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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
MARSHALLlTES WIN CLASH
WITH NORFOLK HIGH QUINT
Local H0yS Have No Dimrulty in De-
fcatinE characterization Scores
Twenty -four Points.

NORFOLK. VA January 2?.-Ths
John Marshall High School of Rich
momd defeated Maury High OF Norfolk
in Il fast and interesting game by
the score of 30 10 81. The game WAC
featured by The fine shooting OF Pen
dieton. who shot twenty -four points
for the Marshallitcs. lie was ably as
sisted by Little" Hatcher. as we'll as
the whole team. The work of Mutt"
Johnson was clearly the bright light
OF Maury. while the guarding OF Cap
tain Brown stood ont prominently.
The lineup follows:
j. NJ II. =. Position. NJ. II. 5.
Hatcher. left forward Long
l'cndlcion. right forward. 80. Wood
hcttwaN. ..... center ..... Johnson
Ilargrovc. left guard. ~. Brown
taptainl
Jennings right guard o. Brown
,Captainl
Field goals pcndlctou. I Hatcher,
:; rcttway. |; Iiargrovc, !; Jennings,
>: Johnson {: Long. ,, o. Brown, 3
~ Brown, : Wood. |. Goals from fouls
-lcudlcton. 10: Johnson. Q.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
1T STRIKES ME,
by TIM PATCH

Soccer football had its advent here
yesterday, under anything but aus
picious circumstances. In spite OF the
weather. however. those vino brnved the
elements were we'll rewarded by seeing
bang up game.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

AS a result OF the game. soccer Will
lie firmly established here. Several
hundred persons saw the clash and
all wcr. impressed with the splendid
possibilities Of the game both for
players and spectators The game is
clean. open sport, and cXcelS many
other popular diversions. Even being,
unfamiliar with the sport. the crowd
coGld not restrain its enthusiasm when
The local team threatened to score
while even the most intricat. and deli
cate combinations were appreciated.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
THREE APPLICANTS FOR
JOB LEFT BY TOM RYAN

Three applications however have been
received for the post to be vacated
by Ryan. Walter Kirsch is after the
place. and Dewitt Ncwing. we'll known
to local thcatergocrs. has also SHE'D
his hat in the ring. brother OF Sccre-
tary Fowler. of the Washington Ameri-
cans. has applied for the position here.
The board of directors has never Of
ticially taken action on the resignation
and has not held meeting to decide
upon his successor. although five of
the six members were present when
the tentative plans were discussed and
the arrangement noted above practi-
cally decided upon.
Work on the improvements to Broad
Street Park will not start for several
days. y permit TO enlarge the club
house by an annex for tho visiting
team. must be secured from the Build
ing Inspector. and pther plans made
before the work can be done. When 1t
is started. however. ii will be rushed to
completion. and the grounds will be in
practical shape when the advance
guard reports. Smith. too. is to be
consulted on the arrangements and
will be taken out to visit the park on
his arrival here this week.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

Eumor has II that Heinz. Wagner.
The veteran shortS;"r. will maua-e the
tiSonS next Year taking the place of
Pat Donovan. who. it is also rI,morcd
VIII take Il pos ton aS business man.
aged of III" Enstrn Red SoX Ioseph
I?nniu ovens mast of the Buffalo stock
aud controls the Boston trarl. SO there
may he something in the story.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

Newport News deserved to win. the
Shipbuildcrs havin. an almost perfect
combination The whole team work ed
well and helped maintain the r.puta-
ton of being an nnbeaten eleven. DE
NrieS. collyn and Mcl.achlan wcr. the
outstanding players, with the former
showing the greatest briliiance
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
LEFTY GEORGE IS SIGNED
CINCINNATI PITCHER WILL
WEAR RICHMOND UNIFORM
billy smith Expects to Land Three
Players To-Morrou-No Secretary
to lie Appointed.

Lefty George, who twirled last sea.
son for Cincinnati. will wear a Rich
mond uniform this season. Billy Smith.
our new manager. having practically
signed the big fellow up yesterday
while in Cincinnati. According to
message from Smith several other
players will be secured before he
ieaVes for this city Tomorrow
Smith stopped over in Cincinnati for
conference with August Hermann,
president OF the Reds. and, chairman
OF me National Baseball Commission
Ills mission was chiefly to sign some
OF the surplus material to be found
around Cincinnati at this season OF
the year. He is exceedingly optimistic
ana regards the prospects for the COM
ing season as bright
Il am determined to give Richmond
ianS the very best there is in sight"
he says. Il am confident Of signing mt
least three players before | leave the
city on Monday, for there seems to be
are going TO surprise somebody this
year by the get up and go the Rich
mond team will show in 1916"
smith will arrive here on Tuesday.
according to his present plans. From
Richmond he will make a short iaunt
to the centers OF winter baseball ac
'ivities in search Of men. He already
has number Of players in sight and
is confident that he can get some whose
names are familiar to all who read
big league box scores. and they are
not going to be has-beens either
LOCAL SITUATION QUIET
PENDING ARRIVAL Of SMITH
Pending the arrival OF Smith, the
local situation is very quiet The local
officials do not expect to do anything
that Will cmbarrass him in his efforts
TO get team together. other than
TO sign such youngsters for a trial as
look good. The rockies. however, will
be Judged by Smith. who will not keen
them If he thinks the experiment UNI
necessary.
stockholders meeting is to be held
within the next ten days. when num-
Der OF important matters will be dis
posed OF. One of these will be the
question OF selecting secretary to
succeed Tom Ryan. who will not seek
the job another year. The board at
the present time is not inclined to fill
the position. believing that Billy Smith
Will want to attend to the business end
as we'll az the playing end OF the
game. lie has always done so In tho
past and is an excellent business man
agcr. as we'll as field pilot. Last week
the board members positively stated
that they would not have a secretary,
but would turn this end over to Smith,
with Ryan as bookkeeper, and some
body to look after the correspondence.
While on the road, the club was to
have been absolutely under the dircc-
ton Of Smith. who would appoint ono
OF his utility men to look after check
ing up the gate and other minor de-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
LOCALS LOSE At SOCCER
NEWPORT NEWS ELEVEN WAS
TOO MUCH FOR RICHMONDERS
r"wh Enjoyed Game and Waved I:n-
th"SinHtic Over SpOrt-DomcnJO1
allied ~ fiS Again.

weather conditions were unfavot-
~" I" outdoor sp""t Yesterday. hrl ~
spite OF this handicap. soccer football
was introduced here and while the
att"hdanc" was small the game be
tween lichmOnd ana Newport News
VA" all that coulI be desired climi-
mating the natmras disappointmcnt that
me home representatives went down
~ defeat before the uubcatcn SHIP
builders. goals - 3
y prctticr game could not be cx-
pcctcd than that played in the steady
hri%%ic Yesterday The possibilities Of
me new sport. which has swept the
North. East and West like wildiirc
were clearly demonstrated. and II is =
safe prediction th@. Richmond VIII be
as enthusiastic over :hc game next
season as those other sections OF the
country
Soccer is a Kicking game. pure and
simple. hut the Kicking Is not the
brand OF football. The bcotinE wHS
not Ion. ana graceful but IL was dis
'inct!N artistic from til. standpoint Of
getting the ball where i, could be dis
patched toward It's goal with greater
ease. TIL" p"ssin:. with feet. elbows
ana head durin. The propclling was
great. and the teamwork OF tho vs-
tors WAS revelation to those who
witnessed tho game
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
FLASHES On
Z FnItM PREVENT >t,K!.>

desperate flashes Of form saved tho
ki"hW"cd eleven from many scor,s
Inn" after Tim" when Newport Nrw.s
"".'n S"t within sttikiu. distance. 4
hls sru't would say" the day and o..
t"Si"nnllS there would come :, dash
OF tn" unexpected, aud tn. luc.. would
"fN"Iop aIt attack which would swc.n
th"'r opponents OF their feet Had
thiS attack been - sustained one Tho
locals would probably have STAYED off
defeat. but II would hnv. taken "a cork
ihG good aggregation to hav. wrcStcI
victory from tn" Newport News bunch
' tn" feature "r tho game Was the
team work Of the victors. both on Of
- 80 ana Gri"r>- ~. ~. .. go .,. ff,.
bright star Of tho game. while ra.ttcr-
son ana I'M each PLAYED brilliantly.
Draper was the mainstay Of the To-
ct!s. with Moore playing the best de-
fcnSivc game for Richmond
IN" game Was played in two periods
of forty-hvc minutes each. with "A i've
ninutc intcrmissiou The BAH was
constantly in play. which added to the
interest, there being no DELAYS TO
weary the spectator unfamiliar with
In" intricaci"s Of the game. Under the
rules OF the game. no player. other
than the goalkccpcr. can touch the
ball with his hands, and the PLAYERS
cannot he pushed or showed cXccpt
with the shoulder.
Newport News was the first To score
and the visitors made four goals in
the first half before the locals had
Tailed. In the second period however
sRichmond played the visitors even,
making two goals TO ;hc same number
!or Ncwpor, News
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

James y. Gilmore. rresidcn; of The
Federal League. I'll iitil.- TO say con
corning the action uf the Baltimore
fcds in deciding I" press the Federal
LEAGUE suit against rrGauize,l buscb;l II
no" nondirG before Judge Lands in
'hicnGo. My. Gilmore stated that if
baltimore could raise Sio.r"n for th:s
purnos- he believed thut the former
members OF the league could raise a
IKE amount /" ti@ht any such action.
tie predicts that the ncacc agreement
VIII stand lust as ii was made
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

Richmond has the talent. but lacked
the necessary teamwork. the fact that
no real competition had been cncoun-
tered being plainly apparent indi-
virtually the local eleven was on par
with It's opponents. but collectively the
combination was not as effective as II
would have been, or will be- after a
few real games.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
GOtLi> EEPEH FAILS TO SYnI.
SEVERAL. E:tAi CHANCES

The inability OF Fowler. goallccper
for Richmond. TO block the efforts of
Ncwpor; News, cost his team the game
Twice had hr made clean pckupS he
would have prevented ITALICS ana had
he backed up his team more consis-
tcntlN the locals would have made a
muCh better showing. on several oc-
casion Fowler showed flashes Of his
true form and made pretty blocks
which put Richmond out OF danger
Mcllor. Eoaikrepcr for Newport News
played brilliantly in the first period
and saved two scores by great work
In the final period. however, ne was
unable 10 stavc off the sweeping attack
lea by Draper.
The game was played for the benef,
Of the War Relief Association OF Nir-
ginia. The proceeds, after deductiug
The necessary expenses. will 20 to that
organization. but. owing TO tho bad
weather. there will not be much left
over. The enthusiasm displayed ny the
handful of fans. however is an asset
which is greatly appreciated by the
Richmond Soccer Club. showing. as il
does. that the game is bound TO be
popular here when the people get ac-
Guaiutcd with II.
John Domcnjoz, the Swiss aviator
had promised the Richmond Soccer
club to give an exhibition over the
mark. but. owing to the unfavorable
weather. he called it off, much to the
disappointmcnt OF those who expected
n double attraction. After the game.
bowcvcr those who had grumblcd were
willing 10 admit that they had rccciv
cd the worth OF their money in soccer
alone.
Mayor Ainslc kicked 10 center for
ward The ball was headed back To
Richmond, and was then kicked out
side on the throw-in the bail again
went outside. and on five passes it
was sent through the posts for the
first goal in less than two minutes of
play.
SIIJpDtjIJDERS WORK. PRETTY
COMBINATIONS ON LOCALS
The locals began to brace, and after
tho kick or worked the ball TO New
port News territory. Frequent out
: CONTINUED on Second pnSc.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

WRESTLING. has doomed 10 such -,
extent that cNpcncnts OF that art can
De seen at almost amy basketball gam.
Hro"nd town these DAYS. The only
difference is in The naNes OF the pas
times.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

The iIopcwell owners Yesterday had
Judge West sign i. corporation papcrs
and charter viii 10 applied for to-
morrow
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

Both the local backs and half hacks
played good game and. while the for
wards were good individually. they did
not combine. Payne did some good
work. his runs and counters being par
ticularly brilliant
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

u Is probable that another game will
ne played on Saturday 4 team. i, is
learned. Is being formed among the
employees OF tho Chesapeake and ohio
oihceS and il is more than likely that
a challenge will be sent To the Rich
mona Soccer Club. Here's hoping the
game is arranged
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

Somebody has suggested '.Enmbs' for
me fopcwcll baseball team nickname
~ Few days after the season opened
'ne rams woI!d b calling them the
"liumS.' more than likely
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

Bob Summers played great ball. Ills
iw" individual fcats in She last few
minutes. when in rapid succession he
scored two goals were great The
crowd could not bottle mp the Wells
when h" came through the Newport
News eleven with the ball ;ad sent It
whizzing through the posts
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30

h!ilN smith is getting busy The
'ac' mat he has si.: led Lefty George
SHOWS that he has his eye OH players.
george when IN condition. is a corking
good left-handcr. and as the club viii!
doubilc*sly need IL southpaw the sim
ing OF a veteran is welcome news
The sun., 1916-11-26

nocent victims after she had sunk the
I.usitania.
HAD we protested strongly. with a
will plain in our protest, Germany never
would have used poison gas and turned
good fighting men into murderers at
wholesale by a chemical formula.
The air attacks upon defenseless
towns and the bomb slaughter Of civil
ians may logically he laid at our door
because We sat in snug cOmplacency
and said that this fight was not ours.
To-day not only the Inventors OF
the hellish trick OF suffocating fighting
men. but the Allies. compelled through
grim necessity. are using poison gas
because we have made no protest. The
Allies work with 1t against their will,
because they must. Ours is the fault
for all.
W shirked our share in the worlds
work, We are responsible for the hu-
man downfall which we have permitted.
"A student here upon the ground.
who knows both sides. can form a
truthful estimate OF the part We might
have played, but II is "A ~disheartening
line of thought to carry to the emu. .
America. the land OF freedom,
standing by while freedom was out
ragged,
America. the friend Of all the weak
and the oppressed. remaining placid,
gazing with cold curiosity while Bel
GUM was raped.
America. the brave. the strong. the
rich, the patriotic. sitting SNUG AT
home while her own sons and daugh-
ters. following their lawful business
on the worlds highways. were muir
dered ruthlessly and cynically by
wholesale.
"A thousand times | have inquired
OF my own heart IL IL can really he
possible that the German General
Stan, who ordered all the horrors of
this war. who devised every insult
The sun., 1916-11-26

which has been thrust a.. my country.
really know better the psychology Of
the new land which once a WASH
ington's and Lincoln's than !, its son,
knew II. 1t seems incredible, but
1T will react on us some day. We
have as much as Germany regarded
w have sat silent and inactive as she
outraged them and tore them up.
Need We shirk because We were not
signatories? What American would
stand quite calm and see a strange
child robbed and outraged on the
streets? Would any hesitate because
he had not signed a treaty to protect
that child after conference with other
men? The old American manhood
needed no signed papers to sem IL to
the doing OF its duty.
we were brave and won our indie
pendence, lighting against odds. That
compelled the worlds respect. We
have been knightly and have given
freedom unto others. That had COM
PEELED the adm alton OF the world.
We have been generous and have
given back into the hands Of those
who had been weak but whom We had
trained 10 strength the sovereignty
which We might have retained. That
had Won the worlds affection.
THE world regarded VI as a, great
people, free and fine and generous and
working for the best good Of mankind.
Upon the surface OF the earth we
had nc enemies. There were those
who smiled at certain of our national
characteristics. but there were none
who sneered at us. The good people
of the earth were all our friends.
There is a danger now that pres
entity we may discover that we have
no friends. Great as We may be in
wealth. SNUG as We may be in past
prosperity, we shall be lonely in the
years to come, ! fancy"
The sun., 1916-11-26

interest of the most vital nature. She
had built ideals more rapidly and beau
tifully than any of the nations. one
NJ her best and highest was that dream
VI IA world peace. How beautifully
significant of the old America was the
vision OF the successful business man.
Carnegie. Nearly all OF the conven-
lions which the world has looked upon
Ms good and which primarily were
fashioned with the hope of through
them giving peace To all humanity,
were OF American origin. Honorable
and constructive peace had become
the general American ideal.
"Germany's cynical and ruthless
violation Of Belgium. therefore. was q
slap At our ideals as much as an at
tack upon her neighbours property. She
wrecked the splendid ethical structure.
she deiiled the pure. humanitarian
philosophy OF "A hundred OF our great
est minds when she advanced on that
devoted people, %outraging and destroy
ing human life. woman's purity and
the legacy Of art which had been left
by Il great past for all posterity.
1t is my depressing feeling hat we
have accepted "A tremendous and dis
heartenng responsibility. II is my be-
lief that We have shirked a splendid
duty. for | think that we alone Of all
the nations of the world might have
prevented all the slaughter.
What a burden rests upon the men
who held our people back with placid
words II | am right.
But even had We acted in the prin-
cipal issues as we did we sim might
well have performed minor duties,
might nave won some need OF the
worlds gratitude. Had We but pro-
tested vigorously (as We had a right
to .do), with an obviously real and not
ANONYMOUSLY blufting threat uchind our
protest, Germany never would have
drowned the long succession VI her in
The sun., 1916-11-26
Whitney Warren, the New York Architect, Flags His Stay at Home Country
men for the Policy Of Submission Which He Holds ResponL
sbe for Worst Evils of the War


THAT was the role " itch I believe
we should have played: that was the
| role which we lad prepare. the world
TO think that we were ready to enact.
when Andrew Carnegie built the
Peace Palace at The Hague the i'm
pulse which stood sturdy behind II, I
am quite sure, was not n supine toler-
ance Of outrage which would turn n
slapped cheek TO the slapper with n
petition for more slapping, but the
hone that through his erort n judicial
system might work out among the ma
tons which would halt the hand of the
unjust assailant. partl., through the
education OF the naturally lawless, but
when that failed through the COM
bInation of the forces of all law and
order against the criminal.
only that has been the process q,
society which anywhere has won
against the wicked and the ,awlcss.
Law must have behind IL. even I'm
the most carefully managed and most
highly civilized centres OF human pop
ula,ion. the strong arm OF those quite
competert for it's enforcement
New York. Boston. Chicago. San
Francisco. Philadelphia New orleans.
Colorado Springs. Los Angeles and all
the other big and little towns which
are the centres of our wealth and chi.
ture have become what they are no,
because all of their citizenr have good
impulses nj because those who have
have been organized toyeth. ard have
been armed with their police for the
preservation of the right and the sun
preston and the punishment of wrong
I'm such communities the man who
stands aside and lets the criminal
work go ON ~nhindere and nnun-
ished is ranked as criminal himself.
He Is a bad citizen of the community.
That ls Jus, the character. I think ~
our present American c~itizenship in
the community of nations.
an every country there are three
forces. the moral. the financial ana tho
phyeical. and OF the three. in those
communities which s,anN for any.
thing, the moral IL the strongest.
With us the financial and tho lazy
physica, have p~redominated while tho
world has been in ,hroes
'.Germany has realized tho re,,,iyo
inheritance of these forces She no.
gan her invasion OF the otber terri
tories Of the world by striking at ,hoir
morals tbroupb her cvnicaI nh,,a,o-
phies. this moral invasion she suc-
ceeded with n~nancia, invasion and
finally she sought IN invade nhysic.iI,,
when she Thought that she was s,rnny
enough and nu tho balance NJ ,ho
world was weak epou,b
IL cannot believe tina, any nation be
A.. -
The sun., 1916-11-26

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psychology so much more carefully
than ANYBODY other than himself has
studied Il.
III things were let stand a. they
now stand" said Mr.. Warren, 81 hest.
tate to predict what might occur. But
I am hopeful that the worthy spirit
Of America may countcract all this
unworthiness.
II am hoping that a few great DEM
constructions. promoted by Americans
who have the old American heart. the
old American soul. the old American
uprightness and contempt for all bru.
tally and all unmanliness, may Offset
the spiritual slothfulness which 90
has seemed to characterize a certain
number OF my countrymen.
II am hoping that n or two great
demonstrations from America may
show the French. the British and the
world at large that In the United States
still lives some spirit such a. swayed
our forebears who laid down their lives
for liberty. such as in 1898 sent tho