Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-25
.B|sONs ARRIVE HERE AND
LOOK READY FOR OPENER
Pat Donovan and Herd Get In From
Norfolk--Will Practice
To-day.
MANY CONCERNS WILL CLOSE
Advertisers Succeed in Getting Em-
ployceS OF for Gamc-Paradc
VIII Preccde Contest---EXpcct Big
Attendance.

Fat Donovan and twenty OF the ath-
letes who aspire to represent Buffalo
s in the International League flag chase
arrived hero last night from Norfolk
and Will spend part of to-day getting
familiar with the battle ground where
Tomorrow Afternoon they pry off the
lid with the Billsm!ths. The Ilerd is
CHARTERED AZ the Lexington Hotel.
Donovan has a fnc-lookirg squad
and he is confident that 1t will shape
up we'll for Tie initial dash Several
Of the mon, however, will not be car
rted long, as 4 Is expected that u num-
her OF bis leaguers Will fall to the
lot Of the B!sons
The yBisons will timber UP this morn
Ing, and both RchnoDd and Buffalo
Will then take 4 slight rest beforc
opening tho season tomorrow. Dono-
T van Will use the following lineup to-
& morrow;
Lonorsan. shorts,op; O'Nc!l, second
base: Iirmmell, first base; Holmes,
right field; Mcdonald, third base: Jack
son. left hoid. Nopp, ccnteriield; ona.
low or Haley. catcher; Tyson. Cav
or Cooper, pitcher.
Prospects for a huge crowd to-7nor-
row afternoon seem brighter. Pro-
visions for n monster Attendance arc
peinG made. and chairs and benches
arc being placed In right field to care
for the overflow. a box for Governor
Stuart ana other guests is being con-
structed In front OF the grand stand.
Tickets on sale in downtown cigar
stands are going rapidly. The Rich
mond Advertisers Club which is boost
iHB for record attendance. is continu-
Ing Its good work, and IS succeeding
in It's effort to have the stores and
manufacturing plants ciose for the
ga-no Many concerns havo already
consented to do so. Mayor AinSlte has
declared n half-holiday, and municipal
employees Will consequently have an
opportunity To see the game
AUTO PARADE Will.
FOLLOW MAIN STREETS
The game Will be preceded by an
automobile parade. The automobiles
Will assemble At Eighth and Grace
Streets a squad Of mounted police
viii lead the parade. and kessnichs
Municipal band Will be along 70 en-
livcn tho occasion Tho parade Will
start at Eighth and Grace and will 20
out TO Capitol Street 10 Governor; down
Governor street 10 Main Street. to sew
enteenth Street. COMMUNICATING. tho
procession Will come hack M Main to
Ninth Street 10 Brond street. II will
60 west on Broad Street TO Laurel 10
Grace, and west on Grace Street to
Addison Street and thence TO the ball
park.
e
promised ito let their employees see
the game are O. II. Berry u Co, Brad
streets. Massey Business College. Nell
son Manufacturing Company. Whit
moro & Garrett. Westmorelana CANDY
Company. BloomberE- Michael Furui-
ture Company, Smith-Courtncy Com
pany, W. +. Mahoncy & Co. Richmond
Corrugated Paper Company. old Do
minion Trust Company, b, w. Wilson
Paper Company. Chesapeake ana Ohio
Ra!lway--nll departments will allow
those who desire To attend: Rlchmond
Fredericksburg and Potomac hallway
all dcpa rtmen,s VIII allow those who
desire to attend.
The Underwriters Exchange OF Rich
moud has agreed to close also.
The following Is a list OF Richmond
agents. members of this exchange:
y. l.. Adamson (South Richnoncp, r
L. Africnd g Son, Ivev l.. Arlington.
Chaplin Il Hume. Inc. Davenport &
Co. John ". Gordon, Gibson * Moore,
W. w. Hardwicke X Co. l.. Is. Iiatho,
O. a. Hawkins, manager; Heinrich x
Fuller jefferson e larvic, LGrky In
surnnce Agency. .Irc., ". & Maury,
McCue & -Alsop.- JILL NcANistcr y. l..
peasants & Co. r M. Pul!tan Julius
Straus & Sons, Ta!ley. Kyiand & Hob
son. Virginia Fire and Marina Insur-
ance Company, u. y. Walker & Co,
Walters < richardson Inc Wherry
x Co
Tho International League. which will
open its 1915 season with Montreal
playing 81 Baltimore and Buffalo ut
Rchnond on Wcdresda and Toronto
NJ Newark and Rochester at Provi-
dence on Thursday. announced vcster-
day It's assrnmeu: OF umpirrs 70. the
initial gamcs--Carpsntcr and Chest
nu' AZ Baltimore. Cicary and Rrnns-
held AZ Richmond, Hart and Kconan
at Providence and Freeman and liandi-
Doe Newark
II was announced also that presl
Gent EDWARD Harrow would attend the
opening ceremonies which inaupurate
tho return Of Baltimore and Newark
into tho circuit
/ BERKELEY LOSES GAME BY