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SPORTS C NEWSY STORIES FROM THE BUSY ATHLETIC WORLD ? SPORTS
HOOCH SLEDDING FACES
INTEHTIOME EEAGOE
Feds .lump Into Newark, and War
May Hurt Canadian At
tendance.
LOCAL SI TP All ON OOOl>
Promoters Pay Virginia League f,,r
Territorial Kiylits?Ollieers of
t'nnijiany \n? Pleased Over For
feitnre of .lersev City Franchise.
While pr- ?pert"! for a successful sea
?<?'11 locally an i> ?rt: Mlla: 1 > l>!" uht. the
Inicrnat ??*.:? 1 Ij- i^ue. i to
>:it in<ll oa $ tons. will iiivi an up
II light to hold Its head above water
this > car >"? rtalii :t I- that there
will be no ?? -U-lllim for the I >a r -
?v. ? 1 'i - fa' iai; a situat: ? n j
'i !*. prcccdt'Ti t * -1 i 'i baseball annals.
In th.- first place th<? International
k <-1:11 ,?) ?? .in.- , ity ?? circuit. True,
th" .1 ? rs?v citj f rati oil Isf has been
forfeited Ivy the ii\v tiers, and ltllly i!lt>
son has taken ? -barge, hut this is an
experiment which m.'ii or nui'- not suc
it-.. v!it?.-. ti - hustler. but ho has
yet tn form a company to tloat a
Until, and then. too. a location must he
secured It is generally asn oil that
Jersey Clt> will not attain be tried.
iiv er Newark w n\ another Federal
Invasi en tr. uie I'at Powers
has practioallj decided to put tiie
Kat ?as ' t. Ira* :;is?- ::ito th:.-' huMlinc i
.Jersey town, and i tentative schedule !
'alls for name? there long before or- :
L-.i-.lzed baseball opens In New York. :
With Newark, the Feds. will have two 1
:-.tc-rnational cities in their clutches. ?
! iff.-.lo havlnc ? ? ? n one of the stro*ii;
hoi's last year.
Wnr >1 tly \tTcot ( niuidn.
"r In Canada the. Internationals are .
tip against a serious proposition. The j
? . i:a:. < ar. the midst of i war '
i* -1 st d .'.?"fill :f the support this
* ? . r w 11 1-. st: ?:.?.* as the pan.
Montreal !i.i? also lost heavily by play- j
? rs deserting; to the Feds. Toronto, III
is pr^dictedi will le- given a Federal '
League berth *.v J-. -i the war is over.
The brightest raj of light on the
v > s tuat. \ :- :..rf?*;ture "f the
Skeeter franchise. President Alvtri M. i
>*r,'.t . of *? ? lil htt-.ntid Kxhlbitlon I
t'ontpar.y, was : ot. tied yesterday by
rr>--IdfK i H.irrca of the chance in
*:-?-? J-rscy " ty ftati.hise. He and
ther officers of the company are high
elated. as ; mean- that at last ;
some deflnatv a '.ion will be taken in
?f-t.ir'l : i pl.t .tic the eet ers In some
suitable city. Fogerty and Oevery, '
former owners. fa:l-d to meet con- J
tra> tular obll^at > and to pay league
dues, assessments and guarantees. A
suit may be instituted to recover money j
advanced last season t i tloat the team
over a bad Unanclal period.
Diiiiii >ln> Drop I'nrcnt.
Riehmon 1 affairs are progressing sat
isfactor ly. Mannccr .lark Dunn iu ?
Flcnlnsr up iron.I men, and will !??? ready
in ct:*rt ii lining > ?n March 1 r?. I'm tin.
? t -s announced, is :itt?r a now short
s.op. which may mean thai Fred Parent,
former Hod So\ suir, and ono of the
creatcst Intieldors In tho u.ime several
years airo. will hi- dropped from tho
Virginian roster. Parent lias been play
inir for Putin since It'll. Ho will prob
ably report here, however, and and he
kept on the payroll ii'it 1 a successor
Is secured.
Tho Richmond Kxhlbltlon Company!
yesterday paid ov< r t?> the Virginia
state l.i'aijtio $11! ".00 i:i full settlement
of the territorial ? .tfhts 111 this el? v.
The deal has- already heen formally
ratified by the International officials
and agr?e.l t > I '-' t!a jCation.tl lla.se
hall Commission.
President Boat right. of the Vii Klnl.i
Leap vie. has i. ? ? t .!.??< I Secretar;. W. H
Bradley, < t!ie oM Ur limond dub. that
his outfit will make ! > claim t.? money
the Broad Street Park Corporation will
ilerive from the sale of 111r<? ? <\tlts
Sloan, Woerth and Newton. The Vir
i-.nla I,i au'.ie, howrvi*, has not waived
its claim.- to i ?? players under eon
trai-t at the time of tho franchise
tra: sfi r strain, tltiy and llatney were
rfs'rved, and 1 11 i not announced
what d.s; >sit. ?>n .??. will make of them.
I>unn has cohiplfctrly dismantled the
Or le Par:, it, Baltimore. a I i.? ship
ptr.c ev<.-rv thini; Kii'hmond Attor
neys are busy fceitlltig up the bitslhesa
atfairs ot tt Or ? .?tt.i I'.inn x>lil
piohal.p. ?? ve h.-r. in the ??? <tt few
rH-> to i:-t rea l-- ;1(| the spt Min
i's ?- .r T i ? ie t'ark. t i1 si t.
win i. cut up int . huildlr.i; tots and
fold.
WAKE FOREST WINS ROUGH
GAME FROM ELON COLLEGE
llnpflM* It} \ letort \ re Now In I.lne
lor Mute lliiHkelhull
. < h (i iii|iionsli I p.
!n a c ? e r) was fiercely >ntested
through it, Wake Forest defeat' d Klon
to-night by the decisive score of so to
- "> l ? ? i 5 ? ' i' ? I ? f tho tr.uiie v\ as
J-.'in 1 th- 1. ad
By winning this came Wake Forest
Is i i < : i. : for 1 lie Stale
chtm.ph.fvl p. Th. jr:.-.,t defeii si ve
wo:',, ..{ I ! ? ? -lev f ? t? Baptists saved
I e (1; '1 ? if*. I till. I'.' I >rok ?' up
t he V < J. 11 olfii 1.1; plaved
well r. i ,? ' tt. ? (<??. tli- 1 ? als, as
r.,? I Mi A ! ..??
The r f ? u i iL-h exhibit lor.. In
?>.? i:.. t ? II- ? a- ?! Mi id
?'( re ;.;i . ft the I 111- t. f. :. .
At the . : 1 < ' tl < : : vt j,alf the s or.
stood J2 to In favor ..f the Hnp
W >ko I r* t iv . 1,'i'k st rcu. t;
t V - ia.? ? ' -If. ar ! i ? t...... | |.v t)>(.
sa"' ? r.: v. n <.f M. ,? i-.. ?- pi), i UI,
i ? t I" ? The llf.-. up:
Wake Forest Pdsltloiii KWii.
l-e itf. JlKl ? ' .'W ? ' I . .1
I"! v >ft ' ? v. i * .1 . lira.if. id
< <' r?; ?' a t >
' firr: 'f. ? entre M \ule>
r'?ht i" .an! M.Ti::iii
?<*nptain>
-M.f.flry, l.if. k-.i-ir<i M
? I'":el.I vr I<? 1 l-,ldl ? l*, ^
IW r.in ? ... ! >a\ |v . Hall. : .
Moorefleld, . Rradfordj 3: McAuley
t Ufa". ? ? I I Is Mi Aiil. .
'?'?it ' ' ' ? -'i: -1'' i| 11 <.r
Ulips f ! H' ? -a Mr, 11 },..? j|
I >adfi '1 f-.r V ' ? ' ? ''? f. ? \ ?
of Vale
WHITE WILL TAKE SECOND
WHACK AT FREDDIE WELSH
' IIICAOK (M r :- ? ?. ? t , . ,r.f
White ?. ts. hi* second whack it Fred
dl' Welsh. < f i:> ^iai t- ? ... .
and hi?, thlr'l . i. ? ? ? ? . 11j.->,; i.. i L. | j
tl'ie 'n a shoi l 1. r Tli?- <") ? ,
Hebrew, With the rr. t left j.,. K ,
the hurran io? ? '.i u taint -.i .
the world's champlonnhlp, nr?* i.i trndi
pUliehOH of various ?1< hci i pt i(.us s., *j-.,,.
Andrews's Milwaukee ,'nditoriun:. st
JiiK abou' 1 r> o'el< . k Tla . in. bil ??
for ten i'>ui<ds w'tlaiut a <le .?.
jroe8 the limit.
M?ssin White and W< 1-h w:li rl. ul
*in ib'o scales at ; o'clock In th<- aftei
T.oon to weijrb lt"> potinds fir un-li i
T(|0\- have ported fia felts ' tin
velKht proposition, umi i,o doubt }.? tl
Wll! live up ?o ti\< a v re.|iiet,t
The same parties fourht In the nam
rlnif a f?:? months hk" Aftei th
final bell the critics diKitfreed ureatl
oulcow*.
Michigan Lightweight
Meets With Accident
Bd WoJgdust
NKW YOIMC, Kebruary 24.?A u Wol
past has been forced to call off Ills
tight with l.each Cross, which was
scheduled to lielil at Madison Square
? '?anlrn to-morrow nitrht The former
lightweight champion fractured his
right forearm :itrain while working out
with his sparrintr partner.
Matchmaker .Jiniiny Johnston, how
ever, found a suitable substitute In
Johnny l?un<lee, the little Italian scrap
per. Dundee has been training for a
mouth for the many matches he hits on
hatiii. ami he will step Into iho ring
ready to put up his very best brand.
WHERE IS THE BLACKLIST
OF A FEW SEASONS BACK?
Old Illicit- IIruni; lit I p Year
\unln.st (lrKiiiilr.nl 11 it <h?- lift 11 In
<1 nick 13 I>lnpelled.
What lias licrnmo of the blacklist
organized baseball is romnionly sup- |
posed in us.- against players who have,
incurred the disph asurc of magnates
owning ball clubs in tho National or-:
^ani/.ationV Win n th* Federal l.cauii''
.entered tti<" Held it was a matter of
! ? ?iiiimon gossip that tin- invaders could
; never succeed In ^??ttitii? players to
I join their circuit iiecaiise of fear tho'
athletes entertained In regard to the
? blacklist.
If sin li a blacklist exists. why was
it not applied to the players who were
tried ami found wanting -in the lirst.
j\ear nf the new league's existenee?!
Dozens ?>f these players deserted or-!
unitized hall tn join the Federals In
1 !? 13. and inatn of the original jump-I
j ers were released when the new-corn-;
er.- 1'i.tih hi t nut as a major league
last year.
, l?rawin>r their release from the Feds :
was supposed to seal their fate so far]
as liasehall was concerned, yet every i
man who wanted t<> play hall In organ
ized baseballs domain last year sip -
reeded in landinu a job. Where a ma-!
? ?r li a ii iii* piaved jumped ami became
'anxious to lejump he was taken back.;
I iiut uf course big leajjue performers
imild expect this much To show that
this was true even of the minors, the
following cases are elted:
?" h a 11 e s siis. managed the lleglna
? 1 ? 111. Northwestern I'ati ida l.e.-imie.
niinped to St l.ouis Feds and this year
h? will manaue a elub in the North
s\ ? stern cii e il t
I'aval ilaslon jumped to I'eds and
played last year, will manage Jackson
ville, of South Atlantic l.e.iiine, this
year.
John K a hi. lumped to I'eds and
I played last \ ? 'ii'. now under . ontract
j to l^'orin elub. Three Kyc League.
? ?r 11 y thre?? of numerous cases ar??
, > ? 11 e i and so indispensable that thev
were necessary to the minors' exist -
1 ance. John McN'ulty. former minor
bague umpire. joined tin* Federals
when the league started, but Is imw
working for the Western association.
Wt eie's the blacklist
DOWN THE ALLEYS
Tli'i Cardinals took two out of three
games last night on tiie I'alace alleys
li r>ir>ij- regular schedule game Hatiipe
Tulied high score and high average,
i oust ruction.
Team 1 2
Newberger 1T.4 1.12
Steward 127 140
Mia nt z 1<>n 1S2
Williams 1'i7 11>7
Jordan 100 100
I ... .
Total .. r.ic f.fii
Western Klectrlc.
Team. 1 2
Hall 19<", n.9
Miller M'.? t27
Sib oe n I.M 14 0
l.:nii"i?ter jf,i {r,0
Walker if,S 1 .if,
Total *fiL' 722
senntor*.
Team l j n
'av 177 11", ]f.O
Phlpps 1 "2 171 1 Fifi
'""shy 137 1M H<p
Total . ... 4 fi 0 4 77 .'01
I n rillntiln.
T<m l 2 i
tyerira t;-Han:pe . . if.l n;
Trout:11 r IM i:' 21?,
I'.vls llis im ;*?(
Total fi I I 4 ?",.*! r,OS
llrnf ting. '
Ti air 1 "
: ' 'oupt-r 1 ?".< in
? i: tisk* \' i ;.o in
I Totnpkli s 1 If, 547
? T. rry . n_> jx2
? I ''<1 k 1 Tif, IK4
Total . . . . ! 7 22 727
lluulet n ril.
. Tom. 1 ?>
I louche ns . . .?
J oh ns . ; , ,
' V'e11nder
Jones
Mark Hull |>, Drnil.
r -J'd'I. IN. MO. I'eliiunrv 21 Mark
" I Hall. twenty-nine w..:< old, pitcher for
V i w rV" A,1""1 >'l? Koif^o
hero to-day afttr u loni; Illness.
TE5REMI SETTLES J2S0B0
' BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT
(Jiant Twlrler Stops Litigation t?t Ac
company Team to Training
Camp.
.ACTION FILED I < A ST APHlIi
.liltod Ciirl, It Is Alleged, to Mnrry
Anothei Love Letters Offered ns
Evidence in Case Never Acknowl
edged l?y "H1k .JelV."
XKW YORK, Kelirunry 24.?Charles
Monroit ("Jeff) Tosroan, who is about
?. ? depart for the Southern training
?amp for baseball players, to-day set-j
tied the Sl'fi.ooo breach <?f promise ac
tion brought against him by Miss Clara '
Young, of I'orryvllle, Mo.
The case was on the calendar for trial
and "Melt's" bond for $2,500 was In
the court. In order that he might leave
for th<- South without further bother
with litigation and broken-hearted
young women his attorney entered into,
negotiations with Miss Young's lawyer.'
The result was an order of discontlnu-J
ance In which both parties to the ac-I
tlon consented. The terms of the agree- 1
iiirnt were kept secret.
It was last April, after Tesreau hail :
returned from the world's tour with
the <;iants that Miss Young filed her :
breach of promise suit. Shu declared ;
that the baseball star proposed to
marry her In December, 1912. while!
he was visiting in T'erryville, and she
accepted. In proof of her contention i
she offered a bunch of love letters i
which had passed between her and j
Tesreau. She said she was very much ,
surprised and grieved to learti of his j
marriage to Helen K. Make.
Klrnt KInh I)lil It.
In one of his love letters Tesreau I
said:
"You spoiled me the evening wo came J
home front your sisters?1 mean 1 was
already spoiled?but that first kls? was
enough to have me tell you about it.
And I never regretted a word that 1
told you. or a minute that 1 spent with
you.
"Mc("5raw has been kidding me since |
the news came out in the papers (tell
ing about Tesreau's engagement to Miss
Young 1. and he asked me if I thought 1
could do my best and be in love. I said.
I'd be able to do better. Kveryone in
the club now calls me Clara.
"Tell those people that were kidding
you about my arm that my arm is much
stronger this year than last, because I
gave it lots of erercise last winter. !
Didn't I? We'll be lti St. Louis June 2.
Will have your ring for you then."
"Jeff" never acknowledged writing I
the letters or his alleged promise of ?
marriage.
RACING IS COMING
BACK INTO ITS OWN
There I* fienernl Demand for llrstorn
11oii of Conditions t'ndrr Which
tinnie (.'nn He Itesmnril.
It is coming back to life!
Country-wide efforts are being made 1
to restore racing again, and that there!
is a certain demand for the restoration j
(>f conditions under which the game can |
be resumed, with profit to the promo-i
tor*, seems evident from the following
facts:
Missouri, Indiana. Arkansas, Nevada,
California and other State legislatures
are considering, or will soon vote on,
bills providing for the resumption of
racing under the pari-tnutuel or other
moditbd betting condition*.
New Orleans has restored the game
and is bringing to a close a forty days'
meeting which, in the language of the
ltusiness Men's Itacing Association, j
promoters of the event, Is "the most
successful in history."
Kastern tracks are making prepara
tions to open tlie season with betting
on a cash bassls.
Havana, Cuba, is having n rip-roar
ing old frontier days' meeting, with the
slates up.
Juarez, which barely subsisted as a
winter meet In the past, is putUng up
more money than formerly, despite
the fact that Mexico is still in an un-'
settled condition.
What will be the outcome of these
attempts to bring back the ponies
on a working basis, remain* to be
seen. That a gt-neral movement in
this direction is going on must !><?
recognized.
EASTERN COLLEGE BEATS
MANASSAS IN FIRST GAME
M A N ASS AS. VA? February 24.?The .
first of a scries ?.f basketball pameit!
between the teams i>f Kastern College
and Maiiassns IlitHi School, which i
mark the closiiiR. of the season, took
|il:ii'c here thi~ afternoon. The college
tirst team defeated the high school !
<|tilnt hy the score of 20 to I I. in fast !
air', hotly contested engagement, al
though the collegians were superior in ;
all departments. Honds and Keep feat
ured. The high school second <|tiint
outplayed the college sernh, winning
by the score of 34 to 24. 1-andls and j
Martin starred for ICastem. |
CURLEY OFF FOR HAVANA
TO CONFER WITH JOHNSON1,
Kf, PASO, THXAS, February 24.?
Jack ?'iirlev. promoter of the proposed
J'di iikou-\V illard bout at .Imirez. to
night announced that he would leave
tomorrow for Havana where Johnson
remained to-day. lie said that his trip
to Cuba did not necessarily mean the
transfer of the tight to Havana.
However, be ventured no prediction
as to the outcome of the already com
plicated situation. Curley's announce
ment followed receiut of a cablegram
JUAREZ RESULTS
First race four furlongs- San <!allo,
i JO'.t < Met ea If), 2 to 1, .'! to 1 to .1, first;
Megaphone, H'.ardneri, t> tt> 1, 2 to 1,
? even, second; t.ittle Hlgger. fS (Mott),
I to 1. 7 to f>, 7 to 10, third. Time,
t7 L'-Ti ?seconds. Meal Ticket Kmily It..
Mrooks. Illuminator. Anita It., Jiminio
llutt, Scbulenburg also ran.
Second- six furlongs?I?elnney, 112
i (hoftus), 2 to 1, 7 to 10, 1 to 2, flrst;
! ConnaUKht, 112 (Hoffman), ?"> to 1, 2
| to I, even, Second; Hubicon II.. 1 1 f?
(Metcalfl. 3 to I, even, 1 to 2, third.
Time, 1.12. Captain Druse, Itio Hra/.os,
I MiiiiiKra, Kid Nelson, Saladi, Charper
'Knight. Tony Koch, Henry Walbank
' also i nn.
Third five and one-half furlongs?
1.anghore. ' I'1 I Itlee i, to 1. even, 1 to
2. (list Mabel Imlweber, 10.1 (Henry),
r. to I. 2 to t, even, second; II. A. Jones,
105 (Small), ?? to fi, 1 to 3, out, third.
Time, 1 0?>. < 'bl Hob, l.enore, Helen.
Kayhould, Kavcnhali, Yerterrun also
ran.
Fourth -one mile? Hash, 113 ((irons),
4 to 1, s to 7 to 1ft, llrst; Transact, OS
(Mott), lo to 1. I to 1, 2 to 1, second;
i:xe< utor, 100 (< Ite/.anson), I to 1, x to
S to third. Time, 1.37 4-T>. Florin,
Heiiluh S, Nannie Mcl>ee, Mudsill, (len
er.il Marchmont, Col. Marchmont also
ran
Fifth- five and one-half furlongs?
Irnperatoi, 10'i (Taylor), even, 1 to 2,
out, ilrst, Manganese, lift ((.roth), 3 to
I even. 1 to 2, second; <>satde, Ifts
'Mirtin). 3 to 1. even, I to 2, third.
Time, I :0r> 2-fi. Thistle Helle, Theodo
j i 11;i, Orimar I.ad, I'rlde of l.lsmore also
ra n.
Sixth ? one mil? ? Twilight, RG
(Henry), 2 to 1. 3 to r., 2 to r., first;
i ?'\uIicue,. 70S (Martin), 3 to I, 3 to 0.
' 1 to 2, second; .Mericnm, 101) (Mott), H
to 1. 3 to 1, 3 to 2. third. Time, 1 :2K U-f>.
(Chevron, raw, Choctaw, Andrew O'lJay,
Wavering also run.
Scraps of Sport
Representatives of preparatory an?l
high schools lii tho Western section
?if the State, and \he ICastern section
of West Virginia, will meet hero on
Saturday to organize an iiiterscliolastlc j
athletic association for the promotion |
of clean athletics In schools. One of
the main issues will be the eligibility (
of players on the different teams as
regards attendance on school duties j
| and scholarship, to eliminate na much J
I as possible the Idleness In school work 1
I of some students.
1
| Organized baseball's argument that
( two wrongs make a right is not quite]
as bad as the Feds' argument that j
| it Is right to do wrong.
Tho Annlostan Hoat Club, of Wash
ington. has challenged the Virginia I
Moat Club to an eight oarred race, to \
l>e held here. The date for the event, j
the challengers suggest as May 111*, i
The Analostans made an excellent rec-!
ord last summer In the Philadelphia I
regatta, and its crew is one of the ]
best in the South. The Virginia Hoat
Club will re-open on March 1, when
the members of last year's crew will
begin practicing for the summer. 15. j
H. Forest will again b?> the captain, J
with Georgo ingle as coach.
Soon the struggle between "orckio" I
and "regular" with regular will fur-'
| nlsli so much food for the "fans" tliah |
court actions and war will be dropped
entirely.
A new plan in track athletic coach-1
ing will be tried at the University of,
North Carolina. Instead of engaging a:
professional coach tin- athletic author-!
Ities have selected four members of'
the track team, who have had the ad
vantage of several years of training;
under "Nat" Cartmell. to develop the j
team. The system will not last, but
it is interesting, nevertheless.
Sandy Plez, who Jumped from the'
Colts right into major company two'
seasons, Is included In tho list of play-I
ers who leave New York to-day with!
the giants for Marlen, Texas, for!
spring practice.
The Richmond College quint will \
play the Richmond Howitzers to-night i
at the Howitzers' Armory, on North.
Klghllt Street. The game, which will I
begin at X:30 o'clock, will be an In-1
terostlng one. A fast preliminary will ,
In- staged, ami dancing will follow the,
games. liargroves and Hughes will
olliclate.
Among the New York sporting writ
ers who are kidding Clarence Henry
Rowland because his llrst name Is j
what It is. are thfse: Purves Knox,
Sidney Mercer. Jerome Realty, Grant- |
llnd J'.lce, ltoseman Hulgar. Damon ,
Runyait and Heywood Rrown.
Clarence, as we view. Is Just an or- '
dinary, common every day. no account i
llrst nafe in comparison with any of'
the above.
Fred S. Campbell, M. F. H? announces'
that tho Deep Run Hounds will meet,
for the weekly drag at the kennels on t
the grounds of the Country Club of.
Virginia. The pack this year ranks'
as one of the best In the State, and a|
number of interesting hunts have been |
held.
Hontts Wagner, tho famous Duchman
of the Pirates. Is the guest to-night of!
the Stove League of Pittsburgh on the!
occasion of his forty-lirst birthday. Tt j
| is said that the old warhorse has |
I written a speech.
And now our old friend. Doc. Roller.)
I of Seattle. Is becoming a boxer. He
j made good as a pill mixer, a physical!
| director and a wrestler, and will don j
the mitts to tackle Joe Honds, the
I heavyweight to-morrow.
Naturally Tom Fogerty feels down
cast over the loss of the Jersey Cityl
Skeeters, but lit- will not remain Idle j
' for it is probable that President 10(1.
I liarrow will see that the building man-j
| nger Is < ared for. Fogerty will either j
I become business manager of Toronton, i
I or Montreal.
^ Raltlmore sport writers seem peeved
because young Carter Glass ran last j
' Saturday night as a member of the]
I Cross-Country Club. Visiting athletes
i are not welcomed to the Monumental '
I City unless they run under their true ]
: colors. Quite a controversy has been
i started over the action of the former'
Washington and Lee star.
Brief Wire Sports
( lnliby unci <'hl|?.
OR AND RAPIDS, MICH.. February
24. I .oca I promoters announced to-day
that they had practically hooked .Itm
my flabby and George Chip, middie
wei^hts, for a six-round hout here.
Clabby's consent to match, they as
serted, has already been secured. Chip
has boxed here before, while Clabhy
was seen hero with an exhibition troupe
which featured Luther McCarthy, late
heavy weight.
root bull Player Hying.
WILMINGTON, DH1*, February 24 ?
"Hob" Layfleld, quarterback on tho
Johns Hopkins eleven, who sustained
a fractured vertebrae, in a football
game with Lehigh at South Hethlehem
October 31, is dying. His physician an
nounced to-night he could not live
more than twenty-four hours, and his
parents have given up all hope.
Don't Want Presidency.
S1IRKVKPORT, LA., February 24.?
\\\ T. Crawford, vice-president of the
Southern Baseball Association, who he
came president as a result of the sud
den death of Jud^e \V. M. Kavanaugh
at Little Kock Sunday, stated to-day
he would not serve. Captain Crawford
will call :i meeting of league officers
soon to choose a permanent head.
Mnr<imird llnek In Fold.
N'KW YORK, February 24.?Rube
Martiinird is back in tho fold. The
wryneck ed southpaw t wirier, who gave
: everybody the willies by flirting with
the Federals, and then pressed matters
i by touching the P.rookfed bankroll for
SI ,r.?0. has seen tho error of his ways,
and will once again wear ji Giant unl
; form.
.lawn McOraw, the active director of
the tliants, returned from Cuba two
days ago. To-day he held a conference
, with Reuben. The matter was ad
Justed late this afternoon, and McOraw
I Informed the Giant forces that Mar
1'iuard would be a member of the Giants
' party that will leave to-morrow after
; noon for Marlln, Tex.
Ynle 'Will IMny Vlrjrlnln.
NKW IIAVKN, CONN.. February 24.?
A feature of the Vale University bnse
|ball schedule for the coming season, an
nounced to-night. Is a series of three
I nanus with both Harvard and Prlnce
Jton, the final standing to lie determined
; by percentage. .The following games
jure Included In the schedule:
April I. Georgetown at Washington:
{April 3. I'niversity of Virginia at Char
; lottesvil!e; April 28. Georgetown at
I New York: Mav 1, Lniversity of Vir
j gin la at New Haven.
Siijm Legislator** Were llrlbeil.
LITTLK ROOK, ARK., February 23.?
An invr-stiKatiou of charges that some
members of the Arkansas Senate had
Accented bribes to support a bill which
would permit betting on horse rapes
under the parmlmutunl system, was
ordered to-day by the Senate. Senator
Tolor, who made the charges on the
I floor of the Senate, asserted that he had
; Information that several Senators had
j received 110,00ft each.
Mny Itnr Sundny nail. .
INDIANAPOLIS. February 24.?Sun
day baseball In Indiana would be abol
[ tubed If a bill Introduced in tho Legis
lature to-day becomes a law.
The bill would close all places of
amusement, and would prevent railroad
excursion* on Sunday..
Pluns for Coming Paschal I Season
Will Ho Ditscused by Oillciitl*
To-Night.
PROSPKCTS AUK VKHV HKKHIT
Thirty Teams Have lleeit Orpml/.cil
Into Five Lra^ucH?Militia Com
panies Will Probably He Handed
Into Circuit to Create Interest.
Managers and olllcials of team under
the Klchmoml Amateur Athletic Fed
eration will hold an open meeting to
night In the Mines' Armory. The meet
ing, which will begin ut 8:30 o'clock,
was called hy (icorK# II. McSwceney,
chalriiinn of the baseball committee, for
the purpose of discussing plans lor the
coming season. It is expected that rep
resentatives of thirty or more teams
w ill be present. Dr. Charles At. Hazen,
president c?f the federation, will make
an address.
The federation is atllllated with the
Amateur Athletic Union of America,
ami its team conform to the standards
of that hotly. Great strides have been
made locally in the past few years In
the direction of clean sports, and prac
tically every largo athletic organiza
tion in the city is now ulliliatcd with
the organization.
About thirty teams have already been
heard from, and live leagues are being
formed. Several of the clubs will have
some of tlx* fastest and most promising
amateur players in the city, and there
are Indications that the pennant races
will be stirring ones.
Teams already under the federation
are: Church Hill Athletic Club. First
National Hank. Falrinount Athletic
?'lub. Mc'Sill I'nion, tJrays. Hart on
Heights, Highland I'ark, Highland
Springs, Hlnes, Metropolitans, Cobb
Furniture Company and K. K. I.eo
i 'onncil.
In It nee to Stny.
All of last season's federation teams
will be in the race again this season,
and unless all signs fail, the federa
tion is in baseball to stay.
The Blues, who Mulshed third last
season, are due to come back strong
this season. The White and Hlue squad
looks to be one of the most formidable
outlits tinder the federation, and with
a fair amount of the breaks coming
their way, ought to make a stubborn
llKht for high honors. Several players
of the defunct Capital City I.eague
have been brought into the battalion,
and will come out for the baseball
team, insuring the Hlues one of the best
teams In its history.
Another team regarded as a ? ham- j
pionship possibility is the First Na
tional Hank aggregation. The bankers
will have practically the same line-up j
they Htiisheil with last se.-ison. ar.d are ?
counting on making things warm for
all comers They are out to grab the
rag. Highland Park, McCill and liar- !
ton Heights also propose to be in the
running, and with that end in view
have gathered together a collection of
youngsters from which strong combi
nations can be picked.
Plans are tinder way for the organi
zation of a league to consist solely of
company teams in the militia. It is
probable that Company C, of the Hlues:
Company F, of the Crave, the lliwitzers
and Signal Corps will be embraced in
this circuit.
BARROW AND TENER TALK
OVER BRONX PROPOSITION
NKW YORK, February 24.?President
Kdward Harrow, of the International
League, to-day was still hopeful that
the New York National League Club
would withdraw Its objection to the
transfer of the Jersey City franchise
to the Bronx. President Harrow and
John K. Tener. head of the National
League, discussed the transfer yester
day. but reached no definite conclu
sions.
Physician Who Heads
Federation Athletics
LOSING STREAK UNBROKEN
BY WASHINGTON AND LEE
(irnrrnlN Dcfciilril liy l.ehlicli <lulnt
.MiiKIiik 'I tilril I.ii** mi Northern
lliiNki'l l>ii 11 Trlii.
snrril HKTIII.KIIKM. I'KNN., Feb
ruary I.ehiKh won from Washing
ton anil l.ec to-nifiht .'IS to 29. It
was a fast K*i in ?* with the visitors
pushing l.t-lilt-'h all thi- time. Youiik
jdayed a star ?atne for Washington ami
Lee, wlill*! Mri'w.>iti;r ami Klrkpatrlek
ilii! lest !'<>r I.ehiKh. The- line-up:
W. f Position. . .. I.ehiKh.
Zalss rIklit forward. . . . Hrewster
Seehv lift forward Klrkpatrlrk
Miles i rntri' <"rlchter
Youiik' rlKht nuard ?Ieyer
I'lerr* 11 Ii f I i; ua r d <? recti
Simimaiy Field l-?m1s; Hrcwstfr, 4.
Klrkpatrlek. I. t'ri- lit*T. :t; < oyer, 2;
(Srii-fi, 1; Youhk. ?*?: Scsley, /.aiss, ];
Milfs. 1; I'ii'iU'ti. 1. Foul K".ils: Hrow
HliT, 10 out of 11;; Miles, fi out of !<?
|{efi-reo: 10 d Thorpe. Two twenty
intnuto halves.
BROTHER MEETS BROTHER
IN TENNIS SEMIFINALS
Wnterliurv Will I'liiy 'I'o-liny For Ihr
.National Ainnleiir Itnckrt
< litiiii|iliiiiHlii|i Molrli.
N'KW Y??UK, February 21 J. ?*
Waterhury woii his match front Wil
liam lv.st. of Tuxedo, in the focoihI
roumf of the national amateur racquet
championship tournament lit the Itac
<iuet and Tennis <'!ul> here to-jday. llo
will meet his brother, l.awrenee Water
hury, holder of the national racket title,
ill one of the semifinal matches to
morrow.
In the other match to-day (IcorKO A.
'Thome, of e'lii'-ano, was eliminated by
t'. <'. 1 ?i ll. of Tuxedo, and the winn^r
will meet Stanley i i Mortimer of the
home eluh to-morrow.
"And the Little Ford
Shall Lead Them"
Kaehler Motor Company
? Corner Broad and Ryland, - - RICHMOND, VA i
!
i
^ salesroom. Your inspection invited.
The Cadillac 8-cvlinder car is now on exhibition at our
JONES MOTOR CAR CO., Inc.
^ 1651-53 West Broad.
HOME BREWING COMPANY'S
FINE
Bock Beer
On Sale At
BUFFETS
And for Family and .Medicinal I'ses?Deliv
ered at Your Home.
PHONES RANDOLPH 282, 283.
AMATEUR COMMISSION
LOOKS FOR BIG SEASON
Four Leagues Are Fully Organized
Now, and Others May Ho
Joined.
HULKS WILL UK PIUNTK1)
All Players Will Ho Ciivon Copies of
Playing Itcgiilat it?ns ? Secretary
Tucker Reports Many Old Men
Signing Contracts for Season.
The Hichmonil Amateur Baseball
Commission. which practically controls
amateur bail in Hichmond, expcctn the
coming season to be a banner one. an
there are more teaniN seeking admis
sion into its ranks than ever before.
Not only have tin? Tour leagues which
played under the commission last sea
son fully organised, but several other
teams have made application for places
in the various leagues. The prospects
at this time are that one or two new
leiiKUes will be formed to take earo of
all the clubs.
The committee appointed at tho last
meeting of th?> commission to revise
the rules and regulations of tho com
mission will probably be in a position
to report at an early date. As soon an
these rules and regulations are adopted
by the commission they will be sent
to the printer, who will run off enough
to supply every player with a copy.
ll<-portn KiicoiiriiKlnir.
Heports coming from Secretary Har
ry Tucker, Jr., of tin- commission, are
that ail of the managers are busy slj?"
1 uk up players for the comlnn season,
and last season's players slKninx. but
contracts are heiiiK received from a
large number of players who have
j never played under the commission bo
fore, showing. Tucker says, that tin*
players have confidence in the com
mission. and feel that they will ?et
proper treatment in all of this leatcues
controlled by this body of prominent
men.
I.lne-t'p of I.rnR-urK.
FoIIowIiik is the personnel of tho
four leagues thus far organized: Obi
dominion l.'?anue, I'lass "AA"?Ash
land. Hell Telephone, I'econut Crisp and
Walkovers; Hlchtnond League, I'lnsM
"A"?llombruc<j, I'ortners, Hurl; & Co.
Hichmond Klectric <'o.; ?"ommerclal
l.eacih, i'lass "A"--Hyan-Sm it h. Koun
! t ree-i 'herry I'orp, l>uplex Envelope Co,
I Tredegar Iron Works, mil Woodall &
, Quarlo.s: Central l.eauuc, Class "B"
Helle Meade Hlble Class, Montroso
Heights, Horace S. Wright and Ep
| w o r t h
j The Commercial League will hold an
| important meeting at Howell Bros, on
Saturday nitrht at X o'clock.
Manager Fuller. of Hombruco, will
[meet the members of his team at a
luncheon at Murphy's Hotel on Satur
day nltrht at S o'clock.
^ A M ISF.M EXTS.
ACADEMY?To-Night
TIIR HOSTON KNI'JMSJI OPKHA CO.
in a Master Prodtictlon of Verdi's
Heautlful
" IL TROVATORE"
with a Ketuarkahl<> ?'ast, Including
?I' >SKPH SHKK1I AN.
I'rlm, r.ik- to *200.
ACADEMY-~-Fri. and Sat.
Iliillnrr Sii (urilii j.
CHAlcl.KS I'lJi HIMAN presents
Miss BILLIE BURKE
In Her <?reatest Comedy Success
"JKit It v.?
I'ItlCKS:
Matinee. as,, to *i.r.o, MKht. rw>e to $2.
GRAYCE SCOTT BIJOU
AM, TIIIS WKKK.
Matinees T<i-I>ay and Saturday.
MISS <;KAV<*K SCOTT AM)
COMI'AW IX
"Tess of the Storm Country"
Next Week:
"BOYS OF COMPANY R."
ST RAND
?To-n.tv?
Panir-1 Kruhmiin prcsentn
The International Celebrity
(JAHY DKSI.YS, In
"iu:n 'i n11 .wi'ii.**
Performances Continuous from l* M
to ll p. m.
Monday. Tups Wednesday
John* km kks< >n. i,i "'
" I III-: II\l IIIM.oil's HO.M K NCK."
"Life's Shop Window"
A Gorgeous I'ict iirlznt Ion of the Fa
mous Novel and Play, Featuring
t'lnir Whitney nnd Stunrt Holmes
SII'KltHHt TIIUATHE,
Sixth Street, between Ilrond nnd firnce.
To-Day, To-Morrow and Saturday.
ADMISSION, lOe.
Colonial Theatre
To-Day, Friday nnd Saturday,
MRS. I.KSMR CARTER,
IN
"Du Barry"
More Gorgeous Than "Quo Vadls or
"Julius Caesar."
AM, SKATS, lO CKNT9.
ConHniinn* I'erfnr mnocen from 12 M.
to I I I*. M.
LYRIC
NEW
BILL
TO-DAY
MATINEE AND NIGHT
TheConlederate Museum
TWRLFT1I AND CLAY STREETS.
Open 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Admission 25c.
J A. M, to | p. M. pa Batu^d*^