Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-04
Random Musings ofSports
"BY MONTY"

Followers OF athletics. unless they
are engaged In indoor work with IL
college team, are being forced to re-
strict their activities to talk and the
making OF plans. 1t is just between
seasons now, and there Is little doing
in the open. What little might be
done is being prevented by the in
clement weather.
Figures complied from the scores
made by teams in the Eastern Nir-
Sinia intercollegiate basketball
race. show couclusively that the Spi-
ders won because of their consistent
work throughout the season. The
further one studies the figures. the
more he is convinced that such is the
case. and that the Wcsthampton quin-
tet would have found much more diff
ticult sailing had other flves played
as consistently.
Billy Smith has signed another pitch
err and the contract OF Fred Z;lbell has
been received Work on the park can
be pushed to completion any time the
weather man closes the faucets.
The amateurs arc doing everything
but taking the field for practice and
they expect to get out on the dia-
monds now within /; week or ten days
II is probable that more than one
field will be briStling with players
saturday if the weather is clear. Also
the college and prep school players
in this locality aare beginning 10 linn
Der muscles and to rid tendons of
kinks.
The soccer players were prevented
from staging the contest between the
schoolboys and the veterans at Byrd
Park yesterday because of the bad
weather They hope to play the game
Saturday week, the contest between
the all-stars being scheduled for the
approaching Saturday.
Conrad Il. Doyle, of Washington,
and Frederick +. Alexander OF New
York. left on Tuesday for California.
where they are TO represent the East
III tho EaSt-West matches. Theodore
r. Pell. another member of the team.
and Julian S. Myrick- president OF
the West Side Tennis Club. who had
charge of the Eastern arrangements
left Friday, The matches will be
played at Los Angeles this week.
rlans for the formation OF national
umpires' association are taking shape
under the direction Of the committee
named at the annual meeting OF the
L, :. n. l.. Il. A.-E. G. Conlln, OF New
York: George w. Wightnan. OF Bos-
delphia. The project has attracted no
little attention among tennis cnthu-
s!asts, and detailed statement OF
plans is awaited with much interest.
Two new contracts for the season OF
1917 have been filed by the Portsmouth
club. of the Virginia League. with Sec
rotary Farrell of professional baseball
clubs. One of them is that of w T..
Parker. who covered the middle station
for the Truckers. who is TO return. The
contract of George NJ. Stced also is Of
fcially announced by Secretary Far
rcll
The Randolph Macon College football
eleven Will be given "A place on the
University OF Virginia schedule next
season. after the lapse of n year The
up until last season. had been
given the opening date on the Orange
and Blue schedule. The schedule given
out by the Jackets recently shows that
they have been given September -.
which is the first game of the season
for Virginia.
II. Leroy Reeves. secretary to Prcsi-
dent Tcner of tho National League. re-
reires applications every day from
brave persons who want to Join the
umpire staff.
In cich instance blank is sent to
the man for him to fill out. The an
League headquarters. and ii is filed
man from Texas used several
pages OF paper to tell of his ability as
an umpire. When tho usual blank
reached him he thought it meant ne
had been appointed. so he wrote n
warm letter of thanks To President
Toner.
When Mr.. Reeves explained the
Texans error in letter the latter
was indignant, and replied that some
person must have put in a KNOCK and
10 h.lI hn i.1f,
The Toledo American Association
baseball club will leave that city for
Dawson Springs. KY, on March TO- for
the spring training, according to ar
engagements completed by Manager
Bresnahan last night. Bresnahan
stated that full squad and some re-
cruitS will be taken along. He Will !
begin in few days. he says. order
ing his players to report. Some will
20 direct from their homes To the
training quarters. II is stated.
Work OF preparing the grounds at
Lake Wichita for the spring training
sojourn of the Milwaukee team Of the
American Association soon will be un-
der way. The Brewers will report
there March IL for three-week stay. !
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