Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-25
STRIKES ME
BY TIM PATCH

Fewer exhibition games Wiz by
played next season by the Dummies ac-
cotdinG TO present. plans. OF course.
t:ic usual b!; league teams Will be seen
III action here. bat il ia more than
p.o"an,c that the t.ainiu.: season viii
be nuch shortcr than last year
IN the FIRST place. Durnic will not
need as much Inc, as he wiil start off
! WIN !:in"S men whose ability is known
10 nan. and no; viii! IL lunch OF young
, s;c.S ftr Will have at .east eight OF
those with HIM last season and his
| chieT conSern will he the twiricrs
can get u" many players as
heei, quota Dunn during his visit here
on rfiuA%. ana !, Is more than probable
That ne can. lie has turned back Ar
Iapon. Sweeney. Mullen, McIial. and
c"ttrcN TO the Yanks. but it is more
! than probable that he can get some OF
( them back. 1t is almost IL certainty
/ That he will get Mullen and cotticl.
( Out II is doubtful if he would take
sweeney as gift.
/ ihc local officials are In favor of
shortening the training season, Last
| year Che squad was gathered weeks
/ bei0fe tn" season opened. and to keep
| UP TO Carolina was made. Many per-
| sons got the idea from those defeats
! that Class u aud Class G ball compared
| inore than favorabiy with Class AA.
and the trip did AN immense amount Of
| harm.
Even the majors are beginning to re-
2liGc that too much practice Is not good
For them. Then. too the trips North
barely pay expenses and seldom give n
true line on the men. Under the rules
of both big leagues. no clul, can so
into training until March l, and /, is
probable that some will not start then
There seems to be some doubt as to
the Nationals returning again to Char
lottesviile. as Clarke Griffith has not
made up his mind yet, and is wav-
erinE. Tho weather conditions Of
charlottesville are not too good for
early spring work. and Il warmer eli
mate may he sought
Much Amusement has been occasioncd
by the information that Pat Moran
leader OF the Pills. and the Quaker
owners are mt logEerheads Moran II
is said. received no bonus for bringing
q pennant TO Philadelphia after thirty
three years. and his salary is said to
lie much smaller than that of other
major league managers.
In the meanwhile. Pat seems to be
doing little Worrying over the situa-
ton. lie is Il free agent, and would
be without n berth n ycr,. sbnr, ,ino
IL a rupture really occurred
Connf.. Mack seems tn he rocod,nr
from his stand in the Baker case, and
it now appears that + FrnnkIin viii
he seen In organized ball again this
year. /; took nerve for Mack 70 I,nor
Ara IL INN Of l..
, for n whole season and If E,Iicr,ra
turns to the fold. il viii he win -,
much smaller head AItbouyb n,.r,.
able that frankie viii wear tho AN
b lctic livery next season. AS Mack seems
unable to get II hot-coyner guardian
out Of all the material piclied m ,Iur-
ing the season
Dunn stu has - dr6rito ur1or.,,,d
ing with Connie about nlovnrs Inn, 4,
not banking on getting SAMMY Crane
bncE again II. tx confident ,,,,, ~
sorrcl- topped Soungster will b. a rc.ru
lar next season. Crane d.yelon,I -,
"chnrlcy horse" las; year. ana While
with the Athletics wos un,hi" to ,,,r
This accounted for his few ,nro,r,ncas
in the lineup:
Or. William Gilbert Grocc tho
famous crickci.r Is dead ~ {. ~
be taken. that the bes,.known snortsl
man in the world ovc- was y ,ricl,ct,.
Other games may claim moro attcutior
and champ ions in different branches
OF sport may lie better known in Ger
tain sections of tn, world. but n,ponr
sportsrnen In all parts of tho world
II" name il better known than thot of
by all England. The champion crjr,,
cter OF all time who for thirty wears
made his name famous in every quar-
, ter of the globe. lie was in his sixty
eighth year.
All ball players arr not spcndcrs.
Gene paulettc. late of Nashville, VINO
job on nj, the St. Louis Browns next sea,
clerk in Lille Rock; George 'rwomEly.