Ford Motor Cars The most nopular automobiles in Rich? mond. The ladies enjoy them thoroughly. "Must be .some reason." FORD AUTO CO.. 1629 West Broad. WBLUG?E TEAMS RELEASE PLAYERS Mew York Lets Revelle Go to At? lanta?List of Con? tracts. Chicago, II!.. February 9.?As the tune approaches for the major league baseball tennis to start On their South-1 < : n iralhlng trips their ranks are he-j j Inning to los.- the more unpromising: recruits and veterans who are unable longer to stand the pace. The second American League bull:tin o." the year, issued by President B. B Johnson here to-day. shows that thu; lit fton club leads with releases, hav- ] tng let siMeen tn-n so. Only two ot them are optional releases. Detroit cojrics nest with nine releases, one op? tional. New York has live relcas.-s. all optional, to th.< Atlanta club, and one to Los Angeles. The usual list nf contracts nlso is given but It shows that this Is a sea #?<>:: of few "hold-out.-" in the younger jciigue. Among those who iidve slrrned ^Ince tit? last anounccment is tjtus Cobb. of Detroit Releases: rty St. Louis?Thomas Tonnentr to Pan Francisco. Uy Detroit?Detos Drake. Jack Lively. C. T. Luthers. Guy Tutwilor* Charley Schmidt. Reynolds, Renter and, Ml:.:heli. Providence; Ralph Stroud, Buffalo; J. r. Hurt; (optional), Utlca; Duncan. Chattanooga. By Cleveland?P. H. Blair. Nashville; Gu? Williams. Montgomery. By Washington?Alnsworth and Scott, Youngs-town. Bv Philadelphia?Bronklc. Cleveland. By New York?R, li. Revelle. II. H. Russell, Ira B. Hoguc, Herbert Coynes and Harry Bailey tall optional), Atlanta: L Lite hl, Los Angeles. By Boston?Meyer?. Schmidt. Mc Cronc, Lon?rgan. White. Mctlnlc and Kllitiay (optional). Jersey City: Dick Grofe, Columbus; Gunning, Linderbeck, Jacobs, Worcester; Jack Fournler, Chi? cago: Tonncmah. New York: .lohn Wuf fil (optional!. Spokane; Mike Dickinson end lt. Thomas (optional>. Sa?r?mehto. Contracts: With Chicago?loe Bens. Joe Bergor, Russell Blackburn, 3. J. Iflock, P. 8. Bod I?. B.ker. Borton. M .V butler, C. II. Cailahnn, Thomas Car? rey. V. .1. demons, John Collins, W. H. ?;< nest, William C.leason, W. K. Jones, Jon Kcllev. R. W. Kreitz. Prank Lange, \V. Mattlcks, W. Mayer. Oeorge Mo gridge, Charles M?llen, John Nelson. O. C. Petsrs. Kay Powell, Morris Rat), .'tunes Scott. Lee Tantwhill, G. W. Wlhte, lt. 11. /.oiler. Ed. Walsh. Harry Lord and Berghammcr. With Washington?Hughes, l.cnp. C Walker, McBrlde, Shank. Akets. R?chling, Cushion. Oagnier, Henry, M?sser, Street. Postir, 11. Mattls and G. .lohnron. With Detroit?George Dubbins and Tyrtis Cobb. With St. Louis?Monte Cross. 'GOOD ROADS SMOKER FOR THURSDAY NIGHT Expect to Organ.zj Virginia Livision of Quebec to-iVtiami highway Association t Build Koad From Kichmond to Wasningcon via i redericksburer. Final arrangements for the smoker n-hlch will bo held next Thursday night .r. the Jefferson Hotel Auditorium lor tin purpose of organizing the Virginia llvlslori of the Quebeo-to-Miaml High Aay Association, were made yesterday xi a meeting of tin. Chamber 61 Com? merce committee on streets, road? and tmrks. together with a committee from ;lie Richmond Automobil, Association. The smoker will be the biggest thing of Its kind ever held In the State Of Virginia, and nfbrc thnn 300 guests are expected. It Is hoped that at this meeting, be? fore which some of the most promin? ent men in the Statt will speak, in? cluding representatives of the national government, that enough Interest will re aroused to make the work of rnls-' ing the ?200.000 needed to build the Virginia link, a comparatively easy' task. . Representatives from the Washing? ton, Petersburg and Ashland Chnmbers of Commerce, from the Huslness Men'? ALBEMARLE CLUB ! Oil WKKLY HUNT; Red Fox Docs Not Furnish Good ; Run to Which Members Are Accustomed. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Charlottcsville, Va? February 9.? The Albemafle County Hunt met to? day at "Cdstleton," the residence of the' master, Sidney J. Mollowny, for the usual weekly hunt. A red fox was dropped near the Cnllahah barn. but. much to tiie disappointment of the riders, did not furnish the good run t" which the hunt members are accus? tomed. Atter crossing the farms '?" Cnlltthan and .lohn T. Payne, Reynard CoRd not get away trotn the hounds, and was killed m the Clarumotit meadow. Charles W. Ilulflsh secured the min h coveted brush, tvh'ch trail Swarded -Miss Herta earth, tip- Hist' woman at the kill. The riders and their mounts were: Sidney J. Hulloway, master; on Taste? ful; Lewis Garth, first whip, on .Lie Madden; Dr. Archie C. Randolph, Sec- : otul whip, on Fnuqulcr; Mis. Sidney ?.] 11 ol Iowa y, on Pondonnls; Miss Herta ; Gurth, on Gay Deceiver; Miss H'lda I tiolloway, on Mcdorit; Miss Willi? , Harth, on Hiawatha; Harry Dlhwlddlo. I on Dloplty; Charles \V. Hulllsh, or.. Whack; .1- H. Montague, on Somewhat. | A. W. L. Tristter, on Blaise Away; E. .1. Ward, on Fr?Sty, und Mr. Ewers, on Uollghlly. Owing to the severe winter weather there has been little or no hunting since the lirst of Januar}-, but the sport promises to be lively from now on. Iber, will be live hunts on Monday, Tuesday and Friday ol next week, and a drug hum on Thursday, ilondny's hunt will be at Garth's Cat,;, and those Oik.. O. Herbert I'uii sten. Allen i otts. Robert B. Allport. Preston Beivln, J. T. Palnintory. George W. Hunter, und Lewis Kaufman. The reception committee will con-! iist of the following members: ; W. Meade Addison. H. 8. Binswar.gcr. Ti?i,:ls p. Rrytth, Samuel Cohen. C. D. Coleman, John G. Corley, .lohn C. Eats-; luv; o. Herbert K?nsten. T. Peyton ' '?.lbs. Julian h HUI. dehn M. Miller. Ir.. William A. Moncurei S. T. Morgan. (. hu lt. Binder, Charles C. Reed, W. I-', i Itichsrdson, Jr., J. F. Ryland, O. J. guilds, Frii7. .Sltterdlng. Alvln M- Smith. E Btrudwlck, Warren I'. Taylor. Got - 'Ion Wallace. J. L. WlhgO, Thomas S. IV Ins ton, II. I.. Cabell, George L Chris? tian. James R. tiordon. S. H. Itawesi Kghert G. I^-lgh. Jr.. 1? /,. Morris, John B. PurccB. s. W. Travers, F. D. Wil? liams. II. W. Wood. W. T. Reed. E. C. l.nird, it. A. Dunlon, Thomas B. Me- . Aiiatns, Thomas Atkinson, Clmrles I"., Bbl'ucn, James N Boyd, John Stuart1 Bryan, E. a. Sounders, Jr., Horace llnwes, It H. Harwood, John Murphy, Samuel Atkinson* Coleman Worthnm, 1. Kaufman, C. II. Montague, II. R. Pni Inrd. Jr.. J. J. Pollard. !?". A Stumpf. Thomas <",re--hani T. C. Williams, Jr.. A. .1. Chewnlng, W. S. Forbes. |1 Hennessy Welcomes the Returning Humorist aad Philosopher. H, shure, 'twill be th' fine occurrence," said Mr. Hennessy. "Thwat?" asked Hogan. "Th' ritur-rn iv Dooley, official spokesman f'r th' universe an' Tiddy Rosenftlt, to th' columns of Th' Times-Dispatch. F'r siv f-ral years th' readers iv thai paper have been strugglin' to settle th' oftairs iv th' nations without Dooley's aid, and they're tired, Hogan. Th' droop iv exhauston is on their face.-, th' inertia iv overwork is in their limbs, and their language is somethin' awful. Thty -want | Dooley to hilp thim out How can a busy Times-Dispatch reader] toi! all day ih th' marts iv trade or thereabouts and thin spind th' hours between th' whistle an' lied tryin' to rifl'erec th' war in Tripoli? I'Tis impossible, Hogan. How can you or mesilf or inny other Timcs ' Dispatch reader tell what Tiddy Rosen felt means when he says he ididn't say exactly thai but somthin' like it only quite diffrint if at ;..H you bein' a liar inriybow? V\> too much iv a tax on th' tired business man, Hogan, me frind. ''Rut Doolcy'? not built thai way. He can tind to his bar in th' Ar-rchev Road ami shake a vvarnin' linger at this planet iv ours without batlin' an eye. He's ih' only man livin', Hogan, who can ixplain Tiddy Rosen felt an' dr-raw a beer ai wan an' th' same time. I .Ye know that well. Hogan. "Ye '.?'" into Dooley's j'int, 'Phwat'll ye take?' says he. 'Oh. a (bit of rye. and w'y did Mof-Vgan Shuster leave Persia!' says you. i'hnl i-< be made into a Persian rug. an' phwat i ?cr?' says Dooley. 'Sure, an' be was quite right 'Because he didn't ?Ii. ye want f'r a chaser?' saj ginger ale.' say> you, " Thai's th' wav it is wit urin' out two-ling' off ih' Tariff. So 1 If^an, on bavin' i niver saw his akel f'r meas- I th' Suffrage Movement or blowin' th' collar mes-Dispatch readers is to be congratulated, | pr-rofound wisdom wanst more. | boon iv hi: 'Twill be th' fine thing f'r thim to wake tip iv'ry Sunday mornin' an' j find th' universe has been taken a pa rt* oiled, rigulatcd, and provided , with a new mainspring by Dooley, an' all without ixtra charg! "It will," -aid Hogan. "There's minny things 1 want to know, but can't find out without pooler's hilp. Bin. say, Hinnissy, maybe ye can tell me this ver-ilf: PhWat's th' real inside story iv that man j Woodrbw WiJ?On an' his expert icklcr frind Colonel"-? "Dooley will tell ye in Sundae's Times-! bspatch," said Mr. Hcn j nessy. Be Sure to Read Dooley's First Article "T -r^x i 7 V _ fOi i\ LIP?! IN Honest as its Mame To all Ye Good Judges I *TP^\0 you pride yourself on your acquaintance with the fine |{ Jj things of life? Then we summon you, as a stranger to the supcrcxccllcncy of Old Quaker Whiskey, to try it at once. Old Quaker is kindiy, wholesome and good it is mature and fine?it achieves the ideal of the competent judge. There is nothing beyond?it it perfect. Try and try at once Honest Old Quaker R. L. Christian. & Co., Distributors, Richmond, Va. CHRISTIANS LOSE 10 WAKE FOREST (Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Lyiichburg, Va., Februury 0.?-Wake Korest College defeated Virginia Curis llan College at basketball here th's al tsrnoon 30 to il> in a rather loosely played gante. Th> Christians lost through failure of :h-ir guards to de f' nd properly, as more than half the goals made by Wake I "rest were on wide-open shots Stlcklcy was easily the star of the gam ?. The contest wits fast and whs not roughly played. \Vttke Korest used substitutes in the llrsl half, but the Christians scored 'is ire- j quently aftor the regulars went In j as previous to the change. The llni-i up: Christians. Position. Wake Korest, j Wranock... .right forward.Beam I Stlckley.left forward.. ..McCutchcn English.centre.It. Holding (Tyncr) Allen.riglit guard.Turner Credle.loft guard.. iDowd, Utleyl ?Summary: Oools- it Holding (3>.| Titrn-r Ream <:'?>, Wranock, Stick-, ley (6), McCutchen, Dbwd (2), Tyner (3). English. Goals front fouls?Stick-I ley (5), Beam. Referee, Mr. Cror.er, oi l Wake Forest. Meeting nf Deep Hun Hunt. T'ne Deep Hun Hunt Club will hold Its regular chase tills afternoon, the | pack having Bollevtte promptly at ?.:3u o'clock. The hunt will be over one of the best courses of the club, and a large crowd lr expected t? take part. Dinner will be served In the club rooms after the hunt. V.P.I. (GAIN WILL MEET PRINCETON Blucksburg, Va., February 9 ?Tin football schedule nt V. p, I. for tnln year Is not yet complete, but the ttames arranged promise a brilliant season For the third time In tin. his? tory of the college V. P. I. will play I'rl nee ton, this time on th.- hitter's grounds, October 12. In the 191" name with the ''Tlgera" the Techs led by a scon- uf i; to until the last three minutes of play, und I lie flmil result was i to >j in favor of Princeton, mid it la still talked of In the football world. The Thanksgiving game for this fail has been arranged with Georgetown University, and there lii;.. ly will not bo any dispute as to what city the c.nlet corps will visit with lhe football team this fail. Athletic relations with North Carolina A. & M were severed after the Thanksgiving game in Norfolk last season, follow? ing u disagreement over the eligi? bility of certain players, and these old rivals of the Techs win not be on the sell.dole this year. Although practice did not begin until after the Christmas holidays and there are practically ho facilities for Indoor work, the Tech basketball team Is having tin: most successful season In Us history. Not a game has been lost, and in the one with Walte Forest here Wednesday the nun showed cxc< llent form. The latter team had won from the University of North Carolina and Uie North Carolina A. & M., both strong rivals of V. I*. I. for athletic honors, The night previous it had been given the Lynch burg Y. M. C A. a hard bat? tle, and the score here. -IS to IS, came us a surprise to the team's most ar? dent champions, it Is likely that a gam.- will be arranged with Lynchburg by .Manager Steele; of the home quint, if the former can come to Blncksburg later In the month. Kecallng. captain of the quint; the. Legge brothers and Hughes, oi last year, are all showing wonderful Im? provement, and McKnew and Fltzger ald. new men. are running a close race for the vacant place that will be lin? ed by one of them before the team leaves on the trip next week. The games away from home Include those i with Washington rind Lee, Lynchburg ami the leading colleges of North Car? olina. Basketball Is a comparatively new sports at V. P. I., and this Is the first year It has created any real i>n Ithuslasm among the students. ZBYSZKO WINS ! FROM OR. ROLLER Knoxvlllfi. Tenn., February 8.? Zbys/.ko. the Polish wrestler, defeated I Dr. Roller, of Seattle. In two straight 1 falls last night. The first was won. I after one hour and twenty seconds of j wrestling, while In th* second only I seven rhlnutia were required to pin i Roller's shoulders to the mat. Z'oyszko I stated that he Is anxious to meet Gotch. and would do everything he could to K.?In an' Interesting and exciting game of has- I kotball, Trinity won lt.- fifth stra'ght by defeating the Agricultural and Me- ; chanicdl College quint here to-nightj by the close score of 01 to 28. The gam? was marked by fast playing mi Hie part of both teams, and at no time until the blow of the timekeeper's whistle could either side claim the vic? tory, j in th- first half the Methodists got . the lead early and retained it through- 1 out, the scoro at the end standing 17 j t'i 11 In their favor. In the second I 1 ilf. however, the visitors found them-I selves and played a much steadier game, scoring thrje more points than their opponents In this half. For Trinity, lledrlck was the brlgnl star. 1 holding Hargrove to almost rio scor'ng and doing much toward running up his own scoro. Itrlnn wan In the game with his usual ginger and played a matchless gami from start to tlnlsh. Chambers, the Farmers? centre, far outclassed the r st of his team In all-around playing, .el.lie I?eOrand was good on defensive, holding Rrlnn down in a way that has not been seen here In a long time. Fouls wer eplentlful, und at times the game was inclined to be unnecessarily rough, but good feeling between the P ayers and the large crowd of Trinity and A. and M rooters was evident at a Referee, Cartwell. Attend I ance. 100. [Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1 Salisbury. N. C, February ?The Lutheran Laymen's Convention closed I here to-night, with the delegates re? maining for the last minute that the Southern Railway would hold Its trains lor the adjournment of the ses j SlOIL i "There was never such a meeting I held In the Lutheran Church." Is the 1 statement made by delegates and speakers, and the forec.isi Is that a new era of missionary activity Is daw ning among the men. Promise has been mad., for the $5,000 necessary for the continuation of tho movement, and the executive commit? tee was re-elected. Tho committee Is made up of George R. Cromcr. of. N'cw berry. S. C.; Dr. O. R. Mayer, of New berry, C-j J. II- Rehder, of Wllmlng Jton, and J. E. Cooper, of Winchester, j Va. There was an insistent demand jthat the addresses of the convention be published In book form, and the ?delegates In te>n minute.- subscribed Ifor enough copic? to assure tho puh jllcatloa I At the afternoon session there were 'four addresses. The first was by the president of the forelcn mission board. Dr. R. C. Holland, who made a strong plea for a policy adequate to 'he work. J. Campbell White, of New Fork, the national secretary, made an address, enlisting the whole church. Dr. Isaac ' Cunnailay. who recently came froni India, made a clear presentation of the present conditions acid future prospects of the new Indtu. Robert K. Spelr. who Is the prince of missionary speakers, thrilled every one of the 1.000 men present and the several hundred wo? men In tho gallery by his convincing add rose. The night session was the climax of the whole meeting, with ad.lrc'ses by J. Campbell White. Dr. Churle.; L. Fry find Robert F. Spelr. The meet? ing wns closed by the general secre? tary^ 15. C. Cronk. with the words of jthe grent. commission of the church. PRINCETON TRIES ! 10 GET AL, ORTH j Lynchburg, Va., February 9.?AlOrth 1 has Just boon compelled to turn down a nattering offer, which would have meant ten weiks of coaching at Prlnco I ton . University, had he been able to have accepted the offer made several days ago by Coach Clarke. It was necessary for Orth to turn this Job down because he had already signed , to coach the aquad of the Washington and Le.e University, beginning Maroh I. Coach Clarke wrote Orth a few days ! ago. asking if he could come up and : help him coach his pitchers fqr the pe j riod indicated, but ho found It nee ; essary to decline the work. Orth Is' arranging Ills affairs to go to Lexington 011 March 1. und lt.- < x I peels to remain with the te.im until Ithc close of the. season, making all of tho trips during the playing sched? ule. . ^ssV MOTOR, CARS filCHMONOu VIRGINIA BODIES OF VICTIMS BADLYJGHARREO Conductor and Two Brakemen Killed in Rear-End Collision on Norfolk and Western. (Special to Tho Tltnos-Dlspatch.J P.oun'oke, Va.. Februury 0.?Threi men were Instantly killed and thro othora slightly Injured when wcBt bound passenger train No. 15 crashed Into the rear end of an extra freight, westbound, at Dry Brunch, three miles west of Belsprlng, on tho main line of the Norfolk and Western railway. The collision occurred this morning at C:4C o'clock. The men killed are as follows: Conductor C. B. ICvanp, Roanokr. Brukeman Hoben Argcubright. Boa mo kc. Brakeman D. Wnlter tlondrlck?, Boa nokc. The following were slightly Injured: Engineer \v.? I? Ransom. Roanoke, nose scratched and wrist sprained. I 'll email W. M. Bpuilgler, Kiuelleld. w. Va.. right leg sprained. Mull Clerk E. b. Jellries, Hynchbui g. bruised. The extra freight train left Roanoke last night about in o'clock. currying two caioooSes, in the rear one of which w.-re Conductor Evans t.nd Brakemen Argelibrlght and llendrluks, who were on their way to Hluellebl to Inki charge of an eastbound ireigiu then At I>ry Branch the extra train was held tip to await an eastbound freight which failed to arrive oh time, having pulled out a druwhead. Operator Ii Harmon, at Bclsprlng, gave No. 1 r, the signal for a clear block, and, accord? ingly, the pasaengor train Went alien.: at n speed of about thirty-five or forty mil's an hour. 'l b., flagman of the extra freight old not hu baCk tar enough to wave down the passenger train, and it crashed into the freight caboose, smashing |i to splinters nhd instantly killing the sleeping inmates. 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