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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
GASOLINE GOES UP
CENT A GALLON

Gasoline, 1t Is said, will go uH
another cent on the gallon today. The
retail price is now "a cents the gallon
and today 1t will be 90 The whole
sale price has been 20 l-2 cents GAL
lon delivered at depots, and Il Ia
from oil-tank trucks. and these prices
will also be advanced one cent in the
gallon today.
The reason for the advance in price
is placed by local dealers at the doors
of the independent oil companies.
which. it is claimed, control the ont
put Of the crude oil fields due TO the
failure of production OF the wefs
owned by the trust A local dealer
made the statement that the Pennsyl-
vania wells are only producing 10 per
cent of the crude oil they produced in
1905, and the price of crude oil has
advanced since last July from so cents
the barrel to s2.l0. 1t requires about
seventeen gallons of crude oil to make
one gallon of gasoline-henee the adj
vance In price.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
Will Arrange For
Prep School Track
Meet in February

Members of the Richmond Prepare
tory School Association will hold q
meeting Thursday afternoon 10 perfect
arrangements for the annual winter
indoor track meet which will be held
some time during February at the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Armory There is also a proba bility of
the baseball schedule for the coming
season being completed at this gather
ing.
Four schooIs-John Marshall, Bens
dictine. McGuire's and Academy are
members of the organization, but there
is a probability of only two or three
of these institutions being represented
in the coming track meet John Mar
shall and the Academy squads are al
ready making preparations for the
meet, and several practices have beer
held recently. However, it is hardly
probable that the Mcclure School will
enter a team in the meet. while Bene-
dictine liz doubtful
There is always hard fight between
the Academy and the Marshallites, and
the same old rivalry exists again this
year Although both of these schools
will be handicapped to a certain ex-
tent by the graduation last June OF
some of their best track athletes, both
are expected to tur nout good squads
this year
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
RICHMOND COLLEGE is NOT ON
. VIRGINIA CADETS SCHEDULE
Virginia Military Institute Will Meet Only Three Virginia
Elevens They Being William and Mary Hsmpden
Sydney and the Virginia Techs.

each other in the final contest of the
season on Thanksgiving Day. To this
ind the management OF the two as
soeExtieras have been working for sew
erai years. until this game IL becom-
ing to he looked upon a. settled a
date as Turkey Day itself. In the flu
ture 1t IL hoped to develop the pos
sibilities OF the contest inviting the
Governor of the Commonwealth to at
tend with his staff. and make this
game. with all of its spectacular pos
sibilities. take the same place in foot
ball of the State that the Army and
Navy game does in the country at
large. The following Ia the schedule.
September Sidney, at
Lexington.
OctoberT--Wiliiam and Mary, at
Lexington.
October i4--Gaiiaudes College, at
Lexington.
October 21---Maryland Agricultural
College. at College Park.
October 2S--North Carolina. at
Chapel Hill.
November 4--Catholic University. at
Lexington.
November 1l---Clemson College. at
Richmond.
November is--University OF Viz
siria. al Charlottesville.
November 30--virxinia Polytechnic,
at Roanoke.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
FULTON PEOPLE STILL
AFTER A PLAYGROUND
Efforts Being Made 10 Have City
Purchase Six Acres In That
Section.

Citizens living in Fulton are still
working hard to get a public play
ground and recreation field for the
children living in that section OF the
city. Several petitions have been pre-
sented to the local municipal bodies
requesting that an appropriation be
made for the purchase of a site ad-
joining the Nicholson School prop
erty. and embracing something like
six acres.
The proposed site is an ideal loca-
ton for a playground. The place over
looks Chimhorazo and Libby Hill
Parks. Fulton and South Richmond,
and the property could be easily con-
verified into beautiful park and play
ground
At the present time the children OF
that section Of the city have no pub
lac playground or recreation field, and
it is something that is badly needed
in Fulton.
fSxlton's representatives in the Coun-
Gil and on the Board of Aldermen are
in favor of the movement and they
are doing everything in their power to
have the city purchase the site
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 3.--There are foot
ball players and football fans who
follow the activities OF the major
league" teams throughout the season
OF the gridiron sport, and there are
not few OF this great army of sport
ing persons who believe that football
Ia played out OF season. In making
this statement. however 1t must be
noted that not all of those who believe
the sport of football could be played
In another season in every instance In
For instance, football
seems 10 be well placed in the East
when excellent football weather gem
orally prevails.
To be more specific, II is football In
the South which concerns the vast fol-
lowing of football fans hereabouts and
the assertion has been made before
that football Ia not played in the
proper time, That Is, football is the
Southern states is played cut OF sea-
son.
To Coach Clark shaughnessy. of Tu-
lane, Is a statement attributed that he
would favor extending the football
season until Christmas and opening II
about the first of November.
This may not seem strange to the
average fan who takes the sport tust
as il comes. but there may be some
persons who might be called near-ex-
perts in the business of football who
would heartily favor change of sea
son for football. The game itself
would remain the same; only the sea-
son would be altered to better ad-
vantage.
-Four Major sports.
The major sports that interest South
ern colleges are football. baseball bas-
ketbalI and track. The usual order or
their appearance Is first football: then
basketball. and mixture of track and
baseball Tennis comes about the
same time with baseball and track ath-
leties. but this sport, like golf has
not yet attained much Importance in
Southern colleges.
Admitting that there are four ma :
jor sports In colleges OF the South. Ii
would not be hard matter to ar
range four seasons which would work
out TO better advantage than the pres
ent arrangement.
Football. being the sport which
draws the biggest crowds and which
really finances the other sports, should
be the first considered.
The question OF changing the sea
sons has been discussed many times
by university councils and faculty
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
CAROLINA AFTER
HARVARD PLAYER
Authorities at Chapel Hill Are
Expected to Adopt Crimson
System.

Although Il Is known that men
In charge OF the athletic affairs Mt
the University of North Carolina
are considering the ACCESSIBILITY OF
inaugurating the alumni system OF
coaching, there is a probability OF
the adoption OF the Harvard sys-
tenn, according To prominent
Carolina man. who Is I'm touch
with the situation at Chapel Hin.
IL was further stated that efforts
are being made TO secure the ser
vices of either Mahau or King to
assume the foot ball coaching reins
Mt the Carolina institution next
SEASON. III the authorities at
Chapel Hill fail in their efforts To
procure either Mahan or King,
they will make bids for some
other Harvard star.
The Princeton system. which
has been In vogue af Carolina for
the past three seasons. has not
been very successful, and those in
charge of the athletic affairs be-
lievc that the time for change
has come. just where DOGGY
Trenchard, who is one of the hest
ends ever turned ont by Princeton,
will go is not definitely known,
but it Is hardly probable that hc
win he in charge OF tho grfdiron
squad at Carolina next season. His
thrcc-year contract expired mt the
next of the season that closed
here Thanksgiving Day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
EXPECT FEW CHANGES
Y IN FOOTBALL COACHES
outern Eevens Fast Learning Need Of Good Coaches
and Work on Gridron In This Section Of the United
States Is Fast Improving.

with the 1915 football season thing
~ the past and the records thereof al
ready stored away, little remains TO
10 told OF the popular gridiron game.
me prospects of every prominent col
1oge has been fully explaind, and only
one thing Ia left for the scribe 10
Wtite about--the coaches.
] kAlong with this line of chatter
tonnes a consideration of two Things
"a be figured in the product turned out
BY the favorites for the 1915 season.
What of the material and what OF the
coach? 1t Is generally agreed tnnt
specifically every prominent eleven IN
Dixie. including virginia. Vanderoiit,
AUBURN. Tech, Alabama, sewanee,
3eorgia, and several others. will nave
IN abundance OF material from winch
10 build next years team upon.
but what about the coachesY From
syerv tndication IL looks like that not
more than TWO, and possibly only one.
change will be made among the I'M
porfant teams. Clemson Is going to
make q change for certain. The Glenn
aor Tigers terminated their contract
With Bob williams a few weeks ago
ma already "dickcrEf' are on for his
successor. Several men are under
ttood to be angling for the job. Fred
Robins. of Mississippi, had rather
ever. the showing may be due to the
Hfie1issippians, and Robbins will prob
ably be seen again at Mississippfs uni
versity at the head of athletics.
~ for others who handle Dixie q
athletic situation. there appears but
alight chance for a change. Only one
new man was on the job last season.
Ne was Coach Kelly at Alabama KEEL
III was stricken with typhoid fever
shout the middle of October, and Is
still confined to his bed In a serious
condition. However. the showing of
the Crimson eleven during the past
season was extremely successful. and
the handing of the situation by the
eliy-Noojin combination are Praeti-
cAlly sure Of another year at the helm
OK AIabama's athletics.
All OF the oldtimers are certain to be
back. Coaches McGuigon, Heisman
and Donahue are the Oldest men In
the game In the point OF service IN
Dixie. Each has finished his eleventh
year In his present job. and each APP
pears TO be a fixture for that many
foyed very successful seasons. but Au-
burn dropped off slightly. The trou-
bio with Auburn can by no means be
blamed on Mike Donahue. and the
next season promises to be very sue.
cessful for the Piainsnen under the
leadership of Donahue.
OF the others, Coaches Cunning
ham and Cope rank second In the
spSSnt of service Cunningham has
beer at Georgia for SIX years. and the
season Just closed showed better to his
advantage since his career at the Gold
and Black college. Cunningham 10
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04

Tn. solution for the coaching prob
lem is ~ place competent man at
the head and give him time tn put
mis- ideas into operation, and be left
sI.tre Fsperenls had PROVEN the
problem
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04

sure IN remain on the works at oeor-
cia for wears to come. Sewanee had
n disastrous year, but, like Auburn, It
cannot be attributed to the coaching.
Cope IL also slated to guide the Tigers
for years to come.
ing to the departure of Miller Pontius.
Coach Clevenger Is star all-round
athlete, and Is sure for another year
at the helm, but his ASSISTANT for the
football work Is yet to be named.
neither did Tennessee have success
full year.
Both shaughnessy. of Tulane. and
Mcdonnell, at Louisiana, will stick for
another year, and possibly longer. AL
though neither Tulane nor l. 8. U.
had a good season, the athleticsau-
thorities were completely satisfied
with their work.
Southern coaches. will. without any
doubt continue at Mississippi A. and
NJ. In addition TO handling football,
he also coaches the basebll and Is
general director OF athletics. His work
over a period of years indicates that
he will remain at the helm OF the AZ
gies' athletics for number OF years.
Two new men were given tryouts
among the lesser elevens last season.
Zeilers at Mercer. Cation at Howard.
and Johnny spiegel at Chattanooga
showed Improvement over the elevens
of the previous year. Mercer. for the
material at hand, made a good show
ing. white Chattanooga gained pronai-
nenee by t.eing both Georgia and Sc
vance Spiegel did excellent work,
and promises. to do even more next
season.
Luck was against Cation. but hs
made a creditabie showing, and prom
ises to put the Howard athletics on
higher. plane in q few years.
Within the past decade Southern
college athletic bodies have learned
some valuable lessons in the matter
Of coaching. No team In this or any
other section had ever gained any real
lasting prominence among its athletic
set except where its teams were d.
rected by competent man. who was
given opportunity 10 start In motion
an individual system. OF course. II
may be argued that Yale. with year
Iiy change. stood at the head of East
ern entries for years. But all the
time Walter Camp was there at the
head of the advisory board. Har-
ward had to take Hauehton and give
him a few years to build UP a con-
sistent winner. Cornell was ranked
lin and out until AL Sharpe took charge.
penn's numerous changes are prov
ing the failure of changing coach
ing ~ stem.
The solution for the coaching prob
lem is ~ place a competent man at
the head and give him time tn put
mis- ideas into operation, and be left
sI.tre Fsper!enie had PROVEN the
problem
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
SOME. WANT FOOTBALL SEASON
IN SOUTH OPENED MONTH LATER
Football Enthusiasts Believe That Teams In Georgia and Other
Southern States Should Play Until Christmas Day
Virginia Teams Would Not Think of Change.

representatives. That the change OF
seasons is desirable. however. never
has been workd up to tn point where
decisive action by any organized group
of colleges of the South took any ac-
ton. According to the general be-
lief there are a number Of colleges IN
the South which probably would favor
opening the season about the middle
of October and continuing it until
Christmas.
II is we'll known that the faculty OF
the Texas Agricultural and Mechan-
frou%.r.aS nv Siyth pauat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
JACK DUNN OFFERS
$4,000 FOR PARK
Richmond Manager Tries to secure
Possession OF Baltimore
Fed Holdings.

Especial to The Richmond Virgfnian-
Baltimore, Md, Jan. 3.--Man-
ager Jack Dunn. of the Richmond
Internationals, had q long dis
tancc telephone conversation with
President Barrow this afternoon.
and shortly afterwards 1t was
made known that Dunnic had
made an offer OF $4,000 for tho
stands ut Terrapin Park, the home
of the local Feds. A condition
has been attached that some pro-
vision be made for certain
amount I'm the event that q street
Is cut through the field before ten
years elapsc. Dunn's experience
at OrioIe Park cost him a rather
snug sum. and when he and his
attorney returned from the CHI
cinnati conference week or so
ago. they both made IL plain that
If Tcrrapin Park was leased there
would be n provision to provide
against the cutting through Of =
street. at least as far as Dunn's
paying for the improvements were
concerned. IL Is understood from
u rather good source that the
$4,000 offer for the stands has
not been accepted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04

Clerk Luther Libby, of Law and
Equity Court, who has been III with
grip for several DAYS, was reported as
improving last night.
Councilman Gilbert X. Pollock, who
was laid UP several days with an alb
scess, was able to get out yesterday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04

Governor stuart yesterday issued q
reduisition on the Governor of Ken
lucky for A. n. Blair, who Ia wanted
in Lee County, Va, for stealing cow.
Blair ID in jail ut Mt. yarnon. KY. and
an officer from Lee County Will leave
today to bring him to Virginia.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
PECANS AND ORANGES
RECEIVE HARD BLOW

Hattiesburg lovers of pecans ant
oranges mustn't depend upon the sup
ply of home grown fruit and nuts OF
this kind during the coming fall and
winter, else they likely will go hun
gry.
If there is a pecan or an orange re
naming on any unprotected tree IN
this section, after the big storm, it Is
healthy one, and should be preserV-
ed as historical remembrance. There
will be but few of them.
Hundreds of pecan and orange trees
were picked up bodily by the storm,
and carried away, while others were
simply uprooted and left near their
original growing places. The few trees
that were not torn up by the roots
were twisted and so shaken that no nut
or orange could remain on them.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
CROPS IN CONVICTION
COMPLETELY RUINED

Seminary, Miss, July The rain
and wind storm has left the farms il
this territory complete wrecks The
corn, which was the most promising
in many years today is either broken
down or blown flat on the ground
There is no chance for it to make any
thing. Many farmers are estimating
that the corn will not mature bushel
to the acre, at least the Oldest corn.
The cotton also is very greatly dam
aged. the first crop being practically
q total loss.
No injury to live stock has been re-
ported except the loss of one horse by
Isaac Aultman. Very few buildings
were wrecked by the storm in this
section. There is no telegraph or tele-
phone communication from here with
any outside point, all wires being out
of order.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07

ing been blown off, and finally
the walls fell in. The chairs,
seats, and all the furniture
were broken to pieces, and the
organ was completely ruined.
No efforts to make use Of
the material in the old building
IN constructing a new one, will
be made. 1t was explained to-
day that the material was so
badly broken and twisted thas
it would be cheaper to pur-
chase new material than to
waste time on the old.
The work of removing the
debris from the streets Of Hat
tiesburg is being rushed today
by Commissioner Caperton
and an augmented crew. Or
ders were issued to all proper
ty owners to clear their side
walks of trees, branches, fences
and the like.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
PLANT TIED
UP FOR SOME DAYS

! 1t will be a week or ten days before
the last evidence Of the storm which
struck this section Wednesday night
and Thursday morning will be remov
cd from the big plant of the J. J. New.
man Lumber Company.
Lumber was scattered promiscuous-
ly about the yards: wires were brok-
en- and tangled: roofs were lifted and
carried away, and a couple of blow
pipes connecting with the fuel house,
through which the sawdust and the
shavings are carried, were torn down.
Besides these, many belts were wet,
and it will be impossible to use them
until they are thoroughly dried. Work
at the plant has suspended in practi-
cally every department, except large
crews are working day and night
to repair the damage.
The blow pipes connecting the box
factory and the fuel house, and the
planer and the fuel house, were car
ried away. A section o.. the root of
the main part of the mill, and sec
ton of The finish shed roof were blown
off. and hundreds Of gallons of water
poured in flooding everything.
Every man connected with the COM
pany who can handle a hammer or
chisel has been put to work repairing
the roofs, and doing any other kind OF
repair work there that is possible.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
Weird Night Is Spent at Militia
Camp; Wind and Rain Brighten Boys

jackson, Miss, July THE 1000
soldiers at Camp Swep Taylor had a
real taste OF one of the horrors of war
Wednesday night, and when daylight
came it was gaunt. red-eyed bunch
OF lighters who answered the call for
morning mess.
Few eyes were closed in the camp.
The high wind kept the boys busy
holding down their tents. In many in
stances the canvas shelters were
picked up and carried down the field.
leaving the soldiers without shelter,
and the job of hunting for tents in the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
SECTION OF SIDEWALK
Is ROFED FOR SAFETY

section of the sidewalk in front
OF the store of j. S. Turner & Co. at
Main and Front streets. has been
roped Off, while engineers are iRves-
tigating crack in the upper front
part of the building which has wild
ened to noticeable extent as re-
suit of the storm.
While the building is in no danger
of tumbling in. the sidewalk immedi-
ately under the cracked part was
roped off TO insure safety, at the sug-
gestion of the city engineer
Insurance adjusters are expected
here at once to investigate the condi-
ton Of the building and Officially pass
on it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
SMITH is NARROWED
All MAMMOTH SPRINGS

! IT, 2. Smith, proprietor of the Phoe-
NIX Laundry returned from Mammoth
Springs this morning, where he has
Deen since Wednesday morning. and
Drought with him a description of the
great damage done in that section
ny the storm. He intended returning
TO Hattiesburg Wednesday night, but
the storm held him there till this
morning.
Acre after acre of timber land and
OF crops" Mr.. Smith says. look as if
clearing gang had been put to work
removing all signs of vegetation. Hun
dreds of trees were torn up by the
roots and broken off at the ground.
For time ve feared that the cot
tage in which We were located would
be blown away, but luckily we escaped
any injury"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
BUILDING is l.
HURT BUT LITTLE

The damage TO the Ross building on
Wednesday night was practically moth
ing. according to DR.. T. E. Ross. I'VE
lost six panes of glass he said, land
also one of the pieces of tin over the
awning on the outside, used for Orna-
mental purposes. was blown away. Tho
offices were not flooded, as the broken
windows were promptly protected.
Outside of thfs, there was no damage"
Many offices in the Carter build
ing were flooded however, and it will
be necessary to plaster scores of them
and several of the Railways.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
Pretty Tough on Bare Feet and Bicycle
Tires That Use the Streets These DAYS

Anybody that thinks they would like
TO be barefooted boy again, or bi
cycle tire, would have another think
coming to them if they tried to wend
their way over certain streets of this
city, after Wednesday nights storm.
Plate glass windows were smashed
to smithereens, and ordinary window
panes had no more chance surviving
the sudden gusts of wind than an ap-
pie pie at newsboy's picnic. They
were smashed into thousands OF pieces
and scattered from curb to curb.
Travelling over these streets will be
perilous for many days, and it will be
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-07
GRAVEL co. DAMAGED
BY BIG LOSS OF BOATS

The Louisiana Sand and Grave COM
pany, operating plant on the Eaton
vile road, on the Bouie River, suffer
ed more than $1,000 damage from
Wednesday nights storm, but the of
ficials are more than pleased at being
able to keep their losses within that
amount. EE
All night long, during the hard rain
and wind storm, a force Of men worked
to save the big boat of the company
located there, which threatened to &c
swept away at any moment The at
tention Of the men was given exclus-
lively to the big boat, while the small
or ones were left to take care of them
selves. Many of these were swept
away.