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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
.MARSHALL|TEs WANT TO
RUN ACADEMY IN RELAY
High School Boys Accept Challenge
to Compete In Federation
Meet.
GOOD EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED
Half-NTilo and Mile Races Will BE
Observation-Disclosures Grays Will
Have Special Fifty-Yard and 600
Yard Races.

John Marshall High School yester-
day accepted tho challenge of Rich
mond Academy to run n relay race nj
the st. Patricll's Day meet to be held
in the Richmond Grays Armory un-
der the auspices of the Richmond Anna
teur Athletic Federation Although no
reply has yet been received, the public
school lads have begun practicing for
the event and promise to give tho Bap-
lists a run for their money
FROM all standpoints the race should
he thriller from start to finish rs
the Academy team only won by inches
in the championship relay with the
Narshallites ut the Blues Armory I'm
February. The acceptance of John
Marshall should not be bar to other
prep schools desiring to test their
strength against the Academy team,
which has strong claims to the prep
championship OF tho state.
Another challenge Cor relay at the
nrays meet Is still without accept
ger licubi. OF Barton Heights, who is
anxious TO run a two-miic race against
some some strong organizations. His chal-
iitnhEe ~ directed chiefly against the
htu.s ana the Church Hill Athletic
,luh' poth OF which organizations have
some speedy cindcr path artists. y
u umG,maiii il event in' however. would, lie
me barton Heights athletes are strong
haIf-milcrS, they do not fear any other
uunrtcttc in the city.
me invitation meet to he held hv
me Grays should be the best indoor
event of the local season. Great in :
ai Is being taken in tho affair by
Federation. and as some .'Erudr""
events are scheduled, the meet viii he
Il humdinEer throughout.
In addition to the two challenge re =
lays, Captain \. b. Cousins. manager
or the meet, has agreed to stare q
special ffty-yard dash with Gentry. of
ne ne Church Hill Athletic Club, ana
chief participants. Since III" Chur.h
I'M boy beat McRae at the last meet.
friends OF both have had much to say
'ion IN regard to the outcome
icubi. who has not appeared this
year year IN running togs in any of the
eess against ''Rube" Burton. OF tho Rlues.
In the halfmilc. There has ALWAYS
been y dispute as 10 which OF these
shade over the m!litia.nan on past dope.
ana is eager to prove his supremacy
captain Cousins has given his con
sent sent to n special $50 yard race. This
Instance being just between the quar-
Ter ana half-milc events. Is extremely
popular. and the race should be =
lnrIiler- The mile race, with Finncgan.
or Mctiills as the popular faVoritr is
another event which will be Il great at
traction.
The registrations for the meet close
on saturday night at S o'clock Can
tam Cousins Will be 1T the armory on
saturday night to take the names of
bciatcd entrants. The affair will he
held In the Richmond Grays' Armory.
winch has the fastest track in the
city; The seating capacity is also
much greater than In the other build
lnEs used this winter. and Il large
crowd can be accommodated comfort
ably.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
COURT HEARS ARGUMENT IN
PACKERS INJUNCTION CASE
linusas City Men Try to Keep Feds
From Transferring Franchise
Newark.

CHICAGO. March s.--Argument WAS
begun in Circuit Court to-day on a
motion 10 dissolve tho temporary In
junction restraining the Federal League
from transtcyrinc its Kansas City club
franchise TO Newark, " !.
we gave the Kansas city club ev-
cry opportunity TO protcC; it's fran
chise. said L. L. Gates Federal League
counsel. Il; was agreed that the club
should raise 100000 by December l..
II 1t had raised this money 1t could
have redeemed the franchise
John NJ. Zane" for the Kansas City
club. argued that the action which
put out the Kansas CITY club. was the
action OF an executive committee. and
not the action OF the league itself"
In concluding his argument asking
for permanent injunction restrain
inE the league from transferring the
franchise. Nir Zane said:
AK the beginning OF thc'I?l4 season
the Kansas City club paid 4 large sum
Of money TO the League. The money
was never returned nor was an ac-
counting made. The league advanced
money al various times to the Kansas
CITY club. but at the same time the
league received the gate receipts OF
the club. No accounting has ever
been made
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
TITLE COMING BACK

NEW YORK. March S--Tboro voa
nm expose today in pugilistic circles.
l!uEs who have been watching Willie
l n,tchie train for his coming bout with
1t the speed ard form OF tho defeated
American after his long absence from
the ring Willie Is going like the
famed pink OF condition.
today, however. tho score. came
out. Willie has been training ever
this mix.
II hiked away to the mountains af-
ter came back from England" said
willie today. and worked all the
lime. NO ono knew I was there.
have been boxing almost daily every
hinco with Just this bout with WcIsi,
In View: inst tell the whole world for
mo that tho thlo is coming back"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
BRITISH GOLFERS HAVE NO
FIXED PLANS FOR SUMMER

me variety Of reports going around
ahese days about British professionals
ana the possibility. OF their coming to
america IN June for the open cham
plonship suggests TO the imaginative
mind the katydids, with their noisy re-
parieG; As u matter of fact. no one
actually Knows whether there Will be
many liritishers here or not.
First came rumor of Harry Nardon
coming over to teach indoor golf. hut
II was superseded by word OF his com
ing Tor the championship. Last week
this was denied by Alex H. Findlay
who arranged Vardon's tour with Ray
TWO seasons ago. George Duncan may
come over but there has been nothing
definite.
OF course, the professionals do not
always find such men OF spending pro-
ciivitics as Lord Northcliffe, who paid
nc way for Nardon and Ray. They are
!ikclE 10 be scarcer these days. and in
lhlS way II becomes necessary for the
bills. wv NC
side at present. Hundreds of players
nave gone TO the war. and most OF
thoSc who have not probably prefer to
Keep away from the links in the fear
OF being called unpatriotjc. There Is
llitic or nothing TO do for the profess
slonal unless he enlists-and scores
nay done so--or comes to America for
u ilmc. 1t is natural to assume that
Naruon, Duncan, Braid or Taylor would
ircicr mp across rather than lay
idic' Tor none has enlisted as yet. in
inns manner IL might not be amiSs to
entertain the thought that some will
come over for The open championship
when tho date for the tournament
was changed from it's usual August or
HrpttInncr ilmc To Il period In June il
was understood that the purpose was
70 a,trhGt some foreign professionals.
mess an signs fail, 1T is probable that
me british orcn Will be cancelled. as
Vas IN" amateur week so ago.
~ ere VIII be even less for pros" to do
IN th;it case, and ono would think that
America would be the zone best bet"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
To Cure Catarrh
Purify the Blood
Reason it Out, Where Does it
Start the Mucus From?

Innumcrable catnrrh sufferers have
cured themselves by purifying their blood
With S. s. s. Catarrh often invadcs the
entire system before It chokes the nasal
passages. 1t becomes so chronic and eI-
tensive that the stomach, liver. Kidneys,
bronchial Tubes and most OF the glands
nrc involved without such serious condI-
tions being realized Catarrh may be
the result of some serious blood trouble
OF former years and this is only one of
the many peculiar effects of impure blood
Now S. S. s., in Its influence upon tho
mucous surfaces. causes those catarrhal
Hecretions TO be changed or converted
into substance easily, quickly, and nat
urnlly expelled from the body 1t SO
changes this mucus that II Is not the
ropy, clogging stuff that plugs the nose,
chokes the throat, causes severe bowel
trouble, upsets the stomach and contain
mates the food just entering the blood.
1t Is often difficult to convince catarrh
sufferers that chronic cough, chest palms,
Eagging, fctd breath and other symp.
toms are only the local evidence OF deep
seated trouble. Get a bottle OF S. S. S.
today and try it. You Will get good re-
suits. real benefit and be aware of
n gradual cleaning mp and n check to the I
progress and dangers OF catarrh. Avoid
substitutes. S. s. s. Is prepared only by
The Swift Specific Co. CT Swift Bldg, =
Atlanta Ga. They conduct medical de. i
partment for free advice that is worth
while consulting.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
COST OF BASEBALL CROWS
TO Be ENORMOUS PROBLEM
increased Salaries and Extra En-
penses Make Magnates Worry
About Coin.
MOVING TOWARD ECONOMY
Baseball Forces Are Squaring Away
Tor Finish FiEht-Salaries Trim
med, Players Traded and Veter-
ans Released to Minors.

The financial side OF baseball prom
Uses TO be one OF the most important
ACTORS or the professional game during
the coming season. Recent readjust-
ments in the sport has confronted the
maguaies with problems which can be
answered only at the expiration of the
- ~, pen2nt races Ear from the least
OF these IS the question of the player
SNiary. y large majority OF the club
owners in both major ana minor league
circuits are convinced that the limit
mas been reached in this direction and
Curtaiitncnt is necessary.
Manager Connie Mack. OF the Phila
ut!pillt Athletics, has shown Spartan
qualities by pruning his former worlds
lease, until Coombs. Eendcr. Plank and
1oihhs are no longer Athletics. and
nakers competition with the club is
uncertain. President Edward Barrow.
or me international League, has no,i-
ned tho. various club owners in his
circuit mat reductions in players sala-
ives ana club owners favor similar
moves, but are deferred by long-ter
TrY,h'racts which cannot be violated.
~" move toward economy can be seen.
''"M,NeE. IN the unconditional release
OF players wherever possible
Snlnrics Hurt Game
prominent baseball official said
irscemtiy that the average follower of
t"t game dld not realiZ. the increased
cost OF the game due TO tn. advance.
inent IN players salaries. Various an
S1'S III tAe business side of tho snort
!l""c III necessary. including the in
SEtas!ns popularity OF basketball. in
dependent opposition and the banding
,oeyther OF the players themselves
Looking At IL in a broad minded man
ncr. he said that there We're Conditious
IN tn. situation which warranted in.
vfeases, but In many cases increases
We're out of proportion TO the services
rendered.
II has been estimated that the ny.
ci3Se salary paid by major learuc
clubs has been doubled in the last ION
Years. In the case OF n majority of tho
players the increase is less than $500
= year. out when the contracts OF stars
INK Eddie Collins, iris Speaker. Walter
Johnson, Jake Daubert and sam Crnw
lorG are figured in, the general adyanc.
reaches u surprising amount The sal :
AIRY limit OF the National League was
s-,1pv hlteen wears ago. To-day the
salary Of the mediocre PLAYER exceeds
these figures.
baseball authorities who have stud
le" the situation carefully, point on.
that under tho conditions that pre-
vailed in the early nineties n star in
heIo and outhcld. containing such play
crs as Delchanty, Jajoie, Cross, i'licl;
ana l homas, could be secured for an
ahhual outlay OF approximately Sl1 900
lo-uhN similar combination would
REQUIRE yearly expenditure of five 10
seven tunes mat amount. Yet the gate
receipts prove that attendance has nor
thcTeasc9 IN anything like the same
ratlo. Eddie Collinss acquisition and
contract is said to represent an OUTLAY
OF more than 100000 during the next
tive years
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
JOHNSON-WILLARD FIGHT
IN HAVANA ON APRIL 3

HAVANA. March Sack Johnson
and Jess Willard will fight for the
WoridS heavyweight puGilistic cham
pionship mt Havana Saturday, April 3.
Tho last obstacle was removed to-
DAY when Jack Curley, who endeavored
10 nave inc men meet at JuareZ, McXi-
ihrd saying he would start Immediately
LOT havana arriving here March Is.
Inc hght terms are identical with
NOSE ARRANGED previously. Curlcy will
act as the chief promoter
Johnson began training to-day. VIII
iard proDaDlY VIII have training quart
CrA At Mnrinnan - :
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

sort OF villain after all and playa II
effectively. Mr.. Maybe gives the hest
performance OF his season: Mr.. Ber-
'neiet gets all the comedy possible out
OF his one real scene. whiio Mr.. Riddeu
rs usual. gives another exhibition of
,ao arr or acting. and the other mem
Ders of tho company play bits salts.
factorily.
MIR. Bcrthelcts production ia ode-
Iu'te ana. doubtless. It was his fine
nhmd that trained tho children so faith
iuiiy and we'll But Lovers. Lane"
belongs to little Myrtle Mountcastle.
Douglas Gordon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

NORFOLK, VA. March s.-Lynch
burg has proposed that Norfolk Central
iouhS Mems Christian Association
Quint go to Lynchburg TO play of the
tie for the State basketball champion
ship in the armory there: to this tho
Norfolk Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciation has replied with a counter prom
osition that l.ynchburg come to Norfolk
ior me deciding game to be played In
Richmond. and play the game on the
HowitzcrS' floor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
UNIVERSAL POLO TOURNEY
WILL START NEXT TUESDAY

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL March s.
The opening game .: the Universal
polo tournament VIII be PLAYED ncf.
TUESDAY, March 10 Play VIII be for
the open championship CUP and teams
probably Will bc those OF Cuopcrstowl.
n Y. and San Matcc.
The ponies OF Howard phirrs. ar
philadelphia: g. Maurice HockSh.r or
New York. and The army tcaEI ponies
from Fort Sam Houston and Texas ,'tty.
Texas. arc stabbed al the exposition,
grounds. The ponies of a. j. DrcNoI.
Paul STANDBY Stuk"s, T. Lowbcr
Stokes and Paul -. Minis OF ph!ladcl.
phia, Will arrive Wednesday,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

CitOMN POINT, IND, March S.
John shields, u well-known old time
morse trainer. was killed here this af-
'crhoon. Shields was driving n colt in
II suiky around the courthouse square
Whch a passing street car frightened
the animal. it SHE'D, throwing Shields
against an iron electric light pole. His
skull was fractured.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
HILL CITY OFFERS BIG
GUARANTEE TO NORFOLK
IynchburE Wants to Play Deciding
Gnme for basketball Champion
HhiD In Home civ

L1NCIlBURG. VA. March S.-Physi-
cal Director Salassa, OF the Lynchburg
iounS Mems Christian Association is
oher'nE Norfolk association largo
guarantee TO come here Saturday night
ior inc third game between these bas-
ke'paii teams at the city auditorium
win Richmond officials. this would BIO
neutral floor. and the game would
4raw i.aoo rs 1t would settle State In
dependent championship
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
Orcr big Purses.

KALAMAZOO, MICH. March s.
Purses aggreEating $4,000 were an
nounced to-day for Knlamazoo's grand
circuit harness meeting August . to
u. Early closing events include the
Slo.ooo.o0o paper mills purse for o.O7
trotters; the $4,000 Burdicl1 Hotel
purse for FOG PAGERS, and $1,000 purses
for slower events
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
Nctoes noIIng I'LL.

CHEYENNE, WYO.. March s.-Gov-
crnor kcndrick to-day vetoed tho bin
passed by the House and Senate per
hitting boxing bouts and sparring eN-
hibitions. In explaining his action
Governor kcndrick said such law
State.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
Swimming Record.

chicago. March S.-Artio RaIthcl.
l!Iihois Athletic Club. set new worlds
Central Amateur Athletic Union cham
pionShips Saturday night. by covering
thc distance in is 40 seconds. Raithel
held the former record for ~ seconds
fiat
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
Breezy News Nuggets
Makes Long billiard Run.

PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-Corwin
game or the class y amateur billiard
tournament for the national champion
phis. 400 to 2OG. Huston gathered :,
nigh run OF II, and averaged 43-5I.
M!lhurn's highest run was 20, and his
average $3.50
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
RamEh Heads Southern Lcnsue.

BTlfMINNIIIAM, ALA.. NnrCh S.
Robert H. l3augh, president OF the Bir-
ininsham Club. was elected president
or the southern Baseball Association at
a meeting OF the directors here to-day
He succeeds the late w. VI. Iinvanaugh
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
Dcud mcnt ut the LYRIC.

Dead IIcnt at the Lyric.
Garments Minstrcls and McCloud and
carp made a dead heat of IT ut the Lyric
Yesterday afternoon In the race for nom
ular approval, while the other four acts
Just trailcd along anywhere Tho min
s.tci turn offered several novelties, in
that four of the six men work.d In
whitcface and tho interlocutor was :,
wonah-SittinS on throne under n
chandelier. or course, tho two black
race performers were the end-men
while tho other four made up tho quar-
tct. TWO OF the quartct-a falsctto and
Il yodcler-Sang solos. but it was tho
harmony work OF the four that put tho
act over. and sent the audience into cc-
StaSics.
McCloud and Carp, two men. plav
the banjo and violin, and tear them both
All TO pieces when they get into their
stride Yesterday afternoon they sDecd
ca up their stun until tho man with tho
panJo nearly broke the plcctrum, or
PICK, or whatever he calls il, and IN.
iuulcr actually unstrung his bow Speed
Is certainly their musical motto
over and Over, n man and Il woman.
open the show with an exhibition of
60 ''ruy hcroba tics They are followed
ny Jean Challon, Il young woman who
sings songs. She warmed tho audience
up win her last number. "McDougalrs
Aiiey, comcdy-sob sketch presented
by Helen Lowell and Company, seemed
bo'h TO amusc and to appeal to the au-
diencc. and the young woman in the act
Is undoubtedly goodlooking.
Tho Hearst Sclig pictures show a
number of interesting views Of the
havoc wrought by the earthquake I'm
Italy. ID E;
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
HOLD CHECKER TOURNEY

Tho business Mcn's Club last night
defeated tho Richmond Whist Club by
n Tcorc Of &c games to "a games In "a
checker tournament played In tho rooms
Of tho latter. In tho Rryan Building
Tho Business Mems Club took twenty
ono games. and tho Richmond Whist
Club nineteen Ten games were draws.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
blizzard Stons Rnce,

JIAREI, MEM, March S.-A bl,z-
2ard that set in here Sunday night and
continued throughout Monday forced
the management of the Juarez track
to call OF the races for this afternoon
New entries were gotten out for Tues
day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

NALDOSTA, GA, March S.-The In
dianapolis Federal League team. head
ca by Manager William Phillips. ar
rived here to-day for spring training.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
WHITE S0X LOSE

SAN DIEGO. CAL. March S-.Thc
Chicago Americana hrst team vas Dc
kfeated to-day ny the Ncnicc Coast
League team, TO ?
& Score:
r n Z.
Battcries--Scott ana Mayer; Deca n.
eniere, Piercey. Kiilen and Spencer,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
What Connie Mack
Has Lost Recently

me Tending pitcher of the Ameri-
ran League In percentage.
me pitcher who last scnr won
most Enmcs for Mnrk's club.
W" tWiricrs who between thcr,
won fhirtH-sr'rn Enmrs.
me "m"Si valuable player I'm IN.
American I.rnguc"
10" ."hn's best base steairr.
ball. " '"'o-
~, ne teams leading hitter.
The hrSt third knsennn a., Al.
American League. mo
Tile, hc most timely ~lnEger In either
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

News dispatches say that Johnson
and willard Will fight III Havana on
April j. but why not let Willard stay
on Yankee soil and Johnson in Cuba
and Let each fight in those places
they'd hurt each other about rs much
ana Willard would have just as much
chance Of hitting the big smoke.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
Crime In "Da,ld IIarum" mt strand.


The fame of David Haruin'' and the
name of William ii. Crane attracted
audiences 10 tho Strand yesterday that
fairly filled the thcatcr until closing
time. In picture form tho play follows
much more closely the book than was
possible In Its stage version, and II t..
therefore, more human. moro natural
than was the dramatic adaptation All
the quaint ana delicious comedy, how
ever. with which the play overlooked
is found In the photoDlay, and the ar
tistic screen performance OF Mr.. Crane
discloscs all the elements that made
both book and play almost scnsationaIlv
successful. The very simplicity of MIR.
Cranes methods and the unaffected
realism OF the story combine to make
David 1iarun" one OF the most inter
csting photoplays seen in Richmond
during tho season.
Marguerite Clark will lie seen in
"Wildfiowcr," a romance OF the forest.
during the last half OF the week while
Edward Pcplc's 'rhc Love Route" a
love story OF California, is underlined
for the first three days of next week
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

When Pitcher IIagcrman back -soner-
saulted TO tho %. BIS, il can be said
without contradiction that he put the
Whales al sea.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09
German Star with Italinn Company.

German Star with ltniinn Company.
Nine. Marie Kaestner, tho German
prima donna soprano, who at the out
break Of the foreign war. was singing
a, the Imperial Opera House. Vienna, Is
now one of the leading artists OF the
San Carlo Grand Opera Company, which
will appear at the Academy OF Music
March > and &c. She will have but
one appearance in Richmond with the
organization. however. singing the
role OF Giuliettn. in the opera, Tales
OF Hoffman" announced for Tuesday
evening. March lG.
Nine. Kacstncr is the only German
among the leading singers OF the San
Carlo forces. ana has achieved cnviable
success upon tho European opera
stages in the roles OF Marguerite. SAN
tuZZa, Lconora. Aida, Tosca and Mi
caela, in Carmen" Nine. Sacstner's
husband Is !, tenor but. unlike herself.
failed TO escape the complications OF
the war zone. and WAS pressed into
military service.
Tho roster OF principals OF tho San
Carlo Grand Opera Company is not
composed solely of Italians this year
Mines. Adabcrto and Naccari nrc Ital-
ian: Mime. Carolina Iawncr. mczzo, is
Russian; Nine. kaostncr is German;
Mime. Chahot, mezHo is French. and
Nine. Sophie Charichos, although Of
French name. is English and Swedish
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

VIII Dunn. who has been reported
arriving every day for the past tw,
weeks. IS actually In Richmond. Dunn
arrived Yesterday. ana immediatel,
Went TO Broad street Park. where h
explained contemplated changes t,
Building Inspector Butler. He will he
gin active work on improvements TO
day, and said last night that he woul,
have the grounds In good shape bcfor,
tho opening game.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-09

II IS to no hoped that Richmond
-icadcmy will see lit to agree to run
tie John Marshall High athletes IN Il
relay AT the 81. patriCk's Day meet in
the Grays' Armory. II is true that the
Baptists specified unbcatcn teams in
their challenge. but they should not
refuse to meet the public school boys.
The race would he bound TO attract at
tcntion.