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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06

After trying out the personal rep&I
resentative system" many of the ba14&s
ball men have come to the conclu-fots
that the best way to get real line a.
minor league talent Is through TIL
medium of the scout. and a matOrftY
at least. of those magnates who want
ed to get away from the obligation ~
carrying two or more scouts on tn
pay roll are expected to return to u
next spring. s
Dick Kinsella, veteran scout OF the
New York Giants, is going to b0
more important sleuth on the Giant
pay roll next year than he has b0on.
for several years past, and Dick may
have one or two assistants.
For a time Manager McGr1w.
thought he could comb the bushes
with kinsellas aid, through tips Re-
ceived from his many friends in basos
ball. But McGraw has changed htn;
mind. 1t Is said. and hereafter he VIII
place his faith In the gumshoe boys.
Club owners in the National LeaSue
have been doing sorLe consistent
thinking since the 1915 worlds series.
The ease with which the Red Sox put
the crusher on the Brooklyn Dodgers
has acted as a burr under the saddle,
and the owners in the old league are
making plans to strengthen their
teams and thereby put greater punch
into the playing of the league A. :
whole.
1t has been said for several years
that the American Is the faster league
OF the two. and the club owners In
Governor Tener's circuit are tired OF
hearing II.
Young blood---more Of 1t than the
National League has the title to at
the presents needed to reJuvenats
the class of ball in that circuit. and X
means that II the club owners are go.
ing out after 1t they will need the
assistance OF the best sleuthing per-
sons they can hire.
President Ebbets. of the Dodgers
will have four or Ave scouters looking
over the ivory fields next summer, and
President Weeghman and Manage
Mitchell, OF the Cubs. have made -
known that no rock will be left un-
turned to put the Cubs in the coming
pennant race. Other National
Leaguers feel the same way about II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
THE RICHMOND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. JANUA
Coach Has Had
Unbeaten Eleven
For II Seasons

When the University Of Washington
football team defeated California on
Thanksgiving Day, Gilmore Dobte saw
the end of his twelfth year as coach
without experiencing a single defeat.
Not since 1905. the year following
his graduation from the University of
= Minnesota, has Dobie coached a
beaten eleven, and he has made a
record unique In the history of ath-
letics.
Dobie's victorious career la made up
of one year at Minneapolis High, two
years at the North Dakota Agricul-
tural College and nine at the Univer-
sity of Washington. In all. his teams
have played Sc games. won SO and
tied three, making total Of 1886
points, as against 11s scored by OPP
posing elevens.
Dobie first coached the University
OF Washington in 1908, and since that
time Washington has won "A games.
scoring 1869 points, as against lot.
Two college generations have come
and gone at Washington without Sec
ing their team beaten In 2S Of the
"A games the opposing team has failed
to score.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
AUTO SHOW MEMBERS TO
STRESS ROAD BUILDING
Bad Stretch In Peninsula Highway Between New Kent Court
house and Barhamsvlle Is One That Will Receive
Attention BY Dealers After Conclusion Of
Bic Exhibition Here.

members of the Richmond Automobile
Dealers Show, Inc. The latter may
take 1t up in executive session at an
early date, probably right after the
automobile show, which opens in the
Grays' Armory Saturday evening,
January 81. In the meantime, they
are going to see what can be done to
improve conditions along the high
way in New Kent County. The attena
ton of the supervisors will be called
to the matter and an effort will be
made to raise a permanent fund to
maintain the highway
Road maintenance has been the big
problem in road building. Manager
Stone says. He adds that when a
road wears out nobody seems to blame
and everyone blames everyone else.
All personal responsibility disappears.
he says Stone is OF the opinion that
a maintenance fund should be started
with the building Of the road, in the
fashion adopted by the Richmond
Washington highway builders.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
STARTED 50 YEARS AGO

Thursday was the thirty-'hird birth
day of the International League,
which was launched as the Eastern
Association at II meeting held In Phil
adelphia on January 4. 1884, II was
known as the Eastern Association
three seasons, but in 1887 the name
was changed to International Asso-
citation. In 1891 the old name was
restored. but was changed TO Eastern
League in 1929. 1t retained that title
until 1912. when 1t became the Inter
national League.
The circuit presided over by Ed
ward G.. Barrow has had many vicis-
STUDIES In its long history. and there
are indications that il is not YET out OF
the woods. 1t is said that Toronto
was the only club that made any
money last year. but the magnates
hope for better things in 1917. The
International was going along swim
mingly until the Feds broke In and
spilled the beans. Since then Balti-
more. Newark and Buffalo having had
n taste OF major league high Efe. are
not inclined to wax enthusiastic over
Class "A ball.
Trenton won the first flag of the
league in 1854, The New Jersey capt.
tai has long since vanished from the
leagues map. and dozens OF other
cities have since entered the ranks
and dropped out again Detroit had
an International League club in the
early days and captured the bunting
In 1889, and Philadelphia was repre-
scented in 1892.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
HABIT, NOT |ll|TtRAcY,
CAUSE OF CORRUPTION
Judge Blair Tells OF Old Conditions in
Adams County, Ohio. and Their
improvement.
MUST STIR SENTIMENT
William Church Osborne, Telling of
New York Conditions, Declares Law
Onicers Arc Not Inclined to Act of
Their Own Volftion.

Washington, Jan. 6.-Corruption in
politics Is not the result of illiteracy,
but of habit. according to Judge A. z.
Blair, OF Portsmouth. Ohio. who to-
day addressed the National Conference
on Popular Government here. A rec
ord of 2s per cent of venal electorate
was the shame of Adams County.
Ohio, which story Judge Blair related
to the conference. In an electorate
of 6,505 voters, 1881 accepted brides
to vote one way or another in a State
election less than FIVE years ago.
This condition had been brought
about among this liberty-loving peo-
pie from the blight of corrupt politics.
A blight that laid its hand upon these
country folks and held them In its
destroying grip until more than one
their birthright. it spared neither
school, home nor church.
Describing the citizens OF the com
munity among which this condition
arose as among the better class. Judge
Blair explained how. with the awak-
ening of the sense OF the ignominy Of
their positions, one by one. these
Ohioans came into court. confessed
to their obliquity and accepted the
loss Of citizenship as punishment. He
said that every penny of a $4,000
slush fund was traced to its destina-
ton in the course of the PROCEEDINGS
looking TO the punishment of these
Adams election frauds.
Is Now Optimistic.
Judge Blair is optimistic for the
future, and described the conditions
in the one-time banner corruption
county of the United States as clean
and pure and free from bribery and
corruption as any community in the
land.
William Church Osborne talked of
conditions In New York. He asserted
that election frauds and corruption
both were preventahle with adequate
publicity for the campaign expenses
of the parties and strict enforcement
of the law. with fines and punishmerts
for offenders commensurate with the
gravity of the offense or buying or
selling votes.
Public Sentiment Must Act.
But" said Mr.. Osborne. no Law
will be self-executory. and the present
state OF public opinion Is such that
the regular officers of the law are not
inclined to punish su0a offenders I'M
less a substantial body of private citi-
zens puts in energy, time and money
in a determined effort to expose con-
ditions and rouse public sentiment to
the state where public officers regard
their duty in the prosecution of ele7-
ton cases as at least equal to their
prosecution of ordinary offenders
against the criminal code"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait ASSERTED
that II corruption in elections had
been eliminated. the number of SUI
frage States in the Union today w >uld
be sixteen instead OF eleven.
I'm fact said Mrs. Gait at the
conclusion Of her argument. the Law
concerning elections in general and
referenda in particular has been so
carelessly framed and Is SO made
quately enforced that there may be
serious reflection upon the intelli-
gence and sincerity of the lawmakers
Of our land"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
KANSANS DECLARE
PROHIBITION PAYS
State Hasn't Cent of Bonded Indebt
edness and Its People Have Coolies
of Money In Bank.

Topeka, Kan. Jan. 6.--Colorado has
been dry for nine months and Colo
RADIO likes 1t.
Kansas has been dry theoretically
for thirty-flve years-though actually
for only about ten years-and Kansas
likes 1t.
In Colorado the sentiment in favor
OF prohibition has all the enthusiasm
of recent conversion. In Kansas pop
ular sentiment for prohibition ap-
pears more as a settled conviction,
grown strong in the hearts and minds
OF the elder generation with the pass
ing years and born into the younger
generation.
It st1ll Is growing. the young men
and young women OF today being
stronger for IT than were their faith
ers and mothers who voted dry long
ago.
This sentiment, OF course, 10 not
unanimous, but II Is general and the
one who disagrees with 1t is the ex-
ception, not the rule.
Here IL a summary OF what prohi-
bition has brought to Kansas:
Kansas Is prospecting In a continu-
ing. cumulative way.
The average savings per person in
Kansas Is more than $1,000.
The per capita wealth OF the State
Is sl,62s.69.
Has No Debts.
Kansas hasn't a cent OF bonded
debt and has a balance in the State
treasury of more than SIC, 100000.
The State tax rate Is $1.20.
Kansas claims the largest number
Of autos IN proportion to population
of any State in the Union.
Topeka, the capital Of Kansas.
claims the largest proportion Of
home-o owning citizens of any city in
the country.
The annual expenditure for liquor
in Kansas is $1.25 per capita as COM
pared to s21 per capita, the average
OF the United States.
Insanity caused by liquor Is per
cent of the total insanity. as compared
to 10 per cent the average through
out the United States.
Kansas has 90S-poor farm inmates
1t has twenty-five counties with no
poor farm inmates.
Kansas, with 1,sso.s4s population
has 1.202 prisoners in the two State
prisons as compared to TIA in 1880
when Kansas had population of
$4,000. More than half the prison.
ers are not citizens of Kansas.
Forty-eight out OF the States los
counties did not send a prisoner to
the penitentiary in 1914.
Illiteracy in Kansas is 2 per cent
claimed to be the lowest In the
United States.
The death rate In Kansas Is Ia
per 1000 population-claimed to be
tho lowest In the world.
There arc claimed to be more stu
dents In Kansas colleges and univer-
stiles in proportion to population than
any other state IN the Union.
The bank deposits In ten years have
Increased from. 500. o00.0oO to more
than sa47.ss1.o73.31 ~ Agoh ~.
111Bl. an i
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
''CUTEY' MORR|SETTE
IS SIGNED BY M'GRAW
Former Richmond TwirIer Will Get
Another Chance Under Big Top
Next Season.

Although no didn't set the Interna-
tional League afre last season, Bill
Morrisette again has passed into the
major ranks, this time casting his lot
with the New York Giants, says G,
Starr Matthews, in the Baltimore Sun.
Bill signed the papers yesterday and
when the Gothamites hike out for
Marlin Springs the former Mount st.
Joseph's star will be In the party.
Some time ago Jack Dunn gave John
McGraw permission to negotiate with
the twirler. for the Baltimore man
ager realized he and Morrisette never
could get along we'll enough in double
harness to make a successful team.
Morrisette did q lot of hurting for
Dunn in the last race, and some of II
was very good. There Is no doubt that
the spitballer has ability. but he and
the manager were at swords points
most of the time. Bill still is very
opportunity, this move may prove the
turning point in his career.
McGraw needs a pitcher of Morri-
settles type-a spitballer--because
JEFF Tesreau Is not as effective as he
once was. Bill has the speed and
moist delivery. He also Is pretty
good fielder and possesses the neces-
sary amount of confidence. having
gained the latter while a student al
Connie Macks school OF training in
Philadelphia
II Morrisette serves the brand OF
pitching expected of him. the Giants
will be a bit closer to the inside track
in the race for the 1917 National
League pennant. for the New York
staff of last season must be improved
upon before the Manhattan fans will
have real cause to crow about their
wonderful" team.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06

Reports have come to Manager
Stone Of the Richmond Automobile
DoAler1 Show, Inc, that the peninsula
highway from Richmond to Newport
News and Old Point Comfort is so
badly out of repair that it needs i'm
mediate attention.
The worst stretch. It Is said. is be-
tween New Kent Courthouse and Bar
Evansville. This part of the road Is
one of the most picturesque along
the entire highway and enthusiasts
say Il IL not surpassed in this regard
in all virginia, However, few are able
to travel over 1t now without COM
plaint and one motorist goes so far
as to declare that traps are being set
for the unwary He says that the road
IL cut up purposely TO ditch cars so
that the mules of the nearby residents
may be employed to drag the un-
fortunate car into the road again.
This statement at one time was
made onicially to the Richmond Auto
mobile Club and 1t Is repeated to the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
SPORT WITHOUT A SEASON,
TRAPSHOOTING, MANS GAME

players" in the trap-shooting game
were hunters who used the inanimate
targets to keep In form for field shoot
Ing or found in the clay birds a sub
stitute for the vanished game Of wood
and marsh.
However, the sport is not limited to
enjoyment by those who have rough
ed It," but is now followed as much
by the Office or professional man as
the outdoor devotee. but even SO ii
numbers no mollycoddles or those who
live softly In its ranks. for its pur-
suit. especially in the many matches
held. REQUIRES that the upholding OF
individual or club supremacy frequent
~ means disregard of heat or cold
sunshine or storm, and during the
winter season shooters are sometimes
called on to shoot their score standing
in snow, ice or elush.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
TEN CUB PLAYERS
WILL GET RELEASE
Manager Mitchell Plans to Use Az
Adopts Honor System of
Training.

Chicago. Jan. 5.-Fred Mitchell
who succeeded Joe Tinker as man
ager of the Chicago Nationals. has
formally assumed the management OF
the club.
Mitchell said he plans to release al
least ten players in order to reduce
the clubs roster to thirty-five. He
also said that trades with ST. Louis
and Cincinnati were pending.
The honor system in personal habits
Will be in vogue in the Chicago Ma
tionals this season. Fred Mitchell,
manager. announced today. Mitchell
said he would lay down no training
rules. but would expect each man
to keep In good condition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
WILL TAKE HUNTING
TRIP THROUGH SWAMP

Conway Tiller. Leo Greentree, Leon
Echwab and George H. Black. well
known young sportsmen Of Richmond.
will leave tomorrow morning in their
yacht. a forty-footer, for weeks
hunting and fishing trip In and adj
jacent to Virginia waters. The OBJ
jecttvs Of the party will be the Dismal
Swamp, which the Isaac Waltons and
the nimrods will endeavor to deplete
Of their game.
Members Of the party last night de-
clAred they were going loaded for big
game, and more than one of the
hunters expects to encounter bear.
Duck, said to DO plentiful in the
swamp, will not be overlooked.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
BASEBALL GOOD REASON
FOR ALTERNATING NAMES

Two Irishmen that shortened their
names for big league purposes were
Cornelius McGillicuddy, known as
Connie Mack" and DR.. Michael J.
Doolittle, professionally styled Mike
Doolan." Max Carey. of the Pirates,
Is the Rev. Macmillan Carnarius on
Sundays. Indian players. of course,
adopt American names-their real
monakers would never fit on a score
card. Jim Thorpe, for instance. has
Sac name two feet long, translated
into young man who drags rope be-
hind him"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
FIRST NO-H|T PITCHER
DIES At AGE Of Il

Newark, ". J., Jan. 5.-Reindeer
A. VOTERS, forty years ago a widely
known baseball pitcher, Is dead at his
home here at the age of Il years. He
is said to have been the first pitcher
to shut out team without a hit.
setting that record in a game with
Chicago here on July 16, 1870. He
began his baseball career as a MEM
Der of the Irvingtons a professional
club, and afterward pitched for the
Mutuals, one of the first clubs to
represent New York in games with the
famous Red Stockings OF Cincinnati
and other clubs in 1868. He ended
his baseball career In 1871.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06

Trapshooting Is the only outdoor
sport that knows no season and Is fol-
lowed regardless of weather condi-
tions. That the breaking of clay
saucers Is unique as an all-the-year-
round recreation is proved by the pur-
suit Of the game in Northern States
when the thermometer fingers at zero
or below. and that a majority of the
big handicaps are shot in the summer
in the eos or above the 100 degree
mark.
4 principal reason for the season
less feature Of the blue rock shooting
Is that the game liz not played on the
ground, as are golf, cricket. polo, SOC
Ger, football. etc, nor is II necessary
to have a clear field for the base
runner. as I'm baseball.
Another reason Ia that the ORIGINAL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
FOUR NOTABLE LANDMARKS
PASS FROM NATIONAL GAME

The campaign OF 1915 In the big
leagues will go down in history as one
Of the most memorable because 1t re-
moved from the actual activities OF
the game four of baseballs greatest
acknowledgements La1oie, Christie
pher Mathewson. Napoleon Rucker
and Mordecai Brown. Never again is
1t likely that any one of the four will
doff his cap in response to the fren-
zied acclaim OF big league fans. Each
has sung his swan song as major
Lacquer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
A SLANT AT NEXT YEARS
NATIONAL FIAACs-WINNER

II the National League IL to produce
another pennant-winner this season
without repeating. the same AZ 1t has
done during the four just passed. some
one Of the teams which finished In the
second division In 1915 will capture
the honors. a. each ono OF the irst
division teams Of 1915 has won 1 pom
snAAt cnce anrinG ~ paet feur ysaxA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
SOCCER FOOTBALL GAMES
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY

Two games OF soccer football are
scheduled for this afternoon One of
them Is to be played at Clark Spring
and the other at Byrd Park. These
games will mark the opening OF the
Richmond Association Football League
season.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
WEST LOOKING FOR BITE
AT WORLDS SERIES PLUM

1t Is about time that Western
club got into the worlds series II these
games are to continue to attract base
ball fans throughout the United
States. The last time a Western team
was in the big series was In 1910,
when the Chicago Cubs were defeated
by the Philadelphia Athletics,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
IMPORTED BASEBAIIS TO
HAVE NATIONALITY STAMP

Imported baseballs for use on Amer
lean diamonds hereafter must be
stamped with the name Of the country
in which they are manufactured. The
Treasury Department has ruled that
stamping the name of the originating
country on cartons in which the balls
are packed Is insufficient to meet the
requirements of the law.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06

Doom May Coach Harvard Mine.
G. 8. Doom, former manager Of the
Philadelphia Nationals. u now said to
b the leading candidate Tor the POSI-
ton of basebAu ceach - Harvard
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06

Konctchy Reason For 90 Runs.
konetchy. first baseman Of the Bos-
ton Nationals. drove In more runs
last season than any other members
of either Boston team. He had sixty
six to his credit. Lewis coming next.
with sixty.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
Looking For Boehling,s Stuff.

Joe Boehling is expected to be a
real hustler for Manager Fohl next
season. The blonde hurter's long
time contract expires in 1917. and un-
less he shows a lot of stuff he will be
asked to stand big cut when he signs
again.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
Getting Out Seems Dinlcult.

Getting Out Seems Difficult.
Former Manager Carrigan. Of the
Boston Red Sox. Is finding it difficult
retiring from baseball. AZ q rule, ma
jor league baseball players and man
ayers find It dificult keeping in the
game as long as they want to.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06

Jennings and Others Want Leonard.
Manager Jennings Ia said to be very
DESTROYS of securing Pitcher Leonard
from the Boston Americans. It Is
safe to say that there are at least
fourteen other major league clubs
which would be glad to offer con-
siderable consideration for the Bos-
ton star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
Wtll-kNOWk LUMBER
MAN LOSES LIFE

Suffolk, Jan. 5.--Cephas H. Riggin,
one of the best known men OF Wind
sor. a member of the Craddock Lum-
Der Company and associated in the
lumber business with the Coulbourn
Bros, of Suffolk, was instantly killed
yesterday afternoon in Windsor, when
log from the car which he was hav-
ing loaded at that place rolled off on
him. crushing him so badly that death
followed within a few minutes.
Mr.. Riggin came to Windsor from
Snow Hill, Nd, and since his xesi-
dence there had become Identified
with the interests Of the community
and was a member of the Town Coun-
Gil. He is survived by his widow and
two sons. one of whom. r. r. l. Rig
gin, Is a student at Johns Hopkins
University. and the other, Thomas
Riggin, is with the Bank OF Windsor.
Mr.. Riggin was SIS years OF age, and
had been in the lumber business for
years.
The accident occurred nearly in
front of the residence of r. l.. Eley.
in Windsor, and within a few min
utes crowds of people gathered a.
the scene.
Tho body was taken to the former
home of the deceased. Snow Hill, Md,
where the interment will be made.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
Former Regent Of M.rino Arrested.

Rome. Jan. s. via Paris--Olinto
Amati. twice regent of tho republic
Of San Marine. has been arrested on a
charge Of embexxling two million lire
Of the republics funds. according to
dispatch from Rimini. the capital
Of San Marino. He IL reported to ha-e
made : number Of unsuccessful spec
plationa 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
SENATE ENDORSES

Continued From First Page.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-06
Peace situation I'm Statu

would be accepted abroad as a re-
pudiation of the Presidents peace
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-11
Want Good Marksmen.

AZ the time of the Spanish Amcri-
can war an expert rifle shot was re-
fused enlistment rs q SharpShOotcr
on the ground that good markSman-
ship Is of no advantage on the field OF
battle. There are still some military
authorities who believe this to be tho
case. They point out that when the
distance is not accurately known, the
good rillcman will be sure to miss,
while vOllcy from poor marksmen
will cover large area and score some
hits. Nevertheless. the policy is now
to encourage craftsmanship by every
possible means.