Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
1T STRIKES ME
by TIM PATCH

Virginia League magnatcs will meet
at Norfolk on Thursday TO take up tho
question of filling the vacancy caused
by the forfeiture OF the Petersburg
ing strong bid and may get TIE fran
chise.
iiopcwell should make money for the
virginia League. With the throngs Of
men employed there. the attendance
ranged that thousands Of men are
through work for the day IN time 10
see the entire game.
spondent wants TO know
which is the better player, Lancaster
liampdcn-Sidney. We rather fancy
/ Buck Mayer,
Joseph Mayer. til. Quaker city cut
. expert. has come out with n statement
! that the handicap committee has cut
out too hard a task for Willie Hoppe
\ IN asking him TO concede from 100 to
200 points III 500 10 such players as
/ S!osson. famada and sutton in the
/ handicap tournament az the New York
i Theaicr next week. As an amateur
Mayer played several games against
Hoppe and he thinks that he will have
+ as good "a chance against the cham
1 p!on amy Of the others.
TIE following are the PLAYERS and
the handicaps: Hoppe. 800: sutton. 800 .
Slosson 40: Yamada. 80; Mayer, 3e5 !:
. Cochran, 3co.
For persistency. King. IF Harvard
I takes thc palm. For three ;cars he
tried for the varsity. but never suc-
cecdcd III making the team. Against
Princeton. however. he finds himself
i shaking hands with the other celebri-
i - o. n I'm nf fnn Il
suddenly preached the gap which sepa-
! rated him from obscurity flush into the
J society Of national celebrities whose
names are household words.
I King is married and has two small
children. lie is working hi. way
through college. and his career has
been one OF uphill lighting.
! Washington and Lee yesterday jus
tiled the faith of its supporters BY its
great fight against Cornell, leader Of
( the Eastern teams this season. The
I Generals scored three touchdowns in
/ the first half
! Washington ana Lee really showed
more than did Virginia against Har-
ward. The Crimson, 1t is true, did
not cross the Orange and Blue line.
but it must be remembered that the
Harvard machine was not ut its
height at that time. while Cornell is
at the very apex of its seasons de-
vclopment.
/ those favoriaS 4 game between Nir-
S!nia and Washington and Lee will
now begin talking about il again The
work OF the Generals shows conciu-
| sively that Virginia has no right TO
claim the South Atlantic champion
ship while refusing to meet the Lex
I inGtonians.
Georgetown. too, is n strong con-
I tender for the South Atlantic honors
and line on it's claim can be gath
cred from the outcome OF the Wash
inston and Lee-Caroiina Aggies game
| Those Tarheels showed yesterday
that they have some fight In them, and
the Thanksgiving Day game here may
not be such a tame thing after all.
Carolina has steadily improved each
week and may do something against
Virginia. which showed yesterday that
it's attack Is not SO powerful after
all, as its star back, Mayer. was un-
| able 10 gain against the Gamecocks
=, with any consistency.
Vanderbilt spilled the beans for Au-
burn yesterday and fuzzled up the
~.
territory. Auburn. was conceded 10
| be the best team OF that section. Vir-
ginia. by its defeat OF Georgia and
Vandy, proves that ii has the edge on
the elevens OF the far South
You never can tell. Johnny Ertle.
the new bantam champion, has the
face OF a cherubim but he fights like
the devil.
1t is reported that 200 new stars
had been discovered. Wonder II they
couldn't slip few 10 John McGraw
and Connie Mack.
/ Richmond College lost to Hampden-
Sidney yesterday and the Tigers have
n tidy lead for sectional honors. RAN
dolph- Macon will play tho Tigers In
l-ynchburg on Saturday and IL will
DO some clash The Spiders still have
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