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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-12
NINE AMELITA %V
CALI CuRCt ~

Nine. Amelita NJ. Gau:-Cu 'ci. the
opera singer has been granted a di-
vorce from Luigi @. Curci after n
short hearing before Judge Charles
A Mcdonald in Chicago. Prelim-
mary proceedings filed from time TO
time i'm the course Of the last ten
months had indicated that both
Mime Gaili-Curci and her husband
would put up fight 10 the finish.
and the court room was crowded
with spectators.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-12

Living i'm Germany ANA spending
time behind federal prison bars here
are listed in the same category by
Grover Cleveland Bergdou, son of
Mrs Emma g. Bergdoll widow of a
multi-millionaire brewer OF Phila
delphia. who has led department of
justice agents a merry chase for two
years when ne fled To evade the
draft and who was captured i'm his
Philadelphia mansion. He was sent
TO New York under military guard
and is now in prison on Governor S
Island.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-12
Death Penalty

The section of the measure which
provides for the death penalty fof-
lows THAT whoever iucites. sets
on foot assists or engages in any
instruction or rebellion against the
United States or the authority or
laws thereof ,0r whoever sets on foot
or assists or engages in the use Of
force or violence with intent 90 de-
stroy or cause 90 be destroyed Of
change or cause 20 Doe changed or
20 overthrow or cause 10 De- over
thrown. the government OF the
United States and the death of amy
person or persons is caused Or re-
suits directly thcrcfrom shall be
guilty of "a felony and on conviction
shall bep unished by death or shall
be imprisoned not more than 20
years or fined not more than S2o.-
600. of both and shall forever be
debarred from holdine office in the
United States provided. however
that the death penalty shall not be
.trnN-TTN-r~r-n TN pagE TWO =
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
AMERICA ACCEPTS DEFY
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB
AGREES TO MEET ENGLAND
Ihir'esnth Water Event Between Conn.
e" 10 ne Held In July on
sandy Hook.
IBy Associated Pc.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Enr,anf, ma
the United States. allies in tho world
war; VIII be friendly rivals in a hat.
tie for the yachting supremacy NJ IN.
seas beginning July Is, when tho first
over the Sandy Hook course hern Tt';
was announced formally by The Nn,S
York Yacht Club here iato this after.
TISm a nfGGp1ins ths challenge Of Sir
Ulster Yacht Club. Of Belfast. Irei9ggaal
Sir Thomas will attempt to win tao
r Soria famous Yachting trophy with his
New York Yacht Club will defend the the
cup cup Won in 1871 with the Rcsolute or
n me VANITY "a ~, launched for that pur-
lenge would be accepted by the New
weeks ago at tho South Brooklyn basin.
where she has been housed since hrr
arrival here In 1911. Tho chaiIcngins
i yaGnt 1s was taken aiken 10 City Island on
Nv winter quarters undergoing altera-
M Mfo recommended by Charles y.
inc yacht is cutter rugged with An
approximate watcrlnc Of scventy:fivo
1t is understood that chief amon-
me Shamrock ~. is the sfaortening OF
her keel from ,hirty-ivc to thirty feet
me immediate effect OF this reduced
kcei base Will be to quicken tho ac-
Ton OF the sioop in going in STAYS.
facing with shorter keel, It 4. saiJ'
tho visiting yacht Will be more SUI.
stif breeze than If the keel had been
allowed TO remain tho original length.
The change will give the Upton
sioop greater tendency to heel TO tha
breeze and enable her to sail ON :.
longer water line base. Yachtsmen
look upon Designer Nicholson's de-
clSion on these radical changes as a.
bold strokc. He IS making "A bid ror
greater efiiciency in winward work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
READY FOR GAMES
CLOSE CONTESTS EXPECTED
A AT BIZ ES' ARMORY TONIGHT
Tigers and Spider, booked I'm Titular
"a Affair.". Church Hill TO Play
Newport News.

Tonish; at the Blues Armory. Rich
5mond basketball fans will be afforded
IAN opportunity OF witnessing pair Of
basketball games that should prove TO
I bcAnnusual!y close. Richmond College
and Hampton SidnN auints will meet
in :.the premier AFFAIR of the evening.
while Church Jill Athletic Club and
lDrydock Company nves will oppose each
othcr in preliminary contest.
Richmond College and Hampden.Sid-
ncS's game will he one of the titular
battles of the Eastern Virginia Inter
Collegiate Athletic Association. Addi-
ona, nf ho Sn IS s,'aShHd i ihis
With William and Mary for second
place in event they win. \ victory will
sidney except the elimination Of the
Spiders from the running. Tho Tigers
were eliminated as contenders last
That the affair between the TIGERS
and the Spiders Sh9uld he close is in n
feated William, and Mary last saturday
lnond College and Randolph Macon.
Jackets TO 20 TO 2s score in Ashland
watched by the Tigers tonight.
Teams with unusually good records
vii mc &c, when the Church Hill AtHs
called The local boys have run rough
shod over everything in this section.
5includinE college teams and have never
been defeated. The visiting team has
n.'record of twenty-t three victories and
three defeats, and is said TO possess a
strong combination.
n Following are the lne-ups for both
games tonight:
80 Richmond Hampden-
n. College Position. Sidney
MOTLEY. -. left forward ...Brittain
ZSiEler.. right forward .....Hughes
Carlton. ....... center s...... Stevens
nowill. 800. left guard Smith
Snead or
&C. II. A. C. Newport News.
-. Position.
left forward ..... .Gaizat
Woodward. right forward ..Eichmond
Metcalf. $3.50; center ....... Ruby
Ennis. sem right raard .. .........Ron,kkfip1
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
HAVANA RESULTS

First raee-tlree turlongs-poro.hy. I.e
SMurray?: 10 ]. TO ). : 10 L. won; Felix
NJ. III U'ickcnE,, IS to !. i 10 i 3 10
second ia!nt:F. llo uGarGan). 20 s.
70 =. 20 ). third. Time 80 IS vir
Mlnoz. Bertha Mink. Katherine I,c.l, Fire
by ran. - "a
Second racc-hv. and one.half tprloncs-
Clip, io5 tAtkinson). 70 !. to :. . 10 T.
Won; Sophie r. IL: tSiicrnan) 3 20 . ~
8. 8 TO T. second: I.iliun q. JOS tAnaersonj
30 !: tn J. even. third. Time. I:a7 :. =
vain Chick. sherry. Venetian Boy Glider
Elyng Dart shasta. .Apricjac6 also ran
~ Iniru fa.c--hEc ana c-c-ha!i :u!i0nss--
Tarascon ~ A. ,con!ns1. / 20 T. To- :.
'mody); g 70 70 =. 20 3. second: Dru-
ella, - fLonEj. 10 10 :. to . 10
third Time. :o7 SIS Lama. - C. Girl.
wine Woods. Artist. lIazclnu; ran
Fourth raCc--iivc and one half fur,onrs-
70 6, won: All Aslow. los ITown.enD' :
to Il. TO ], even, second: W. Ward 10.
1Eietche!1, 10 10 ]. to ], > 10 :. ihird
Time. l:es. Currency. No Lawn. R.sh;
: Fifth race--five and onc.hair ;u,,o,r.
Blanchita. no fGargan), ] 70 J. G 10 g. Z 10
., won; Iron Boy. los tCcr"yl = to 9 even
TO :. second; 3lanch Donation. il1 Gear.
nody), 3 70 l, to .. 20 z, th'rc 'iitnc
LOS, Hasty Cora. k!ne Tuscan. pcacefni
STAT Whippoorwll. cuiu ran
sSt1th rac9-mile--lis nds on III on. Gar
npSl. to !: TO l: 10 :. con: IcEacy.
,een9S rSetsy baby: io7 tC.ar.nody). 70 5.
DRyson. Zodiac. Attorney Muir. Gin
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
dope PRESENTS ITSELF
FUNNY LITTLE CREATURE
FORECASTS GAMES RESULT
Point. Finger to Record OF Hs.ki.s'
Tive hno Then Switches TO
Virginia.

| DOQe."
Tho ever-prcdominatins, fai.hiess.
| misleading, and yet worthy feature
OF sport is present in this city. and
has caused considerable speculation on
the outcome. of the basketbaiI game
between, University Of virginia and
to oea b P p1ssy at The
What Il this little creature could be
in tbn Mny Immediately. interest
test would be as dead az the ambi-
tons OF tho former Kaiser, but such
Is nor, and cannot be. tho case. hence
the proS nosticationS on tho game Fri
day night.
Nov to get right down to tho facts
baltic royal from 5eKinni hu.'d to &c end j.
Johns Hopkins has &defeated several
Of the foremost college quints in the
attempts. CUNTS that havo won from
Hopkins n fo1m are the Navy and Princeton:
poni Willie ~ he the ste ma Was SIX
points ahead when the final whistle
sounded. College fves that have sue
and Black arc st. Johns. Buckncn
Gallaudet and George Washins ton. Ali
victory.
Hopkins Follewer- optimi.tic.
With the record mentioned above
followers of Hopkins arc Optimistic
and sec a victory in sight for their
tCdiI, consequently Irten0 done says
tho ouint from the Monumental CITY
will be victorious. but then ne hedges
and aatliliates with the opposing team,
the University of Virginia.
At the foot. OF tho hills in Virginia
e., ysrsity am; Ana ths SasEessal .s aS on 81
INC state. is conditioning i,seif for
the game Friday night. Each mem
Der OF the quint Is anxious to secure
n victory over Hopkins Pop IIanni-
gan, trainer OF tho Virginia i've says
his men are in the best of condition.
and he is depending upon them to give
a good account OF themselves when
they face HOPKINS.
Local I,oys VIII Perform.
Sentiment for victory Is with the
University quint for several reasons,
chiefly because 1t ia Virginia but then
there are three Richmond boys on
the Orange and Blue quintet and they
have numerous admirers. who are OK
nected to turn out en- massc to see
them perform. Those three are Petit
way. Hatcher and Jennings. all mem
hers of the John Marshall High School
quint of several years ago.
Pcttway Is CAPTAIN and forward for
the Charlottesville five; Jennings Is a
former University OF Virginia ouint
captain and plays guard. while Hatcher
is running mate for Pettway BY hold
ing down the other forward Each OF
the trio has given considerable assist
ancc to Virginia this year. and Lanni-
gan Will depend upon tho Richmond
hoys. in large measure. to uphold the
University quint against Hopkins
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18

FAST CUNTS WILL PLAY IN BLUES ARMORY TONIGHT SP(
Game Between v. P. |.
and c. II. A. G. Assured

CUNTS OF Virginia Polytechnic
Institutc md Of Church Hill Ath-
letic Club will play Saturday night
at the \. w. G.. a. gymnasium, nc
cOrdinE to announcement mndc this
morning by Manager Archie Evans,
OF the East End team. This state
ment LIZ positive and discounts re-
ports that the game had been
called OF. Evans has in his pos
nesslon a contract, which In signed
by Manager Holmes, of the Tech
quint. This should set mt rest all
reports and rumorS TINT the game
will not Ike played.
Tech will appear here both Sat-
urtiay and Monday. On the Inst
named night v. y. I. will play
North Cnr6linn State College under
the auspices of the tichmOnd
Sports Association In the Blues
-armOry.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
"WiNRACE" RULE CHANGED
TrOttin.c Association Revi.eS Importon,
Track Ruling at Annual
Meeting.
| ~ Associated rreS. ]

Chicago, Feb. ia change in "win-
race rule was adopted by the Amer.
lean Trotting Association al its annual
meeting mere today. The revised ru!-
race" be allowed, whether raced or not
TWO seconds for each calendar year
un'i! lie reduces his time. or wins \.
race in faster time than the class 10
which his time allowance made hin,
eligible. The old rule allowed only
one second for each year. The rule
also declares that horse winning n
race in faster time than tho class TO
which his time allowance makes him
eligible shall thereafter be considered
as having acquired new winracc.
"winrace" was described as the
fastest time made by Il winner either
In the first or second position
w. J. Jams. of Terrc Hautc. Ind,
ton. 7. II. Gill. OF milwaukee,. vice
president, and w. III. SmoliuSer. OF
Chicago. secretary-treasurer
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
HAVANA ENTRIES

saaFfrst race--fvc and one.hs!t furlonEs-
tR9atnhe sther. IS: Smallstont 100: Isen
'IaeS.. 1903: Mineral. l03 Ho,lyhock IG5 :
'Babyionian. los; Donate!Io. loS: LUCE M.y.
IS second race-fve and one .h.lf cu,,on..
Precious Jewel. 81; Lady I.anrdcr. :.
blanche Donation. 1o1: May Msu!sby. 1oi
Mary'a Magnetic, 1D2: Mix. Dixon ia..
Doubling Thomas. Io4: Manganese. IL.
. Third receive and onc-ha!! :urlonEs-
iAnnabetlc. 90: First Puilet, 100: Iiust
sx,lkEk: 1o:: Skyman. lo:; Eianca .ie5: Eno..
JOSE I'd Garrison. 100: Pickle F1ncy. iss:
Little Nephew. log; Lady Ivan. ,e.; Frs.
,,epsIo.. II: Golden chance. iii.
! " Fourth race-siy furIonEs-IIcrron q
,popthrush, 81: Scotch Verdict, l5i: NJ. 10,
3 z s ioS; VA, War Spirit. ios; Mars. Iohn
S5sasii. los; foacner. 100: Col. Taylor, liz;
IS&fies Knob. lis.
"a Fifth raee-u1iIe and ATTY yards-Ni,ared
1Ss;sUnar. 100: Baladin, I0.: EdEeInoni ies;
Ralph s. 100; Khymer. lit; Muds!il. ~
SIKH raec--rnile ana -sixtcenth---ThC
3Tstker. 80; zol.. 80: Crystal Day. IoI: Wood
sthyush. lo3: Solid Rock. 100: Zodiac lei
Dick benson. ld4; Rick Williams. Ill.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
Pictor Wins Feature
Race and Pays Well
my Annotated Pre...I

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17-Pic-
tor; nj to ]. owned by g. w. Clark.
millionaire copper man, won 1he
Mardi Graz handicap with $4,000
added money, the feature OF tOday's
racing card mt tho Fair Grounds
frnrk. slippery Elm was second
nnd i)am1sk third. PictOr also won
The Crescent City handicap Janu-
airy 81.
i'ici"r was ridden by Jockey
"idn and won over slippery Elm
and Harry Payne whitney's star
thrce-yenr-old colt, Damask. Da-
nnsk was the favorIte, hut only
managed to come in third, with
s1ppery Elm second.
January ~, Pictor. quoted at IL
10 J., won the Crescent City hnndI-
cap from the same horses. hut In n
hard drive.
One Of tho IarGent crowds Of the
season witnessed the race de.pItc
tue I.in: M the days program
marked the cIose OF the racing srn-
son a. the Fnir Grounds. Ton,or-
row the meet Will be Transferred to
the Jenerhon track, mt Shrew.-
berry, and will continue TO March
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
INDIANS SECURE REVENGE
WILLIAM AND MARY QUINT
WINS VICTORY FROM TIGERS
HaInpdcn-Sidney Team Loses md Will
liNmsburEcrS Take Second
Place.
t.. v. !. A. a. BASKETBALL.
Standing of Clubs.
LSpecial to The Times Dispatch. ]

6Special to The Times Dispatch.l
William and Mary's basketball qu;nt
secured undisputed possession OF sec
ond place in the Il. y. /. A. A. tonight
densdney Tigers 1--WE in the Cary
gymnasium by the score OF 32 to So
The affair meant more than an or
that Il avenged the defeat the Tigers
imposed upon the Indians in Farmv!lle
last Saturday night.
termined to win and each. put UP =
good defensive game: For the first five
MINI minutes or ,, play the guarding was
broke the ice with long shot ana
Immediately the scoring began. Henly
and Brooks following their center with
fought hard from that time on, and The
half ended is to II in favor OF Will
Throughout the second half the
teams battled evenly. but the Indians
added fourteen points to their eighteen
70 for ,ota! OF thirty two. while The
Of 20, Several times Britain clcctri-
ned inc crowd by shooting the ball
two-thirds the length of the moor
Stars for the Indians were Close.
nenly and Pierce. and the guarding OF
did the best work for the Tigers
I.ine-up:
" !ii.tnl ana Mary liampdc n Sidney
ienly left forward. IIighes
Iiercc. right forward. Britain
Young. $500. left guard -. .Paulettc
brooks. right guard. 49,. Smith
Summary:
Goals from court--Pierce. 6: Brooks.
y Iienly: l: Close. 3: Young, /; Brit.
tain. {: Hughes ); stevens ..
Goals from foul-Pierce, .: Hughes.
Refcree-Bell and Geddv.
kecners.-Ilarper and Younger
ScorcS-Stryke-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
NEW ORLEANS RESULTS

First racc--three furionEs-Siivcr Springs
iiS tTroNlcr). 10 20 6. even. = TO :. won
White Star. lI6 (Wida). to !. 10 l. i
to 5. second; Lands End. ll6 (Me,caiI). 10
do.l. 10 !. TO 9. third. Time. sc as
Tenits cointreaux. The Moor. Omar x. Fad
second MISUNDERSTANDING. 1o4 tLykel.
TO 10. 10 3. out. won: Bally Ball. Jos
'tThurbei). to =. even. TO q second:
Alliyan. Ioe tColtiIettD. s to !, to 5. ) 10 :,
third Time. lac LIS. Who Cares. Wcndy
Third racc-s!x furlonEs-Mary Miller, III
5kelssy). S tol. TO !. : 10 3. won: LcEo,aI.
iq1 tStacl). TO !. ) 20 ]. TO /, SECOND:
Arnold Ill tBu,well). 9 to !. /: 20 J. even,
third Time: ! 10 10. American Acc. Ia
Los CWida? 70 l., 10 J. 2 TO ). won |:
s.7 TO 10. second: Darn:sls. los t..mbrose),
70 b, 20 3. TO g. th..d. Time. ::O7 As.
BOLSTER. BONDAGE. Sands OF Pleasure. Court
Fifth racc-mile--wsr Mask. Iii (Bu1-
t3n), to !. TO 10. TO 1. won: Lazy Lou.
SYeep!ng Glance. sc tColtilrtiD, 10 /
$50 !: 10 g. third. Time. I:42 IS sans
I, Sixth raec-mie ana a slxtccn:h-Frank
Monroe los Uierce). Is to 5. even. 2 10 5.
sI;o 10; TO =; :ecorl; Sun God. iii
y1.Htchcreek). = TO- J.. a to 8. TO >. third
,ssme ~ 80: Saints, Bridge. Tho Bel
s xtss,ssSenih raee::laiis and six,cc5,h--w. II.
.HucRner. lQ7 tObcrD. ! 10 70
ttSs.sb. won: Cahalio. III (Lyic) 5 10 l. ,
aQ-I. even. second: handful. iot iRich-
S ssssS2. to !. 10 !. even. third. Time.
t h, i't!e string. ndclence. Phil!stin-. Tit
Tor Tat, Bsthc, XII ran -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
UNIQUE CHANGE PLANNED
IN RULES OF GRIDIRON GAME
Graduate of Harvard Would Deter.
mine Length OF Game by
Number of PlnNs.

BOSTON, Feb. IA proposal TO
length of game will be regulated
by the number of plays instead of by
meeting of the football rules commit
tee: The pan, advanced by Harry Il.
Coifin, a Harvard graduate, is said
Camp Percy u. Haughton and others
prominent in the sport
The object is 10 overcome the wide
variation i'll the number OF plays in
contests directed by different officials.
and to prevent Il toam which is lead.
ing from delaying in order 20 con-
sumo time. Mr.. Coffin advocates a
forty-play period. with tries for goal
after touchdown. and penalties for
FOULS not counted as plays
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
SPORTS
Richmond College Closes
for Game With 'Gamecocks'

Riehmond basebslI fans will he
will be given nm opportunity of Wit
Messing the baseball team sof the
Untversity OF South CnrOlinn In nc
tfon here this spring nRainBt the
Richmoad College Spiders. The
contest will be played nt Boulevard
Field on May 4. and arrangements
have been completed for the affair,
according to announcement last
night by Frank VI. Dobson, dIrec-
tor OF athletics at Rfchmond Col
leEc. TIE director stated he had
closed with the "Gamccocksn for
the game.
Several other college teams vii,
play the Spiders mt boulevard Field
this spring. Chief among them are.
Amherst. Johns Hopkins, and Wake
Forest College.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
RICHMOND COLLEGE SENIORS
PUT UP GREAT EXHIBITION
Sophomore Team Noses Out Victory
Over "Pccrs" 4ujnt in Last
Five Minutes.
INfEftCLNSS HASkETBALL LEAGUE
StundinE OF Clubs.


Seniors ............... .ooo
Tho class basketball race Mt Rich
nond College, for the college cham
pionship. continues to be hot with the
hard in n contest which ended - to IS
in favor OF the latter. 1t was the best
showing OF the season for the Peers
and they came near winning, only be-
play when the Sophomorcs used their
reserve strength in q desperate effort
The first half concluded with the SEN
iors ahead IL To 6.
Every game played so far by tho
losers has found new men in their line
up. This time Hickcrson worked at
guard. With the present line-up the
seniors put up good game anu will
other. contenders. Broaddus and Pet
tus. forwards. co-operatcd nicely and
trimmed several goals by spectacular
shooting. while the remaining trio NIL
ed The bill satisfactorily o'Bricn's
playing showed marked Improvement.
Jones and Washington. OF the sophie
morcS, continued their success in locat-
ing the basket. while Wilkins contrib
utcd much by his Willingness 10 pass
the ball near the goal The guards OF
nc Spohs worked effectively,
score close; Inability OF The foul shoot
crs to produce also cost both Quints Il
number OF points.
The lineup:
W WitHina; T. T. f E .nrf PsI1''s
Maiasn +. g. 6. i;; ;GEren
summary:
Observation-Disclosures for Kappcs.
a., -omis from fsnter-Jones :. Wash
Goals from fouls-.Ioncs. in C:
Matthews, IN .. Referee. Motley.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
BASEBALL BODY MODIFIEs
PROFESSIONAL PLAYER RULE
Several Prominent Tossers Given Ans
teur Status nv Result OF
CsMraissfon Ruling.

Revision OF the rule covering Tho
STATUS OF players who previously have
played professional baseball was tho
principal feature Of tho playing code
adopted by the Amateur Baseball Com.
mission Of Richmond at its meeting
last night In tho automobile room of
Murphy.s Hotel
Players who in the last three years
have not participated in more than five
contests in one season with a profess
sitnaf baseball club are amateurs and
will be eligible to play on sandlot
teams OF this city Tho old regulation
prohibited the playing Of more than
thres players who had played on
baseoail team under tho National Com
mission rules from being an amateur.
Adoption OF this rule will be wei
come news to managers contcmpiat.
ing entering teams this year. as sew
classed as amateurs and will not count
az one OF tho three professionals, ne
the new rule further provides that not
more than three professionals shall he
on any one team. Jake Poh, "Cheesy''
Leibs: Res Tignor. w. johnson, FIgner
and Billy Hay are among the mos.
prominent players affected.
Managers OF all teams have bccn In
strncted by the commission to file with
secretary Robert Sutton. not later than
sisne d C. con,1a st OF ,o players as we'll ss
men who will constitute their teams,
This step was taken in order that the
classification OF the teams and the for
nation OF the leagues might be facili-
tatcd.
Several other minor changes were
made in the playing codo
Eighteen teams have filed applica-
tions for franchises and only two va
cancics remain to be filled, as the com
mission will not undertake jurisdicti on
over more than twenty teams The
latest application filed is that of the
This team will be managed BY BilIy
Herbert. former member OF the Rich,
mond GraYa
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
Hart sixned to Ump,,,

q. CHICAGO. Feb. l7.--Robert H,,+
l.uinpire of the American Association,
win officiate in the National League.
according to announcement today by
Hickey. OF the association
HIATT worked tho past two years in
The American Association, and prior
40 that time was an 2rbiter IN Che
League.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
Planters,


est basketball game OF the season took
place tonight in tho Catholic Univcr-
sity's ncw gymnasium. when V r. t.
rompeu home with victory by clever
team work and !lnc generalship. Par
IRISH and Wharton showed WASHINGTON
t..nS high brand OF baskc;ball skill.
their long shots did much TO put Tech
10 the front The frs; hair ended with
Tech leading By three points. The sec
ond half was molly contested and the
final score. stood. 80 10 20. whom the
whistle ended the game
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
AMATEUR AND "PR0" TO PLAY
Walter Hagen VIII Meet Jim R.n,e,.
Professional. at New Orleans In
Golf Match.
I BY Associated Pres..1

NEW YORK, Feb. I7-walt.r
Hagen. tho open golf champion, and
Jim barnes. his chief professional rival.
will meet at New Orleans in a thirty.
siN-holc match for a purse within a
few weeks. February % was accepted
tentatively by Hagen. who. when bs
left hero yesterday for tho Southern
city. announced that he had requested
a delay TO the first or second week ir,
sufficient from recent illness TO hc
in shape for such an important match.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-18
R0UsH RETURNS CONTRACT
Star outfeider CineinRatf's World
Champions Refuner to Ah1K Sigma
ture for $4,000 Per Year.

tBy Associated Fress1
EVANSVILLE, IND, Feb. 17.-Edd:e
Roush. confer fielder for the Cincinnati
Reds. announced today he had returned
unsigned his 1920 contract calling for
n salary of $4,000