Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-15

longer required"
Tho letter OF dismissal from the
bolt from Il clear sky both to the fans
and To Riley.
President Lannin gave no explana
| ton In his letter. and Riley refused Ia
comment. beyond the fact that If any
statement was Forthcoming 1t would be
from the Red SoX officers.
Amusing stories are told of tho con-
solinS remarks that caddics often make
TO those who are learning the game.
| even after any number OF hunders
| Who has not heard them remark: Just
| take 1t easy. sir: take il easy and
your be on the Srccn: or III II hati
! not taken that bad kick, sir your ba III
| would have been on the green? rThis
probably after II bad slicc)
ON one occasion a player, who was
sadly out OF practice, but whose arms
a, least had not forgotten their
| strength. took his stand on the first
tceins ground. addressed the bail with
| many elaborate fouriSheS. and then.
with prodigious force. missed the ball
altogether. Whcreupon. his friendly
caddie remarked: My, but that would
| hit the ball"
Melzar NJ whtttleSey. OF rittshcld,
| Mass. No. on the Yale varsity crsw.
and one of the nucleus around which
! Coach Guy Nickalls hoped to build up
| Ch0mpfONShlp cicnt. WAS loSt TO the
| crew for all time recently by dcci-
| sion of his physicians that he cannot
| participate in athletics of amy kind be-
cause OF heart trouble
II. Q. Artz. Of Clifton Forge. Va.
one OF the most popular shots IN the
AS a consequence he missed his first
Westy Hognns shoot since they were
started. However. his father-n-law.
1,ap IN, Ia. ,f1n ;, fu, ty' Sh
| ing interest.
Belmont, has Sc secured Jockey jimmy
| Butwel's signature To a contract TO
ride for Mr.. belmont next season. II
| is said Iiutweli is 20 receive $4,000 us
/ a retaining fee, with an additional
| sum for each mount.
In an effort 10 foster the players who
! rarely have an opportunity 20 con,nnts
! the National Association of Amateur
! billiard Players has launched a novice
cnampionShip tournament. Th., plans
| o. me coMpetl'ion, which will he held
SinnitaheoMSly IN nine Of the more i'm
| portant billiard rooms Of New York
T YER perfected At a meeting at the
,riiI r More than 100 players
IN the preliminary round beginning
october . only amateurs who havs
az hslkiine will be eligible TO Con-
pe'c. The winner ana runner-un nf
eaG en-. room tournament, will meet in
ship trophy 20 bo offered by thr Un
tional association.
in Richmond@ Get together, " wn,, h h,Is
lard players. Call on us. IL We n nan
help you '' we can
~ regular meeting of the cxec,-
tive and advisory committees of tha
I i,nttsercoiI.giata Athletic Association,
..Sr Irlnc@ion. was. elected president of
IN" association. nllinv the yacanc ~,
mao" hY the graduation of ID. NJ Lake
d!'" tt PRINCETON.
II was announced that tn. ,o1c en-
were held At The fIarvar 'i" s.adum wG hsd
r"ail2eG net proiit OF slSss -
IN" annual cross country ch,mnior
Shlp ms YEAR viii bc decided over the
Ieln,her, - prior to the Harvard
The association will convene nj Sew
n liay%" t,rilay, %ovemDer 9. Prov Prov
." considered at this session, and !,
n ~ ne may lie made in the program
scheduled for March q 1917,
Just where these indoor contests vii,
tc held NEXT year is Il matter tn hn
decided NJ Tho New Haven meeting, and
IN" SUBSTITUTION Of q graduates race
event. will ho discussed
Vito Crstoue. of New Rochelle. \ v
an" member of tho Century Road
club Association has established u new
bicycling road record between New
ing the distance in eighteen hours
/ t"stonc started from New York CIV
Haii at i2:oi O'Clock in the morning
and reached BOSTON CITY Hall "a, f.ni
o'clock in the afternoon the Sam. dav.
The total mileage recorded was 2.7
Of which the last forty-ninc miles wcr..
Of Providence. had the best previous
mark. eighteen hours and thirty-s y
minutes.
Ruhe Marqmard. the southpaw. of the
, Robins. was we'll paid for holding IN.
Fhillies t" three hits and runs ami
bets Field during the final games Of
the National League race. pcrry
W"lsc, who followed the team around
ON rs last western trip. met Narauard
at Ebhcts Field the next day and pre-
scented the rubc $500 of the money ne
won.
The new record for the siwnnoy
club course, NJ, Vernon. N. Y. made
recently by Michael J. Brady. Massa :
chn""tts open champion. lasted just
d"irhia. the next day reeled AN indi-
vidunl card OF sixty-nine in the com
hined four ball foursome event be
lininary to the first, championships. OF
tho Professional Golfers Association
OF America. Brady's mark was seven
ty-two. 30 Long Jim" Mt three
strokes less, put real crimp In the
Bay Stater's showing.
old Penn's football camp was stir
red with JOY tho other day at tn"
noon hour, when Coach Bob Folwcll
announced TO the assembled athlete
that the varsity football team would
take 81 "trip 10 the Pacific Coas, dur
ing she Christmas holidays this year.
Tho Penn general announced that the
trip Was assured. and that faculty
committee on athletics had ratified the
project Manager l.ovett got the < lad
news from the authorities to complc,"
the plans. Leland Stanford. the Uni
vcrsity Of California and the Cni"cr-
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