Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
Skip's Morning Smile

Manager Ray Ryan. who piloted the
Colts TWO years. and Will lead Rocky
Mount this season In the Virginia
League. dropped into town last night.
Kay has been spendinE the winter at
his home in Ohio. and. except for a
little weight. looks lit as fiddle
Modest as he always is. Ryan made no
strong predictions in regard To landing
the pennant, bu; from his talk he has
gathered a fast company of youngsters
port for practice on March % include
pNorton and paubert, shortstops.
Hoosetree and rarmaiee. third base
men: Brothers. first base: Bittle, Eiscl
and Fisher, outiielders: Applegatc Berg
Teagte, Mills ana Meyers. pitchers. ami
Mu!NaneE. catcher Dauhert. Ray
claims. Is 4 real find. Rocky Mount
Will play the virsinians at home on
April =. and in Richmond on April H.
VIII Dunn. who has been reported
ARRIVING every dag. for the past two
weeks. IS actually In Richmond. Dunn
arrived Yesterday. ana immediately
Went 10 Broad street Park. where he
cNplained contemplated changes to
HuildinE Inspector Butler. He will he
gin active work on improvements to-
day, and said last night that he would
have the grounds In good shape before
the opening game.
II seems that tho authorities called
Drewry's hInT yesterday in Police
Court
tho hopping players be tried in the
Kangaroo Court Il. Y. D.
II Is TO be hoped that Richmond
tie John Marshall High athletes IN n
relay at the 81. Patrick's Day meet in
the Grays' Armory. II is true that the
Baptists specified unbcatcn teams in
81 "a nal ii
refuse to meet the public school boys
The race would he bound 10 attract at
tcntion.
saulted TO tho %. RS. il can be said
without contradiction that he put the
Whales al sea.
and willard Will fight III Havana on
April 3. but why not let Willard stay
on Yankee soil and johnson in Cuba
and Let each fight in those places
They'd hurt each other about as much.
aud Willard would nave just as much
chance Of hitting The big smoke.
Lynchburg wants to NEE, Norfolk
On tho nom. floor TO decide the stat.
basketball titlc, and offers the Tide
water team a bis guarantee, agreeing
~ me sam" time 10 play on a neutral
court Norfolk counters with an offer
70 stage the game there. Looking nj
1t from all standpo!nis. there is moth
tt,,S 20 TO 40 boys .GcNXcePt play right here
IN Richmond. TA- fans Will be glad
to see The game. ana there viii b., no
comeback in the future.
Tic pcreys. OF baseball will welcome
tic 'talcum bali which has been in
vented b. a Fed umpire to Offset the
emory Pill
~. but the poor baseball slaves mus,
FowlanG mas issued n stringent order
against The use OF tobacco. and now
Hranch Hickey. tho SUNDAY school man
aE"f ~ N" Browns. has announced
,h"t All players must leave the hay a,
o'clock each morning. Then, too
MugGsy McGraw and Clarke Grini,h
NAY" introduced dancing among ihci.
squads
TIE FEDS are 'osk!nE CAPITAL Of The
Ior?nto ana Montreal, IS thinking OF
muurncd rs The ints. haviu,s beer
@en'ly dropped from hoth teams
rarinen i'm. Of CORR. Pa, has been
-.gr"d hr tn" Pirates and viii b.
EiF.h r.hi on N" mound. Iiil wears
tlHSs"s "hen pitching. explaining that
h" - neal -sight"d and cannot see :,
'i'N"d iall. II las always been Tho
f"n"'al belief that q pitcher aid no,
~" = ZAP about seeing his curve hall.
ms ambition "as 10 keen the batter
, on seeing and consequently rappinE
tho curve
Although Proxy Gilmore offered IN
~, nov hnt that Ban johnson would
not get halfway on his iou-n.v no
American League u,aruate has been 10
IT," ioaE' ana h"ck And stll Judge
i"rd!s IS nursing tbs opinion
Carl saraciuo one ~ Tho hlr stare
Of The old Richmond Gra~q' team ,vi,l
y" given trial on tn" Mar Jane. ],
Do" looks 20 GOOD as b. uia last season
mh'n D" played three Earucs With tho
,ihrs. ~" local hoy XIII hav" lit,ln trou-
hlc De landing berth with the Grey
~ lNc mcrrN Mary .Innn.