Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-26
INT SCHEDULE NOT READY
NOT TO BE MADE PUBLIC
UNTIL LATE IN MARCH
Richmond expects GOOD Holiday Dates.
Smith Signs OuthrIdcr-Othcr
Done From Circuit.

II Viii NC slightly more thhn
month before the official lutcruat ona
League schedule viii be ready for pub
LEGATION. owing To tho unccrtainty in
regard to III. circuit for this season.
tant matter and the schedule vii! not
be made public according TO an an
nouncemcnt by nresidcn, I'd Harr"w.
it is said. on Anil Is. with Toronto
oprosnt; Richmond here.
The local club is anxious 10 Get tho
but Jack Dunn is after the Hsons
also. aud il is more than probable ;hat
hc Will got what he wants. as the .nts
want 30 do ;,ll they can t" holp hu
out with tho Baltimore proposition.
Toronto opened in I;ichmond last sea
son: ana that arrangement made q
we'll balanced schedule.
II is believed that Richmond will
get tho same holiday dates that II had
last season. The Fourth Of luly and
Labor Day dates wcrc awarded To this
son in the South or East. 4, is more
than probable that the same arrange
mcnt Viii be made.
would not lie, Wccehnan nave his
Ladies Day bu! he hopes 10 mink
which vii make UP for the free safe
once week" He might Givo them
ScalSlliu coats or barrels Of chocolates
once a week il he wants TO retain
Al sehneh f ,inm; r1 s.,.,o Of o, tine
viii not wear a Pirate uniform this
season as was reported from Pitts
burch last week. NJ said Yesterday
;hat Jimmy Callahan, manager OF the
under contract Callahan feels lie has
su,'icicn, hurlcrs on the list now, and
will have no room for Schacht
lack Dunn has added another pitch
or to his staff. The newcomer is Thorn
as r. sloan. who hurls with his right
arm. Sloan is twenty wears old. and
is six feet ono inch tail. lie was with
tho Homecoming club last season, and
led the Cumberland and Georges Creek
League.
II was announced III Toronto yes
tcrday that Arthur Irwin would be the
tor the affairs OF the club has fallen
ON the shoulders of President Mccaf.
thanks ana plenty OF abuse
The duties OF the old Toronto man,
aver Will not interfere With those OF
Manager Joe birmingham.
business MANAGER Egan Of tho
rrovidGnce club arrived in Proviacncs
to biz l"aguc camps during tho course
OF which he had '';ifty-,.vcn varieties
OF players offered the team
ranging from 10 cents to $1,000 GU,
of the lot he has picked y half dozen
athletes whom Ii" believes will add
strength 10 the Grays. aud tn" deals
viii be put through in tho near future.
We could have u dozen pl;. crs
from one club alone if We wanted to
take thcm on options and xiv" thcm
up on demand after the season gets
under Nay" said Mr.. Egau. but the
PROV idcncc club is not doing business
that way. We intend 10 hu, tho play
a a. N "a (.
very tidy little sum.
IL have every confidence in tho abii-
ity of III" siN PLAYERS ! ann especial
aud th""cs no doubt in my mind but
that tho Grays will opcu tho season
with roster tina; viii he as strong
as amy IN the league.
During til" course of tanning hoe,
Mr.. Exam took occasion 80 spike tho
runor that Catcher Ncilr tn" -atch-
League and complied a batting aver
age of .3l2 last SEASON, would be n
Ucmh"r of Tho Grays. "'rhor" is alb
s"lutcly u" truth in the report" ho
{" tho club. and we knew nothing
about tho story until il was scnt out
from Detroit Saturday"
,,Thcr" arc ,won'y-nv" hattorymcu on
the New York roster and twenty Three
arc n"w Worlljuc out. THIS compila
Ensign C"tircll. who arc stu hold by
th" Yankees but viii not br with
ia" team this year, sweeney las re
fused all offers made by III" Yankees
for q settlement OF his $4,000 contract
Tor 1915
Ic"-i rr">s WIN nrnrr.
permanent retirement Of Leach cross
FROM tl,r RINK YVES announced to-day
by 'is manager, Samuel Wallacr His