Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 56, 16 January 1920 — Page 13

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 1920.

RICHMOND'S 1920 BASEBALL FATE ' TO BE DECIDED AT MEETING

Firewood from the hot stove league Is being gathered by Richmond base ball fans, and the store may be at a red hot heat following a meeting of the stockholders In the Richmond Exhibition company, which has been called for next Monday evening at the Commercial club rooms. At this meeting, Richmond's fate as a baseball town will be decided. Negotiations are under way to put a franchise in one of three leagues in Richmond, and In any one of the three, baseball equal. If not superior, to that offered by the Central league In 1917 will be shown. According to

a director, the outcome of Monday's

meeting will determine largely wheth

er or not Richmond will have real baseball next summer, or whether It

will be content with semi-pro ball. Three-I Offers Berth.

Offers have been mode by officials

of the Three-I league to give Rich

mond a berth In that , organization, with Fort "Wayne. By obtaining two teams in "Eastern Indiana In the league, the directors hope to be able

to cut the expenses sufficiently to make these teams pay Richmond was

offered a berth in the Three-I last

year, but travelling expenses would

have been too high to obtain an even financial break. This year, however, the expenses will be cut in half, if Fort Wayne and Richmond enter the league. The proposed Three-I Including the eastern teams, woujd Include Peoria, Moline, Bloomington, Davenport, Evansville, Terre Haute. Fort Wayne and Richmond. Several promoters have . placed offers with directors of the local organization for a franchise in the proposed Central league, which would Include six teams. The Central league, which at present appears to be the weakest of the three, offered to local fans would include Fort Wayne, Evansville, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Springfield and Richmond. Fort Wayne and Evansville are both willing to Join with Richmond, in whatever league local backers decide to enter, and the strength of the league is largely dependent on prompt action on the part of the Richmond organization. As a member of the Central league. Richmond's travelling expenses would be much smaller than

In either of the other leagues, as a local team would be In the center of the circuit, and would have no great Jumps to make on road trips. Ohio Clubs in Third. The third league offered local pro

moters is at present made up entirely

of Ohio clubs, but with Richmond or

Fort Wayne, would make a strong cir

cuit of eight clubs. The league would

Wheeling, Canton, Akron, Middletown,

or Fort Wayne or Richmond.

With a franchise in either league, local promoters could easily collect

a good team, and already several offers have been received from well known players who would like to manage a local club. These include Mordecai Brown, former manager of the Terre Haute club in the Three-I

league, and Jimmy Hamilton.

What is needed now, is quick ac- ("Philadelphia broke into the baseball

tlon," one of the Exhibition company

directors said today "At the present time, Richmond la the pivot point in the three leagues, and we can easily get in either of the three leagues. "If we delay too long, however, we will be forced to take the weaker of the three leagues, and probably have to be content with a club that would not be as strong as could be obtained by starting early to pick our players"

Bowling Notes

Headed by Kelly and Ray Lichtenfels, the Casey Number 2 bowling five grabbed two games from the Haberdashers at Twiggs' alleys Thursday night The Coco-Colas lived up to "dope" and captured two out of three games from the lowly A. S. M. five in the second engagement of the evening. Ray Jones rolled high score of the evening when he toppled over 234 pins In the final flamed Bob Tomlinson annexed high average by totaling 594 pins, or 198. Details follow: Llehtenfels. Handicap, 146 pins. Player 1st 2d 8rd TL Av. Blomeyer ... 191 170 157 618 173 Dubbs 155 149 173 477 159 Smith ' 133 141 182 456 152 PXlchtenfels 123 153 166 442 147 Tomlinson 201 190 203 594 198

William M. Richardson. i

When William M. Richardson of

limelight by purchasing with Clark

Griffith, the Washington club, he simply added another chapter to an interesting career. Being a baseball mogul now, Richardson can break into this little feature. He began life as the biographers say by getting a job as office boy in a grain elevator. He served his time checking cars and "sampling" grain In railroad yards and in climbing into the holds of ocean liners to look over the grain. When the first opportunity came along he became interested financially in the grain business and now. controls one of the big grain export companies of the country. He has money in other enterprises also. He is the kind of a chap who still blows down to the office at 8 a. m., and is greeted by . everybody as "Billy." Baseball has been his chief hobby so it was only natural he should break Into the mogulling business. He looks good to the fans who know him.

Baptist Church Here . Joins in Great Drive

Totals

Panhandles Lose to C enter ville, 52-15 The Richmond Panhandles have yet to win a game, their third trial of the season resulting in a 52 to 15 defeat at the hands of Centerville. Thursday night. The Panhandles kept even with Centerville for the first ten minutes of play but the end of the half saw them on the short end of a 19 to 9 count. Centerville went wild in the second half, scoring 33 points to 6 of the losers. Simmons was the scoring light for the winners while Williams and Whitnack performed to advantage for the losers. Centerville went down to defeat at the hands of the Connersville Inde-

04 pendents Tuesday night, by a 40 to 24 ecore at Connersville. All these teams will be entered in the Independent basketball tourney in the coliseum the latter part of next month.

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Casey No. Handicap, 152 pins. Player 1st 2d Kllnger 187 178 Otten 131 149 Mercurio ... 167 135 Kelley 139 209 R.Lichtenfels 187 178

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3rd 128 185 178 170 181

T'l. 493 465 480 618 546

Av. 164 155 160 173 182

Junior High Sports

Totals 811 849 842 High score Kelley, 209. High average Tomlinson, Coca Colas. Handicap, 106 pins. Player 1st 2d .3rd King 171 162 233 Jones 158 179 234 Fosler 180 159 179 H. Smith ... 195 188 177 Bennett .... 138 220 146

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T1. 666 571 518 560 504

Av. 189 190 173 187 168

Totals 842 908 ' 969 A. S. M. Handicap, 185 pin. Player 1st 2d 3rd T'l. Av. Way 185 147 165 497 166 Roach 160 132 147 439 146 Groan 147 124 138 409 136 Ellis 164 125 153 442 147 Haner 155 179 143 477 159 Totals 811 707 746

National Leader. Richmond Baptists are actively interested in the drive for $100,000,000 to be undertaken in the late winter and spring by the Baptist churches of 35 states and of the District of Columbia. , This month the First Baptist church is placing the emphasis on prayer. February will be devoted to stewardship, and the drive proper will begin in March, said the Rev. Shelby C. Lee. pastor. The New World Movement of Northern Baptists, defined .as "the lining up of the church for aggressive application of Christianity to the problems of the world," is swinging under way. Several th6usand of the 10,666 churches involved, ranging in locatl6n from Arizona to Maine and from Washington, D. C, to Washington State, have already pledged their

BLACK CLOUD OVER WHITE HEAVY WEIGHTS

A menacing black cloud is looming athwart the course of the white heavyweights, says an eastern critic: Harry Wills, the crack colored boxed from New Orleans, is bearing down on them, Insisting upon recognition in the title chase. He would dispute the claims of Fred Fulton and all the other contenders to a match with Champion Jack Dempsey. Wills is returning east from the Pacific coast, where he has been cam

paigning with consistent success for

several months. His manager. Paddy

I MuJIIns. who also handles Mike

O'Dowd, the world's middleweight champion. Is. seeking matches for him

with the foremost white heavyweights

Dave Mackay, matchmaker- of the Newark Sportsmen's club, has Mullin's

signature to a contract on Wills' serv

ices.

Both Fulton snd Moran have agreed to meet Wills If the bout can be

brought about. Moran never did draw the color line. Fulton through his manager, Tom O'Rourke, has declared .nat he will meet all comers, regardJess of color, until he has cancluslvely demonstrated his right to a return match with DempBey. Whitney Witt, inflelder of the Athletics, has signed his 1920 contract and is waiting for the team to start for its

training camp. It did not take the manager and the player very long to come to terms. After a short conference the player left Mack's office perfectly satisfied. "Connie treated -me great," he said. "I was given an Increase in salary without even asking

for it, and I am looking forward with '

pleasure to the coming season. I have no kick to register." The leader of the Athletics has come to terms with many of his players and does not expect to have to deal with any holdouts next spring. Rahblxe Maranville, who sustained an injury to his right shoulder after the close of last season, reports that he is again fit to play ball. The announcement was Joyfully received in Boston, for immediately after the great little shortstop was hurt it was said that he might never again be able to play ball. Maranville was Injured while cutting capers on a diamond at New Haven.' where he had gone to play In an exhibition game arranged by the Boston players, who were on a barnstorm trip, and he spent some days in a hospital. The midget player has been working as a tinsmith since October, and also has coached two basketball teams, so that he is in excellent condition to start spring training.

BENDER AND MEYERS. BASEBALL'S FAMOUS INDIANS, JV1LL FORM BATTERY IN MINORS

High score-Wones, 234. High average Jones, 190.

The Small Purples had the best of the argument staged in the Garfield gym Thursday afternoon, winning two out of three games. The best of the three was the scrap between a White quintet captained by Thompson,

arid a Purple five captained oy Hunt. The Purples scored eight points in the first" half while the Whites were annexinfl but 2. A determined rally In the second half fell short two points, the Purples winning the fracas. School's Purples defeated the Andersons by a 2 to 0 score. The same score was reversed in the third game, Hart's White team winning from the Purples by a 2 to 0 score. EARLHAM GOES TO .

BATTLE WABASH Final Quaker basketball practice was held In the Earlham gym Thursday afternoon. Basketball togs will not be donned until time for the important game of the season, at Crawfordsville Friday night. Earlham will go into the scrap an even bet, for although Rose Poly trimmed the Quakers in an overtime game, critics are loath to hold this against Coach Move's warriors. Wabash has the most impressive record of any Indiana college but expects to have one of the hardest games of the season against Earlham. The teams will be about evenly matched in weight, although with Goar playing in place of Lawler, the scales will favor Earlham. Carey, Hall, Pitts and Johnson from a quartet of players feared by the Scarlet coach. These players are large enough to make handling difficult and yet possess the speed of little and lighter men. Lawler will probably be unable to get In, but Mowe has a likely substitute In Goar. Wabash has a home floor larger than the Coliseum. This will not

prove to advantage for the Scarlet for Earlham has been practicing with one basket placed against the west wall of the Coliseum. This Increases the playing 6pace by about 15 feet. Seats for Butler Game. In preparation for the large crowd expected to turn out for the next home game of the season against Butler next Friday night, Mowe has started a new practice. Reserved seats will be placed on sale in the Westcott Pharmacy and will cost 25 cents additional to regular admission. They can be had after next Wednesday. , Definite arrangements for a curtain raiser have not been made. ' The Quaker basketball squad, 10 players, two coaches and one trainer, left at 1:45 p. m., for Crawford sville. Following are players composing the quad: Lawler, Hall, Carey, Pitts, Johnson, Davis, Goar, Edwards, Davis 1 and Hinsbaw

Cambridge Basketball Five Loses to Earlham Freshmen As a preliminary to taking on the Rush ville five Friday night, the Cambridge City basketball team clashed with the Earlham Freshmen in the Quaker gym Thursday afternoon, and received a 32 to 15 trimming. The high schoolers in the first half were on the short end of a 16 to 11 score. The second half saw the Freshmen strengthened by members of the Varsity squad and the high schoolers lost heart. Better team and pass work was shown by the losers than by the winners; beef and goal accuracy proving the winning combination. Eaton and Chase led the scoring for the losers, Eaton caging two field goals and Chase grabbing four.

R. Kellum led the scoring for the college five, dropping five through the netting. Sellers and Henderson accounted for four each.

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Dclton and Nesstler Both " Boast Long String of Wins Local fans are taking an interest in the boxing tourney , to be staged in the ' coliseum " on Monday, Jan. 26. Several prominent local men are back

ing this show and if successful, ngnc

fans will be treated to hign-ciass exhibitions during the winter.

Both Jlmmie'. Dayton and Frankie

Nesstler. principals in the 10 round main bout of the evening, are possessors of a long . string of wins. Don Curley. Jack Sbeppard and Joe Thorncs, all classy lightweights, have fallen before the prowess of Nesstler. Shep-

pard It a great favorite In Cincinnati , and bis defeat by Nesstler was a great disappointment to Queen City fans. They were grooming him for the lightweight championship when Nessler hove into view and squelched all hopes. Joe Walters, of Connersville, may not be able to make the required 14S pounds. He now weighs 160 pounds in street clothes. This will cause no hitch in plans for Billy Benson, promoter, is confident Walters will make

Uhe required weight. '

Chief Meyers, at left, and Chief Bender. , Big Chief Bender and Chief Meyers, the greatest Indian players that ever broke into professional baseball, will be battery mates this season down in New Haven, Conn. Bender is managing the team there and the chief is catching for him. The two braves hooked up in man battles on rival teams in the majors when Bender was hurling for Connie Mack and Meyers was with the Giants. The pair ought to bo a big drawing card for fitw Haven, especially in view of the fact that Bender had a great year in he minors last season, winning twenty-six games or thereabout.

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Association Player Limit Is Increased; Schedule Considered

(By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 16. Club owners of the American association resumed their adjourned meeting here today with the adoption of a schedule for the 1920 season as the chief business up for consideration. President Hlckey was re-elected at the session yesterday and,, the player - limit Was increased from 16 to 19 men exclusive of a manager. President Hickey's new term will be for three years. Although Gome of the club owners favored the adoption of a 168 game schedule, the majority, it was believed would vote for a 154 game schedule, opening the season on April 14 and

closing about Sept. 27 or 28. Several tentative drafts were presented at the

meeting yesterday but the pressure of 6ther business prevented the club owners from giving serious consideration to them.

"The major leagues have declared

in favor of a 154 game schedule" Pres

ident. Hickey said, "and I think it would be a mistake to adopt a 168 game proeram. It would result in too many double-headers if postponements were neoessary at the opening of the

season because of inclement weather.

I shall urge the adoption of a 154 game

season.

New Madison Schedules

Many New Teams for Season

NEW MADISON, Ohio, Jan. 16. An ambitious schedule has been out

lined for the New Madison, Ohio, In

dependent basketball team. Chief among these are the games with the Old-Hi team of Richmond, and the St Mary's Cadets, of Dayton. The Cadets will play here on Feb. 5. The Old-Hl team is scheduled for Jan. 22. On Jan. 21, New Madison plays at Ansonia, and on Jan. 29, Ansonia plays a return game. On Feb. 10, Pleasant Hill plays at New Madison, and on Feb. 19, the Hagerstown Independents will play on the New Madison floor. Jan. 27, Feb. 3-12 are open dates, and the management issues a challenge to the Centerville Independents and Richmond Panhandles. Following is complete record of games played by the New Madison Independents this season: New Madison vs. Eaton, 38-11; New Madison vs. Eldorado, 37-28; Hagerstown vs. New Madison, 83-23; New Madison vs. Ansonia, 31-49; Eldorado vs. New Madison, 24-27; New Madison vs. Straughn, 23-24; New Madison vs. Whitewater, 36-17; New Madison

vs. Hagerstown, 43-24; New Madison

vs. Greenville, 30-17; New Madison vs. Ansonia, 25-24; New Madison vs. Eldorado, 41-24; New Madison vs. Straughn, 44-15,

Y. Aitchison,

members .personally to the new move

ment.

Dec. 7 to 14 was generally observed

under the name of Christian Enlist

ment Week, but all January has been

allotted for those communities where local campaigns or other plans made

canvasses inconvenient during the

week originally set.

Welfare work among American citizens and foreign-born workmen, the

expansion of missionary work in foreign fields, the continuance of active educational aid to the negro race, the furtherance of Baptist interests in

South America and the provision of an adequate pensioning fund for min

isters and missionaries are among the concrete alms approved by the last Northern Baptist convention. Plans are laid to raise 1100,000,000 In the next five years within the denomination for those and allied purposes. "The church is facing up," Dr. J. Y. Aitchison, director of the General Board of Promotion of the Northern Baptist convention, said in a summing up statement, "to the greatest task in its history."

HIGH SCHOOL FANS HAVE HOPES FOR WIN

The Richmond high school basketball team will enter tonight's scrap with Muncle determined to make the old proverb "the third time Is the charm" hold good. Two times has the high school team played championship games and two times lost. The team will have a good opportunity to accomplish this end, as dopesters agree Muncie is weaker than either Huntington or Spiceland, and Richmond will present a more formidable offensive than displayed in previous contests. LeRoy Harding, who made the floor guard position on the Varsity, has quit the squad. He will attend high school only half time, and is thereby not eligible for play. Wilson, 135 pound sophomore at high school, has been put in the position, and despite his lack of weight, will make a valuable player. Dollins Will Cover Floor. It is planned to have Dollins drop back for the guard position after the tipoff and cover the floor. Harkins, sub-forward, will be out of the game for at least a week on account of injuries received. Smith and Motley have been put as subs on the first string squad. Motley and Loehr are having a hot scrap for a forward position and both are classed as Varsity

members. Plans are being made In high school for at least 200 rooters to accompany the team to Newcastle next Friday. Although the Green and White has the best team turned out in several reasons, local fans believe Richmond has rounded into an aggregation capable of sustaining R. H. S. superiority over Newcastle. t Investigations are that only one

school was dissatisfied with treatment

accorded at last spring's tournament. Other school officials report to have

been well pleased with the treatment by Richmond and expressed disap

pointment at having to Journey to Rushville or Newcastle. A determined effort will be made to land the tourney for next season, how. ever. Richmond has won the district championship for several seasons. and this is thought to be a factor in the change. .

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(By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. 16 Premier Clemenceau today announced that he would

withdraw as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic. He asked his; supporters to vote for President Raymond Poincaire for re-election. A deputation of senators and deputies has just left the chamber for the Elysee palace to ask President Poincaire to stand for re-election. Premier Clemenceau having withdrawn in his favor. A joint parliamentary caucus of the senate and chamber of deputies today cast a secret ballot for choice of a

presidential candidate. The vote' resulted as follows: Paul Deschanel, president of the chamber of deputies, 408; Premier Clemenceau 38; Charles C. A. Jonnart. . recently elected senator, 4; Leon Bourgeois, French representative In the League of Nations, 3; Marshal Foch, 1; President Poincaire, 16.

7 KILLED IN EXPLOSION. AIX-LES-BAINS, France, Jan. 16 Seven persons were killed and many injured in an explosion In a fireworks factory here today. Three adjoining factories were destroyed and the walls of a number of houses were cracked. The windows were blown out of the Paris express, which was passing at the time.

The construction of one of the great dirigibles which are now being built by Great Britain requires a building one-sixth of a mile long. The possibility of communication between the sky forces and submarine fleets has been demonstrated, and this is destined to be an Important factor in coast defense in any future warfare.

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