Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-19
1T STRIKES ME
BY TIM PATCH

Unable to find a suitable roostinr
Place IN New York, the baseball Dove
OF Peace has huttcrcd away to Cincin.
natl, where. on Tuesday. the confer.
encr will bc resumed. The elusive bird
viii hover over the heads of or.aniZcd
and independent baseball interests
while those bodies endraVor to reach
a basis Tor harmony. but unless there
Is u radical change in the situation it
is quite possible that permanent perch
viii be as hard 20 and in cincy as in
Gotham.
I The conferences. it has developed
have been going on for several weeks
II not months, Yet the mapnateS adj
NIT that peace is far from being con-
summarized In far:. the comforting in
tcrcstS seem To he drawing apart in
stead o; together. ii the reports can
he properly construed. Privately the
various factions are beginning to
blame each other for failure OF the
peace program ANA for taking the ini-
tial SteT toward that end. While har-
I mony was the Keynote ot all public
: statements. the word cannot he APP
piled to the sessions behind closed
doors, according 10 some OF those in
7 Il position to know.
The reported Federal League vic
I tory seems Ia have been slightly eX-
aggeratcd. in the like Of later reports
The Organized forces arc now dictat-
ing the terms, and seem to he in no
F. rush t. seitl" matters one way or
the other. The Fedcrals however.
hay" kept one anchor to the wind
ward by not withdrawing the suit
now pending before Judge La ndis. and
il is IioI probable that they Will do so
without a definite agreement being
reached.
Baltimore had its aspirations rude
ly shattered Yesterday. when the Ter
rapm representatives .:crc CURLY tn-
formed that the Monumental! city was
not major league territory, and could
not support team ii given one The
E'alt!mcrcanS wcr" practically kicked
out of the meeting. and a late dispatch
from baltimore saws that city will
accept National League berth nro-
vidine, that the draft rule is removed.
II the whole ruth was told Ralti-
more would he glad to accept any
thing savorine Of baseball. The Mon
umcnta! city has not done anything
10 earn the gratitude of organized
baseball, and in the future il will
consider anything that il gets rs !,
favor
Norfolk papers join in with some of
tn" other calamity howlers who have
put Richmond back into tn. Virginia
League. 1t is extremely doubtful if
lstchmond fans would patvonzc Nir-
sinia League baseball. and those who
expect the old circuit 10 .ct its terri
tory back without cost. are cuuntin..
chickens before they are hatched
Already legal opinion has been sought
with the idea Of finding just where
the local stockholders stand in re-
gard TO moving their franchise to Bal
3 Il
viii find itself up against II stubborn
proposition if 1t does TRY to do So
Personal suits. it is limited. will be
Instituted against certain maGnatcs if
anything is done to injurc the property
of the Richmond Exhibition Company
That property consists OF Il franchise
III the International League, with
richmond as it's home
The Swedish athletic authorities are
understood To favor visit Of an Amcri-
/ can track and field team TO Sweden
next summer for u series OF iuterna-
tional meets All hope Of holding the
Olympic games during 1916. as pre-
NiouSly arranged has been abandoned
by the international olympic Commit
tee. and that body. as sell as the
officers of the International Athletic
Federation, is reported TO favor such
a meeting Of American and Swedish
track and field stars.
Lisbon. OHIO. has become famous
through the fact that its huntsmen
shoot rabbits a; night from automo-
bile seats The cars are anchored in
u rabbit section. the rays of the search
light attract the Dummies. out they
come to Investigate pop--%iug-- has
cnpfeifer.
SpORTS-ADD SKIP
Angels Aragon. brought back to the
Yankee fold last fall after season OF
general utility work under Jack Dunn
at Richmond. has renewed his allegi-
nncc Ia the New York cinb. The cun-
tract. properly signed along til" dotted
line, has been received by Harry Spar
row.
THAT report that Washington is to
Join bands with baltimore in tho In
tcrnntional must have caused sickly
feeling over in the Capital. We Won
der how Ed Critic and Billy Feet feel
These scribcS poke fun at Baltimore
ut every opportunity, and IL they had
to keep company with MS Il would be
"a fh,.ip ~ in