Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-11
RICHMOND WILL HAVE
SIXTEEN sANDL0T TEAMS
Amateur Baseball Commission An
nounces Little Chance of This
Number Being Increased.
-FOUR LEAGUES ARE ORGANIZED
Two Glass A and as Many Glass Is
Organizations With -Four Teams
Each Will Start Season Next
Month.

Sixteen amateur teams will play
spring and summer. under supervision
OF the Amateur Baseball Commission OF
Richmond. following, a meeting Of the
noon at the Federal Reserve Bank. The
commission believes shat the sixteen
organizations will be sufficient and
there hardly is a chance, of additional
franchises being granted Two more
applications are eNp,rted TO he filed
With the commission in few days.
but the body is said TO be in favor
of distributing the players among the
teams already organized and strengthen
Four leagues. two OF Class and two
OF Class Il caliber. were formed fol-
of teams TO sixteen. These leagues VIII
consist of four teams each and have
been classified by the commission on
the relative strength OF the men signed
The members carefully scanned the 300
contracts before them and determined
the strength of the teams by the man
signed.
cided upon. This matter will lie left
to the leagues themselves and meetings
OF the four organizations Will be held
the first OF next week. League presi-
dents also will be elected at these meet
ings. by laws adopted and other de-
No change was made in the opening
the second Saturday in April. :,
The teams were classified as follows:
n Class AKA anS charsh Eli
Mutual. Newton w oodward. Elks aud
knights OF Columbus.
Class B-Vireinia Railway & Power
Company. Henrico Contradictory Com
pany, Stockton Street and Richmond
Second class B-Christo Cola, r p.
Brauer, b. t. Crump and Cottrell Sad
dlery Company.
Several Tennis Ptacticed Saturday.
Several Of the amateurs braved the
chilly March winds Saturday after
work in Preparation for the seasons
grind. With warmer weather in sight
the number will be increased and Sat
urday every available open field in the
city will be utilized for baseball pur-
poses by those players who take up
the game simply for their love of the
sport.
In regard to the prospects for win
ming aggregations. Every manager is
confident his team will cop the anna
teams OF TAXA kola aud Church Till
Athletic Club loom up as strong con-
tenders for this honor. The drink boys
have gathered together OF the
most Formidable aggregations ever
seen In amateur circles here and Man
ager Klevesahl and owner Saunders
are confident their team will repeat lis
performance Of last year and capture
the city title. Church Hin Athletic
club VIII go In strong for baseball this
year and billy" Hay. manager OF the
East End nine. has nothing hut scorn
for the optimism OF the champions OF
last year Hay has secured the sigma
lures OF number Of players OF ability
and from this number expects TO pat
out team that will be in the running
throughout the season.
Battle Axe HIVE Veterans.
Battle Axe. runners up to Taxa
kola last year. will have several OF it's
old men Back and promises to put up
hard fight for the title The Rich
mond Terminal team is said to have
several good players and they TOO
must be reckoned with. The strength
or the railroad boys. however. is not
known at this time
Harry Carter, star outfieldcr OF Taxa
kola last year has signed with man
ager klevesahl again and the outfield
Will be strengthened considerably BY,
the presence Of carter's bat IN. big
Fellow played with the Boston Naval
hospital team in 1918 and made /.
great showing with the sailors lie
played an important role in the. sue
cess OF Taxa koii last wear
Signed contracts have been received
ny secretary or the Commission from
The following teams: Ratt.. Axe
church liill. Richmond Terminal! New
ton Wooc ward. Penn Mutua! Life In
surance Company, Taxa koia l,lks r.
u. Crump, Richmond Grays totrr.u
Sadd'ery. Reservoir Terminal ,Nir
gina hallway and Power companyI
H. H. Brnucr. Christ ~ EoiaiAnd Hen
rico Confectioncry. .k nights OF colu,n
BUS. stockton Street. Richmond Hroorn
Company. and the Cary street N.r
chants have failed TO nle their con
tracts with the commission