The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-28
BIG LEAGUE BALL
ALMOST ASSURED
Enthusiastic Reports Made at
Meeting of Executive
Committee.
WILL CANVASS FOR STOCK
Business Men Solidly Behind
Move-Local Club Presents
No Obstacle.
WILL CANVASS FOR STOCK

Energetic canvassing by committees
appointed yesterday by the association
OF business men organized to bring the
baltimore club. Of the international
League. TO Richmond Will. II IS be
ileved. he so nearly complete ~ to-
morrow afternoon that the dream Of
baseball lovers Of having higher CLASH
Of the sport in Richmond Will be real
ized Under tho plans arranged yes
terday. the city is divided into pre-
>crited sections, and committees were
appointed to cover the whole OF Rich
tnohd. Enthusiasm for the project has
been developed to Il high degree, and
even staid business men, seeing In the
scheme another means of BOOSTING
Richmond before the country. have en-
tered into the work with an ardor that
nccefsarily betokens success. a com
mittee, composed OF J. st. George Bryan
w. Il. Pizzini and George NJ Cease
reported that IL had interviewed Thorn.
RS ~ McAdams. president of the Rich
mona cruz. OF the Virginia League. and
mat he had said no obstacles would ba
placed by the local club In the way of
bringing the Baltimore team to Rich
mond. JACK Dunn. owner OF the latter
ciup. is ready To move bag and baggage
10 Eichmond on twcnty-four hours no
tcc. He rs M enthusiastic TO come 40
tichinond lie to have him and his team
tie Is we'll known in the HELD of snort
is popular and stands well in the .sti-
nation OF the National Commission,
deserving u himself 90 per cent Of the
stocH OF the company To be chartered
ne VIII always be sufficiently interested
IN the club to maintain II on its nrc,
cnt high plane
MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS
HAVE ALREADY BEES MADE
Many OF the ways and means com
'ht'ee began work yesterday. and
moro than $4,000 was raised. making n
total subscription now in hand OF near.
IS $4,000. The purchase price b,.
been set at $4,000. 90 per cent Tn no
paid In cash the rest in regular In.
staiinents. and Alvin ~ Smith, presi.
dent or the Business Mems Club. said
yesterday afternoon that tho deal
would proba bly, be contaminated ia.
morrow afternoon.
IL VIII be big thing for Rich
inond," he said. "and just now. when
we nave been so vastly ENCOURAGED by
bringing the regional bank here. hav
ing Richmond Federal reserve
city and by the results of annexation
proceedings. the people are in a mood
10 go a little farther and have better
baseball II is understood that the
owners OF the Richmond club. so far
from placing any interpretation in the
way. VIII gladly cooperate in bring
Ing about ali am!cablc settlement i'm
the disposition OF it's franchise Tn.
virginia League. 1t is believed will
also fall into line. and the negotiations
have now reached such stage Tint
success in the scheme IS almost bound
TO result. The ways and means com
lnlttee and the canvassing committees
VIII hold another meeting Tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock, when the mat
ter may be finally settled
COMMITTEES NAMED To
SECURE STOCK SCBSCRIPTJovS
Committees were appointed and the
city was divided into districts, as fol-
lows:
Broad Street. First to Seventh. and
Franklin 10 Marshall. Aaron Jacobs
and Nathan Hellstern.
Broad Street Eleventh to Seventh
r. d. Tragic and ]. T. Disney
Broad Street. First TO Laurel. Sol
Schwartschild.
Jefferson Club. Sam Cohen.
Franklin Street TO >[iver Twelfth TO
Ninth. T. A. Eichcl and Arthur Levy.
Special Broad Street, L. o. Miller and
Isaac Thalhimer.
All real estate firms. James J. Pol
lard. w B. Pizzini. Field Wilbon. Hines
and Walicrstein.
City officials John Satterheld and
John Bagby.
Church Hill and adjacent territory
Oscar Parrish. H. II. Hardesty and A.
H. Flournoy.
Main Street. Governor to Seventeenth
It. p. Palmatary, w. H. Adams and b.
NJ. Nelson
Main Street, Seventh Street west, s.
.. Linderman and NJ. Florsheim
Banks. Julien II. HILL w. p. Waddey
and Conway Gordon.
South Richmond Clarence Coleman
and j. a. Danron.
City officials and others. Clyde w
Saunders and L. y. Stumpf.
Main Street, Fifth to Ninth Frank.
lin to river. II. F. Smith and George
w Rogers.
Seventeenth TO Twenty-fifth and
Franklin to river. Walter Grant and
Louis Kaufman
Newspapers. ]. st. George Bryan and
c. Il. Cooke.
Manufacturers and jobbers. r. B.
Jones and w. S. p. Mayo.
Fulton. Joseph e. Sorg. II. f. Hester
and A. r. McCalley.
Railways, Warren =. Taylor, H. NJ
Boykin and r. Il. Simpson.
Doctors. w. II. Parker. John S. Bag
by ind y. AIurat Willis.
Committee at largo, Clyde II. Rat
cliffe and X. Lee Peters