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RICHMOND, V A.. S A T IT R D A T, ATT G TT 8 T 13, 1910.
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Die in
ASK FDD MIES
Gauits Coming on April 6 and 6
and Athletics Are Ex
ported.
LOCALS CLIMB UP
TO GOOD POSITION
tTake Third Place Without Win
ning a Game—Double
Header Satur
day.
HINTS FOB FANS.
Houbte-hrader Saturday. w
Weather predictions—cloudy and
Probable batteries For Richmond,
Verbout. Revel le and Cowan and Me*.
Mtts for Lynchburg, Uoyd, Ortttn and
Ftrat tame railed at 2:4* o'clock.
BrT. I». HONNKVIIJjK.
That Richmond !• a popular town
with the big league Hubs for their
games of the spring training season
»• evidenced by their early booking
of dates As early as this the big
clubs . have begun to ask for dates
for Best spring, and from present In
dications the Colts of ltlt will have
a fine series of practice games with
the big ones.
Owner Bradley has received a tele
gram from Manager MvUraw. of th*
tetania, asking for a date, and ft hai
been arranged that the New Tork
Nationals shall come here for two
games on April t and 6.
Tills Is the only club that has been
signed up so far. but It Is expected
that the others wilt be coming In soon
and several of th* best ones *111 be
hsr* to clash with the Colts.
Among those expected ar# th#
Brooklyn and Philadelphia National
league dub* and the Philadelphia
American League club. It Is hardly
probable that the New Tork Yankees
will (>ome neat spring, as they are ex
pected to go out West for their train
ing. They have been here for the
past several springs, and If they train
In the South they will doubtless ask
for dates.
The Philadelphia Americans will be
th* big card In the spring series.
Th«y are almost sure pennant win
ners this year, and they win bo a big
attraction here. Mack has not yet
asked for dates, but he wanted te
come here' fast spring and could not
be given a date, a* the days he asked
for were taken.
From present indications, the spring
season wilt be a successful one. and
the local fans will be given the rare
treat of seeing many- of the world's
greatest players In action.
Without winning a game for two
days the Colts .hat*. - climbed Into
third place, and this Is about where
they belong. The Tgrs have met their
. Waterloo with the Bugs and ar* still
going down.
With any kind of luck now, the lo
cals will maintain their present posi
aton. thoug# there Is tittle chance of
their going higher. The Champ* and
Bugs have too much of a lead on the
Colts, and If they are able to finish
third they will have done well this
- Sickness and accidents hare been
a severe handicap, and it t* a wonder
that Manager Lawlor has been able
to keep the locals In the race at all
From the way they are going now.
however, it seems that they are at
least In the race for a respectable
position In the flnrt division, and this
will bs no small honor. —i
The Colts and Shoemakers will fight
U out In a double header Saturday
afternoon, and each wilt try to wipe
out those two Us games with two vic
tories.
For the Colts Verbout end Hovelle
will be on the mound, while Cowan
and Messlt will each catch a game.
Lloyd and drlflln will do the twirling
for Smith's fast ones. au>d Lucia may
catch both games Row* has a bad
knee and has not boon able to work
for some time
I'mplr* ptndtr wllj oAclete at Sat
urday* double header. The arbite*
*a« abaent from the park Friday on
account ad the death of hla sister's
child. Kerrtamy and Bam. who act
ed aa arbiter*, handled the game la
good form, and there was slight cause
tor complaint tram either side. *
Pender faces e hard days Work Sat
urday. as both clubs are going In foe
blood, and much will depend upon ev
ery decision that In made- £f he «en
handle the games as watt aa he did
that of Thursday the beat club will
surely win out
It a pitcher ever Won a same a
victory waa certainly coming to Salvo
Friday. The suuthpay outpitched
■k : ‘
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CMs la the good MW«i th
LEADING
AvurifrKye
t
I
SECOND COME
EJjjSJl TIE
Friday's Game Called in Ninth
on Account of Dark
ness.
SALVE TWIRLS IN
EXCELLENT FORM
_
1 Southpaw Should Have Had ilia
Game Easily, But Error*
Present Runs to
Visitors.
wvmBmJ 9 BCOff*.
Richmond, 3; Lowrhburi, 3 tnlns
Inning**
Roenok*. ti Petersburg. 1 (first
nn«).
It.mnoktt, 11; Petersburg, C (second
Norfolk, !; DuuvlUe, a (fleet
gsme).
Norfolk. 0; Lien villa. 4 (second
Clubs.
OurlU* .
Kosnoke
Richmond
Norfolk .
Lynchburg
Petersburg
Lynchburg at Richmond.
Petersburg et Rosnoks.
Dsnvttle si Norfolk.
Another tie. this time called st the
ending of the ninth Inning, was the
rseult of the second gsme. of the
series srtth the tJhoomsker*. rho
PETERSBURG POOR
MEOILITOH
t r” 'T “
Plaveiy and Managers of Other
Clubs Paa» Severe
Criticism.
MAY BE A REASON
„ FOR QUEER DOINGS
i Rumor Has It That the Local
People Want to Get
Hold of Fran
chise.
There are many Improvement* to be
-tnade In Petersburg before It can be
termed a good bare ball town. Besides
the matter of poor attendance, there
are many other things that count bad*
ly and Manager. Grimm faces quite a
I problem If he thlnka he can make a
chib a financial success In Goober
| tewn.
Petersburg ta by no means a favorite
with tbe ether clubs of the league, and
few. If any. of them are anxious to
go there for a series. They are also
glad to get away as soon a* passible.
This la no fault of the Petersburg dub.
players or officials, but of conditions
In the city.
Players of other dubs tell of expe
riences they have had and in imagers
tell of their troubles. For Instance,
players aay that they are held up ter
The hotel question is the principal
trouble that faces fits managers, and
they are free in expressing their opin
ions about the matter. It Is claimed
that the Petersburg hotels refuse to
make the right rates, charging aa ex
orbitant price, and then putting the
Players two in a bed. It is claimed.
FARMERS DELIGHTED
WITH PREMIUM LIST
o
Those Gathered at Institute Dis
cuss Plans for Exhibiting at
State Fair.
AVIATORS ARE COMING
HERE FOR CONFERENCE
—
; Are to Meet Executive Committee
on Tuesday—Auto
mobile Races
Certain.
At the rtcrnt Institute- far
Ths termers displayed crest Inter
est slso in the horticultural depart
ment end It la likely that many of
| them wlU enter the-con test* for apples
and other fruits, tile officers of the
Institute offered high endorsements of
; the Ftslr and urged aQ farroers to bring
! their products and enter the contests.
Confer With Aviators.
On Tuesday of next week the Ex
ecutive Committee ipf the State Fair
will hold a conference with the rep
resentatives of tWo< aviation concerns
who are negotiating to give a series
of aeroplane exhibitions every day dur
ing the fair.
It Is the purpose of the committee
to hare the aviator hare if possible
and it Is expected, that they will get
together and sign UP a contract while
the representative* or* here.
Either Wright Brothers or Stroebet
witi get the contanet far the work and
as yet the committee Jias no favorite
In the matter, ft fa expected that
Stroebel himself trgl he present at the
meeting Tuesday, WhJ)a Wright Broth
year that will eel ip** ail of previous
years. One of these 1* a pole act that
la a thriller and will doubtless attract
considerable attention.
A pole seventy feet hi* t* planted
In the around and an acrobat performs
all kinds of difficult feats while the
pole bends and seems ready to snap
off. While the athlete is going through
Is work the pole swings through an
arc of twelve feet.
Another free attraction Is the Bn
vards* aerial performance, which Is
said to be far above the average. Th#
Bavards were connected with Barn urn
and Bailey's circus .for several seasons
and are said to be the beet acrobats of
their kind In the country. The. rigging
uaad by these athletes Is sixty feet
high and their act la said to be spec
tacular.
Besides the two named, the officials
ant arranging fur other ftma attsao
tlons that will be well worth seeing.
They are now working to get a ballet
of one hundred for night performances,
and these, with the fireworks and
other attractions, wtU make up a fine
evening's entertainment.
Allt# f^904Ml 0t||^,
General Manager Mark Lloyd Mated
Saturday that the proposed automo
bile races are now a certainty. "We
do not know who the racers will be,”
said Mr. Uoyd, "since It to hard to
tell which of the drivers will be bus*
elsewhere at that time, but we are go
ing Into the matter now and we will
surely have the races."
This will msanAhat th# visitors to
the fair will be given the opportunity
of witnessing soma of the moat famous
automobile drivers In competition. An
effort will be made to get DePalma.
Oldfield and others, any of whom will
give exhibitions such as wars never
seen in this section.
"jn.m iii ■ -il» I .rry
FABULOUS SUM BIO
FOR FITZHERBERT
■vjp
Clarence Maekay Offers Hildreth
00,000 for the Greatest
Four Tear Old.
SARATOQA. H. T.. Aug, JJ—Though
the horse racing game Is about done
tor la Mew York. Clarence Maekay
ssa {s%H3s(. — wF*
sEWWPW**
Maekay who has a. hi
farm to Kentucky has net j
is. will make nr _
buys him but homonym and,
»lon that howtftg^liffit
to .France to head hta Mum theta.
Ethel be rt. ntxherbcrt'e airs to now la
France and'proving one of. the meet
■ "'fi tsuysftffir*
what use he
In case -he buys him
Of the opinion that ho Wi
FBI. IMIS [MS
a m an m
LANGFORD YODIIC
OEGLADESJCHAMP
j Little Chance of Bringing the Ne
groes Together for Champion
ship Battle.
| JOHNSON DECLAKES
IT WILL NOT DRAW
Says Langford is in Infant
Claes and Must De
velop Sdme
More.
j __ PHILADELPHIA. Aug. l*.— 'Sam"
i laniford't chance* for a fight with
"Jack" Johnson for the heavyweight
championship of the world nr* nighty
*11 tn.
[ any of Langford'* game, first, because,
he said, two negro** would not draw
enough of a crowd to warrant the
match, and. aacoadly. because John*
not fa th«
ton figure* Langford
championship etna*,
made enough of a name for himself to
make him eligible for chemplonehlp
honors, said Johnson
"He's still In the Infant class In the
pugilistic world," declared the negro
champion.
•Tv# boon up against si lot ’em,*’
said "Ll'l Artha." "The only man who
sites up at all to KAufmeiu . He’* a
clever hoy and with two or throe yearn'
groper training - he will undoubtedly
e In shape to light me At that time
I shall, be too old for a good battle,
and 1 am not sure 1 would not go oft
the stage by the Jeffries route."
“Well, what about Langford, Jack?"
the champion was esked.
"Quit yer klddlnV said the big ne
gro. "I've already cleaned him up
and he doesn't sis* u pwett. Why, I'd
a-llked to kill him the last bout I had
with him. i,
"Another thing. There ain't jto us*
of two black men gettin' together far n
championship fight in these ~ parts.
There's no money In It. Just look,
for instance, at the Agin between Joe
<3an* and Joe Walcott, two of the beat
men of their day. The boot drew a
he would
Finish Last, Half a 1
hind Arundel* of
CRIPPLED CONDITION
SHOWS IN THE i
Local Crow Never Was in thel
ning and Winners Lajj&|
Them Far Bn- |
Hind.
WASHINGTON, An*. !».—T1
amateur oarsmen of America,
«*W»lng thirty-six ciubs In the
States ana Canada, are In Vf%
ton attending the annual reap
the National Association of At
Oarsmen, which began yesterds
an Ideal course on the Potomat
In weither that could not ha
for sport mild spectators. rj
Exciting finishes, fast time at
era! mishaps, with no serious
queues*, marked the seven eeal
is the consensus of opinion tb
meeting la so far ths best eve
Except for dissatisfaction •
the the Judge* over the dlataa
ticn of their barge, the plans
for the regatta by the ofilcer*
association and .of the Potooa
Club, under whops .tPPjtNrflk
regatta is held, had hearty fig)
lion. The election of d|fifljj|Cgfi
association, held to-nlgbt at fi
lingjon hotel, dosed the first i
the meet ^ fSg
It was noticeable that thesis
Strong trend among the bogte I
the. southern shore, and the e*
variation of some of the boats !
true course was, by some expat
dared to be the reason for thh
ure to make a batter showing
Several thousand person* <g
the regatta. From Its itsrtlai
up the Pdomae to the Long Be
mil* and a quarter below, thff
an unbroken line of people la
side Park. .
gram, that for Junior eights
the Potomac*. Arundel*. ZM
glnlas and Argonauts Ua«6
order mentioned, the local
tng the No. 1 course, dona
the District shore. The k
of these rangy sheQa, with t
of sun-tanned youngsters,
on* « the prettied eosaee
ternoon, and as they bustled
course He five stress ef *
inanity their appearance wi
to cause the onlookers to
delight and antlelpatiea.' •:
Realising the iasporhuis
event in hand, fitarter Ruffe
time in making the cohpen
curred Just below th*
Is about 1*6 yards
Rowing at a It. ths
pulled out from the a
point, being fotlowed by t
who in' turn were trailed
dels. Behind these .the A
Virginias were struggH
terms for last piaee. .
a** Cor an lutm
am fine*. but M
'loot «*ht orttto a/*#
the Datrolt aunt jw»t
*m «*m ham*
h*U»' i nlfUn«M ttn
watch, thay amogar