Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28

IT STRIKES ME
ny TIM PATCH

Billy Smith intends to leave this
week for Macon. where he Will watch
the fan1:ecH practice under Wild Bill
donovan The local leader has a pur-
pose III view. considering that he Ia to
got four OF the mon now worlsing there,
ana naturally he wants TO see what
they Look like
with twenty-four men already
signed. Smith considers that he has a
right good Job on hand to weed them
out within the short time between the
opening OF the training period and the
hrst game OF the season. lie will
Keep right on signing promising ma
teriaI. however ana II IN probable chat
nc viii have forty players here for
| practice
Tommy Mcmillan. the shortstop re-
Gently purchased from indianapolis. is
wei known on the International
league circuit having played with
Rochester. in days gone by he was
known az the little Rebel" partly due
to the fact that he was usually hold
out in the spring. Billy Smith. how
ever. is not anticipating any trouble to
get him to sign.
Ford Meadows. the young wild man
sold by the Richmond Ints 70 the New
York Yankees, is already noted in the
Macon camp as fusRer II seems that
the rockies are addicted TO the wear
ing OF caps. but none makes more
dazzling appearance matched than
the Rube. The Yankees have known
no dizier dresser. 1t is said since the
passing Of 'Monocle" Thompson. of the
Chance regime.
Jack Dunn IL In a neck OF trouble
with the Baltimore street officials. who
Insist on carrying out their project to
cut two thoroughfarcs through the site
I hn In al al Fr,,. ~.
der the system In vogue. the commits
Sioners must advertise two weeks be-
/ fore tho Council gets hold Of the
| project, and then the real night can
start. II this program is carried out.
Dunnie will have fat chance to get
| his grounds In shape for the league
season. Before he gets done with the
! Baltimore proposition he will wish that
| he had stuck to this burg, where, at
! least. he had few friends
Dunn has managed to get Mayor
Preston, OF Baltimore, interested In
his ball plant. and will have that of
fetal inspect the property. in the hopes
against cutting the streets through.
| Those 500 stockholders OF the dcfunct
Terps. however. have much influence.
The Celtic Football Club will in tho
future be under the captninCy OF T.
Grundy, Captain Bob Summers having
resigned his post Summers however
will remain with the club. but as his
plans for the future are uncertain. he
thought IL hest TO turn over tho cap
taincy to some one else Gr,indy for
merly managed soccer club in Jersey
! city. and one year copied the cham
pionship of his district
The Beucdictinc College baseball
squad Will start work this. week under
the direction or Captain Francis \
coach has not yc; been selected nv
tho Catholics, but Plug Amos and Long
Tom OrernIan. both products of the
school. are being considered for the
job. Either would make good man.
aud on" who could get results out of
the buys.
Virginia has it, clairo 20 the state
championship questioned IN the basket
BAH unint Of Roanoke college Tho
Salem boys. however, TO not assert
claim to the sectional championship
although they have defeated the pest
/ that Carolina has produced-wake
Forest. y. & NJ, and North Carolina
while they have also downed Wash
iucton and Lee and other state insti-
tutinns, including Randolph Macon. 1t
Is true that Virginia has also de-
featcd Washington and Lee. but tie
victory Of the Salemtes was more
clear cut, while it's decisive win over
Carolina is also used as n basis of its
! claim TO superiority. 1t Is another
Of those unfortunate cases in which
contehders cannot get together.
Russell Liebs. we'll known through
out Virginia and Carolina, has signed
up with the ChambcrsburG. Pa. team
OF the Blue Ridge League. "Chcesy"
believes that he will do much better
where he is not known, and he will
atart the coming campaign with the
, determination to get higher up. AS Il
catcher. Iiebs showed considerable
promise. but has been exceedingly nm
fortunate in the way Of injuries. He
also swats the pill we'll.
The annual Federation meet will ne
held on Wednesday night in the Blues
Armory While the number or teams
entered will not compare with last
year the event will probably prove in
terestinE. rs no one team is far sri-
perior to others. Church Hill. Barton
Heights and Paramount can each be
counted upon to cop certain events,
which VIII make the affair moro Inter-
csting. The Howitzers. Grays and Sig
ral Corps will be conspicuous by their
absence.
Writing or college athletics Mt Prince
ton during the early ffties. an nlumnus
! states in the Alumni Weekly:
I'm those days there was no gym
nasium, nor any formal means of ex-
ercise. Baseball had not been invented
and football had no prominence. In
the open space at the rear OF West
had been erected a short, high brick
wall. Against 1T we played 'handball.'
which was practically tennis: at least
II was governed by most Of the present
tennis rules. Instead of racquets, we
struck the ball with the palm of the