Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-10
IT STRIKES ME
BY TIM PATCH

Federal League owners Yesterday
admitted their defeat ut the hands of
organized baseball when they forfeited
the franchises Of the Kansas CITY and
hullalo clubs. Both OF these cities have
been strongholds for the ind.pcndents
put last season failed To outjiraw The
bouDle y clubs, and lost Il pile OF
money.
Gilmore again announces that he will
put team i'll New York lie may do
30 "a, ana then again, he may not, The
mint of money last season Far from
H. The Wards. however. consider il
tood advertising 70 own the franchise.
reds, however. failed To get the at
tendance in Newark. and there is NO
reason TO believe that the team in New
York will be any luckicr than the
There is n slim possibility that Buff
means that nj lc0st 500. 600 must he
put mp TO do so. business men of Buff
tnlo do not seem any too ANXIOUS TO
drop. any coin. however. especially as
tho fans cannot b" wcancd away from
tho lnts permanently.
The Fcdcrals arc dchtinr a losing
fight: and they know ii; With India
napoliS winning the NHg. they had to
nhanlou that city last year in favor OF
Newark and did not do any better in
The .lers"v metropolis. Kansas civ
lost >35,c and there is no telling
what amount was dr"rp"d i'm Ealti-
more. The owners in that city how
ever. succeeded in NEGOTIATING n loan
which viii be sufficient Ia got the club
s,art"d next season, but there is no
guarantee that tho Baltimore public
can be turned into a profitable invest
.lcnt.
Tho independents ana organized base
IA men continue 10 grow stronger
This latest move in rcviv:nr the New
York talk seems nothing more or less
Than thin threat TO improve the
terms.
get the Richmond franchise in the In
tcrnational League and. according TO
the figures Of the Canadian League club
in that city, IT lost considerable pile
last year. If Ottawa can't support
Canadian League ban, what is it GO
ing to do with an International League
salary roll and railroad bill?
southern baseball teams will have n
chance to mar two football records vet
this season. Washington and Lee gets
a crack at Cornell, and has n slight
possibility OF reducing the Ithaca fort
rcSS. Geor@et"wn is 10 play Colgate.
and may smear the clean slate of Thai
Eastern contender.
only such an unexpected calamity as
II defeat by the Generals or by Pcnnsv
can prevent the big Red" OF cornci,
fir from n, being n, the nm nndis.putcd champions
Harvard; which beat Princeton. and
viii probably maui Yale. Barrett. tho
wonderful back, was out Of the Grim
plays.
From charlottesville comes the in
iorinallon That motion pictures show
that the Vanderbilt players tried ~
tackle The ball, instead Of the run.
i ner. ana ana thu, that the frequent fumbies
This may be true but it is fact,
beyond dispute, that the Virginia hack Z
d.d not hold the ball properly in the
contest against Nandy, and there ia
n no reason as at to believe that they have
shows n number of fumblcs, and costly
ones, too.
After the first tumble against yo,
derbili. when the ball was lost Just
few Yards from the goal. the Vir-
Barry that the opposing players had
tackled his arm. Barry could take no
action, as there is no rule against
If the mar, with the bali had held
danger from being tackled hy the then ARM mo
or of having the oval knocked ont Of
MS srnsr, ID The wand,"rhilt players
drop the. oval il he didn't Know uf how
to carry it.
Without meaning 10 detract from tho
fine performances of Ed Anderson. it
appears to this writer that the local
boy does nor only run with the hall
very carclessly held, but that he re-
lakes his arm as he nears the ground
after tackle. IL looks like he tries
to break the shock of his fall and that
the bah gets out of his grasp.
, None OF the above is meant as Sc
rious reflection on the Virginia hack
field. There is no question that it is n
wonderful combination. and one that
is justly entitled TO credit for its per
formanccs. There is no reason how
ever, to abb poor work when no allbis
are needed.
J Tho Old Fox. the Little Napoleon and