Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-29
RANDOM MUSINGS or SPORTS


continued from Third PnGe)
cations the club viii have one OF the
finest courses in this section BY sprimf.
The tennis courts also are being tulic:,
care OF. and ii is not improbabl" that
several ble tournaments will be
brought here before long.
.rhe B.neLic,iue College eleven had a
Hard battle yesterday. but Coach Amos
succeeded in drilling sufficient fooibai;
iutc tnv hcads OF his charges 20 pre-
N"at Il defeat.
of course. there is 1, live reason in
The f:,"t unt yesterday the Spiders did
80, have much ia The way Of III oppcs-
ing eleven. some hard playing v.ss
done by the indians as individuals. no.
;ably n" work of captain WILSON, but
like liamDdc sidney on the saturday.
before. III. team was not present. Tho
WILLIAMSBURG team! was Out or ;g class
yesterday and WAS beaten because the
iucm do not know how to meet ihc
SHIFT formations and because ,hc az
iack generally was directed ~ thl
s..thcr than ut the weakest
Humtsmcu OF Virginia viz dud some
interesting Information III The Chart OF
game laws published IN :,uo:h.y column
o-,!ay. Tao Times Dispatch plans 10
:;ive them considcra ble space ihis sea-
ION II ;hoy will let the sporting editor
isupw whai they ar. doing Send -
telephone notes about tn" size OF you!
bags and your lucr - the sporting
department Your Niiauds Will hy GLAD
~ know what srs,~.s YOU are having:
rio moro we hear of calamity howl
c,g. the more are wc inclined 10 be-
i'cvc that the teams in which they are
Interested viii hc the winners. I.uok
q; Richmond college. S;ar players out.
others lacking thu punch. and tho en-
;husiasm and The roo,crs roniininr
themselves 10 walks ia the woods r:,tli-
or than To the stadium whcr. III"
team is predicting. rhcu notice the
score at the next game
TO young Mac Pie; goes most Of the
credit for the victory The more We
see OF that lad. tho more are in-
clincd 10 the belief that he is ono 81
the best quarters seen OH team OF
The Eastern intercollegiate Association
IL several years. 1t il worth u trip
To the park to watch him carry the
bal! in the open field, ani as q general
he rapidly il developing into :, Won
HindenherG. He strikes where they
are weakest, and if they strengthen he
cuts loose ono Of those mysterious al
tncks In place where they amt. and
gets them on The run again
Thus far not team that has faced
the Spiders here has been able 10 cope
Aith the shift formations developed 81
Richmond College by pohson. Not only
are the shifts diSconccrtinr in them
selves and not Gully are they adaptable
to attacks nj almost any point. but
when they are worked with the quick
ness and perfect unison that the spiders
exhibit, they practically are unbeatable.
Arthur Irwin. business manager Of
the Toronto club. has plan to reduce
the number of regular games and add
toward the cud. Of III" season.
His idea is to let all clubs compete
in this. IT is an ingenious plan to
end the world series Suu2 billing.
Yale, as usual. has q large squad in
lls university gun cluh. ana expects to
repeat its victory OF a year ago IN
winning the November intercollegiate
shoots. The practice field back Of tho
old ball Held has been improved and
new traps installed. so that th-re Will
be ample room for the freshman team
which has been orsanizcd' aud which
ton freshmen and the team Of the Taft
Prep School.
Fem lost forty-siX OF its star ath.
letes by graduation last summer. chief
among them Meredith and Ddrizas. TO
fiji tile gap there has been Il scurryimg
about by graduates of the Institution
among prep school boys which has
resulted in the addition to the teams.
Lawson Robertson will handle the
work Of Sherman Landers. the pole
vault champions Earl f;rby. the half
miller: Frank Loomis. Il sprintcr ana
hurdlcr who was schoolboy scnSa
ton In illinois: Eddie Shields, iuicr-
scholastic one-inilc champion Robcr:
MaXam and Raymond Wallace. OF
Washington. II. c.. the former a
sprinter and broad jumper and the
latter an all-round man. who Will be
pointed for pentatilon honors by Rob
crtson
Misunderstanding wasn't II new OK
perience this fall. for ut least three
Of the Dodgers. Vanguard. Merkle and
Meyers form the trio upon whom more
soft money was showcrcd again
The three were supposed to have out
lived their usefulness When jain Me
C;raw let them go to the Dodgers. yet
they arc not too feeble TO collect
$4,000 or $4,000 in extra money this
year.
Each Of the three had figured in
three worlds series already. This 1916
affair made their fourth AS members
Of the 1911, 1912 and 1913 Giants they
each drew down Il total OF $1,000 to
assist In soothing and sustaining them
In their old age.
"Rube" and the Indian catcher were
somewhat peeved when John "Shooed"
than Off to Brooki Ey-u they are
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