and since then most Of the rulers
of France have gone there. The mag
nifcent fetes given in honor of Louis
XIV and Madam de Pompadour are his
toric, Notwithstanding the fact that the
esthetic Louis was inclined to sneer
at the air of trade which pervaded the
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sugar refining works, tobacco manufac-
tories, iron foundries, salt works, brewer
les and manufactures faience crockery,
lace, silk and paper Like all seaports,
it is a very cosmopolitan city in times
of peace, having a large floating popu-
lation of many nationalities, principally
Italians, Spaniards. English. Americans,
Swedes, Russians and Austrians, speak
ing many languages and all mingl1ng
together in the cafes and places of
amusement, drinking cider and red
wine and listening to some favorite. OF
the cafes singing popular songs. with
a word or two of each language thrown
in by way of local atmosphere.
The Place de rHotel de Vile, in the
center of the town. in which are located
the public gardens. presents a most
picturesque and gay scene. with the
sailors of the different nationalities
mingling with the Norman peasants,
with their loose blue blouses and trou-
sers, red kerchiefs about their necks
and many of them with wooden sapots:
The women wear round or pointed
white caps, black velvet bodlces, and
talk in the quaint Norman dialect,
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place. and which gave him such large
revenues.
Louis XVI was more pleased than his
exquisite predecessor, being OF "a more
commercial taste: his visit was or last
ing benefit. as he took a great interest,"
in the Improvement of the city. and set
on foot many plans for It's improve
ment and the enlargement OF It's traoe'
as we'll as for the surrounding country.
Next came Napoleon I in 1902. at the
height of his brilliant career, ana
again later in 1910, when premonitiohs
of his coming failures must nave oe-
gun to oxershadow him and cause
doubt which he had never before ielt.
In this year he annexed Holland anu
it was organized in nine French oe-
partments. His brother LOUIS was
made its unwilling king and did all IN
his power to alleviate the unhappy
condition in which the people fouhd
themselves The troops of the King OF
westphalia were forced to make way for
the French troops at the mouth of the
Elbe and Weser. and a few montns
later the whole coast between the Rhine
and Elbe was annexed. Napoleon began
to make war on neutral commerce. es-
fict injury on English trade. HIS deter
mination to divorce Josephine had taken
form, and he was struggling between
ambition and duty. knowing that IN
evitably the former would triumph out
nevertheless leave its accustomed SUNG.
He seemed little impressed by the latent
possibilities of Havre. the key 10 the
Seine and Paris.
Louis Philippe, who had a commercial
mind, was impressed with the great
possibilities of Havre, and in 1881 made
a visit there Then that of Napoleon III
was the last monarchical visit which IL
received from the rulers Of France.
Normandy. the province in which
Havre is located, produced a sturdy,
warlike, thrifty race of men. The oi
Viking blood made them restless, and
they scattered through Europe. conquer
ing and plundering. The dukes OF NOR
mandy, in the eleventh century, had
risen to be the most important men OF
the kingdom All the great events OF
the century settled about this mighty
race of men of which William the Con-
queror was a great example. England to
the grandson of the tanner" as his
enemies loved to call him, was busi-
ness proposition as well as menace to
Normandy. and SO the conquest was un-
dertaken and accomplished. Religious
fervor had no part in the wars OF WI
LIANT was clear gain.
The world famous Bayeux tapestry
depicts in a wonderful way the in
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as that of the northern towns of
France, being second in Importance as
a port to Marseille.
In 1907 the imports amounted to about
S2SS. 100000 and the exports to $235,-
650.0 900. the most important being cot
ton and silk. The trade of Havre with
the United States is very large, and has
always retained its superiority in the
importation of cotton, one-third of
which, however. is imported from other
countries than the United States.
There is a regular connection with New
York, and a large part of the emigra-
ton from France is from this port.
Besides cotton, its principal imports
are petroleum. coal. wheat. wooden
goods. silk, mohair and jute tissues. as
we'll as spices, sugar. coffee. hides, dye
woods and an enormous quantity of
building timber. The principal exports
to the country are various French man.
ufactured cloths, leather. jewelry, agri-
cultural and dairy products, with
wines, brandy and oil.
Fishing is extensively prosecuted. and
besides the various industries connect
ed with shipbuilding Havre possesses
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ACROBATS AT THE ZOO


W7AsHINGToNIANs by the thou
w sands are deriving unending
entertainment on these cool fall
days by watching the all-day vaude-
Vile performances in the monkey
house at the Zoo.
Some time ago the officials of the Zoo
took all of the smaller monkeys and
put them in a single large cage, which
was equipped with springing board,
a merry-go-round, a timber pole and
innumerable ropes. For short time
the monkeys crouched in the corners
of their new home, manifestly EN-
barrassed by the large quantity of fur
niture Then they gradually became
used to their surroundings and the fun
started.
Their exercises make the stunts OF
an experienced acrobat appear like the
movements of an elderly gentleman
afflicted with rheumatism. There
are those visitors who declare that the
animals devise their own trichs-Work
them out much as an acrobat would
Recently one of the monkeys created
an act of his own. He grasped rope
on the far side of the cage, ana cling
ing to it. swung himself to the next
rope. This operation was repeated
until he reached the front. In no time
the other smians were initiating him.
1t is not infrequently that the spec
tator sees three or more monkeys cling
ing desperately to the rope-or to each
other-in an attempt to swing on the
ropes.
The climax of the performance is
slorified game of tag. One of the mon
keys begins to romp aimlessly: He
jumps from the springing board to the
elastic pole and thence to the merry
go-round. Another monkey starts after
him. In a few minutes the whole cage
is in a turmoil. The little creatures,
chattering madly, pursue one another
helter-skelter around the place until
the human eye becomes dazed in It's
effort to follow their antics.
Human spectators are not the only
ones to be entertained by this prfmi-
tive vaudeville. There are a numbor
of elderly apes occupying cages direct
ly across from the cage wherein the
acrobatics are staged, and when the ea-
citement begins, they crowd in the ex-
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CITY HALL OF HAvRE.

TT is difficult to pick from such al
array of regiments as serve undei
the standard of England particu-
lar ones about which to say they peai
special claim to fame. OF an old army
one which has a history dating back
to the imperial legions of Rome, there
are so many glorious pages in its story
that it is only when some particular
achievement of the moment dfstin-
suishes a regiment that its particular
story may be told without slight to
some other.
The particular claim to distinction
which has led to the selection Of the
9th Lancers. the Queens own. as u
subject, is founded upon an incident
which occurred August "a of this year
in the course of the great war now
being waged abroad.
On that date, at dawn, the German
artillery opened fire and maintained a
severe cannonade, which became such
a menace to the allied lines that the
decision was made to silence the guns
at any cost.
Directed against the guns, q cavalry
brigade was launched in attack. and .s
flashing of saber, the 9Th Lancers. the
18th Hussars and the 4th Dragon
Guards rode in the ranks.
:. :.
AZ the attack swept forward across
tbe omen toward the German lines twen-
-. nreviously concealed machine guns
onened fire at close range upon the cav
slry with telling effect. The shock OF the
fire split the brigade and most of the
norsemen swerved to the right, except
,h. Iancers who held to their course,
until they charged squarely into WIRE
ENHANCEMENT.
retraced their way to their own lines, a
mere 80 remaining OF the strong reBi-
uent which rode out in its glory 1eW
minutes previously.
Horse artillery had charged with the
cavalry. to support the attack and the
euns were cut off, the horses shot down
and the guns in imminent danger OF
capture, when Capt. Francis Grenfeii,
who had retired from the entanslement
with the remains of ms troop, cameo
wounded in two places. rode forward
once more to save the guns. The guns
were rescued by this act OF valor, but
Capt Grenfell, stricken again. was
rescued by the timely aid of the Duke
of Westminster OF the famous "Die
Hard" regiment, and the arms of the
regiment received an added luster.
Going back into history, when Queen
Anne died and the Elector of Hanover
was called to the throne of England.
the Jacobites still hoped for the sue
cess of the Stuart cause. Being aware
of this, the king and the people in
creased the army In 1l15 by several
regiments of cavalry. then regarded as
the most essential arm. OF these new
regiments, Maj. Gen. Owen Wynne's
9th Dragons was one. Soon after this
the Eearl of Mar raised the standard
of revolt at Braemar. The royal troops
were sent into Lancashire and the 9Th
was one of the regiments sent to at
tack the Stuart forces at Preston.
Two years later the regiment Wa
sent to Ireland, where 1t was stationed
for the next eighty-siX years. The Eng
lish rule Of the Emerald Isle was harsh,
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while they drag their children along
behind them, all laughing, eating and
drinking-even the tiniest of the chill
dren has a glass of red wine with
water
These Norman peasants. called the
Yankees of France because Of their
propensities for bartering, love to tell
Of the glories of Havre, past and pres
ent One of their favorite stories is of
an enormous vessel which was con-
structed there in 1888. but was SO large
that 1t could not emerge from the port,
and so was used to rebuild many
houses which a recent storm had swept
away.
1t has been said that Havre is noted
for three things, the number of sieges
which il has sustained. the roval visits
it has received and the great number of
projects for it's enlargement. Until
1916 it was a fishing village, founded
by some poor fishermen who were
wrecked by the stormy winds of the
English channel and sought refuge in
this harbor at the mouth of the River
Seine They erected a few rude huts
and small chapel. in gratitude for