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DIFFERENT OPINIONS AS TO WEIGHT CHANGE Various Authorities Express .Many Views Re? garding Action of l\tw York State Atnle tic Association in Naming New Class? ification for Boxers. New York. January 11.?The new scale of boxing weights, as adopted by the New York Stale Athletic Cum inlsaKn and published a f?w days ago. has occasioned considerable comment throughout boxing circle*. Not onl> in this State. l>cyond which the Juris? diction of tUe commission ceases, but in far-off California, have the now weights been die* ussed, and opinion is much divided as to their merits. No le?? prominent person tiian Tom Mc-, tia-rey. the L.os Angeles boxing pro-1 rnoter, has come out strongly against.' the proposed c.iangi-s. and on the other I hand, Johnny Coulon, the bam am-1 We*gh4 title holder, has declared him? self strongly in favor of them. Ab Attell, featherweight champion lor mauy i ears. baeXes the view tiiat uavaaa> plons Mill alwu>s be the Sole dicta lors aTlsM it tomes Is) naming tho weights at which a championship bat? tle should be fought. According to tolvices from Chicago. th? new ?call mt weights Is highly! a^prov'd by the boving experts off that city. At teal present time- a move meet is on' foot to introduce a box-i trig law in the Illinois legislature | Sat the aajBM general lines of the l':.iw ley law. and It is thought that the special rules of the New York gotting Commission, including the weights, win be adopted there. Similar condi? tions prevail in many ether States, and indications point to a general revival of bo.xint: where It is now prohibited. The Frawley lau- and Its special pro? visions, king ?UM forerunner, in this regard, will naturally he followed. That the Near York Boxing Com? mission is no*, capable of drawing up a set of weights is the opinion put forth hy Tom McCarey, tight promoterI at Vernoti. who lias had yoais of ex? perience. He figures that the weights set by the New Yorkers will not hold| good outside of New York State. Me-; Carey also said that t'offroth. of San| F ranciseo. and himself had been in- ! vitt? to participate in the setting Of weights, but that he refused to We a party to the change Would Hurt Kllhanr. "Why should the featherweight limit be raised from 1X3 to 131 pounds?" argues McCaffrey. "That would do Johnny Kilbane out of his title, -t woulu not be fair to him. It is said that the new set of weights wojld iio away -v:'h the arguing over poundage. The or.iy weight over which there has been any kicking ts the lightweight. Bunins that up to 130 pounds would not chr.nge matters. The same bick? ering would come up as before. "In the past ten years there has I been only one trouble about weight.. That was a">out nine years ago, when! Terry McGovern and Toung Corbett' fought at IM pounds for the bantam title. No matter who sets certain weights, the champion always will die. trte terms- I believe that the weights aa they now are recognized, in this! country should stand. "The big argument put forward by advocates of Hie new measure Is that they will correspond to those of the National Sporting Club of London and the cluba la France. Let them come around to America's way of thinking" '?The new scale is directly in keep 'ng with a set suggested hy my lather! several mu::ths before ins death " said fawner Coaloa, bantam-weight cham tion of the world, in discussing the changes. 'Father long insisted that' the classes should range from 1"5J (llyweighti upward. lie urged the adoption of IIS pounds as the- leglti-( mate bantamweight. IXC for reather-j weight. 135 for lightweight. 115 for| welterweight. 155 for middleweight.. 1S5 far light-hfavyweights. and so on. I note, however, that the New York commissioners have incorporated a paperweight division at 10S pounds. >JUl there's a scarcity of boys who can battle in this class. ' t onirnWalon < an t Bel YVrtghta. "It makes r.o difference what limits are laid down by the Boxing Commis? sioners of New York.'- fcaid Abe At tail, ex-champ:on featherweight, d's tt.ssing the new rules with Emil Thiry. manager of i'aekey McFarland "*Of course_ there Is some possibility of the r^vised.^scale becoming uni? versal ***a(" it doesn't lie within the power of any commission to declare the l:m:t at which a champion must sca> when defending his title. "We frequently hear of champions takir.g on good boys In short-distance bouts w:tb>out insisting upon the class limit, hut any time a champion slsns v. Ith a worthy contender for a true title tight you'll observe he makes the terms read ringside, end usually at Die mark he registered when he ' i>me into possessiSa of the honors. j ?Can you imagine Willie Richie, who WOB the light weight crown at 133 1 pounds ringside, risking his champion 6hip by tackling any of the present j crop of heavy-llghtwelghta, or fcoya j who insist they come under that classi ilcafion. though in reality their lowest . might be 135 pounds at 6 o'clock! Kilbaue came in at |SJ pounds ringside when ho won the featherweight title, and 1 insisted upon that mark. KH BS.M is now making Johnny Dundee c< bm in at 111 ringside lor their championship) bout on the const next A,ril ?' "Klngside weight should be abol? ished." chimed in Thlry, who has been through the mill for several years, ?Jsi says he is qualified to discuss this blanch of the art pugilistic. "I'm I- :.a set against the compelling of j boxers to weigh in a few minutes' before the bell sends them on their, era*/. Any numToer of cases can be. ^ited where this sort of scaling has been Injurious to clever boys. "For instance. I recall the case of j ?One Round' Hcgan. the Frisco plum-i ber-lightweight. who was starved lot . thirty-six hours in order that he could! !.iake the 1S3 ringside prescribed by; \Ari PA'olgast. Hogan never had a chance to show within 60 per cent of! his true ability, he was that weak J cned." j ? hatice for "<"nas*lesa" Boxera. Of course, there remains one avenue Of hope for the "classless'' boxers, and they will be permitted, aa of yore. 10 come Into the ring at catch weights, j'blry did not state at what weight Mi i'arland would meet Jack Brittor. Ig the match arranged for these crack lattlers when they appear in New J ork February 7. Marty Forkins. manager of Kddls McC.oorty, the recognized middleweight i hamp'on. said the 15?? ringside notch to govern middleweights would prac? tically shatter any claims on the title now being made '->y Billy Papke. Me GonrtjT can make Iba limit, says For i baa, as witness Eddie's performanc* when he clashed with Mike Gibbons, la the same breath the man heh'nd the oshkoeh whale asserts the notch will prove an utter impossibility for the Kewanee thunderbolt. Tom Andrews, of Milwaukee, the Fading sporting authority of the Middle West, had the following to say about the weight scale: "Talking of weight changes, as es? tablished by the New York commission, j recalls to mind the light heavyweight! class, which was brought into the j limelight by Lou Houseman, of Chi cago. some years ago. when he ha1? Jack Root to the front. Jack was a' bit too light for a heavyweight pos? sibility, so IjOm established the new! class at 175 pounds and under, and he billed the first match for the title, July 4. 1903, at Fort Erie, in Canada, across from Buffalo. Gardner scorea ? knockout in the twelfth round ana won th* title, afterward losing it to Rob Fltssimmons. Jack O'Brien had a crack at it. and Tommy Burns won it later, and. in fact, was never beat? en for it, but since his retirement the past year the title would naturally go to Jim Flynn, the Pueblo tinman, who beat all the men he met around that j weight the past year and a half. However. Jim has taken on xveignt, and Ke may not be able to get down to 171 now, which would leave the title open for some of the lighter men to battle for. The lightweight and feath? erweight champions howl murder if they are ask**1, to give away a pound or two. to why should men weighing between T?5 and 17T. meet fighters over the Crtrt mark** When Tommy Burns fought Jack Johnson in Australia, lie weighed only 165 pounds, according to a statement given me by W. F. Cor bett. the sporting authority of that eountry, who weighed him the morn? ing of the fight. As Johnson scaled at CIS. there was a difference of near? ly fifty pounds between the two nun, w-Tfh, height and reach also in favor ot the colored man, so is it any woncer Johnson won? Vndrrws for \"ew U rights. "If there had been a rule, such as the New York Commission has suggested ?that of barring rights between men where one has ten pounds the better of the other. In clasaes below the 175 pound mark, and limiting the differ The Kind Your Grandfather Used ?Still the Best ?and, believe me, that grand old man df knew good whiskey. For I himself or for an "occasion" ?when some old "crony" dropped in ? he always brought out h:s private bottle of GOOD OLD I.W. WHISKEY He appreciated the incomparable flavor of this perfect blend. He appreciated its delicious, smooth rr.e:iowness. He knew it was something particularly fine. And, with the chivalry of the old schoo!, h? chose "HARPER" to offer to friends ? bec-use he knew it was the best That was many years ago. But time has not changed its qual ?/. Today the same fine old whiskey is handed down to you?STILL THE BEST ? stdl the choice of particular men. YOU netrr mwm REAL mtm*k*y per/ret ion mnttt yom Aecef oU grand ? dad a ttp. Order Today From Any Good Dealer Mark you well the labe' and the wire bound bottle. They aeeare you of the original bottkng. Jets Willard, Latest White Hope ? I la ? l-hvUcal Fighting Marvel. He Ix the Hlgge.t Mim W?o Evrr Kote red the Gaaae. HI. Height la d Feet ? "e .nche.' .Ld HI. ?eaeh I* SI loche.. Th e Picture Sheer, Mae. ? Ol ?.H. Wlttl A~e^ ??. ence above that weight to a reason? able poundage, the chances are Tom? my Burns would never have lost the title to the colored man. It was cer? tainly a one-sided match, according to weights, and it Is just such mistakes that the boxing authorities In the va? rious countries are now trying to cor? rect. "It Is to be regretted that the New York Boxing Commission did not change the weight in the middleweight | division while they were revising the scale, of weights. Had they made the weight 16C pounds, instead of KiS ringside, as at present. It would have conformed with approval, and would have conformed with most of the foreign countries as regards that class It would also have made it easy to ?elect a world's champion. However.! : arg uments and battles which have been waged for the past two yesmrs by claimants of the title left vacant by the late Stanley Ketchel are neai ing the end. and it is likely that a champion will be developed within the next six or eight months. All thai foreign boxing authorities recogni/. the weight for mlddlewelghts at IM pounds. Weighing In at X oclock. while the American limit is still left at 1 ?Si ringside weighing." RICHMOND AWAKE TO POSSIBILITY Tfonuriucv! Kroni First Page.? nothing to do. The unformed youth, who with his hands in his pockets parades the thorough? fares: the young girl whose mind is solely occupied with how she is going to dress to-morrow, without thought of .what prob-' lems to-morrow may present, and how well prepared they are to' meet these problems should they come. It is the great armyof un attaclie 1 girls and women, old men and boys, that the organiza-l tion will lend a helping hand to. The fellou-who-helongs, or the girl, who-is-a-member-of. are pro? vided for. They have their lessons taught. But how about the man or boy who toils day after day: whose schooling comes after the more fortu? nate* are Indulging in the pleasures coming to those-who-belong? Thats what the new organization is for Proves (ireat l.eeeler. One of the most satisfactory results of the hrst conference was the spirit shown that there was no man present so big but that he could forget him? self long enough to realize the Im? mensity of the movement. This w as true of the Mayor, and his happy talk had its influence upon every one pres? ent. The federation idea was discussed and was thought good. The carefully prepared prospectus presented by Mr. : Kelthard. of the Y M. C. A., met with instant approval. Surely all of the or? ganizations in Richmond, having any? thing to do with the physical develop? ment of the man and boy. woman and girl, should federate through the gath? ering both individually and collec? tively, but they aeree.l that by far the greater good could be aceorrrvllsh<W It may seem a far c:v from the base? ball diamond to an undertaker's es? tablishment, but Jack Sheridan, dean of all the umpires in the American League, and the subject of this story, will tell you that the road is too all tired short for some of the men engag? ed in the game. So far as Jack is concerned, it took hm about thirty six years to go the route, 'but," he will e-dd, with a subtle twinkle in those grayi.?h-blue ei'^a Of his, 'I've known a lot who fiiund out they were dead ones in a very few days." Jack Bhethiaa? "good old Jack,'1 la the nay they speak of him now, has u i the K?me, lie had made up his mind te :? ave the work In the hands ? ?f ;. ounger men several years ago. but toe importuning* of Ban Johnson. h;sj ? Id-time friend, won him over, and he | stuck unt 1 August 12 of last year. Now he 's back in his undertaking estab-I lishmem out in faraway ijo% Angeles,! whore he i? associated with his sister | and brother-in-law, putting to reat ibi.se who have given up the burdens of exist- nie. Wim the passing of Sheridan goes one of the most unique characters in hasebaK lie was given to -xcaang- j ing intimac- s. but somehow or other.' being a youngster and looking a little i tartan ta Eha. ba| top. Jack aeeraed to I take a peculiar delight in helping me j ? ?\?r the flrit rougn plac's. Indeed ' that was one of the thinga that made, him loved by the younger indicator! handlers and respected by the ball; players. He waa always BT] .ng to do I somebody a favor, but he did it In his! Sara way. ther? waa none of the sob stuff. He wouidn t come and gush over | .1 it would taj a mply a caae of j ' what's hurtln' jou, kj?*."? and If youi t M htm. it waa all right, for h* waa' ? giv? the clad hand, aad If 70a ? 11 him. h- d come pretty near fit. ling o-jt. and in eome way, sayster > you. the path would be smooth t ? . - it time >ou started out. 1 '1 ??? t want to make this story too red at spread it out over.- too ? ? are*, but simply to illustrate ?an vf tola, wbica was as bid as ? e m ,de world. 1 can t nelp but - a?'.f wtjen 1 broke into the ai /-h i' 1 waa told to report to ?her iaa at th? Hilltop Park, la ><*w 1 When I got there I had I no id?* ' aj.-k.r.g, hat Jack wanted "??? the battle right away. ?:. g t get relieved f?r a ?>+> had iaa ?<-t a ehance 10 lo??k ' things ovej agam, j toM IhnHaa that races nor uniform ? all riant, oid bojr.'- ha eaid fm through, eo yoa go ..mtsm or other Oka adftrr. to Igerher with - j? manner la wfcMh it I waa made, ?vegi.a itwrt fcaatVaod, by ^qsslqs&* RedWeaiervelt I went into that Kam? feeling* that if Jack Sheridan thought I was good enough. I aaa good enough for any? body, and I got away with that first game without trouble, da?, i firmly b" llevc. to Sheridan'? kindness and his sendoff Sheridan belongs to the age of Fath? er Chadwick, a <;. gpalding and A- J. ssnMaV They made baseball laws, and Sher.dan ?.u on* of the men to s?e them enforced. He himself will tell you. that is. if he is particularly rem? iniscent, that he can't remember when he wasn't an umpire. As a youngster all of the fellers in the little California town In which he was reared looked upon h.m as a reader, and be was al? ways chosen to do the umpiring for the ball games. As be grew older h? kept the job. until one day. when he decided aga.nst the home club in far - of of the \ij.to. s. th'y I t'rally Phased him out of town. He had to ride a freight, and landed In >~hicago. In mid? summer, without money and only Ms ability as .in umpire between himself and starxa- ? ?> fortunately he secured a Job with hhe amateurs* and kept the wolf from tn. door His atory Of those early days would be Bathetic bat that be tell, it w;th a peculiar strata of humor, which keepe you laughing tn spite of the real tragedy of It all.. At that time Han Johnsen was pres? ident of the Western League, and Jarfc. having made something of a reputa? tion for himself, wee offered a posi? tion oof strong the Rorfclea. He went and made good?so good that when the Asa* r Iran League was formed John? son inatsteg that abaridan com* wttn him to tre second bug league Always a stickler for law and oeearr. Hfceri ;if-.? at4egU>Jnngsa n-ercy. tri a , s*. tlce In such proportions thst h? has j had little trouble Everybody knows he !s honest, and nobody e\er disputes J what he aaya He has been one of the 1 biegest factors in making the Amern ? ?an League games a synonym for law j and order But what has helped him , moat is his humanness. Jack Sheridan ia a bachelor, ami. like the proverbial bachelor, sometimes i entertaina a grouch, but that haa ne% - er interfered with his work, except1 that It made him more attent've to i duty and a greater student of the j gam* than he would otherwise have! been. Back ''n California he had peo- j pie dependant on what he made. In the early daye he had a aister to e?u- | cate and parents to aaaiat One can't j get married and do one's best for the I old folks and the kiddies?brothers and ! sisters Be 'oung Sheridan gave up J what ideals he may have forme-4 and stuck to the indicator: didn't heed the hard words of tne fans or the cold . stares of the players who found him about as warm as the Iceberg which d?atro\->.i the Titanic An umpire can't ? arrv his heart on his sleeve, andl som"timrs when he missed one or two. or failed te get to a play with the ball who knowa but that the rea aon he was off. or waa alow, waa a mist in the eyes?a reflection from the brala which waa troubled about things gone wrong at home There la aome tblng of the stoic in the man wV can grit hia teeth and bear trouble with? out flinching, and that's one of the reasons of Sheridan's greatness Still. I kn-iw that there la not a fan in this whole country who haa watched Jack work that would asaoctate aen timent with tfcla stem disciplinarian. I thia (ommanding general, who really commanded Twice theridan quit the game, the I last time for good and all He Aral ; stopped In September. |?U. bat John ac>n asked him to come back as umplre iii-chief He answered the can and '?tu?k until Auguet i: of laat se eon Now he has gone for good, and In I turn hea watched etaYa made and un [made, baa reviewed the procession fo> aim let half a century, end haa left be? hind him men who will never forget the ktndi) words of advice, the aaar explanation* of difficult points given by this wonderful man at the dsamen? rn? th? day of hie retirement he waa preee-nted with a gold seed el by hie aeeocla'ea. which makes etas a market man?the only umpire who haa ever re? ceive* a medal of honor for services on the ballSeld A great atorv-teile? a haa the n o?d la tm aalra, with a woalth of haowl edgs of the game he haa asrvedj ao j well, the ga?e la poorer through bja WITH CUE AND IVORY >.,$?"r"' &'Jtton- -"? veteran Chicago bllllardlst. is nothltig if not kavppj und all because of a n?wl>-found UP. in fact. Mutton, to use his own words, "has been transformed' from a eery indifferent performer to a belter play? er than tie ever was lu his life. And now for the discovery that bids fahr to put Ueorge back in the cuatuplou shlp race, and that ere many days: At the close of the recent 18 ! cham? pionship tournament in New York which was won by William Hoppe.' button, who had made a poor showing sought out a tip for his favorite l'? ounce cue that would suit his stroke. Casting a*'de his diminutive spongv tip. he tried one after another, but without result until as a last resort he hit upon what Is known among pro- , fesslonal bllllardtsta as the lves ttp. This tip Is much greater In circum? ference than that which Sutten had osed for years, and ?,t projects slightly over the edge of the cue. suggentlng a ' mushroom. It Is made of extrem. 1 bard leather, and is long, or rather hlgti in shape. From the first .Sutton found the lves tip to his liking, and immediately hao ' four of them set on L'O-ounce cues. 1 Big runs and averages came with tu? first few practice whirls, and so elated was George that he began to see vis? ions of champVmshlp emblems, togeth- i er with Imaginary llgurea of Hoppe and Mornlngstar being dragged in the dust to defeat. Challenges to the title holders rruiokly followed, end this ;? the secret of Mutton's match with j llorningstar at Pit tabu rgh on January 1* foe the 18:1 championship, and th*t : at New York, on February I. with ' Hoppe for the 18:3 crown. And Sutton ssid only yesterday that ' he was ?upremelry confident of beat'pg both Mornlngstar and Hoppe. In writ. . event he would have nothing to thank but the Ivrs tip. Aa If to prove his theorv?the lves tip which he declares Just tin his par ticular stroke?Sutton last week dealt 1 Calvin Demareet, his brother t'hi^ago by going after the hundreds who wer? \ memt>er? of no organization. The Kichriioud Athletic Association Ik to be the means of throwing dou It all barrler?. It will be educational. It will tell the fellow who says that hi doesn't want to be affiliated with an) religious organization, or any quasi religious organization, that he doesn't! have to. It will appeal to his manli t'ess, his lnate desire to bring him? self to the highest possible point of j physical devslopmetit. not that he catij overcome some adversary, but that ha] will be clean: clean in body, with the] natural result that he will be clean lol tni ad. For ReD<-nt of All. Social eminence, occupation, religion! ?none of these things Is to count, i It will t>e the boy for the boy's sak* the girl for the girls sake, the man tor the man's sake and the woman for the woman's sake. Competition will be fostered to keep alive the Interest. Track meets, both indoor and outdoor, will be held. Basketball, football, baseball and other teams will be formed. The unattached will be or? ganised into a club so that they " >\ have their Independent organization' and still be a member of the feder stion. Dr. 1> T. Price, realizing th? good which will be accomplished, ha" offered In the school board a resolution carrying an appropriation of II.IM t> help the cause of physical culture la I the schools. This is only one of the,' benefits which will follow It is more, than an athletic awaken? ing. It is a moral awakening. Preacher ar.d layman realize that the best way to make the mind clean is to make the body clean. In the final estimate this will be the object of the Kichmond Athletic Association. Or., Hazen Is chairman of the committee Sal organization and he has associated with him representative*, from six of the Ic-adtng organizations of P.ichmond They will do their work wisely ani well, and as an offspring of their work will com?? eciore *>laygrou|id?. n .? open spaces, more "public lungs" in the shape of parks. They will no longer be luxuries, but necessities. MAITIS BELONGS I TO LOCAL CLOO (Continues From First Pago j of a broad flight of step?. Pro? vision will be made lor tciegrapn operator*, and room will be fur? nished to entert...n visiting mem? bers oi the fraternity when they, come this way. The new stand will be curtained, and running water will be on hand to cool the, brows of the scribes should they become overheated during the stirring moments of a close game.' .None except aWMC who have to sit day after Jay and record as accurately as they can the per-; formances of the men engaged in the battles can imagine the dis? comfort to the worker from! foolish and unnecessary questions; shot at them by the fans. Of course, the fan simply wants to. know, but he fails to realize thati even the slightest lapse on thcj part of the scribbler might mcan^ the loss of a play or failure to see; gome move, which, though trifling jto the average observer, mayj cause a complete change in the result. Whether a pitched ball is a strike, 'whether some man is credited with a hit or the player '-with an error, whether the um? pire was correct in a certain de? cision, or what i? the exact score,! are just a few of the irksome questions the scorer* have to au awer when the ovcrzealous fan can get to them. Most of the trouble, it is true, comes from thei small gambler who wagers a few renta on the result, but there are others. Kven though one i* n<-t quite so much of an expert as the Wltrwi in the grandstand, one an. the most decisive defeat of Cal? vin's young life. Their 4.600-polnt match at 1? 1'ended In victory for the \etcran by tlie une-slded ?coro of 4.600 to 2..r>58. Button's grand average was 21 l'.'-53, and his best run 27*. The lata, ter. which was made during; the third Mock of the match, eclipses all msrks at 18:1. though it will not stand aa s. record, having been accomplished merely in an ordinary contest wherein no champions!]**) waa involved. In that great game, during which Button made his remarkable run, he finished 400 points for a single aver? age of 57 1-7, which also is mueh bet? ter than Schaefer'e single average of 40. mado about twenty years ago in Central Muslo Hall. Chicago, in a fa . game against Prank Ivea. In the final contest of that tournament ? fdf made 14? from apot, which ?tili stands aa a world'a record. Ivea Iuspoadod with 13!*. but Kchaefer won Iba same, Ieav',ng Ivom with 13 points to go. the late wizard finishing with one of his spectacular runs that car? ried the day. Five took part In that tournaments the remaining three being thle same Siit'on, aubject of our aketch; William km, and the late William Catton. Butten will continue, to practice dally for bis 18-1 mit'ch with Mornlngstar, and will leave Chicago for Pittsburgh on January 17, one day before the bate tie. Koji Tamada. the wonderfiul Japa? nese player, and Cleorge F. sloaeon. of \. \ ok. opened their six nights* match of 2.400 points at M?sse)'a room a, Chicago, befor* a big crowd. All ? ins were snxloue to sen the little Ja,p I,, a tion. and h'a novel but none the le>- brilliant work plesaed them. His maaae shots and ability to play aauall] well with eithor hand appealed pai ti(ularly to Chicago lovers of the K?me, ilist aa hia cleverneaa had to th. ?^tt? of Pittsburgh. Philadelphia nad New York. doesn't like to hear unpleasant references, and it might lead to" something more than unpleasant-i ness. Therefore, in the name of a unite 1 bunch of baseball writers in Richmond, we heartily thank the management. ?ajka Views OB Sehe.in le. President Boatrltht haa written each of the clubs in the leagues aaklng for suggestions for a schedule for next M and likewise to learn which of the clubs will present a schedule. He is preparing one. and lie wants to frame It aa nearly aa posalble to conform with the Ideas and desires of most of the club owners. It Is expected that P.oanoke and Norfolk will also have a SehoeTVlS la present. r.ichmond. as usual, will give way to the other cities, though the question of week-end games will cot come up at the meeting this year, it having been established once and for all that without week-end game* In Richmond the Virginia Leagrue would be In a most sorry plight. Schedules are always a source of worry to the magnates In any league. N? ver haa there been one framed which met with th? approval (at all interests It is usually the case that somebody haa to give In to some? body eis?, before a final and peaceable adjustment has been reached. While this state of affairs will probably ob? tain at the meeting of the Virginia league which will consider the eched ule. by anticipating some of the .in? ferences and by framing a schedule in advance to meet these contingencies .many of the discussions, st time* reaching the acrimonious, could be avoided. I mplrea to Be Well Paid. It might be new, to some that th* Virginia Let-ague has raised the stipend to be paid umplr-s from |Uo to $175. 'nor ts the last named figure arbitrary, la other words, the president of the league, while being Instructed that the ksaajftae's finances will not permit of any extravagances, still the magnates raaTflaa the necessity of getting good men to handle the indicator, and !f som? man should apply, who is worth ?aora tnnn f175 he can go ahead and sign him. Already one man haa fteen signed for next season. Frank Vorcum. formerly a pitcher In the Virginia J*eague. but in later years an umpire, who mad? his mark in the CottJa States League, will be one of the um plratlcai staff. Norcum ooftVlated in the s r.ej Peiwrsiiu: K between the jtroobers and Tigers, which decided the pennant. He made a wonderful Im? pression, and there was not a single kick against his decisions. It waa a pretty hard Job he was against. Peters? burg fans were anxious to win. and like all fana, were partisan. Many thought that tw,p m?n should have been on the Job. Bu: Norcum filled the bill ^nd did his work without causing one unfavorable comm?nt. He should form the basis for a good staff. Work Haa Progressed. Work on th? new park has h*gun. w hile raising the old stands at the old park has progressed to such an ex? tent that approximately 75 per cent of the work there has been completed. 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