Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18

With the football season moro than
Two months off, w. 3. Bradley. score
'ary OF the Broad Street Park Corporo-
uon' mas already filed every available
dato. Eleven college matches arc
scheduled for the local park tho erst
on September 20, and the last on No
vember 81 " w.
Ihere Will be some corking good
sport for the followers of the Fr.at
college, pastime, but the schedule for
me coming season is the lightest in
recent years Only two big" games
are scheduled, Virginia Military In.
stitute meeting Clemson. and tba az
nual clash between Virginia and Caro-
ma Washington and Lee. virgini,
iolytechnic Institute, Georgetown and
other faVorites will not be seen in oc-
tion here. " az
The majority of the games vii, hs
between the four members of 80
eastern Virginia INTERCOLLEGIATE Asso-
ciation, with Richmond College as the
PtedominattnG team. The Richmond
Light Infantry Blues will meet tho
spiders once and will also play Ran
dolph- Macon on the local lot Tho
Yellow Jackets and Hamnden.sidnn,
again stage their annual meeting here
FROM all indications the Eastern
virginia race will be n hot one. The
caiiber of football shown by these in
stt"tiohs IN the past two years has
been equal to that of the larger col
leses. What the boys have lacked in
weight they have made up in speed
ana the exhibitions have been far more
interesting than the batterinE of the
bulkier machines.
uchmond College is laying deem
plans for n championship eleven and
Frank Dobson will have his cbarres
on the held more than two weeks he
lore the opening of the college wear
Inc nrst game will be with the Blues
anad VIII be more for the purpose Of
9auginG the new material
SPIDERS HAVE BRIGHT
PROSPECTS FOR SEASON
me Spiders will lose several val
uanie men by graduation. but several
local prep school stars have ALREADY
shown disposition to attend the
Northampton institution. Fork Union
VIII send number of it's best men
mere, and the football management has
lines on other valuable prep school
material. In the past two years Rich
mond College has Increased it's dra W.
Ing radius and a number of prominant
schools Will act as feeders William
ana Mary, Hampden- Sidney and Ran
dolph- Macon will have a nunber ~
veterans In line, and each has some
good scrub material to form a nucleus
OF n winning combination. in addition
TO tho freshmen.
While the college games will of
course. be the big attraction, prem
school football will be interesting to
watch thi" fall. The four local schools
nave developed a keen and sportsman
like rivalry. and the caliber OF foot
ball shown by them In recent wears
has been remarkable From present
indications the coming season Will be
no exception. The schoolboys viii use
the park on Wednesdays and FRIDAYS.
and negotiations have already been
made for lease. y number Of State
institutions Will play here also during
the season.
Owing 10 the extensive improve
mcnts to the Erandstand, the accom-
modations ut Broad Street Park Will
be much better this year for the spec-
tators Tho work done by the local
lnts on the playing field however.
means that the park owners will be
put to considerable expense TO get the
gridiron in shape for the opening
game.
Football is proha bly, the greatest
of the local snorts. The Eastern Vir
ginia games last season averaged
$1,000 at the gate, while the receipts
of the Virginia Carolina game went
Into five figures. The same scale Of
prices as those OF last season will pre-
vail.