Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11
7bAD WEATHER HAS HURT
SPIDER ATHLETIC WORK
Baseball Field Has Not Been i'll Con-
dition for Serious Practice
for Week.
WILL OPEN WlTH LAFAYETTE
Pennsylvania School VIII Play Here
on April :s-IntcrCIasS Track Meet
Will BE Held on Saturday Aftcr-
noon, March %.

Owing TO tho recent had weather and
The condition OF the field consequently.
mas not been progrcssing rs fast rs
could bc desired IN the past few days.
nhlns have Z very serious en"'i Np"n
cause OF tho peculiar Washes ana drains
that are flooded every time a heavy
downpour keeps M for any consider
Coach Dobson is working the mcu
AS hard as he possibly can. at the same
time guarding against oyerwork right
: there has been nothing hut batting
: practice. and II few exercises in in
sliding bases. Coach pohscu pays n
good 10, of attention TO this branch
81 play for he is great believer in
having every man on the team possess
a fair ability in ucCotiatinG the sack
circuit. The batting practice is mainly
TO help the boys get their eyes on III"
with some linz upon the respective
merits of the different men In this
line.
The Spiders arc going TO have hit
ting team his year II possible. II is
the firm belief OF Coach Dohson that a
: team made UP OF men who can paste
the, horschide pellet IN good lively
fashio mis- always safe bet. aud he
charges how TO handle tho pill in tho
field. but TINT man must possess
more OF. less ingraincd ability 10 swat
the ball or else he Will he weak
player AT tho opportune time
1t IL probable that the rrst real
wedding Will he done to-day when
several Of Tho least likely Of tn" can
didatcs Will he dropped FROM practice.
None of tho aspirauts for tho slab job
have shown any class except COZ. ami
this boy looks To be p:etty good mum
Der. The receivers seem pretty well
hunchcd and this position viii hc
fought out between Tate. Milbouru.
raven and RlankenshIp. No line
though 1t is VERY likely that several
Jobs held down by vets last year viii
For this season all the old mon ar"
working mighty hard in AN effort to
hold on 10 places.
The hrst real game will u" played
here the first OF April With Lafayette.
This Is always strong APPRECIATION
which usually cleans M everything IN
Its ITS path on the annual South'sn trip.
fully organized. hut in few DAYS
= this organization will hc I'm full sway.
: Before the Lafayette game the Spid-
crs VIII probably play several practice
games out on Stadium Field with some
@iocal teams. \ game with the blues
on Saturday, March 90, is n probability.
AS we'll as several other matches in
The next ten days.
The track squad has seen prac,tcinr
NallN from 3 o'clock on in tho after
q. NUNS. anu inc Ilt'l IN Ihle islp Tine MT
. arc rounding out very we'll. lust a,
f.. present Coach pohsou is not giving
them any work except IN cross country
: running. Tho team viii soon hc III
.Nidcd of into squads. aud tho detail
practice for the different events Will hc
begun.
Examinations ARC 10 start tho last OF
next week, and this VIII of course iu-
tcrferr with the work to some extent
but right after they arc over tn, team
should begin to talk" form The first
~ lt.a
lnterClass meet, to b" held on the Sta
dunn Field on saturday, March -. This
meet VIII probably attract n great many
sportIovcrS iron! the city. Tho dual
meet with Virginia Polytechnic Instt-
tutc Will take place on April .. after
this the dates are not Yet definitely
settled
The next week or 40 will probably
have a large aud forccful effect upou
the ATHLETE makeup Of both III" base
ball and tho track teams and after that
the Spiders Will be able to tell with
som" degree of certainty just who arc
to represent them this spring In these
two branches OF sport