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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-09
81 BUSH LEAGUES ARE READY
IMMACULATE 1922 SEASON
Begin Season With Chests Swelcd From Prosperity of
1872 Campaign -solc Object Is to Break Back
bone of Industrial Circuits.

owners have ambitious players on
their clubs who failed to make the
majors in winter process Of rejicrer
ing. and they aim to maintain the
ambition of those players by showing
mem increases of pay, although they
didn't advance in league ranking.
me three double y leagues look
forward u great summer sea5on
ana Two OF them. the international
ana the American association hay,
rNceIient prospects. The Coast
League may have to pay this sum-
mer' however, for the prosperity or
the winter. for ii may be found tha1
me Coast League customers are all
cneered out, having expended thcm
selves on such stars as Hornsby and
Cobb during the winter season. This
Was dangerous experiment. and
although the immediate returns
were large. the fans out there may
become dissatisfied when they see
The contrast between strictly double
talent and the superskill with
which they were entertained during
the winter.
John Conway TooIe. president Of
the international League, points to
the fact that the minor league clubs.
except those from the extreme
bushers, have taken spring training
the minors financial soiidity. OF
course, the big minors have done
this for years. but this spring more
of the little fellows have invested
their money In physical condition.
The early spring responsiveness of
the public to the baseball arrange
ments for the summer is usually an
authentic forecast Of the seasons
prosperity or adversely. Toole and
other officials OF minor leagues are
feeling right merry about the pros
poets.
The minors expect that the indus
trial game will sag in the center and
break It's backbone this year. with
out organization and suffering from
the mock scorn Of the organized
game. and for some strange reason
condemned by Judge Lands himself,
these upstarts Will have hard bat
tie to make good another year,
1t looks like another close-fought
schedule and another year OF nice.
large money for the champion Tom
,cats OF "a ose y Cree ii
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Y. NIL POLO TEAM FAST ROUNDING
INTO SHAPE FOR SEASONS PLAY
Preliminary Practice Completed and Coaches Have
Started Work-leam Joins Association-Is Elected
Charter Member of Organization

LEXINGTON. VA. April S.-Wlth
me preliminary individual practice
completed. the mounted work OF the
'. VI. j. pola squad has started. and
the outlook is promising for good
representative team. Due to the al =
most inccssant Indictment weather
during tho month OF February and
Tie hrst part o: March. the outdoor
work had to be postponed. hut now.
WIN the advent OF tho sprinc
weather, this phase OF tile practice
mas gotten we'll under way, and
pleasing results are being obtained.
captain White and Lieutenant Ho-
gan. who are coaching the initial
polo team at V, NJ l.. arc having
their hands full in picking the four
man team which is To represent the
cadets IN the king of sports" There
are some hfty men eligible for tho
squad. and the coaches have wealth
OF material to pick from. The artll-
icry and cavalry units have been di-
Hided. both units being subjected In
the same practice. The SQUAD Inns
been cut down TO twcnty-four play
cfs-twclve from the cavalry and
'Welfe from the artillery. This will
give squad OF four teams. with two
substitutes for each team. The squad
VIII later be cut down TO two teams
zone artillery and one cavalry and
from these two teams the varsity
POLO team 10 represent V. NJ. |. Will
oe picked, regardless of what
mounted unit the players belong TO.
ScrimmagcS Bcins Staged.
During the month OF April. num-
erous scrlmmaSeS Will be staged be-
tween the Cavalry and Artillery
teams. These scrimmaSes Will ma
teriaiiy determine tho selection OF
the varsity team. Offers were re-
ceived from Three OF the leading
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-09
BRITISH RUNNERS
BEAT AMERICANS
University of Pennsylvania
Team Finishes Second to
Cambridge Harricrs.
BRlTONS ARE r NGY
Spectators Note Contrast in
Mcn-Unclc Sans Boys
Diminutiyc.
BRlTONS ARE RIA GY
tBy Associated prcss.l

LONDON. April S.-Thc University
Of Pennsylvania quartet OF diminu-
tive mile runners finished second to
the Cambridge team in the thrce-cor-
ncrcd relay race between oxford.
Cambridge ana Pennsylvania. in
EnSland's first relay carnival at the
queens club this afternoon. The
Penn runners finished only ten yards
ahead OF oxford.
The lonGlcgScd Cambridge rum
nerS made the four miles in is min
utes - seconds. clipping. fou,
fifths Of second from the form
British record. Stallard. of Cam
bridge. led Brown. Of Pennsylvania.
by scventy-fivc yards at the finish.
Pennsylvania time was is minutes
and ONford's is minutes 90 3-5 sec
onds.
Mountain. the first runner for Cam
bridge. took an early lead of ten
yards with a wonderful sprint at the
finish. He did his mile in four min
utes 81 seconds. and gave Cam
bridges second runner a twenty five
yard Roadway. which practically won
the race for the Light Blue.
Herr Leads Hewitson.
Al the end of the first mile. Herr
Of Pennsylvania led Hcwitson. Of
oxford by ten yards. hut through 4
faulty exchange of the baton by the
Americans. oxford partly recovered
this lead The remaining three miles
was n secsaw contest between On
ford and Pennsylvania. At the be-
ginning of the third mile. McI.ane
gave promise of overtaking Cam
bridge. but Scagrovc's powerful
strides were too much for him. and
his final sprint gave Cambridgcs
anchor man. Stallard forty yards adj
vantage over Brown. the mainstay
OF the Quakers. who was unable 10
overtake the lengthy Englishman.
mile track, which was heavy after
the morning showers. But despite
lowering skies. which threatened
more rain. 5000 spectators attended
the carnival and watched the public
school and army air force runners In
n medley of events that preceded the
international competition, the main
event OF the day.
Scottish pipcrs and drum corps in
kits greeted the appearance Of the
Pennsyivanians on the track with
highland AIS. while the Americans
received the applause Of the multi
tude as they limbered up. spread
their VARSITY sweaters aud lined UP
with the Britishers for photographs.
The Americans were somewhat han
dicapped by. being unfamiliar with
the heavy track and the weather. con-
ldltlons they had experienced during
Cont ed ON eeop e sPa got) q
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NEW YORK. April S.-Thc Goose
Creek Tomcats. champions of the
Horse-and- Buggy League in 1921, will
flap n nossy pcnnant In the baseball
season OF 1922 and try 10 run the in
dustrial hall clubs. the so-called out
laws. clear out Of the game. The
owners of the Goose Creek club have
had the uniforms Numbered and re-
paired and have spent their Saturday
afternoons mailing new Stats in the
ontfeld fence OF Goose Creek Sta
dunn down by the roundhousc.
Prosperity was good To the minor
leagues last year when, for the first
time the national association went
through season without some
weakling circuit expiring in the mid
die of the schedule. And prosperity
aims TO treat the minors we'll In 1922.
There are twcnty-sevcn organized
minor league circuits under the gov
eminent Of Baseball Commissioner
Lands this season. Last year. there
were twcnty-siX. The expectations
are that these twcnty-seven leagues
VIII DO well financially, considered
as whole, although it is a foregone
conclusion that some franchises will
have to be transferred in midseason
and that some few clubs situated in
districts. which have been sunk in
,nHu u ,nsn " 'd viii wind up
40 profits.
Although the Giants did not do
Nell at the gate in their exhibitions
In san Antonio. Galveston and other
Texas cities. there are otner returns
from the South. which more than OFF,
set those signs OF faltering interest
In the far districts. The Yanks went
into Galveston with Babe Ruth and
mopped up. after the Giants had lost
money on their hotel bills. And
down at Augusta. Ga. the Rochester
club OF the International League,
training In high style. like n major
league ball club. took in n net profit
OF $1,000. in the first game of the
) recent series with Ty Cobb's Tigers.
SO optimistic are some OF the minor
leaghe club owners that requests
have; been received by the national
association for lgperrnlsslonAt o exceed
ne salary limit this seasepi t..x The
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-
registering IN the second innings
h"hancy walked. went to sccond on
Il Wild pitch by Alexander. rompe II
/" third when Captain Towill bound
'h one too hot for Alexander to
handle and scored ON Patterson.
clean b!neIe to right;
They got three runs in the third
franz ON four consecutive MIS- by
TOWN., Patterson. Johnson and Rich
ardevn Johnson's nj, going down
tho l";t toul line for two bases. rha,
was Eic"'s first inning aud the col
icsians received him warmly.
lw" more counters were registered
by the DpOsoH.tys la the sixth HEX
man walked. Jones was sat. ON
D"ran's Tax peg TO nrst and w!tn
,entiunaily erred, throwing HEX
iHam cut al third. Berger thcu came
through with Curker 10 right. which
took bad hop over Ramos head
The right fielder hid some fast work
hnweEer and rc!aycd the sphere to
noran 1" GD=dOwski. and cough, Ser
ger sliding !nto the plate. Both
Joncs aud Fray scored.
spiders iiurirr Iiiuus tp.
" llh one out IN TIA, third inning
Johnson passed Arraguu ana keliar
doubled :" LETT scoring ArTaSon from
second, whcr. NJ HAD Gon. ON john
sons baik shannon. Weai.r and
Dbran ran up "a succession OF three
sins!cS with an error and Il wild pitch
mixed IN. and before the smoke
cleared away six runs ana four hits
had resulted with ten men facing The
pitcher.
Johnson went back In the fourth bu,
was scored on again after two were
down. He walked Shannon and Doran
scored him after ne had gone 10 sec
Qua on another Wild heavr.
Gozdowskis hit. Il sacrifice by
Rice. and u double by Ramos put one
over for the Rayanites in the fitih.
ihc lone run OF OF Ramos followed
his pass tr Edwards. Atkins passed
ban and Gozdowski's double over
Hickmam's head. in the seventh.
Fray gets credit for playing the
best game on the field while Hlck-
man redeemed a misjudgcd drive by
icapinG into the air for another that
was headed FOR triple. TOwill and
Patterson led tho Spiders in hitting.
Weatcr. Gozdows> and Ramos used
the willow with u vengeance for The
Colts. f"w's pitching was the hes;
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-09
POPULAR COURT CAME,
HAS SPREAD TOEVERY
SECTION OF AMERICA
Schedule of United States Lawn Tennis Association
Shows More Than 300 Tournaments Will Be
Played Under It's Jurisdiction.
LRv Associated Press.

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arc coz hing zirGlcr halls from
ttarrisbu ,f1D High School !; 9
coincidence that this quartet, with
-'i"!Iif lNt' MI, Ia .',tc~ - =. =
days, should be tn mains,ays in the
Red anr ls!ue b.t-Eh"id in fro;ball.
Jones play ~ quarter. TowiI ai!d
H!egier. hal: backs, and Snead full
back.
Thcp ave 40: branch a .r'.:cs.
ut two " them arc three -b-;.rch
athletes. aud the other TWO are four
branch athletes. Jones and Snead are
on the varsit.es of baseball. track and
football! ana baseball. basketball and
."otn"l' respectively Towill and
HcSier are on the varsity squads Of
an Tour branches. The former two
rave letters in their three branches
and OF the latter two Towill has n
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letter in all but track. and has missed
that by inches in the pole vault.
Hiegler has ..ot made a letter in
baseball Yet.
captains Of varsity teams. and Snead
stands in direct line for cHptaincy.
Jones has capta!ned baseball and is
football captain elect. Towili is now
baseball captain. Iicgler captained
last seasons basketball 1--WE and
stands strong chance to succeed
himself. Sncad acted as football cap
tain last fall during the disability o.
Captain Price.
These embryo coaches already have
shown qualities becoming 10 athletic
coaches. No definite field has been
selected by this quartet. hut Coach
Dobson viii place them In some de-
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Yale and Norwich Univcrsjtie.to .
"'"'ch games TO be played this
spring However, 1t is probable that
no intercollegiate games Will he
played this year. since it will take
another year TO give V. NJ. is team,
'he experience requisite TO playing
with other colleges that are old hands
at the game. Plans have been made
Tor an outside match with officers
or camp DIX. who have agreed TO
mount and entertain representative
team from V. NJ. l. This match prob
ably viii be played during the frs,
part of May.
Cadets Join Association.
V. NJ |. was accorded signal
honor by being elected a charter
member OF the Indoor Polo Associa-
ton OF America. This Will bring the
Cadets into notice in the interna-
tional polo world. and VIII aid ma
teriaily in the development Of tho
new sport at the institute. Al
present. there are only hve colleges
that are members OF the Indoor Polo
Association. and the fact that V. VI.
I. is one OF the Ave will prove the
basis OF the reputation to be gained
by It's teams In the future. Member
ship In the association Will aid tina
Cadets in obtaining match games
with other members. and Il is ex-
pected that next year the polo sched-
ule will contain many interesting
games.
IL Is OF interest TO note that V
NJ. !. is the only Southern college be-
longing to the association THIS
Will prove an added incentive 4, tho
Cadets in all interassociat!on sanrs
as they alone viii he uphold.as the
nolf fnnuf If,n - 4. h re- cntiAA l.,I
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-09
TRICKS ARE LITTLE
. HELP TO CHAMPION
Joe Kirk wood, Australia S
Best Golfer, Unable TO
Beat Americans.
IS REGULAR MAGICIAN
Puts Seemingly Impossible in
PracIice-Falls Down in
Competition.
IS REGULAR MAGICIAN
Try Associated Press.l

CHICAGO. April S-Therc are tricks,
III all trades, but in golf at least the
tricks do not spell supremacy as cX-
empiihcd by the trick shot of Golfer
Joe hirh"ood. Australian open cham
piOn. now touring America with the
intention of trying for the omen title
at Chicago this summer.
kirkwood can perform seemingly
impossible tricks with Il golf ball and
puttcr, maShic or driver l-u. while.
ne plays splendid game. he has not
been able To equal any of the lead
ing Yankee golfers. He does not
drive as far as bob" Gardner or an
preach or putt as well as a dozen
American players.
lie can drop half dozen balls in
straight line and with Il mashie
pitch the farthcst one into the hole
precisely and thus continue down the
line until all disappear within the Al,
inch can. but when he plays IA regular
round OF golf he puts no better than
many other good players and picks
mp no strokes by reason OF his
wizardry.
kirk,vood Puts Well In Practice.
lie probably never approached the
wonderful putting displayed by Jesse
Gnilford, Of Boston. when he won the
national amateur championship at st.
record that he ever made so spectacu-
lar putt rs former Champion Chick
Evans made at the same meet in hol-
ing 3O-footcr on the sloping cigh-
tecnth green to defeat Jesse SwcetScr
OF New York. kirkwood also can nut
his ball against and frCm the lin Of
the cup. driving the near ball away
and holding his own. but this could
not he done in competition. The diff
ference seems To he that * irkv ond
can perform his stunts at calculated
distances. so that long practice and
delicate touch make the work exact
while i'll a regular round the ball must
he played from all sorts OF positions
on the l2O-foot square green. II he
could have stymic OF three or four
feet laid for him at every hole he
would bless the recent restoration. Of
that play and hole without diHiculty
boomerang ISnii Native Trick.
The Australian champion also can
curve his ball around another by
putting English on IL with a straight
faced puttcr. but his truly native
trick is the boomerang ball. In this
he cuts or gives back spin to the ball
To such an extent that the pellet is
hurled high i'm the air only To fail
at his feet. This is an cxaSgeration
OF the cut pitch shot ping cd by all ex-
ports.
kirkwood Is good at that. but the
same reasons prevent him being more
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April.
lo-Pinehurst Country -:u3. Pine
hurst, y. G.
l7-Greenbrier Tennis Club. Whit.
Sulphur Springs. w Va
2O-Ojai Valley Tennis Club. Ojai
Cal.
22-Calitornia Tennis Club. Sal
Francisco. Cal.
22-Golden Gate Park Tennis Club
san Francisco. Cal.
@S-lntcr-Mountain Lawn Tenni:
Association. Logan, Utah.
Mny.
s-7-Calitornia Lawn Tennis AS
ISOLATION. San Francisco. Cal.
S-Caiifornia Lawn Tennis Asso
citation, San Francisco, cal.
Chase. Md
lI-GeorEia School OF Technology
Atlanta. Ga.
l3--Harlcm Tennis Club. New Yorl
City.
Newton Center Squash Tenni
Club. Newton Center. Mass.
l5-Country Club OF Virginia
Richmond. Va.
2o-University Heights Tcnn!
Club. New York City.
20--Country Club of Northampton
County. Easton. IA.
22-Montclair Athletic Club. Mont
clair. y. J.
22-Longwood Cricket Club. Bos
ton. Mass
22-Norfoik Country Club. Norfolk
Va.
ei-Sherwood club. Chicago. III.
2i-Cynwyd Club. Cynwyd. Penn.
2.-Amackassin Club. Yonkers
y. Y.
27-SuttT Lawn Tennis Club. Sac
ramcnto. Cal.
27-Rrac- Burn County Club Yves
Newton. Mass
2o-Merion Cricket Club. Havcr
ford. Pa
ai-I.os Angeles Tennis club, Lo,
Angeles. Cal.
Ohio state University. Colum
bus. Ohio.
Orange Lawn Tennis club
South Orange. y. j.
Terrace Kings County TENN.
Association. Brooklyn. " Y.
H-G"lden Gate Park Tennis Club
san Francisco. Cal.
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Sears Roebuck Athletic Associ.
alton Chicago. Ill.
5-Ecast Side Tennis Club, Provl-
dence. Il. l.
5-Baltimore Country Club. Ralt-
more. Md.
New Haven Lawn Tennis Club
New Haven. Conn.
G-Pelham Country Club, Po,b,n
Manor, y. Y.
s-chevy Chase Club and Columbia
country Club. Chevy Chase. Md.
a-west Side Tennis Club. Forest
loLGreen Meadow Country Club,
Harrison. " Y.
io-Montclair Athletic club. Mont
women's Tennis 1.o,rvo Wa.
inGton. u. C. ""s"-
is-\pawamis' Club. Rye. \. Y
i2-Sans Souci Country 1,lub
Greenvilie. s. C. LUZ
l2-Ch!cago Tennis Club. Cb,caro
i?-country Club OF wes,cbes,or
i2 : Meadowmere club, Forth
Worth. Texas w"
ford. Pa 'a'eF
Con. '' 'ioro'
Mass. 'o"'
l'nrhilmont Country club. Eas-
York City
l9-BaI'imore Country club. Balti-
more, Md
l9-EnGiewood Field club. Enrle-
wood. y. J.
Feast Side Tennis Club. Provi-
dence. L.
is-Wiiminston Country Club. VIII
minSton. Del.
l'-rittsbnrsh Athletic Associa-
ton, Pittsburgh. Pa.
ia-Cleveland Associated Tennis
Clubs. Cleveland. Ohio.
70 indianapolis Associated Tennis
club. indianapolis, Ind
;, '-Hew Gardens Country Club.
Kew Gardens. J.. I.
View York Athletic Club. New
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s!rable locality. as the demands made
on him for coaches has been large
lately.
Already, in recent years. there have
gone out from the University OF Rich
mnnd number OF Dobson trained
men who are making good. pobson
has been Interested in training
coaches during his ten years at West
hampton and his launching out into
the training school for athletic
coaches June 18th on Stadium Field
will not lind him In Il strange en-
vironmoni. Dobson expects To run
has course for four weeks. and he
las arranged program that is cs-
pcc!allN attractive to the high school
and prep school teacher who feels
the need OF knowledge of the coach
ing game in his work
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-09
COLTS DOWN UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND BY SCORE OF TO
TOURNAMENT TENNIS PLAY THIS YEAR rs GREATEST IN HZSTO
COLLEGIANS DISPLAY
PROWESS WITH STICK
AGAINST HURLER RICE
Five of Six Talcs Are Made During Three Innings
l.anky Hurler Works for Ryanites Few Pitches
Best for Professionals


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frame
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tcst the Vir-
The hefty through
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-09
BABE RUTH'S PURPOSE IN LIFE
MORE THAN DIAMOND CAREER
Sultan OF Swat Is Good Samaritan to Companion of
His Youth, Who Is Confined in Pen.
itentiarv Here.

And. rs for the Rabies actually
giving money away-why. cr, ahem-
rrcpostcrous. Not 500 Babc Hu,b
mas heart bigger and more com
Peiiing of attention than his hnn,.
run record
III the Virginia State Penitentiary
III kichmond's prison bottom. =
!o"'h Is serving an cightecn-ycar
h'e"ce ior crime--his name and the
o"e"Se win which he is charged are
i"hha'eElai and irrelevant. He is a
,"rher orphan home mate OF the
ifabeS. They were chums I'm early
boyhood years and true blue blown
in the glass pals In their you,h
Babes pal is living the customary
dull. drcary and monotonous exist
ence attendant upon prison life. with
no one who careS--no one to whom
ne matters-cNccnt the big hearted
bascball-iovinS Babe Ruth from
whom he receives CHEEKY, friendly.
encouraging letters and not infrc.
quenily substantial funds
Always during the return of the
New York Yankees northwurd from
the spring training session the Babe
visits him here and leaves with the
prison officials two or three hundred
dollars for his pals comfort-for lit :
tic luAurics--that his burden may he
eased somewhat. Last year the
Eabe called. spent an hour with his
irlend. ""a when he was leaving the
Eenitentiary protested because OIL :
clais cautioned against his leaving
$500 for the boys use.
Friday at noon the Babe and his
teammates arrived in Richmond from
Nortolk. en- route TO New York with
the brooklyn robins" JIo ,,,a.
tired from train travel and strenuous
baseball contests. but not too tired
He paid hurried visit to the prison
cell OF his pa! OF his youth. LEFT n
goodiy sum OF money for him. then
rushed to the ball lot at Mayo Island
Park. bowed to the cheering fans.
smashed out terrific clout over
center-feld fence. returned to his
Motel. dressed. dned and was gone.
That's the true Babe.
success. like an orphan asylum, Is
composed of lot Of little things.
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ABBOTTS DANVIILE CLUB PLAYS
COLTS HERE MONDAY AND TUESDAY

to for
two contests with the Richmond
the ocaIcl
will be - '' ~
fast
md the
bring
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