Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20


| crty. This is evidenced by the fact
that local investors are preparing to
go to court to protect their rights. In
Baltimore. too. similar action is con-
| cmplatcd. but there il Is the Feds
who demand consideration.
| The Baltimore Fed owners. it seems.
! want II major league franchise, and
! II they cannot get that, they want
! the International League bone az their
I very own. In spite Of the fact that
Jack Dunn claims the territorial rights
/ OF Baltimore under organized baseball
| the Tcrp stockholders have no inten-
! ton Of yielding up any of their stock
/ TO him. They figure that they forced
/ him out, and that in Baltimore victory
| is theirs.
/ Dunnie will hot-root TO Barrow TO
/ learn where he stands with the Inter-
| national League. Then. at the request
/ OF the baseball arhi,crs, he will 20 TO
Cincinnati to learn their proposals to
! him. Dunn. 1t is believed, will not be
Wiling 10 surrender his claims with
/ out a cash consideration.
4 The above is just a sample of what
/ complications the negotiations are
/ bringing on 1t is probable that sew
/ crai weeks Will elapsc before the final
/ agreement is signed. OF course, Il
!
the Feds 10 dissolve. bat 10 DO this
would mean tn. total loss of all the
independents fought for
There is possibility that Johns
Hopkins will bC seen in action at
broad street Park next season. The
Richmond College athletic authorities
: are cndcaVoring 20 arrange Il football
game here next fall with the Halti-
norcans. but the negotiations are still
! pending.
zehmer. captain of the william and
! Mary quirt. pulled a bone on Saturday
( night, when he tailed for the How
/ Tiers By tossing the ball through tho
wrong basket. The Indian leader,
/ however. need not feel so had, as i,
/ - not AN fnfrcqGcnt occurrence for n
/ try at the wrong goal to be made, but
/ II is seldom that the ball finds it's
way through the basket.
The accident recalls the performance
OF Il Spider footballer several years
ago This youngstcr not only ran tho
wrong way once. but in the same game
repeated the performance and was
! tackled by his own men just in time
10 prevent score for the opposing
team. II not mistaken, this man VAS
+ and is st!ll a member Of the iIowitzers
Z So the score is cVcned.
Z Richmond will be represented in the
proposed Southern Rowing Association.
tn" Virginia Boat club officials ia
voring the nrganizat.on which means
that regatta Will be held once in
/ every three years on the James River
/ Tn" local oarSmcn. while not taking
, an active part III getting the associt =
: 'ion started. through this paper have
offered suggestions which have met
with con"id"rabl" favor and have been
adopted BY the Ealtimorcans who took
the initiative in the matter.
Basketball has ~ last found place
( IN Tn" local sport calendar. The teams
In this city are arranged in leagues.
and arc evenly matched. ana corkiug
good contests are being staged on each
OF the circuits. In addition. college
4 cunts here are getting ready 10 play,
and some strong teams will be seen in
I action From present indications. tho
/ attendance at the BIG games VIII mako
+ basketball = self-suppovting sport.
Eight umpires ex-unpires or ellaccd-
to-be ump!rcs. have jobs in one depart
mcnt store in Chicago rs floor walkers.
The store management fancics that
um p!res have been trained 10 quick ac-
ton, hay. fin. t"mpers ana good judC-
mcnt. Evidently that p~mcnt
hasn't seen some u!npircs ia action ON
the ball field. However, that may be
here are the names OF the ump!ratical
persons performing as floor walkers
in the said department store: steve
cusnck Jack NcNuity. Barry Mccor-
r,ick. Harry Howell. Frank Johnstone,
Garnet Bush, Gus Shaffvr ana CIV COL
gate.
Memphis can boast o. Sonicrni,, >4at
/ perhaps 40 Other ball cluh has man
aver who is native. Randolph GJolIyt
stark who has been named 10 succeed
Hriscoc Lord. WAS. according To tho
evidence. born IN Memphis. The Mem
plis club. in making the deal with
Nashville for Stark's services. gives
: Catcher Marshall and cash ccnsidera-
i ton
Ei!l Brennan, once with the Maternal
/ League. now arbitratinE in the Feds.
is writing serics-''Confcssions Of an
/ Umpire" Call out the grand jury
/ The iiCgcrinC persons connected with
/ the turf game state that BroomStick
| * the leading sire Of the 1915 racing
/ season. which means that he is papa
to more and larger money winners
/ than any other animal The oTsprinrs
Of the horse with the Kitchen nipple
ment name have won los races fot
! total earnings Of s102.OOO Thundcrer
I victor in the big futurity. won close
to $4,000. and heads the list Of purse
/ winning Broomstick children.
! Earl Adams, finging person con
! nectcd with the Chicago Cubs, won the
| booty prize for batting in the National
! League in 1915. Monsieur Adams par
| tcipatcd in twenty-siX combats and
| emerged with "a batting average of cx-
actly 900.
AID WOLGAST IN TROUBLE