Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-23
ATHLETICS TO PLAY HERE
INDIANAPOLIS AND MACKMEN
WILL STAGE PRACTICE AFFAIR
'h"c VIII BIC ono OF Scrirs with
American Associations

'rhc trnim,m., sch"du, of Tie, rh,a :
u".phii Athictics shows that the Maci,
lean Association. will clash in Rich
i'onl on .ArriI I; IN AN exhibition van".
Is I.Pcti iana nl;ou'h rccjoicc, - ,his III,
ways have hccu favoritcS here. Will"
IL VIII mark the hrst appearance uf
city. NV va" ''S''''''''''o" cru" ~ '"'S
Connie Mack is following a plan
thoptcd by number of major league
"rsaniIIations. aud Instead of spend :
inE lot Of valuable tina" ia Il train
ing camp. win make a tour ~ II Mum
hcr OF citi"r and towns Of tho South
accompanied by some class IA oreani-
z;iinn Tho Athletics and the Indian
ap"iis club viii play 81 series of nine
GAINES. and will start ;tt Albany. Ga.
north as far as Baltimore. which viii
he til" las, game of the series.
Nap"lc"m l.aj"ic. vii" vii! manage
~" Toronto NIB Of he mtcrnat;onal
i.easnn VII he handsomely rcmcm-
bcrcu b. tho iIaEnttcs OF the American
League. according 10 reports which
have been circulated. 1t Is lie purpose
"i Ban Johnson. president of the .Nmer-
organization play an exhibition game
with the Toronto Leafs and 10 pre-
sent the trcnchman with :, handsome
present.
intcrrnatiooinnI, I.saEue fans Viii see
"on. f"rm!dable bali team. when The
conSistiu. ci ~ games. begins ia
AUGUST The NmGric"n Association and
tho International League are two Of
tho strongest minor lca.u"s i'm the
country, Toledo viii hc managed by
E@ser krcSnalan, VIZ? la. obtained
handle the Columbus team Jack Hon
bricks Viii be at tho head Of the In
Derby BIN Clymcr. two former man
ayers 81 the international League wil!
hc ~ tn. head Of the louisville and
-t,....s . - L.
MGR formerly managed Toronto. while
Cancel was at Rochester for several
years.
The oneHim= Of the season in the In
terita,ionai League vii! witness anew
in ,,,In!;s,, IN ."ur Of ,he eigh, cities
ham. CORNER cub catcher snd coach.
VIII be at the helm in Newark Mike
Toronto. while Providence viii have
a new manager 10 succeed Dave Shc.il,
who was recently sold to the Cincin :
hati club Billy Smith VIII again Off
C'atc "a, Richmond. Pat Donovan n,
Buffalo, Jack Dunn az Baltimore and
Ian iiowlcy al Montreal
Our old friend johnny" Bates viii
he seen c4vortins around the ou,ii.id
ia II HcwJrk SUIT This season The
10 bay Tn'7er rom %eeGha'.l '' sIiSs
Was With Richmond during tn" season
OF l"i.5. Baltimore IN I.is. ANA nov
spring chicileu he might b. .blc to
spend yea. With each club In Tia.
league.
"Snng" Thompson. q member OF the
'lunhcEs during tho -1aSuu % 1915.
has been Old by Connie Mack 10 the
Omaha club ~ tho Western League.
Thompson has been given more thnn
Cne trial III the big tent and seems
20 lack tho punch iic : an Ou;iicIdcr.
Everett Pank~:ou The heavy hitting
"uth"idcr with tn. climbers last year.
= one az the fcW members uf the Sow
forn i"uhccs who has not get turned
in h!s siguch contract B.uk-tou -
NOT satisfied With the money offered by
Huston huu l;Upp"rt and announces
mat he VIII go back to tic soil unless
raise is Forthcoming
~ addition 10 B"ui,siou There arc
uuc ether International i,cagEera who
have not ,,' signed thcir 1917 con-
tract with tho Yankees Ross. ARA
rou, EcudryN. Russell Nnripht. MIL
l"r Su""kcr. t:ilhuolcv ana Tipplc arc
th. other holdvus The first four
mentioned arc former members Of the
Climbers.