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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
GOVERNOR DECLINES
TO TIGHTEN SENTENCE
FAoebua Gambler Gets sfr Montha
Half Dcsen Others to be
Tried.

Especial TO The Richmond virsinian.
Newport News. Va. Aug. 24-Bax-
Ter Sherreli. one OF the seven men ar
rested In Phoebus few days ago on
charges Of operating gaming houses
this afternoon was sentenced to six
months in jail He noted an appeal
and was liberated under a bond Of $500.
Counsel for Sherrell and the other
six men attempted over long distance
Telephone for nearly two hours to get
Governor II. c. Stuart to tighten the
punishment OF the alleged Kamblers
The governor refused Each case 1,
being tried separately. Assistant At
tcrney-General Hanks is Representing
the commonwealth.
The alleged gamblers were arrested
On information secured by a Pinkerton
man sect TO Phoebus by Governor
Stuart
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
CLEAN ONT Ssroct Basins.

Pending action by the finance com.
mittee on the proposal to transfer the
sum OF $4,000 from Ginter Park fund
to that for improvements to Brook
land Park boulevard. the administra-
tive board has directed the street
cleaning force to clean out all the
street basins along that thorcughfare,
50 that some relief may be had ~
the residents. The question OF trans
Ter Of funds will b heard by the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
BITULLTHIC co.
GETS NEWPORT NEWS WORK

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
Newport News. Va. Aug. 24.-The
Atlantic Bitulithic company, of Rich
mond, has been awarded the contract
for laying three miles Of pressed stone
streets In this city at cost Of ap-
proximately $4,000. The company
agreed to do the work for fifteen per
cent plus cost OF materials and labor.
Work will begin Immediately.
The city 10 building the streets at
the urgent request Of the United
States government. They will connect
the three huge government stations
in the city
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
Child Has Narrow Escape.

Norfolk. Va. August ,4,-Garland
Coles. Is months old. son Of Frank
H. Coles. living at TAI County street.
had narrow escape At IL o'clock
yesterday morning from serious In
Jury. but luckily escaped without q
scratch.
The child ran into County street.
In front OF his home. and In some
manner got In the path OF passing
team. The tongue rot the wagon
struck the baby. knocking him down.
He fell between the hoSs4a. and the
wagon pa1oed over him wiEhaht In
juslng ~ q - - NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
PhlLdelphii

SunInary. L6ft on bA6e6-ClnClh-
natl. 3: Philadelphia. s. Two-base
hits--Paskert, Adams. Griffith, Whit
ted. Three-base hit-Cravath. Dou-
BILE piays-Kopf to Shean to Chase;
Regain to Shean to Chase: McKechnie
to Kopf to Chase: Rixey to Bancroft
to Luderus. Sacrifice hy--Luderus.
Pitching record: Hits--On Regan, 10
In s innings; of Oeschger. . in s1-3
innings: of Rixey, , in 2 IA innings;
off Ring. In innings. Struck out
BY oeschEer, 2: by Regain, 3: by Rix-
ey. 3 by Ring, 1. Base on balls
OF Oeschger. 2; OF Regan. g. off
Ring, /. Time-1:50. Umpires-
KLEIN and Emslie.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
TIGER HURLING STAFF
EASY FOR ATHLETICS
Connie Macks Taenders Make Batting Averages Soar-Png
Bodie, Strunk and Haley Principal for Smuggling
Honors, With Ping Leading.

Detroit Aug 24.-The Athletics
murdered two Of three Detroit pitchers
that faced them today. winning TO
They made sixteen hits. including
seven doubles and two triples. total
OF .wenty-seven bases Bodie had two
doubles and two singles, Haley q
single. double and triple and Strunk
q two and a three Dagger. The Tigers
knocked Schauer off the hill in four
innings, but could not damage Sci
bold, who succeeded him.
The score;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
yEAN GREGG PUTS
GRAYS ON TOP RrNG

Toronto, Ont. August 24-Toronto
couldn't hit vean Gregg today and
lost the league leadership to the
Providence Grays in a game that re-
suited to l. Gregg had eight strike
outs and kept seven hits we'll scat
tered. Hearne made no trouble for
the grays.
Score by innings: r. r. e
Toronto 49,. 900 900 1no-1 2
Providence ....o2o 010 1904 10 0
Batteries; Hearne and Lalonge,
Gregg and Allen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
American Association

s.
At Minneapolis-Toledo, O.; Min
neapolis. !.
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10;
Milwaukee, g..
At Kansas City-Louisvil,e. 2;
Kansas City, 5.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
DR.. R. A. DAVIS GOES
INTO !. 5. SERVICE

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
Newport News, Va. Aug. 24.-Health
Officer r. A. Davis. recently commits
stoned a nrst Lieutenant In the United
States army. has resigned as head OF
the Newport News health department.
The city councilswill elect his success
sor at a special meeting called for
next Monday night.
DR., Davis has a large and lucrative
practice here and was DR.. Buttons
right-hand man At the Buxton .hospi-
tai.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
Qualifications In Chancery.

The following persons qualified be-
fore Judge Moncure In chancery court
yesterday: Albert kass, as executor
OF the estate Of c. H. KAss,
which 10 valued At $1,000: Sam
uel ID. Heller. a. administrator OF the
estate of l. A. Heller. valued at $2.-
900; Priscilla A. Morris ~ adminis-
trAtrix Of the estate Of Allen l. Nor
ris, valued At $3.50; Allan L. Morton
a. guardian for Kenneth c. Morton,
and John J. Blake a. guardian for
John F. and James McSorley.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Pittsburg /; Boston, 0.
New York, 3; Chicago. first
game).
Chicago. IL; New York. 2 {second
game).
Philadelphia. s: Cincinnati. FIRST
game).
Philadelphia. I: Cincinnati (sec-
ond game),
~ s. LOUIS: Byookly2s, run. n.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
MILLER BESTs BARNES
IN HURIAER'S DUEL

Boston. August 24.-Two hits. one
OF them a double. by Bigbee, gave
Pittsburgh the second game Of the
series between the Pirates and
Braves The final count was to 0,
with Miller on the big end Of the
pitching duel with Jesse Barnes.
Score.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

New York. Aug. 24.---Bank ciearinEs
in thu. TINTED States for. the resk END.
street. Journal. New York agxrseats
s5.2s7.4ss. 900 against ss.sss.a%s.oeo last
week and I.aTs.s4s.o 900 In this week
last year.
Canadian clearinGs aggregated e1ls,s
$4,000 as against 4z11.t2s.0to last
week and sis5.4ss,oco IN this week last
year.
For the, period above covered Rich.
mond bank clearings were 6s.1 per cent
greater than those Of the correspond.
ing weak Of 1917. aggregating s37.ii1.
nhn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
AL SCHACHT BRUTALLY
HANDLED by BIRDS

Rochester. \ Y. August o4-Balti-
- 9s~rs a1sase aye9sShe7hs az S.s.s,,J.,~ II;
in The FIRST fhrsc innings r,aav ard
won to /, Lott rep,ac Schacht IN
the third and the Hustlers promptly
went TO ptc-e1. behind him.
Score by innings: n II. f.
Rochester ..01o onn 900 4
Baltimore .....124 00l o00-s 10 |
Batteries: schacht. Lott and Sand
berg. Hill AND Schaufele
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

xBatted for Cunningham in sixth.
'Bstted for spence" in eighth.
MATTED for Coveleskie In eighth.
Score by innings; r
Philadelphia ...... OH oo5 Oo2-s
Detroit ............ hl0 900 0o9-4
Summary: Two-base hits-Bodie
t2). Strunk. Grover. Haley. Bates
Dugan. veach Three-base hits
Strunk, Haley: Struck out-By Cum
ningham, 2; by Seibold, 2, Base on balls
OFF Cunningham. 3; of Seibold. 3.
Pitching record: Eleven hits and two
earned runs of Schauer in 4 innings;
two hits and no earned runs off Sell
bold in innings. eleven hits and
earned runs off Cunningham In
innings; one hit and no earned runs
off Coveleskie in innings; four hits
and two earned runs off Ehmke In
inning. First base on errors--Phila-
delphia, 2. Left on bases-Detroit, 10;
H. Hit by pitched ball
BY Coveleskie f.fDusan) Time
-2:oi. Umpires-Nallin and Dineen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
NAVY TO RETURN TO
ATHLETICS IN FALL

Annapolis. Md, Aug. 24.--It was an
nounced today that the Naval academy
would again take UP athletics at the
opening of the fotball season. Tey
we're discontinued when war was de-
clared.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
"Batted for Douglas in ninth.
'sRan for Wilson in ninth.

summary: IwO- base hIts-kdUn,
Wilson. Three-base hits-Burps, Rob-
ertson. Stolen bases-Herzog, Burns,
kauff Sacrifice hits-Perritt. Ztm-
norman. Double plays-Kilduff and
Deal; Zimmerman and Holke. Left
on bases-New York, S; Chicago. g..
Base on balls-Of Douglas. /. Hit
by pitcher-By Douglas. ] tRariden).
Struck out--By Douglas. 3. Umpires
--Rigler and Harrison. Time-l:45
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
To rmprov,. virrinia Street.

While the administrative board has
no funds at It's disposal for perma-
nent improvements to streets, the
body yesterday directed the street
cleaning department to proceed at
once In cleaning weeds and grass from
the street and sidewalks along vir-
ginifO street. Highland Park. Tho pro-
Opposed improvements will cost about
$4,000, and this sum will be ask ed
for at the first opportunity. 1t was
in this neighborhood the fatal cases
of malarial fever recently developed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
THIEF TAKES TROUSERS
GOLD RING AND MONEY

While at work in the rear Of his ma.
chine shop. llos East Cary street, yes
terday Afternoon. J. e. Turner reports
to the police some one entered the front
Of the shop, and departed with Mr..
turner's pants. which were hanging
on a peg near the front door. In the
pocket were 's37 in greenbacks, thirty
cents In change. and gold ring, valued
At $35. The whole outnt was taken
Mr.. Turner 10 very anxious to recover
the ring. as sentimental associations
cluster about II. The thief may keep
the pants, he says, II he just returns
the ring.
Added to City FOrce.
Oscar Crewwas employed a. an ~
teeday ~ nj = vAcancy. He Wae etaTf-
"A ~ ~ N. m 4 ~. :sll| S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
MILITARY BAND TONIGHT.

Forty seventh Infnntry HAND VIII In.
terrain Y. NJ. c. A. Menhe41 anA
Friends.
Believing that "one good -tufn DE-
serves another" and appreciating the
splendid courtesy being shnwn tbs
soldier boys from New York 1t the
big building Of the Y. NJ CA. Grace
and Seventh streets. Colonel Jannic1r
has generously consented to have tbs
regimental bank give = popular con-
cert on the roof tonight At $40 o'clock.
complimentary to the senior msmbsrS
and friends. ladies ana gsntlsmsn-
They are some musicians. and this
Saturday nighter will In all probability
break the record for attendance. and
at the same time present Z program OF
unusual attractiveness. No tickets
will be issued. Adn1ssion fr@e to
members and friends.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
Standing Of Club

Games Today.
WRGINIANS in Buffalo.
Providence In Toronto.
Newark in Montreal.
Baltimore in Rochester.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

Hampton. Va. August 24.-Prof.
W. r. Gray, who has been in charge
OF the agricultural department OF the
Hampton high schools for several
years, has sent his resignation to d.
vision superintendent Of Schools. John
NJ. Willis. and will leave In few
days for = visit to his former home
In south Carolina. Professor Gray
has acceptsd : position "A tA6 schools
Iof reteFshpFEs "a. Mhsrs Az wtli H.
&. Z. se AZ ~ Aa!.essy ~ =! \. -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
Southern League

New Orleans. s: Memphis, 2.
Chattanooga, 2: Birmingham, 0 IN
Innings).
Atlanta. 4; Nashville. 3.
Little Rock, Z; Mobile. /.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
PILLS SQUEEZE OUT TWO
VICTORIES OVER CINCINNATI

Philadelphia. Pa. Aug. 24.-Ths
Phiilies defeated Cincinnati today in
both games Of \ double header. scores
6 to and to g.. The second game
was \ hectic fray. Cincinnati held
the lead In the sixth inning. to Z.
but in the lucky seventh" batting
outburst gave. the Phillies four runs.
Score:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
Rats Steal Money.

Danville. Va. August 24.--Rats are
believed to have been responsible for
the loss OF $50 sustained by Riley
Robertson. who operates n small store
near School1eld. Robertson left the
money in bills on a shelf and closed
up his store. Returning. he found
the money missing. and rs rats over
run the store. he concluded that they
carried the money between the
weather boarding and the logs. He
has not yet found the wad Of bills.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

'Batted for Shean in eighth.
ssBatted for Filler In seventh.
''sRan for Clarke In seventh.
zNiehoff out. hit by batted ball
pH,ll~ fAlv,N,tn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE


S-Buffalo game trans.
ferred to a later date.
Providence, 4; Toronto. /.
Baltimore. s: Rochester. /.
Newark Montreal, postponed. rain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

sRan for Killifer In seventh.
ssBatted for Rixey In seventh.
Score by innings: r.
Cincinnati .......3 800 01o o20-6
Philadelphia .......i1l 900 40'--1
Summary: Left on bases-Cincin-
matt. 8. Philadelphia. I. Two base
hits-Magee. Stock. Niehoff, Griffith.
Killifer. Three-base hits--Cravath
90. Sacrifice hits-Rixey. Stock.
Double plays-Kopf to Shean to
Chase; Niehoff to Bancroft to Lude-
rus, Hits-On Rixey. Q in = Eller.
IS In I; Bender, in 2; Mitchell, in
l. Struck out-By Rixey, 3: by Ben
der, 8; by Eller. 2 Base on balls
on Rixey. l; Bender, 2; Mitchell, l.
Passed ball-Adams. Time-1:55
Umpires-klem and Emslie.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

Games Today.
Washington in Chica go.
Boston in ST. Louis.
Philadelphia In Detroit.
New York in Cleveland.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

SuHrHNfy. IWU-pASe Htt1-u 1SUo0s
Wagner. jackson. stolen bases--
Boeckel, /. Base on balls-On Mill
err. /. Struck out-By Miller. l: by
Barnes. 2. Umpires-Quisiey and
Byron. Time-l:4S.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

sBatted for Shean In seventh.
IRAN for Ruether In seventh.
sBatted for Regain In seventh.
'Batted for Neale In ninth
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

Score by innings: r
Chicago ........... .oo1 Gao 7o2-l2
New York .... .oo2 boo 0oo--- .
Summary: Two-base hit-Wolter.
Three base hit-Vaughn, Flack. Stol-
en- base-Robertson. Sacrifice hits
Elliott, Wolter. Sacrifice nies-Zim-
norman. Double plays-Lobert, Holke
Lobert and Herzog. Left on bases
New York, Z; Chicago. .. Base on
errors-Chicago, /. Base on balls
or Vaughn. 2; off Demaree. 1. Hits
or Demaree, ~ in Z innings; OF An
derson. 3 in 2. Struck out-By Vaughn
6; by Demaree, 2; by Anderson 2.
Umpires--Rigier and Bransheid. Time
-2:3S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25

Games Today.

Pittsburg in Boston.
st. Louis in Brooklyn.
Chicago in New York.
Cincinnati in Philadelphia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-25
Standing Of Teams
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
Philadelphia, S, Detroit, 4.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-19
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS DULL
There Was vehy Little Trading Until
 Towards the End.

New York. Dec. 1s.-Apart from the additional ground yielded by many securities, especially bonds. today's session of the stock exchange was meaningless. The market lapsed in to absolute somnolence after the first hour, but displayed more activity to- wards the end, when steels, coppers. ehippings and a few speculative spe- cialties showed gains of one to two points.
 Recessions in the international bond list ranged from fractions to almost two per cent for Anglo French 5s and 2 3-4 per cent. for United Kingdom issue of 1921.
 Foremost among the domestic bonds which broke to new low ground were the various issues of such prominent roads as Union and Southern Pacific. Lake Shore. St. Paul, Pennsylvania, Reading and minor coalers- The list also embraced such induStrials U. s. Steel 5's, U. S. Rubber 5's and Ar mour 1-2's. Stock sales amounted to 5000 shares.
 Call loans eased perceptibly, al- though six per cent. was again the ruling rate, but time funds lost none of their firmness.
 Liberty bonds were active. the fours at S7.1S to 97, and the 3 1-2's at 9S.5 to 9S-35. Total bond sales (par value) aggregated $4,725,000
 U. S. bonds. old issues, were un- changed on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-19
sassAssS!x .a..si

coach about the most vital matters
 pertaining to the team. In the par
 the supporters of the team-the men
 who had it in their power to re-elect
 me as coach or cast me aside-Wanafi1
 the captain at quarterback. But ne
 was not the man.
 I got around this situation by form
 ing an alliance with the teams doctor.
 The captain had a strained tendon in
 his leg and we never let that tendon get well. We played through season
 in fine shape-with the captain on the
 we had used in keeping him there
 Gilmour Dobie, the present Navy
 coach, with a record of ten years of service at the University of Washing ton without defeat, attributes much of his success in football to the fact that not in elevens made up of ten players and a captain. True, his Washington
 teams had captains, but they were captains in name only and the team
 was run by the field general or quar- Ierback in every instance Dobie re- gently gave me his views on this sub ject as follows:
 'I always go to my captain at the start of the season and tell him that a football team is composed of eleven players, not of ten players and a cap tain. For some reason the captaincy is likely to bring with it too much
 honor so that the recipient of it gets it into his head he eithelRdoesn't have to play the game or he takes the hon. or so seriously that he cannot play his game. The result in either case is an eleven made up of ten players and
 a captain That sort of a team is bound to lose.
 The captain of a team, as [ see it
 has no more right to a place on the eleven than any other candidate fol the team; and if he does win 9 posi- tion on the eleven he is in no respects it's leader unless he is quarterback. insist on my -quarterbacks running the team on the field and if the captain interferes in any way with their work out comes the, captain. In this way the responsibility rests on one man and if he errors or fails I know how to renlS<y the fault.
 'I have had excellent captains fol this reason. I have had captains who ta1tered, but strict application o1 my rule has brought them around ir taincy business so closely that I have teen able to win some of the big games when at Washington by direct ing our attack against opposing cap ta1nS, linemen, who, though thought invulnerable. had really let down ir their play and were unable to cope CT equal terms with their fellow play CTS against our attack. Their players believing in their captain, were de- mora1ized by our success in attacking this point on their line After all football is mostly psychology
 True are the words of Dobie and true is the fact that there have been and always will be football captains
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-19

CBy Sol Metzger1
 Coach Washington and Jefferson
 Football Team.
 The average American sportsman believes in leaderShip-and American sport demands a leader. But in foot ball the rule rarely holds. My own limited experience with the gridiron game leads me to believe that the leader of a team-the captain-rarely is a leader and that the added re- sponsibiHty often proves too much of a load to carry. In other words, the captain cracks under the strain,, or the load, or the added responsibility the result is a team without a leader, a team that is not team for the good reason that a food football eleven must have eleven players It cannot be com posed of ten players and a captain
 It is a difficult matter to prove why this is so. One naturally would con- clude that a brilliant player. elected to the captaincy of an eleven, would play that much harder on account of the honor and responsibility. That is the assumption of brilliant players all over America. But in the majority of cases in my own experience this has not proven the case. In short, the job Of leadership evidently carries too much responsibility for the average Ameri- can college athlete to stand up under. Yet the fact remains that football team has little if any need for cap tain. The honor is more social than athletic. The responsibility that goes with the captaincy is an assumed re- sponsibility.
 Outside of the duty of being pres ent at the toss of a coin before a game and choosing whether his team will kick off or receive and of making that choice after his eleven has been scored upon, the captain of a football team has no official duties. True he can argue with officials about the in depreciation of rules and call their at tention to errors in judgment and exc cution, but he is helpless beyond that point, and the official, if wrong, can penalize a captain, if right, if he per sistS in argument because of delay of the game I have had officials threaten to put captains out of the game when the captains were right, because they insisted upon a correct interpretation of the rules.
 One season when I had a very good was much loved by all the supporters of the team because of the brilliant game he had played in former seasons. But he was unable to make his eleven except a quarterback, where his judgment was atrocious. I found my self in a fix.
 It is odd how the loyal supporters of a college football team know the business of running a team far better than the coach. Many men of sound business or professional sense who would resent any suggestions from outsiders relative to their days work have no flesitancy at all in attempting to both advise and dictate to football