The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-10
TO PLAY
TWO O0UDlE-HtAOtRS
Twin Bill Scheduled on Monday With
Bears While Postponed Game
win BE Played on Tuesday.
RUMoRED TRANSFER OF GAMES.
Club Owners Have Not Received Any
Notice of Dunn's Intention of Ask
ing President Barrow to Switch Last
Two Games Of season.

With the two games in Providence
yesterday, the virginians wound up
their most disastrous road trip of the
season and will face the Newark Bears
at Boulevard park this Afternoon in a
doubleheadcr which h u & h I
means very little TO the home outfit.
will mark the opening of serious"
which is "croociaf' in the extrem e
to Tom Needham's aspiring Bruins
The race Is so tense in the Interna-
tional league at present that any Of
the four clubs who are punched for
first honors should draw a record
gate anywhere they play, even though
it be with A cellar outfit. Toronto
has an undisputed seat at the top of
the column today. but il may ibe
toppled over with crash before
nightfall, The Leafs have per-
centage OF $50, both of their games
with Montreal yesterday being called
on account OF rain The Baltimore
Birds played their two games with
Newark. won one and lost the other,
so have dropped to second place with
a mark Of $50. Until yesterday. these
clubs were tied for first place. Newark
and Providence both divided a double
bill yesterday and remained tied for
third place with an average OF .5Ss
each. With only four point and one
half "a game separating the four clubs
and with only one more week In
whicls to play, the race has probably
never been paralleled and certainly
never eclipsed in all of basehals'a
lurid history
The Leafs have the edge on their
three rivals. not wholly because Of
their minute advantage, but because
the schedule favors them. Lajoie's
smuggling followers face Montreal four
days in. the week and wind up the
season In Rochester. The Leafs are
the only one OF the four clubs BATH
ing for the pennant who face only
second division opposition. Prov
dence has the hardest schedule of the
four, with Baltimore and Newark as
it's two adversaries. These three
clubs WEI be battling among them
selves while the Leafs are engaged
in the apparently easy task of wal
Looping the Royals. Both Baltimore
and Newark face the virginians this
week. and here a new element enters
into the dope. While the EirEinians
are undoubtedly playing the most
ragged ball OF any team in the cir
cult. they can always be counted on
to give the Birds heated argument
Newark may encounter little opposi-
ton In their four games here. but It
is practically certain that Jack Dunn
will drop several pounds of heshy
tissue while watching the two series
his Orioles play with Knahe's tail
enders.
HERE'S HOPING.
Alvin NJ Smith president OF the
club. said last night that on word
had reached Richmond concerning
hH al ~ a
series of the season TO Baltimore from
Richmond. AS the directors OF the
club have not been consulted bv the
Baltimore officials, their probable
action In the matter is A matter of
conjecture. The transfer of these
games would undoubtedly prove OF
much financial benefit to both clubs
and the Richmond owners are badly
In need of any extra coin in sight
to meet their losses this season. but
1t is to be hoped that they do not
dignigy the absurd proposal with seri-
Gus consideration, The transfer Of
the two Providence games was a
simple matter CT expendience and a
tardy remedy for A hastily prepared
schedule, but the transferal OF the last
two games OF the series to Baltimore.
for no reason other than the larger
attendance which would naturally fol-
low, would mean the death of base
ball in Richmond. 1t is problemeati-
cal at present as to whether Rich
nond will be on the visiting list of
Ed Barrow's family next year, but
the cancelling of these two games in
Richmond would settle the matter for
good and all Richmond is large
enough to have Glass A baseball
and II the International league sur
wives the strained conditions due TO
the great war, there Is no reason why
IT should not continue in this circle.
The attendance, especially towards the
latter part of the year, has been
really depressing. but this is due in
a large measure to the hopeless show -
ing the club has made. AS far as
supporting a tail end ball club for
year after year is concerned there IS
only on Cincinnati,
The owners OF the virginians have
stood by the guns gamely all season
and accepted their losses like good
sportsmen. II is to be hoped that
they will not weaken at this stage Of
the game and place a permanent blot
on their 'scutcheon. -