Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-25
Tennis now MAJOR SPORT
RICHMOND COLLEGE SQUAD
ENl ERED IN TITLE RACE
Enrfcrn Virginia INTERCOLLEGIATE.
cation VIII stage scrics-ircpar.
Cor IaSkctbnlI

10y an amendment to tn. constitu.
t'oh OF the Richmond College xAtbln,ic
ASSOCIATION tennis has been ,no1e d,
,najor sport this year. y league ot
,nc '.'ihS Oh the Eastern Virginia AS
socia ton has been formed. cor,nnsc,,
OF randolph -Macon linmn,I.,- Gi,,,,n,
iiiiam and Mary anu ftIch.,cud ,,oi'
lege. " >'''-
The tcnris courts at Wcs,hamn.o,
nave been worked on and are I'm t,ooJ
condition for playing this sport. ana a
hummer OF men with the aspiration 10
represent the Red ana Blue are on ,hs
courts each AFTERNOON W. H. lagbv
has been elected manager IF the te,,n
ana statcs that there are number M
"ood rackcters in the college and in
"ic2tionS arc that good teams can he
p1cSc" as contcndcrs for chnmnionshin
honors.
The election of officers OF the associ-
a'.oh tor the coming year Will be held
III the college auditorium to-day Tho
offices of president. vice-pra ,i,lnnt and
secretary Will he filled, and managers
Tor tho track team will be elected also
The Inconvenience that he basket
bail quint had last year in securing a
floor adapted to its purpose to proc-
tee on will not be experienced again
tnt' year Superintendent Of Grounds
ioolsby promises that an IDEAL floor
VIII be completed by the time that
Coach Dohson makes the call for can
d:Gates. With the entrance 1T tho col
lcEc OF several basketball mon OF ahil-
ity III addition to the four OF last years
Huint, prospects for It winning team
are exceedingly bright. OF :he old nlen
that are back in college are Satter
field. Cox. Wood and Cosby
Only light work will he done by tho
Richmond College gr.iir,n warriors
to-day. the squad being given n brief
rest after invading Williamsburg.
where they administered the second
coat of kalsominc to the In.ians I'm as
many championship games this year.
the first coat having been done by
iiampden- sidney the Saturday previ-
Gus. The spiders are necessarily jubI-
liant over their victory. but 20 morrow
VIII have plenty of work to do for the
game on Saturday with Hampden-
Sidney.
In the Eastern Virginia Int.rcollegi-
ate Association this year it Is signii-
cant that ali of the games have been
won by large scores and without the
winners goal line having been crossed
In eithcr OF the games. anu different
Kinds OF football being played by the
teams Hampdcn-S Sidney won over
william ana Mary with n mixture OF
straight football and open play Rich.
mond College in It's game with the In
dians adhering to straight football tao
tics, and the formidable I;andolph-
Macon team relying on open play ex-
c!usivcly rs their best bet in ground
gaining. which indicates close race
inns year for tho championships.
h'le 1t is early TO be maieing any
prophecies as to the probable winner.
next Saturday will at least draw n line
on the best teams that compose tn,
league Randolph Macon tackles tn,
Indians and should the Jackets com
out victorious 1t will practically moan
ne elimination Of William "na Mary,
ana should the Spiders win over the
Prcshyte"ians it VIII mean tie he
tween Richmond College and the
Jncl<cts.