Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-12
RICHMOND CHAMPS
T0HAy WAR RISK
Taka-Koia Nine Here Tomor.
row for First Double Bill
of Intercity Series.
BIZ H. c. byrd.

Df ii. Z. HI ND.
Richmond's best amateur base bail
nine is coming here tomorrow to play
War Risk in the first double-header OF
the intercity base ball series for the
amateur championship OF the south.
Richmond's representative in the
series is the Taka-Kola team, which
won the decisive game for the cham
pionship of that city a week ago.
Washington's representative. of course.
is War Risk. champion of the De-
partmental League and later cham
pion of the District by virtue OF six
straight victories in the !:nal series
with three other mines.
None of the local base bail follow
ers has seen the Richmond team ia ac-
1 ton. but il has got to he q mighty
good amateur organization il Il gets
away with the local champs. IN Fact,
| the team Richmond sends here viii
| have to be stronger than any other
entry it has made in the iutcfcity
series To defeat War Fisk. II is very
seldom that stronger amateur orEani-
which represents War Risk, and it is
not believed that Richmond can mus
ter so good a combination.
Manager Nelson probably will send
his pitching ace, Emil Pfeil, against
| Richmond in the first game apd fol-
low him with Jarboe. or vice versa
Pfeil and Jarboe have been working. !.
| in fine form and IL they go as well to>
morrow as in the local series con-
| cluded last Tuesday Richmond will
have about as fine time trying to get,
next to their deliveries as IL II wereS
given dozen Chinese puzzles to .soiveax
in the same time. Ia
Incidentally. Richmond's pitching
will have to be of the professton8abs
class in order to stop War Risk scoE-zo
| ing runs The local champions are4-
| fast. are not afraid to take chanceS '
on the bases AID hit the bah con-
| sistcnt1y That combination is not
conducive to easy work for an. op.,s
posing pitcher. and 1t to what che "
! Richmond huriers must face.
The first game of the double bin
will begin at 2 o'clock. The games,Sv
are to be played at Union Park 15t3,a
and Fl streets northeast ShorsT's
| Hughes will be the umpire behind .thseA
plate and a Richmond umpire. to b
brought by the visitors. will take
care OF the bases. When Washsng-a0
ton goes to Richmond It Win 'talssefss
an umpire to work the bases. WITT
a Richmond man back Of the bat.
The second doubie-header Of the,
ntercity series is to take place at.Ss
Richmond next week, Saturday. Sep-sss
TENDER 90. l-.a D.
Virginia Military institute .shouldS.
not lack for good coaching In FOOLS,
| ball this fan. The I,exington ipeti-,:
tuition will have Bob Peck. 7formcrs.te
! University Of Pittsburgh al Anertea
star. as head coach. and Sprughan.
who has done some eXcelfent .Wofh \
1t might be mentioned too; that a
" NJ. l. has the longest schedu3e of'es
| the elevens in the south. The cadef0 q
play ten games. Nine already aroS$
erai prospects for filing the other.
which rs November 1. Tire schedute is::SS
September 81. Hampdsn-S9ny
Lexington: October = st, ,; IONS .,n ssefs
Mary at Lexington. October iS. vixSs.
einia at Charlottesville: October 25.
Davidson College at Roanoke: -Ne-Tk
vember 1. omen: November s. Nersrses
Roanoke Coilepe at lexington: NO
vember 90. Ga1laudet at Lexington.
and Novembers27 "a. V. P. l. at RoaneEe-<<
The most important game OF Ih~n
year is on Thanksgiving day with
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The =.
Lexington men would rather Hfn thar.cr
than any other, on their schedule, ~
v. p J. has managed 10 get 'byswfth
victories for the last four or TfVeey
, years. but, as the saying eoes, roHS-s
can't win all the time" and ": II.
believes that this is going 10 be ftav~
year. Al least. that is the expresseA
opionion of the students. z..-:ss' $50
Army and Navy Prep School II conn.,
pleting its foot ball schedule. New
berry's aggregation expects TOO spA20
about seven games. = -
Bob Higgins who has returned from
the Army to Penn State, was rated teae4
one of the best ends in the comtrY.t1
Many critics picked him in 1876 as fhSrs
peer of all others. ,.A.. ai5rss
Bob LeGendre, Georeetownss sr0fxx
arl-round track and field athlete. ~
said to be q fine foot ball player -
as we'll Those familiar with hrs per-.
formances as q tackle at HebrOHs
Academy. Maine. are unstinted in
their praise of his capabilities ass
lineman LeGendre lis tall, weigh4 J
close to $50, is fast, and undoubtedfy
possesses the requisites OF mighty AZ
competent forward. I&R
Pennsylvania probably is able ~
boast of more strong college foot BAH :,
teams than any other state in tn. :.
Union. with New York a close second.
Pennsylvania though. has four insb1
buttons which, for the last few yearSssss
have ranked with the very best in thsAss
east two of which are not <fnf bessa
hind. and almost any numher o00
smaller colleges which devslop for
midable combinations. Pennsylyanla.N .
Penn State Pittsburgh and NashineS
ton and Jefferson line up among .tne
best elevens o1 the season and Le-,
high and Lafayette often Are not esf--s
behind them. Besides these six. there
Ursinus, Haverford and several 9TH
ers. In the first rank OF eastern teamS
New York has Cornell. Syracuse and
Colgate The best of the other .dnsta-s
tutions in New York usually turnine
out fairly capable efevens are Column
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