Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-19
SEASON PASS WON BY
NORMAN /. JOHNSON
Editor OF Merchants Journal and
Commerce viii Receive Reward
for Suggesting Club Name.
LEASE SIGNED FOR THE PARK
Will Dunn Loading Freight Car i'm
Baltimore With Material for Use
in This City-Tcncr Thinks Bar
row VIII i'iaCc Team i'm Bronx.


Norman il. Johnson, editor of the
Merchants Journal and Commerce. re-
siding at S24 West Grace street. will
receive a season pass to witness the
International Leacu" games to he
stared ~ Broad street Park during
lelt. Yesterday afternoon the diroc-
tors of tile Richmond Exhibition C"in-
paUy held n meeting. President Sm!th
submitted the names OF those VINO Sc
lcctcd N!rEiuians as the cognomcn Tor
the local team, tho contestants names
were written on slips OF paper ana
placed in a hat, and Was drawn out by
a dircCtor-lohnSon being The iortu-
mate one. and his pass VIII II" sent
within the next few days
Tho directors also completed ar
rauurmcn;s for the use of Broad street
Park by signing lease with the Broad
Street Park Corporation.
Carload OF Material on It's Why.
Secretary Wicks received a letter
from Manager Jack Dunn Yesterday ia
which the manager stated that
freight car was being loaded at Balti-
more with chairs ana other material
TO be used in making improvements At
Tho local park, the shipment Will ho
started to-day and should reach this
CITY sometime tomorrow.
VIII Dunn, the grOundkccpor, * cN-
pcgt,d 10 reach here either sunday or
early Monday. when The material CON
so Broad street Park and the real
work Of making improvements started.
Dunn did not state when he would
come to Richmond, but il is supposed
that NE Will remain in Baltimore until
noar reporting time for the players.
WASHINGTON. IA. February IS
That the granting of the petition of
the International League to place a
team III tho Bronx, New York City. was
II very probable result OF present ne
GotationS, and that the proposed trans
fer TO that district OF the Kansas City
rcderals would in no way affect Ma
iional League action is the assertion
made by President John X. Tcner. OF
the National League, who was here last
might on private business trip.
do not know how true the report
crai League Club in the Bronx said
President Tcncr, but | am certain IT
viii not affect in the slightest the ac-
ton OF the National League regarding
the international Leagues petition.
Just what will hc done regarding the
INTERNATIONAL Leagues request 10 oh
atcr, regardless Of Federal action, and
II Is VERY probable that President Bar
TOW Efforts Will he successful"
The National League president be-
Tore leaving foT N"w York asserted
that most OF the National clubs would
We much stronger and that he looked
VIII remain In Now York until Fcbru-
AIRY "a. when he Will go to Pittsburgh
TO attend stove league banquet in
honor Of tho forty-nrSt birthday of
lionus Wagner. lie Will return immc-
diatcly To New York and finish up a lot
ot business prior To his departure about
March ~ for san Francisco, to assist
IN dcdiCuting the PENNSYLVANIA build
inS at the Panama Pacific Exposition
NEW YORK, February 1S.-Therc is
q strong probability of ''temperaincntal
Tllle' Shafcr, cX-tiiant third bascman
returning to the game this year In n
flant uniform. Shafcr is In New York
to-day from his California ranch Ru-
NOR mas II that he may supplant Larry
i'"N!c al second, now that Hams Loo
bSrl mas bctn secured for his old
place at third.
Sh@fer: considered one Of the smooth
esq shoriS,top IN The Nauona! League,
Voluntarily retired from the game TO
20 into the automobile business with
LIS father i'm California He turned
Gown al offers from the Giants and
he was through with baseball. alleging
as on" OF his reasons that n. Was pes
ltrtH - death with sweet scented notes
from fair fans If ne comes back TO
form Johnny NcGraw viii Lav. ono
~ the sweetest inn"lds in the big
!""E"'S l'H Al"rklc. Shaf.r. Fletcher ana
SCHANToN pa. Afrua,v lS.-out-
lStd"r f!nn'rs Q.'ns-W, al t!IiS city,
hNir.Hssa hy WHITE S"& trom Oakland.
hs ''ju"n,d his 1915 contract to I'rosi-
cent '"0isll'E unsigned. ouirluu SAYS
.' nos satisfied with terms oncrcd
A"H VII go to Tho Feds unless he
-'.7 letter salary offer. He was
MHli." rt th" FcdcralS last summer
tHa uidsotsuu blocked a dol hc!
tween nNEan4 and chicago Iat.r i,
"asnl "" says ,h" SoN offered
,.Sly MN and Then The deal was
!g"Hes bee wa m r.d when ne blorkod
dn FSl t,r.i "lons. Guiulau hit