Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-05


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The showing "t the Americas i've.
innn ,ra,l, .r,d H.id team in Tie 10.
cent meet hold ti,rous:ltou, Scandiu.
w. a"Iurustr.i"d that tn. tinted
states "ihl"i" 4, stili ablc T." c"Iup.ts
urr"Ssiuliy against the leading per
CORNER" of r.Ur"pc During III" con
tests abroad to" t"tlu scl"c'.d hv tho
Amateur Athletic Mon TOOK part ia
seven nc"t-. entering one OF NOR.
'u"U ~ forty -niuc events. without i
stncIc exception. tn" American athletes
itntsh"d am"nG to" hrs, three.
f''"d Mui.'y. - me rly mptc GIub
80 san I'run,is"". tool part in thirteen
events. hr'udir- hurdles. sprin,g.
jumps alr! -h"t-uui. iu addition g..
rGn"inI "n ia. rcini toau. AMI his
'r."td show that h." WON Tire" irSts.
.'N seconds ana tire" thirds. Zoe
i.""rniS, II th" Chicago Athi..rir NSso-
"Ih''"". specialized ia tn" sprints ANA
l"mp$. winning fiv" iirst-. on" second
.i'h on" third tn s.N-u starts Rob
''' simpson "t the Missouri A.ric,,i
~ iin eIe,.n's aspirations 70
Hh.npioushir h"no Gili l." drrn,hu.l.
lE.rm'n IS ,hou=h, 80 ray. :, rrac-
"'A ji". bur that had not Beer, def
l'iol' Differentiated hy ~ rrauk Johns
'1r john. ton Will!s Hospital last
gut I. ts @ bo nopeI tina, tho IN
' mug l"ss s"ri"gs than IL i.
lr"barr a." nov athI.,jc ,.uuire
VIII hc received with as -rva; cuthu-
ai">lm .s that OF III" organization, here
~ lie u"w civilian r;ii" ,iEh. Not uuly
20" 'uiiitary authorities heartily in
'aE"r OF tn" r!ur's orGunizatiun. but
in.uS %! tn" more prominent men in
The city have given II their unqualified
encouragement The government stands
behind all such ORGANIZATIONS anC. oucus
tho possibilities Of competing at ma
lional shoots 20 ihc members. II is
10 t. hope" ,h;>t teams VIII %. formed
~ the Various schools and colleges III
this section IS we'll
Another surprise in the football
world was sprung yesterday when
the Techs defeated the Tarhca!s at
';oanok,, Til" mighty i'olts"r WAS not
abb" 20 do much against ths V. J. t.
eleven. while H;.ckcy Grcgory. the
richmond boy. and chose other Maroon
ard Grey men played rings around
lhe Caroiinians
q bcsins to look IS ii the .r,erna-
.:tn"l League will furnish the usua!
amount Of hreSiGe gossip during the
r'hr winter evenings Talk ~ de-
""s cd managers. transferred franchises,
old clubs and the signing OF new
'iayeHs already is going the rounds.
That Chatham crowd is reported 10
be some hefty eleven. and the report
is easily believed when one considers
tho tremendous score l. ran rp on
McGuirc's YESTERDAYS
Frank Dobson raised merry coin yes-
terday on that short kick That Ram
dolph- Macci inadvertently used ana re-
covered in 49, shape. Franks argu-
ment was an right. but the officials
coui" not lind any rule on which he
":''c" Tie Kick. The play has been
Used Tor years II was the evidently
"hl"tc"toiiai use of II that made il
appear OUT Of the way yesterday.
Billy Smith has announced th..t he IS
gong :" t""n some nifty deals whereby
i.ichmopd VIII benefit while he is in
Ne" orleans as representative a:
u local club. Incidentally he hass
s.,'ed several youngsters that are
even more promising than the usual
November recruits.
Federal Judge Kenncsaw Mountain
Lands is declared To be the choice al
several major league baseball mag
mates Tor chairman OF the national
commission IN ease that position
should be vacated by August Herr
mann. The attitude Of Judge Lands
on the subject, however. has not been
stated. the jurist apparently not hav-
Ing been advised that his name was
to he brought into the list of posi-
bi!itics .or ,he position.
Britt Patterson, former Washington
and jcfcrson football star, who was
given i place on the aii-Amcricau
clctcn %! 1915. has resigned as hca,
coach CT the North Carolina A. and A.
clever aftcr an agreement reached
with tie athletic committee of the
faculty. The committee, at Il special
meeting. investigated charges that fric-
ton existed between Patterson and
members Of the football squad
With tho exception OF saying thai
his resignation WAS best FOR all con
cerncd," Patterson has refused to dis
cuss the matter. Neither the athletic
committee nor the student body uucs-
toned PatterSun'S ability Az 81 football