Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
RICHMOND CLUB PLANS
ARE ADVANCING RAPIDLY
owners lndorse Barrow's Stand
against Fraternity, and Push
Preparations.
MEET VIRGINIA LEAGUE CLUBS
Series Being Arranged With Several
ToWns-Begin Renodeling Work
on Park To-NIorrow-NIaDy Play
erS Are Signed.

I great deal Of attention 70 ,hn stril.
I 'aiN or THAT relating TO a possible ab
Sehce of baseball IL the event OF war
Win ''ernlany. According TO them. the
/ 'ocii ciub heartily indorses the posi-
/ ton taken by President Ed Barrow as
regards ignoring the fraternity. ans
/ considering the turmoil in which n
'ernat'onal affairs now are. IL is pos
sto!e they would rot objec, se-,ous,v
80 ! season vacation. Other league
! managers ar" planning for that con
I unEsncy. but tho local officers are no,
| plans '"e''
] There is bu; one man Of tho nun,h.r
already signed for isl. who is con.
ncctcd with tho fraternity That 1,
| ''HN Acpermott. third baseman Ii
- not believed that he will make trou-
p!e. bu' should he do 50 it is prob
ape That he Will be dropped If nece.
sary and the plans carried ,irorrh
| without him. Other clubs in the or
! Eaa:zdtion have 10 deal wish several
| fraternity men others admit having
Lost money during the last rcp wears
and several managers have eyoressrd
a perfect Willingness 10 res, dur;n~ ~
| approaching year.
Their troubles are not those Of IN.
| Richmond moguls. The chief difficult
ties pe'nE experienced by them Is get
4 -
d;tinn for the spring training ana ,ha
season and in arranging preseason en-
/ garements.
evidence showing that there Will he
li'se trouble experienced with player.
or the fraternity literally is being
showered upon President Alvin Smith
| dailE. The evidence comes In Letters
from the players. Many OF those yho
nave signed and number of those u.ho
nave written for try-outs have taken
n of
with the frate nifty and have no intcn-
ton o. becoming allied with their
cause
Gnmcs With Virginia Lenguer..
Que to the fact that the work or
preparing the playing grounds is a
DIE Undertaking at best and that bad
weather serousl, has interfered viii,
the labor, it is possible the nov. n.rl.
may not he ready for service when the
players report here. Certainly IL will
noi be got into thu best condition FOR
inc spring games. II is believed CON
grounds by using them before they ars
IN shape. and for that reason I, il
bfooable that effort, will be made 10
rain the team in games with nearby
league CLUBS as much possible.
Pursuing this plan. contests hay.
been arranged within the Petersburg
and Rocky Meant cl lbs " the >ir.
gina League. Rocks Mount VIII be
PLAYED here April and the Richmond
CLUB will 20 there from Petersburg,
"hcre tiey play April u, for 4 game
on April IL. They will return TO pa
tersburg for the Saturday game on
April a.
y is possible. negotiations for III.
contests already having been begun,
that the local team will spend = weej,
meeting the ,cnms Of tie Tidewator
district OF the Virginia League Two
games with Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Newport News would permit them re-
naming IN that section an cptire week
Expenses Of the trip would he slight
ia! ers would have the advantage OF
games each day and also tho privilege
or playing on excellent grounds n.
we'll As training there.
9uch contests would permit Billy
smith workiI 8 all OF his re ,ruits into
the contests and Of getting real line
on their ability. He could push hi.
training plans TO completion and give
MS players practice that hardly could
he Sot X the team remained here until
me season oPened However, II this
plan is Followed the team will be here
from about Mach Ii until the Hrst OF
these contests and local fans will haze
ample opportunity OF seeing the men
III action
beEin Construction ON Park.
Work on the grounds at the nsw
park ~ progressing fairly Well, con
siderable progress having hcen n,ade
on the grading. However nothing ~
yet has been done on the stands and
h!ea chcre, The building inspector made
objection to several details in IN.
plans. a. drawn for the stands and
during the last several days has held
them up. lIo"cNer. ii is expected that
these wrinkles viii have been ironed
OUT by to-morrow and that the force
OF workmcn. already Engaged. Will be-
able to start active rcmodcins to-
mo ~, 4 ~,
mits. once this work is tceun II will
D. rushed 10 ccnlpletion
rh"rc are nov about eighteen men
under contract with the Richmond
Club. and /; is expected that between
twcnty-iivc ana thirty viii Inc aecured
for n; outs. President Smith said
last night ,hat several deals were
pending At tho present time. but that
they had not been completed. As yet
no deal has been made for the dis
,,osai OF kellih>r and McDcrmo;t. and
Il is possible these players will re-
port here again.
SILLY Smith expects to have the men
rnpor, hero March 10. he,preceding ,h.m
10 ltichtnond IL about ;wo weeks. lie
counts upon having 1T least seven
pitchers. three eatchers. eight ;nneld-
crS and six ontticid.rs in the SQUAD.
IN outacldcr named clsh. young
s;cr. is tho latest addition 10 the ros-
tor.
slim, MclIenry i 20 set another
nance this season. President Smith
said las; night that he believed Nc
Henry Was pitcher Of ability. and
that hc hal n great deal more, than
he show eJ last season. TIL. president
Vas Of the opinion that McIIenTy he-
came ..isgruntled at the treatment lie
r.c.lved from the Cincinnati manage
r,.rt and took IL out" upon the local
club lie will not be disposed OF
unth having been given IL fair trial
!, International League Arnirs.
/ Al tho prcscn, writing 10 date has
been SET FOR tho next meeting ri I'll.
4 international League The meeting
/ was schedued TO have been held dur
I ing the present weea. hut 10 cali has
been sent ont to the club onners. u
| Ia believed he: that President Ear
| row Is waiting until the Sationa! Com
/, mission has had AN opportunity OF
! meeting and finally disposinE OF the