Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-06
SPIDERS LOSE -FOUR VETS
NEW BASEBALL MATERIAL
WILL FILL UP BAD HOLES
Schedule Calls for sixteen Games
RichmOnd College Announces Foot
ball Dates for Neat Enli


Baseball prospects At Richmond COL
icSc this year are bright, despite Tho
fact that the Spiders will be minus
the services OF four regulars and one
substitute OF last years squad. spider
stock took a slump when Hun" Wiley,
Kid o'Ncai. John Logan. "Newtic'
Ancarrow. and Bobby Robertson de-
parted. but there is Il wealth of new
material At hand, and Dobson Will be
sure to find some good men 10 fill the
vacancies.
Tom Miller. the smuggling Academy
star and Harry Carter. who was in
cicgibic last year. Will bid strong for
the outtield positions now untitled.
These two men made enviablc records
in the Richmond amateur circles last
summer. Freshman Knight is reputed
70 be pitcher OF some ability, and
Northern. another new man. made Il
good batting record at Chatham Train
ing School last season. kuyk. OF tho
academy. Will try for an infeld posi-
ton.
OF last years squad. there have re-
turned Cox. Blankenship. Craven. Pitt.
LiSgon. Sissou and Crossley.
Manager McDanel has just made pub
lie the baseball schedule for the en-
suing season. The Spiders are booked
to meet some OF the fastest teams in
tn" South. ana will have to put up n
stellar brand OF ball to hold their own
There viii bc the usual six champion
ship games in the Eastern Intercol-
iegiate Association series.
The schedule is follows
Arril 3-Wake Forest. at Wake
Forest
April university of North Caro-
lima. ut Chapel Hill.
April North Carolina y. & NJ. at
West Raleigh.
April G--Davidson. at Davidson, y. G.
nary. at Richmond College
April l2-Union Theological Semi
nary. at Seminary
April l3-Roanoke College, at Rich
mond
April l5--William and Mary, Mt Rich
mond tchampionship)
April e0-Wake Forest, at Richmond
championship.
April 22-tIampdcn-Si Sidney, at Rich
mond championship.
April @6--Randolph- Macon, at Rich
mond championship.
April 29-William and Mary, at Will
liamsburg championship.
May 3-Randolph- Macon, at Rich
mond Championship.
May 5-Blackstone Academy, at
Blackstone.
May 6-iinmpden- Sidney. at Hamp-
den Sidney championship.
May S-Washington and Lee, at
Richmond.
Ihe football schedule for the COM
ing year has been arranged. but there
is still some trouble in regard to the
dates of one or two of the champion
ship games. The schedule may be
changed by the authorities I'm that II
is not deemed advisable to have tho
last game staged after thanksgiving,
and arrangements may he made to plnv
the games stated for December at
some earlier date. The schedule fol-
lows:
September 3O---V. +. l., at Blacksburg.
October catholic University. at
Washington
October l+-University OF Virginia.
at Charlottesville.
October 2l-lIampden Sidney, at
Richmond championship.
October eS-William and Mary. at
Richmond championship
November i--Randolph- Macon. at
Richmond championship.
November ll--Iiampden- Sidney, at
Farmville championship
November lS-William and Mary, at
Williamsburg championship.
December "-Randolph Macon. at
Richmond championship.
ON November % Hampton Sidney and
Randolph Macon will play at Ero,d
Street Park
the schedule for the Eastern Inter-
collegiate Association was arranged bv
the several managers of football from
IL possible that they will have to meet
again in the near future to straightcn
out some difficulties in regard to the
series which as yet are rather I'M
satisfactory.
DoBSON HAS TRACK MEN
OUT FOR INDOOR WORK
candidates for the Spiders track
squad, about fifteen strong, reported 10
coach Dobson at the Blues Armorv
Yesterday for their second practice on
; !nnt ii"9r The new men who were out
thomas. Parks, Johnson and Ovens.
Nuyk. with 4 little coaching. should
make a hurdlcr far above the average.
re goes over the stick with lots of
speed, and with form unusual TO a man
VINO mas not gone in for this event
very much in the past. Euyk's spe-
clait.es are the high jump and the pole
in both of these. His best work so far
was done while At the Richmond Acad-
envy, but 1t goes without saying that
he is bound TO develop a great deal
under bohson ana his methods
Another new man from whom a good
showing is expected is Charlie Johnson
formerly or tho John Marshall High
tw" stellar events are also tho pole
vault and the high jump. This will
bring about show down between him
ana kuyN. which is sure to be interest
lng I" lovers of college track work
Johnson has been praCticing for ONLY a
Few days Of this week. having been sur
'crlnS with a ncar-attack of Appendix
Gus. In consequence lie has been talk
ing ~ easy so far. from fear OF com
pllcHtions. ana will not he required to
do his stiHcst work until next week,
when tn" high jump and tho pole vault
VIII receive the major part of Coach
pohSon'S attention. The entire week
just past has been spent in practicinE
starts. sprints and hurdles. hut Mon
DAY afternoon viii witness the nau-
Suration OF the other events
cal lLMEII MINIS AAII