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

JACK l'uhN IS no SlonCh when II comes
To baEginE likely youngsters. and tho
local owners are learning day by day
Just how active he was during tho In
term between tho closing of The base
cstS here. Billy Smith has Il heritage
or several promising boys, and out of
the lot may find ono or two Salable
pieces of baseball material.
Dunn, too, Is workins like = trojan
IN Baltimore. Tie realizes that he must
make good from the very first to get
the support of the fans there. and he
* going to have a dangerous tggrcga-
ZION To start the season.
Columns OF letters from disgruntled
fans have been published in the Balti-
NOR. papers, and threats of a syste-
matte boycott are freely made in tho
M Mo- In, i,dr city o The fnct too that
empowered the directors to raise $780,
Gao TO press the antitrust suit, is an
jump, the International League may
have weak sister Oh Is hands.
transfer Of the Harrisburg franchisa
TO this city. reports, that the Newark
continue to come out. The general
IMPRESSION over the whole circuit. and
the news given out after the last Int
meeting was doctored for the occasion
In other words. the belief is general
that no changes were made. except on
paper. and then only for the purpose
of tryinE TO muddlc creditors of the
old Newark club.
old Joe YcaGer will not he wished on
Richmond. He was owned by Mon
/" help that club out of a hole. He ia
TO be given his unconditional release,
rs his days of usefulness as player
are over. He may land u managerial
berth somewhere however, and y minor
League club could do lots worse than
landing old Joe
Charles WccEhman, tho new owner
Of The Chicago Nationals. is II firm be-
lever in ladies Day" and is reported
to he anxious to have such an
ranSemcnt. but n National League
ruling makes il Impossible to have n
free gate one day in the week.
The object of Ladies' Day" is to
get the fair sex interested in the game.
their escorts will fall in line. The
scheme, however. is not always such a
good one after all.
Here IN Richmond the club would
make more money If women were ad-
mitted on all occasions at reduced
rate, rather than once week free
Women arc not able to spend as much
on amuSem"ntS as men. particularly
make universal charge of - cents
for thcm would bring them more rcuu-
larry 10 the grounds. than TO admit
them free one day in the week.
Joe Stccher has demonstrated TO The
East that he is. some wrestler. He
who proved a hard nut in all of the
tourney matches. Stccher Will NEE,
5,T"pEier E Lewis NEXT tro aIn the LOCAL
braskan to n two-hour draw. will no
siyen an opportunity TO demonstrate
whether il was luck that permitted
him to stock so long.
Ruhe Meadows and Allan Russell,
| to the New York Yankees. have been
ordered TO report with the team for
snring tr2ining, The rockies will start
| month.
George stallings is reported to have
salary. however. is still far short OF
McGraw. Only eleven men In baseball
, as far as known. draw $4,000 or more.
Big Ed sweeney. who WINS with Rich
mond last year. is twelfth on the lis,
! Of topnotchcrs. receiving $4,000 for his
! work.
! 1915 professional season has made its
/ appearance. III" Texas League has tho
I honor Play VIII begin on April ~ ano
/ end ON September 4.
/ Plans are under way for the staging
/ Of a series OF races to decide the anna
! tour auto racing championship of the
/ United States during the coming sea
| son. II is proposed to hold races a,
] various speedway distances in the
/ South. East. Middle and Far West with
/ tn" winners to meet in a national It'll,
| race lat" in the fall Entrants must
( drive their Owls cars and he amateurs
I in the full, sense of tho word.
More than 100000 automobiles arc
! q
! the world. over two thirds arc used
witillu the United Statcs.