Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19
FOUR CITIES WILL FORM
STRONG sEM|PR0, LEAGUE
Richmond Grays' baseball Associa-
ton Increases Scope OF =
fits Operations.
TO BIZ STRICTLY INDEPENDENT
Not Intention Of Promoters to Inter
fere With Amateurs or Organized
Interests-Want High-Gradc Base
ball Only.


interestS-Want High-Gradc Base
+! ball ONLY
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: az NC represented IN a four
GU" semi professional league. with
teams in three other cities ..rre
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: :" " we re-
! W 3"''~@'''' "i thc oi' Richmond
'raES. and IL is meeting with high
. favor IN many quarters
Three teams arc already +, sinh, Tor
. til. proposed league. and il is believed
} that the fourth will no, he difficult, ,o
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''''o WI" "''h'" 'hc ASSOCIATION
. PROMOTER DO NOT
I ENI'ECT TO HURT AMATEURS
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'nt men "'hou' hurting inc strength
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r.rcc -a;d an .hn;- .,a- ,,Ia,or. r.
I fact. Major Price is anxious To keen on
+ the best Of terms with Tho orpani,ed
amateurs ana viii attend :. .,..ci,i
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on ar "esar,H SEM pro
4 '"e p''! yrs WI NOT pt on
salary and no hard and fast schedule
VI Ga'"es VIII DC aaop'ed.
ihe le"Sue VIII DC primarily Tor
or'"e'!s nc gap between professional
t"" SIMON pure amateur baseball in
,m'S cry p"r'hE me absence OF the
h!ghn mon" ihtS' the tichmonc Grays
VIZ pr'''t h'en -e.aae teams mere from
'"' VI Town. IL 'ne league Is FORMED,
iiM,hpton' hopcwell and south Boston
VIII DE en'crtained ON SaturuaH after
'oo"A AZ broid street i'hrk Ihe team,
as "'ut" AZ PoSSioie. VAL play away
i.om' ioI'le curing me presence or the
In's. T'""'ra VIII ne arranged II pos
80. !" ,i nh'!.h'ore' pahFiiie. wash
80 w ii'i'.nEtoi' an" other towns
N ~ Fsi','t, MaFF'ahd' neiawn"s and
''''' O"'o''''h.
ftHST TEAM TO START
PRACTICE ON SATURDAY
: Practice for the first team yvi,I S,.rt
~ diamond III william Ivrd Park
will be secured for this purnosc The
first game will take place early ueyt
mpntE vbcr rho Enr,r.,, Sy...o.
team will be encountered at Old Point
Comfort
one OF the first games locally will
probably be with Richmond College.
proposition has been submitted to
the Spider management and is looked
upon with favor. The athletic authori-
lies, however, have not yet passed on
H.
Denny Wright is reported TO be bus