Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
WILL PICK CITY CHAMPION
RICHMOND ASKED TO ENTER
ANNUAL COMPETITION
Contest To Determine Amateur and
Semt-ProfcssiOunl .Chnmp iOns Of
tho Country.

The National Baseball Federation.
the sandlot baseball governing body
OF the United states. has asked tho
amateur and semi-professional ball
teams of this city to first determine
among themselves which are the best
amateur and Semi-profesSional clubs
here. and then enter the local champ
IONS in the annual competition of the
federation to determine tho amateur
ana scmi-profcssional champions of
the country.
An opportunity is afforded III this in
Ger city championship series for the
premier amateur or Semi-profcsSionai
teams of ltichmond to meet the pick Of
the sandlot clubs from such leading
baseball ccnters as Cleveland, Detroit.
JohnStown, Pittsburgh. Akron. Canton.
Cincinnati! Chicago. Louisville. New
Orleans and other places. Games may
he staged here and in other cities. Civ
ing the oppoi tunity for enjoyable base
ball trips.
The schedule for the big sandlot
ing OF the executive board of the Ma
ttonal Baseball Federation. to be held
on July IA in Detroit. The series Will
begin on September I. There are rules
ana regulations. governing the conduct
Of the series that have been framed
after years of careful considerati ton.
THESE may be secured upon application
Pa.
Last year Cincinnati won the semi
profcs Stonai honorS Of the country. aud
Louisville. Ky. and cleveland tied for
tho amateur title. Some of the largest
crowd IL the history of baseball have
contests.
nrokr Attendance Records.
NJ records for attendance were
White Autos, of Cleveland. won from
Johnstown, Pa. nine and annexed the
honors, some 10000 people were pres
cn,. Later, 10000 persons saw the con-
test between tho White Autos and the
Omaha. Ncb teams.
The National baseball Federation.
which is doing much to promote and
city OF any consequence throughout
the United States is also taking very
nrominent part in the raising OF the
the soldiers. The officials OF the fed.
Grafton have been working hand in
hand with The War Department com
mission on training camp activities
established after the declaration OF
war. and nave been instrumental In
setting thousands OF dollars worth OF
baseball equipment to the soldiers.
Just what part Richmond teams will
take in the big series of events re-
mains to he seen. 1t is very probable
Commercial or Athletic Leagues. Will
place themselves on the entry list
We're the Battle AXmen still welding
'HelI az % WIT. lneN would get INTO
the miN-up almost certainly.
Hard to Get on for Trips.
The biggest difficulty under which
the local Commercial and Athletic
mines must labor, II they intend TO en-
ter, are the away-froni- homo contests
Such contests would make II necessary
ihat the boys on the mines. who arc
mainly at work for the summer knock
off for couple of days in order TO go
at all. The trips called for in the
series however. arc not necessarily for
long distances and could he taken with
out difficulty by teams made up of boys
who could manage a day or so from
work
Federation arc as follows
President. G. T.. Martin. Cincinnati
-; first vice president. Frank r.
Coates. Toledo, o.: second vicc-presi
dent. !. Garland Stahl. Chicago, Iii;
secretary, Tom Nokes. Johnstown. Pa;
treasurer. Virgil f.. Zetterlind De-
troit. Mich. Joseph n. Thomas. Akron.
q; Fred Diehy New Orleans. La: c.
G. TONNES, Cleveland. O.; Ralph s.
Da Wis. Pittsburgh. Pa