Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-03
FAVOR YOUNG MEN FOR
PLACES ON COMMISSION
8 Popular Richmondcrs Slated TO
Is 4. Have Charge OF Amateur
Baseball.
HOLD MEETING NEXT WEEK
Open Conference TO Take Place, ut
Which Time Old Officers Will
Retire and New Ones Installed.
May Use Boulevard Field.
IoLD MEETING NEXT WEEK

Young men OF Richmond will be
objected members of the Amateur
The committee in charge of nominate
sing five men to govern the playing OF
Namateur contests in this city this
.ssummer is authority for the state
&ofs Richmond will Ice elected to posi-
l2tions on the governing body. The
2committee was appointed last Mon
8day night and since that time has
sssbeen working hard in an attempt to
'Jsecuro competent individuals for the
spositions.
& sixteen men have been visited by
Ssthe four members OF the committee
s9lnd all have stated they will serve If
selected at meeting to be held ncNt
s,week X II BroaddNs: M?nry Nc;
isDr. Charles NJ. Hagen. members or
sSthe old commission. have resigned
Aowing TO business pressure and have
asked that new commission be
committee TO secure young men re.
suited from the personal opinion OF
l the retiring men that this step be
taken.
Select Prominent Men.
Archie Evans. manager OF the
! Church Hill Athletic Club basketball
+. c. Winter. pete Dunford. Ned
4 Rose and other prominent young
business men of Richmond have been
y asked to serve on the commission.
s mission. hut i, is understood that he
will serve again. Moss and Dunford
are officers in the Richmond Sports
Association. Inc, and have played
. letics in Richmond on a high plane.
Winter is employed At the American
Locomotive Works. while sutton is
secretary of the retiring commission.
Sutton recently announced that he
would not stand for recollection. but
i is believed that he will reconsider
Pres" Edwards president of the
Athletic League last year and chair
man OF the nominating committee
also has been mentioned as n probable
member OF the new commission.
The meeting 10 he held next week
Will be one OF the most important in
the history OF amateur baseball in
Richmond. for ii then will be de-
cided definitely whether or not
commission Will govern the playing
or the contests this year. All OF the
retiring commission Will he present,
as II will be up to its members 10
elect the new body.
Mex, weeks meeting will be an
open conference and all persons in
mond are invited TO be present and
state their views on the situation.
Applications for franchises also
> should be presented a; this confer
= ence as the new commission viii re,
down 10 business Immediately upon
being installed by the retiring body.
~ Rules Have Bccn ncviscd.
There will he practically little or
no organization work to he under
taken by the new body. The rules
and bylaws of the commission were
read and revised last year with the
! result that the incoming commission
VIII have only a few matters OF rou-
tine TO consider.
Perhaps the most important prob
lem confronting TIE new commission
VIII he the plan 10 stage the amateur
contests in q closed park this sum-
+ mer. Boulevard Field is at the dis
posai of the sandlottarS, according to
information given out several weeks
ago by those who control tho park
and il is probable that contests will
lie played there three days each
week. The plans at present are 10
+, play single contests two afternoons
week and double headers on Satur-
) day afternoons. in cve..t the park is
= available.