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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
Richard Southland.

Richard Southland, seventy-two
ye-rs old, who served with distinction
in the Confederate Army throughout
the War Between the States. died IN
the Soldiers Home at 1890 o'clock
Friday night He was native OF
King and Queen County. and was
member of Company h, FIFTY sixt n
virginia Infantry. Mr.. Southard
leaves one daughter Mrs. Rosa Dunn
of Walkerton, and one orother'
Luther Southland. Of Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
AME0|r AL STEAMER.
fconinued from First paee.)

to the wind, and also to assist the en-
CINE
When near Bermuda the wind sub
sided and Captain Hart as'-ed his crew
I they desired to enter there or con-
tinue to New York He explained 10
them that the engine was almost gone
and the vessel leaking They all ssfitl
they would abide by hts decision.
ard he thereupcn s'arted for New
York. The vessel is now leaking
very badly and Will go into drydock
1t once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30


this time and it may be that the tangle
which last night appeared a difficult
one may lee united during today's scs-
sions
Attorney General John Garland Pol
ard Yesterday afternoon sent the fol-
lowing telegram To Mr. Egrleston:
,uorncy Generals OPINION.
Hon. ]. n. Egeleston, Blackhurg.
Va:
"Dr. Jarman is a member Of board
HntI. so . .Jii'y. After qualification
mere resignation dees not create a
elected by Senate: doubtful whether
bs3 q 'an accept resignation. Under
constitution board may Al vacancies,
bat This l"es not necessarily mean
tina: It can create vacancies by resig-
nations. Your qualification would
mean acceptance Of otfiC" ana peror~
fredericksburg same you must have
eeDSs MT II body authorized by law to
give consent som CG1fiC: 81
authority. hr' Co say tho lcaet - ire
soara accepts resignation which IS
tstHt'a' fffi~ p" No,f~ e',r~0~So- might
No subject 20 attack. This would he
unfortunate ir view Of i'm nr ant con-
..art~ L hr passed upon and the close
division "' tNh "H among present
m'Rhsra oi board.
t~l~ncd)
I\p GARLAND POLLARD.
Attorney General Of Virginia"
POL. IS ID, EsE!estou's letter
~ res -aat.Cu.
"Nirs ia =, 'ytcchnsc institute. Of
fec ~ fhe lsreytd NJ
'F.lrNs at.rl Va. Nfnrrh % 1918
.sFr g. u fr.a1rrnaan Secretary
S-te Beard of Filtration Rich
ualI VA
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FL. courtesy as shown
In the .'So.Etou bat at r a very
laf fpheid ration or
eAe entire matte ! Sc no reason for
chang, ~ my ~ '"ft IS expressed In
ny l,ticr - Ma Oh &
I'm order tina. i may be perfectly
.}car H. tho mrmbcrq Of the board
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30

tween Deputy Trever. Socialist leader
In the Chamber and the editor of the
Populo d'Italta.
The deputy is violently opposed to
Intervention. while the newspaper is
most ardently In favor. Taking Of
Tense at an editorial the deputy chal-
ienged the editor and they fought with
rapiers.
The deputy was wounded three times,
once in the ribs, once in the ear, which
was half severed from hts head and
once in the forehead.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
COLLIER THORDfS WINS
PP'XE FOR SINKING SUBMARINE,

London. March 29-.To the British
collier Thord,s goes he $4,000 offered
by the Syren and Shipping Gazette
for the British vessel which should
be the nrst. To- sink. a German. rs,b-.
marine. After an Investigation the
declared the claim Of The
ships cap ain that the remmod a sub
marine which was trying to torpedo
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
runcra, oy Miss Matoica Gay.

The funeral Of Miss Matoica Gay
who died in Rockville. Md, Friday,
took place yesterday morning at II
o'clock from the morturay chapel
HOLLYWOOD Cemetery. Miss Gay was
the daughter of the late Captain Ed
ward s. and Catherine Tazewell Gay.
She leaves one brother. Captain ia.
ward s. Gay. of Atlanta, Ga, and
one sister. Mrs. Mary y. Caskie, of this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
rnner., Of Miss Matoica Gay.

The funeral OF Miss Beatrice Fl
bridge, who died Sunday morning IN
the home Of her mother. Mrs. h. 9,
Eldridye. 500 North Third Street, will
take place from the Leigh Street Me-
mortal Church this afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
Mrs. Henry j Sherytn,

Mrs. Henry l. Shown died at her
residence. 222 North Thirty-second
Street Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
The funeral took place from st. Pat
~ick's Chureh yesterday afternoon at
$50 O'Clock. The interment was In
Mt Calvary Cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30

The funeral of Abraham NJ Meyer,
who died Sunday evening In his home,
232l-A Hanover Avenue. VIII take
place this afternoon from the mortu-
airy chapel OF Beth Ahabah Cemetery,
He leaves his wife, Bertha Meyer. and
the following children; julius, Ross.
Sophia and Ruth Meyer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
r,,n.ra, ~ Charles G. Ferguson.

The funeral OF Charles c. Ferguson,
who died Sunday morning in ms nome
327 South Fourth Street will take
Mace this afternoon at o'clock from
the residence. The burial will be In
lakewood Cemetery. Mr.. Ferguson
was twenty-seyen years old.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
OBITUARY
Funeral of Mrs. \. X. Allen.

The funeral of Mrs. A. K. Allen,
who died at her residence, 1919 North
second Street. yesterday. In
the seventy-third year of her age.
took place Fl ON Leigh-Street Baptist
Church yesterday morning at IL
o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30

him. was sustained The hull OF the
Thordis showed where she had hit
some object under water.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
West sirSinia.

yet much money VIII stili be needed
10 catctiNtls carr oH ga. work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
MUST USE ROOT

CONTINUED from First Page.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

7 says don't care nothing bout the
money end but all as { want is a fare
chanel and a chanel 10 get iu there d
show them what 7 can do & Schultz
SAYS All right I viii pretend like L was
sick some day and get Pete kUiscly to
I ack like he was sick to and they may
II. be Bresuahan will stick you in the
game If Corridor and Phelan and him
self has there legs broke.
says ] wisht you would pretend
like FoU was sick and that's all Ia
want because Bresnahan would stick
me iu there before Pete knisely and
Schultz says Wen you know I Sot a
family to support IS well as You and
I'm not going to be sucker enough TO
let you get in there and show roger
how good YOU are & the list. thing
YOU know he would be tradeing me To
Pittsburgh for packige Of stoggeys.
SO you see steve schultz knows that IL
ever yet i'm there Bresnahan
wouldent never leave me set on the
bench again.
"Oh You sonny SOUTH
Wei Steve wear threw with tampa
and now wear on our way north and
I wisht we hadent of never came south
and I would be a hole lot Of money n
head and the club would of been in
better shape if they had Of stayed in
Chi & did there training & / bet theys
could OF worked out on the west side
PIX but II il was TO cold there We
could of went to dream land rink q
thrOwed the bah a round but down TO
tampa they wasent no place in the
doors where we could work out so
Bresnahan made US get out evry day
& freez the whiskers off our face &
the days when it wasent raining il
was showing or halline or worse then
that Fine place to train Ell steve. o
you Sonny south
Wen ] had a letter from Gussy wait
ing for me here and all as she wanted
was a peace Of money and says she
couIdent live in Chi for nothing but
aint no L. $. mint Steve and guess I
Will pretend / never got the letter.
She wont starve vile her old mans a
round.
Respy. Bill
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

bed close & then he went TO the phone
& asst the girl to send for police man
q I says cut the cOmmidy ! was Just
kidding you fellows and guess 7 mad
you scared but I intend to pay the bill
as soon as we get down stares so they
says all right and went down Starcs
with me and 7 found rube Cook d hr
give me a $4,000 and SAYS AOu viii
be setting on the bench for nothing
this VI. If you keep this up so I says
You amt managing the ball club and
YOU cant tel me where to set ana he
dident have nothing TO say back TO me
so I paved the bill and then they throw
the bed close out of my bagige and 7
went TO the train with the rest OF the
bunch & Of corse my night gown sc
clean golfers & razer & so Attn. was all
in Zimmerman's trunk so had to sleep
on the train in my shirt but Of corse
7 took the collier I was wareinE Off
before 7 went TO bed
Changes His Mind Again.
Well Steve guess told you bout
may be 7 would jump to Tinker's club
as soon as we get home but 7 changed
my mind a bout il & I guess ] viii
WOuldent hardley be fare to Bresnahau
20 jump the club at this time Of ".
when he is depending on me g. put
him in a hole when it looks like hes
got pretty fare chanel to grab the
penant il we all stick with him.
7 was talking 10 Schultz a bout il on
the train comeing up here & I SAYS
some thing a bout may be I would
jump to Tinkers club and he says Yes
you would fit in pretty nice there be-
cause I seen in the papers where hes
only going to carry regular out field
ers right hand it batters and 3 left
hand IL batters so If YOU went TO his
club he would have out fielders all TO
gather & then he would be fixed up all
o. X II 4 Of them happened TO get hurt
the same day so 7 saws Well 7 don't
want 10 leave Bresnahan in no hole
and Schultz says No and you don't want
TO try and make Tinker start no home
for out fielders so YOU better stick
with this club and besides you've all
ready drawed your LIST. 5 or mos.
saliery with this club haven't you and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03


n Grande association was made
L Il public this morning by the Off
GERS Of the association. ia issuing the
schedule, the following statement was
MADE.
IT IS NOT intended that this schedule
sn4ll DE regarded as the official sched-
uie lot lne season 1t has been drawn
mp so that the fans Of the different
cities may have an opportunity OF COM
mentlng upon IL and making sugees-
uohs Tor changes In various cities
there has been a demand for some def
Illle lhIo fnaIlon as to the number OF
games tnat may be expected in each
CITY Inls schedule is subject to change
but no club viii have smaller number
OF games than the present schedule
calls Tor unless that club should de-
sire 70 transfer certain OF its games TO
another city
The schedule calls for five months
OF baseball, the opening games being
played on April p and the closing
games on September 20 While an ef-
fort has been made to keep down trav-
cling expense, it has also been an OBJ
Ject TO divide the games so that no
club VIII be away from home for more
than three weeks and generally not
more than two and the home periods
OF all clubs viii average two weeks
at time
r mai schedule April II.
The schedule meeting viii be held
on April II at some city TO be desig-
mated later and at that time the final
schedule viii be adopted"
The schedule given out today gives
the opening date Of each series and il
is planned 10 play games on Tuesdays.
Wednesdays. Thursdays. Saturdays and
Sundays. Thus. where the TUESDAY
date only is given. the fan must under
stand that the Wednesday. Thursday.
saturday and sunday following are in
cluded in that series Monday is left
an open date for travelling and Friday
for a break" when games postponed
for any cause may be played
The Tentative Schedule.
The schedule" as announced. gives
the following home games 10 Fl Paso-
With Las Cruces, April %, Aug. 10,
Sept 81
With Albuquerque. May H. July g.
With Silver CITY June ]. July 13
With Tucson. May % Aug L.
With Phoenix. June % Aug g.
The away from home games OF the
Fl Paso team viii be-
At Las Cruces. June %. Aug. "A,
Sept H.
At Albuquerque. May IS sept Z
At silver City. May 3. July 90.
At Tucson. June S. July -.
At Phoenix June Is. Aug O.
Games Here Every sunday.
The Las Cruces club VIII likely trans
fer three games Of its weekly home
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

EW YORK. April 3--The higher
M interests Of the sport demand that
i the baseball war cease, David /.
Fultz. president OF the Players Fratern-
ity, declares here in an interview. Tie
war means ruin to the innocent by
stander. the minor league player. he be-
Ieves.
As Fultz is the mOuthpiece OF an or
Eanization which includes nearly all the
players in the major leagues and the
Class A leagues, this suggestion for
peace means much The ball PLAYERS
are awakening to the fact that event
ually they viii be the real sufferers
and Il the war is carried on Indefinitely
they viii face state Of affairs where
their value in the baseball market will
be much less than IL is now.
The head Of the Players Fraternity
advocates board Of arbitration to
bring about peace. with the power to
settle territorial rights and rights to
players And he also advocates that
this peace commission outline a broad
er principle FOR the government Of the
national game in the future.
X
.If the guardians Of the game Of base
ball Mr. Fultz says, that is, the Ma
tiOnal American and Federal leagues.
wish TO rescue the sport from irrepar-
able injury, they will conclude peace
without further delay. no matter If each
side must swallow a little pride in do
ing so. These three leagues are well
backed and could. no doubt. 20 on
fighting Indefinitely, but the minor
league conditions are so serious that
many players and many clubs will this
year be unable TO pay expenses
There will be hundreds and hundreds
Of minor league players working at
cuts OF from 20 per cent 10 so per cent
in their last years salaries. Two hun
dred dollars a month win be a good
minor league salary this season and as
the season will probably last only a lit
tie over five months, the game is pay
ing these men hardly a living wage.
The situation continued Mr.. Fultz.
has been brought about entirely by the
war with the FederaI league and the
unfortunate part Of il is that those who
are the most vitality injured have done
nothing TO cause the war and are DOW
erless to bring it to conclusion. If
these conditions keep up another year.
many OF the more intelligent and cap
able players In the minors will retire
from baseball for good and viii look
10 some other field for a livelihood.
1T IS absolutely out Of the question
10 expect baseball to be run without a
supreme organization, and we do not
understand that even the Federal
league, hich IS now attempting to dis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
Baseball War Must End, Says Fultz'
il Il il IL -:I:~
It's Playing Havoc With the Minors

solve the National agreement has any
such expectation
Pitchers don't work hard enough, says
Harry Tuthil, trainer Of the Detroit
baseball club and the Army football
team. They are the most luxurious
class OF man in the WORD, ne believes
He says they would do much better
work If forced TO pitcn twice q week
and play three other days in the out
field He declares only one days work
a week makes great pitchers get SLOW
and heavy
Then they are not able to perform
in their best manner when called on
he continues Some Of the greatest
performances in history are credited to
pitchers who toiled at teast every other
day and sometimes had TO pitch every
day for long stretches
When a manager gets hold OF a
good hitter, IL would do no harm to
have him work in right field, where
there is little TO do Outfielding is not
arduous work as rule. Sometimes an
Outfielder will go through a whole game
without having TO touch the ball with
his hands. Pitchers Of today have
bad habit Of thinking there is some.
imagination Some of them stall
through a whole season by thinking up
different aches and pains"
well, boys. I'm going to pull a Sarah
Bernhardt at the end OF the 1915 sea
son" pitcher Harry Sallee announced
the other night to a group Of St. Louis
National league players
The old wing feels fine little sore,
but not near as sore as this time last
year continued Sallee. I've decided
that I'll work this year and next year,
and then-gOod night TO the pitchers
box.
I'm going to retire TO Higginsport,
Ohio, and lead the life Of a gentleman
agriculturlist."
=
Here is where the camp of the anti
spItballist is blown TO shreds Just take
glance at the figures compiled on
the deeds Of pitchers who took part in
Is or more games in the National league
last year.
At the top OF the column the figures
show that the leader of the league is
none other than DOak. pitcher for the
St Louis Cardinals, and a spitball
pitcher
No in the list is James miracle
pitcher Of the miracle team from Bos-
ton-and a spitball pitcher
No. is Pfeffer Of Brooklyn. a spit-
ball pitcher.
Not contented with melting out q $50
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

~ BIRMINGHAM. Ala, April steve
Well Steve I paved that there
IL $500 dollars Hotel bill for Gussy
down TO Tampa and Of corse could Of
got out OF it just as easy as not but
whats the use OF a man makeing a
fuss a bout chickens feed like that and
I intend it all the vile 10 pay it but I
kidded them a long and says
wouldent pay it & had them scared
stiff thinking I wouldent pay it and
finely I barred the money off of rube
Cook the secy or the club and paved it
and I give the mgr. Of the Hotel the
laugh and I says Well old boy 7 guess
1 had YOU scared dident I and he just
laughed but he was scared all right
that 7 was going to beat him out Of his
money & he had me picked for a cheap
guy like some Of them other ball play
ers & thot I was ] of these birds that
viii run a way & leave you board bill.
Bill Fools Them Some
Well Steve I guess told You bout
the way 1 was going to fool them a.
bout my bagige in the case they hap
ened to try and attach on to il but Of
corse / dident do it in ernest but just
TO show them what a bunch Of suckers
they was. I 41nowed they would try &
attach on to my bagige so 7 packed up
all of my stuff in Zimmerman's trunk
& filled up my suite case and grip with
some of the bed close that belonged to
the hotel and when IL come time for US
to leave the mgr. Of the Hotel & the
clerk come up TO my room and says
Well are You going to pay your wifes
bill and I says No just kidding them
and then they says all right we will
grab your bagige-
Jokes on Bill.
7 says 90 d head and grab IL so they
took it and opened it up and seen there
own bed close in IT and then the mgr
says You were trying to steal our bed
close wasent you and I says certunly
not but I knOwed you would grab a
hold Of my bagige and was going to
play a joke on you so the mgr. says
Well the jokes on you for now we will
have you arrested for trying to steal the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

II is as manufacturer Of triples
that Detroirs son Of swat eXcels now
ever sam has driven out 2S0 three
masted hits since 1893. making a bet
ter record i'm triples last year than
he ever did before in his life He
should register his 30Oth three-bagger
this season. and IL Is practically a Ger
taiury that he will make his fs5rb
double Sherwood MaEee is due. during
1915 to tear off his 350th two Dagger
and iris Speaker undoubtedly Will get
by the quarter century mark in hits
Of this kind. Tyrus Cobb is within
sight Of his l50th triple and his 5Uth
homer and Frank SchuIte's next four
Dagger viii be his 10Th smash of this
kind.
Freeman Nav Have Record.
The guide books viii not tell what
major Lacquer hit for the greatest
number of extra bases but the proba-
bilites are that John c. C'Bucky~)
Freeman set the record 16 years ago.
when he was specializing in home runs
for the Senators. I'm 1893 Buck" rid
his system of a long smashes. good
for 147 extra bases. 20 of these hits
being doubles. % being triples and %
being home runs Frank (~Wfldfire'D
Schultz Of the Cubs. I'm 1911. anna ssed
135 extra bases on his long vallops
and owen Wilson Of the Pirates. the
next year. 124. Harry Stovey Of the
Athletics. back in 1889. hit for 123 eN-
ira bases. The best hitter for addi-
tiOnal sacks i'm the i'll fated brother
hood organization Of 1890 was Jake
Beckley Of Pittsburg. He came through
with 30 doubles. p triples and home
runs-a total of los extra bases The
major league records for long hits in
one season are held by Ed Delahauty
in doubles, with So, owen Wilson. in
triples. with SO. and "Bucky'' Freeman.
in homers. with %. The runners-up
are Iris Speaker, i'm doubles, with SO:
Jimmy Williams, in triples. with y.
and sam Thompson and Frank Schultz
in homers, with q.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
Crawford Is Great Extra Base Clouter
Il IL IL il IL
He's Detroit Most Dependable Batsman
BY ERNEST ]. LANIGAN.

TAM CRAWFORD is Wahoo. Neb.'s
best known citizen and Detroit's
most dependable batsman in the
pinches. possibly will hang uD a
record for all time as an extra base
clOuter- In 16 campaigns Crawford
has raped for an aggregate Of 1910
additional pillows Honus Wagner. in
Is seasons, has 1919 extra bases to his
credit; Napoleon Lajoie, in 10. 1l43.
Crawford shows no signs OF getting
over the habit Of smashing out doubles,
triples and homers, while both Wagner
and LaJoie now are not the long dis
lance WALLPAPERS they once were. The
Detroiter, in the last three pennaut
pursuits. has harvested Us extra base
clouts, the Pittsburger 112 and the new
Mackman Sc.
Crawford. Wagner and Lajoie are
probably the only major leaguers who
have passed the 1000 mark in extra
bases. Sherwood Nottingham Magee.
participant in big league combats for
II years, owns SIS additional bags;
Cobb, who has worried American league
hurlers for ten seasons. claims 693
Frank Schultz has Sos; Iris Speaker,
522; Frank Baker, 500: Owen Wilson
476; Heinie Zimmerman. S9S: Joe Jack
SON 575; Eddie Collins. 34S: Gavvy era
vath, S3S, and Duffy Lewis. 3I6.
May Total 100 Home Runs
Both Wagner and Lajoie will slip
oy the oUJ mark IN two bagEers this
season Hans now has hammered out
5S4 doubles Larry 592 Wagner has
made 6S more triples than Lajoie and
Is more home runs. Should the clOut-
ing COrsair hit for the circuit seven
times during 1915 he would have an
even 100 home runs TO his credit He
is not likely 10 do it, however. Sam
Crawford probably will be the first
major Lacquer Of the present time to
become home run century plant The
Detroiter has hit for four furlonEs on
SO occasions and has been known TO
reach double figures in grand tour wall
Tops during a campaign
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
BY ~BECK.7

WACO, Of the Texas league, pur-
" chased the contract of Rube
Frink, an cratic but clever pitcher
IN the Western Canada league last
season. Frink kicked on the salary
offered him, and Waco, IN the mean
time, grabbed some other pitchers.
Nov, up in the north, the evenings
are very long and they start the ball
games at ! p. N. As 4 result, the
league IS generally known as the
twilight circuit" Frink was sent
his release. with the remark ave
hear that you play night ball only
and we hear you can't work in day
light" Frink IS now trying to land
a barth in the Rio Grande associa-
ton and sent along the Waco letter
with the comment @wha'dye know
about that?"
AS CRUCES fans can count them
selves lucky in grabbing Bill
Hurley as leader of their baseball
team Bill is in demand this year
and had to turn down two class B
offers to 90 to the Las Cruces club.
YOU'VE got about 4s hours more
to guess the winner Of the little
affair in Cuba on Monday. My
guess is that in a "leveT7 bout,
johnson viii win.