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1 THE TIMES DISPATCH: RICHMOND YA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20 1912 39R ntries College Blues Indoor Track Meet Saturday- Stars Entered in Blues-College Track Med Saturday Chalmert Feature No 10 BEAUTY OF LINE AND FINISH The Chalmert has exceptionally large body for Its passenger capacity i wide seatst deep upholateiy elegant trimmings beautiful paint Each body recef receives coats of paint All bodies have straight Im' effect Inside control ventilated on line doors etc FEATURE No 11 TO-MORROW OQ features make the Chalmers "Thirty-Six" a car Liu with which no other selling at anywhere near the same price can compare Somt haw a few of them others have more none have some of them and no ether car has even half of them FEATURES Booklet on Request Comparison has sold more Chalmers Cars than ail our advertising Chalmers "Thirty-Six" 1800 Touring Torpedo Roadster (Jordon Moior Company INCORPORATED NEW YORK WILL OPEN SEASON IN RICHMOND Peace Briefs From Virginia League Gubs Auburn N- National Board of Arbitration when asked to night as to the result af hla -confer cnee with Richmond baseball men ta day in the matter of Internal atrlfe in the Vliglbla League aaldi la abaolutely nothing to ba alt) The Virginians presented their claims and 1 adriM them to put their evidence In writing and aubnilt It No decision was made aitd there will be no decision until the papera are in The case will be adjudicated In the usual manner He declined to give out the namea of the conferees wno left Auburn im mediately after meeting Mix lhrnU From autbentta sources It la laarned that Advisory Council Sands af the Richmond cluh and Woodall corresponding secretary of tha Virginia Leagile also writer or sports on an afternoon paper were those who conferred with Secretary Farrell Jaek Grim who will be the manager of tha Newport News club If the circuit is enlarged was In Richmond yeatevdsy telling hla troubles WHAT LYNCHBURG SAYS Lynchburg Va February Ik That tha effort to enlarge tha circuit of the Virginia league was net downed by tha adverse vote taken by telegraph Saturday la evidenced by the fact that President Wilkinson of the local team this afternoon received a telegram from Norfolk asking If lyvlv-burg would vote in favor af the pd-miasloa df Portsmouth along with Nwyft To this President Wilkinson replied at once that Lynchburg would consider such a proposition provided It Is onterod Into as a trial for a year only stand of tha local team Is that an right-team league will not py the various cluba as well as tha present constitution but Lynchburg Is willing to go into an agreement Tor tha admission af either Newpart News and Suffolk or Portsmouth if It la provided-that tha agreement is to ba bind-' Ing only for one season after which the circuit goes back ta six cluba or becomes permanent upon a two-thirds vote of tha cluba of the league It la understood that Lynchburg will not vote for a permanent enlargement of the circuit under any circumstances THINK TROUBLES OVER Danville Va February 19 The 1912 aeaaon of the Virginia League Association will open on April ZA- The schedule of gamea and Ilia salary limit will be arranged at a meeting of the club presidents in Richmond on March 22 There is much satisfaction among tha fans here that the troubles and factional differences have -been settled and all era going to get together and work for good clean baseball NO EIGHT-CLUB LEAGUE Dispatch to-day from Danville the vote on an eight-club lnuabail President Landgraf Chairman Schedule Committee of United States League Announces Opening Season Begins May 1 Richmond which will ba tha Uttar part of tha weak work ou La Park will be Corrigan eaptaln Georgetown track trees PLOT DISCUSSEO AT CGNVENTIOH Delegatea Knew Who Were Causing Explosions Country 1 Indianapolis February Tha( the dynamiting- plot were brought to lb attention of certain committees at the International Association of Bridge and Cartel! Georgetown polo vault and high Jump Bowling In tha rs ruler scheduled seriee at (he Newport last night the Remingtons took all three gamre from the New Leader Gordon'! aupeiU rolling In the second game pulled the Remingtons out of a tight 1 piece while the consistent bowling of nils helped materially te Win the scries Captain Do laay rolled In hard luck while Chapin was In hla usual goad form Blair was second high total far the Nows Leader: The sears: News Leader 1 'I Totals Dr la ny (Copt) 144 184 SC At Bryant If 18 111 494 Chapin' SB If 19 gucyd a 344 ID 185 fif Blair Vi A8S 198 184 M8 Ml Remington I 8 US oordon ta Trials IN OS LM I Totals IM 499 ITS 441 IN as 145 ISl so 111 vn 195 1C Mfr-Coeking ID 901 Printing Cam- of the Clubs Structural Iron Workers convention In Rochester 1 In 1910 same tojas th Rlahmond end Is concerned The Hrht to-day as one of tho government's' man who ars back of tho club bav charges against tbs fiftyfour Indicted never known what failure or defeat they must be convinced so far circuit had failed to carry as tlie result of a tie vote This moans there will be no eight-club league in Virginia this year unless the vote of the present six cluba la reversed Nor-folk Richmond and Petersburg voted wawao'rt for an eight-club league Lynchburg Danville and Roanoke voted against Abe ilowlta from Newport News said to-day he would fight to the end Totals To-night at Standing Tord Motor Cars! "The peopie buy them u-hti the name iMurMict that they buy the bond of a bdiaMe bank rORD AUTO CO Ii Broad St ON S-NI SCHEDULE i Special to The Tlmee-Dlepaiclt Ashland Va February II Man torer Rives Worsham of the Ran-Malrh-Macon basketball team has an Iren need hi ochi-dule (or the ill! aea-oa Eighteen game art ta be "played Mn all eight o( which will be lyi wn the heme grtunda The team take a touthern trip dur tng the Easter holidays and haa eomt bard ganit-e ached uled Several new team will appear in Aahland for the first time tliie season I ha University of South Carolina University of Maryland and Kmory and Henry Collega Two championship gainea will be played with each af the cullt-gea In (he Lastera Virginia league to decide the ahampionahip of Eastern Virginia The chedule follows March 21 William and Mary (exhibition) at Willi nisbur- April Wak Ferret at Wake Far at i- April -University at North Care-Ulna at Chapal HUU 1C April 1 Trinity Collega at Durham ''4N April Guilford Collega at Gull- It April Cion) at A ah land April University af Booth Carolina at Ashland April University af Maryland at Ashland April 22 (chain mlonshlp) at Ashland I April IS Mad leal College of Vlf-egtnla at Ashland April 27 William and Mary (championship) at Ashland Emory and Hanry at Aah- May Union Theological Seminary ft Aahland May i Hampdsn8Uney (championship) at Hampden-Sidnay May Trinity College at Richmond May 12 Richmond 'College (chain-Vlonnhlp) at Richmond Mar William and Mary at Williamsburg UMay 27 Richmond Collega lonshlp) at Richmond ENURE SERIES (Special to The Tlmea-Dlspatch Raleigh February 12 By winning tlie basketball game to-night 29 to 9 Wake Forest captured the en tire series of three games played with A A this season -Captain Phillips played good ball for A A while Captain Beam and 11 Holding easily led their teammates Uno-up: Wake A A hi Position Foreat Sumner left forward Holding 1 Austin) Hargrove right forward Capt Beam Phillips right guard Utley (Hartley) Chambers centre Holding (Captain) Legrand left guard pwd Summary Field Wake Forest -FI A A 9 Foul Wake Forest 9 A A 2 Tima of halves 20 -minutes Referee Sanborn New Hampshire Umpire Crosier Wake Forest Attendance £00 f- Mls lletrbkUs Engaged I Bsn Francisco Cal February At la luncheon to thirty Sorority friends Miss Ilasel Hotchkiss the -champion woman tennis player of the State announced her engage-lent to WJghtman a liar-ward University fftudent and son of a Brookline Maas capitalist Remember! Reads Rally at Fredericksburg Vi Wanhlugtou'n Birthday Febru-V nrr S3 in the latereot of nit-kmoad-Washlagton nivialoa of the Quebec im Miami International Highway Tha Richmond Frederick nhurg and atomic and the Washington Southern Railway will sell tickets to Fredericksburg and return on account of the above occasion at the rate cent per mile on aale tad 22 wlthftnal limit February 23 1919 Intereat la becoming Intense ell tong the Hue and concerted effort ached by substantial contributions alone Ineurt the building of this portent highway that will spread -untold good to the people of this session Attend the tnetlng Good roads i to the Cylinders Re-Bored AT TOUR PLANT WILL RAVE YOU TINE AND EXPENSE Richmond Machine Works Inc IV Barer ears to Mare free Werhs lae Mad "TIM 34444 Ea-t Mata Street te Mr Make-It-Right Will Make His Headquarters In Richmond 19 i Campassl Georgetown relay team and high temp Fleury Wad Beelb Buroee 94 Ml eeeeeee Totals an Hob Clothing Co 79 IM St 1 ft Doherty Brown Gieaa aeeaieeeveebeaae Totals ns mi DIRECTORS OF HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION TO MEET A -meeting of the board of directors and officers of the Virginia Division of the Qubec-to-Miaml International Highway Association will ba hold here Wednesday Matters of imporfence will be discussed including plans for raising th sum needed to uulld tho road from Richmond to Washington via Frsdsrlcksburg Th olsction of a successor to -Colonel Joseph IS Willard who declined tha presidency will be deferred until a meeting to be held March 14 Tho masting and rally in the Interoat of th road to ba hold in Fred-srloksburg Thursday will ba largely attended If reports ars true It Is expected that at this meeting the proportion of the sum needed allotted to Fredericksburg will bs raised Vletsry for Darkaaa Chapel Hill February 13 By ths narrow margin of one point the Durham A- basketball quint nosed out a victory over the University of North 'Carolina to-night This was the third victory of ths season scored by tho Durham team against the locals At th end of the first half ths score stood 17-14 in favor of Carolina Tho final scoro was 29-21 In favor of ths vlaltlnw team 1 8UJm Taii i 1 un mi 94 3i Sin It will ba pushed to complttion On hi way East from lb Cleveland masting Landgraf stopped off to bav talk with Manager Alt Ntwnham at Amsterdam Newnhau Is highly pleased over having recslvsd tba slgnad contract of Lotbrop th lefUuutdei from Westfield Mass -Tbla youngster pitched twenty-two games last sesson winning sixteen II gave but thirty- two bsx on balls which is ooasldered roms record for a portpaw (Irovst iioshen another pttebar hax'alao signed hla contract This boy worked for -tbs Newark dub la tbs Ohio League last season and has a grsat record riv player art now on tba roster of tbs local club They ars Hoffman third bsas Nswnham shortstop and manager OTIare outfielder Lotbrop and Goshen pitcher -Ths schedule will mad public just as soon Landgraf gets lo Richmond Upon his arrival he will rank this his permanent headquarter Fan ars buaii engaged In finding out Just what kind of a foam Richmond is going to hav Oolng up against ucb cities as Cincinnati New York Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cleveland and Reading Is no-smalt matter But the ben of It all 1 that Richmond begins th season against New York Estimate of the crowd which will bs on band are already being made aad tba moet can- servatlva satimat puts It -at tha capacity of th park -When Lee Park la completed the New York club will com to Richmond for spring practice It la probable that the team will bars for two weeks Pittsburgh la scheduled to work out at Newport News Exhibition game between these three clubs will bs arranged In this way tbs fans can get a Una on th teams befor th aetual playing season begin mation th government sxpaota to rs-eeivs might be expected befor all th men ars arraigned here on March 12 The arrest in Chicago to-day of th defendant named in ths indictment at "Patrick Ryan" a former business agent of a Chicago local union leaves only on man out of tbs fifty-four still to be arrested The man not yet captured is McCray formerly ot Wheeling Va GOUT PILLS Instantly Rellcrg and rapidly Cura iGout( Rheums ttsm Rheumatic jGout Sdaticit 'Lumbtgo and all paint in thd head 'fact tnd Ilmbt P0C6EKA ABoleAfriits Haw Yak Wed and Thors Matinee Thnredny Tha Beautiful Viennese Operetta The Spring Maid Prices: Matinee BOc to LS0 Night BOc to 9200 Fri and Sat Matins Sntnrdny BLANCHE RING In a Sparkling Musical Comedy THE WALL STREET GIRL With Harry GUfoll Prices: Matinee 2Ec to ILCO Night BOe to 1200 2nd Annual Washington Ball Given by- th JOLLY JUNIORS at Belrider Hall Wednesday Evening Feb 31 at I o'clock 113 The buyer who knowu the different automobiles will own a Jones Motor Car Co Allen Avenue and Broad Street Built to Serve I Iigheet Price and Beet -W a SMITH CO 314 Fifth Vine and Main For 8 Years the Hone af Qnalty Straus Gunst Co Distillers and Blender af Finn Whlakey Drink Old Henry If Long Record Proven Itn Merit men It charged by Federal authorities that a resolution demanding that "no more bombs or explosives of any kind be exploded while this convention Is in was written out In regular form by a delegate at th convention was secretly referred to a commltts aad without tbs action on It being known was later found by tbo government among tha papers taken from tbs iron worker' headquarter in Indian-spoil Tba government claim to hav tha original resolution Tbs charge la that a delegate nt th convention known to tho government demanded tbst the explosions tsnf- poraflly stopped a time when many steal and iron works under erection by "open shop" contractors were being blown up and that in that way many officials Including President Frank Ryan Herbert 8 Hockln vice-president and members of the executive' board had tbs subject brought to helr attention What was the real motive of the delegate in of fering the resolution was not divulged but It is pointed out that McNamara the convicted dynamiter and Ortle McManigal were on their way from Indianapolis to Rochester when according to confession McNamara decided to leave at Cleveland a suit case containing quart of nitroglycerine Had Mapped Oa ierlca McManigal asserted that McNamara hal mapped out a aerie of explosion "which wore to presented to the Information from delegate Who had arrived In advance at Rochester is held by the government having Induced McNamara to change bis plana That information ths Indlotment charges was that tbs International officials including President Ryan and business a gent a were fully awars of League The Richmond Lnnoh teem led the strong Chesapeake and Ohio aggregation to'alaugh-tor loot night at tho Newport Alloys before a large crowd The score: Richmond Loach 1 8 i 8 Totals Barrow (Capt) Wallace Houtchlns M4 19 194 128 149 W9 184 194 ur tit us IM 181 439 nts 19 IS 747 Chesapeake aad Ohio 11 Richardson (Capt) SM 904 IPerdlck 949 179 Chsikley Ml ug Decker aaeaefoiaieeageaeo 14 1ST Lowery aaaaaaaaiaaaaaaeao ut in Total 194 A 444 I Totals Ut 477 145 490 IN Ml U4 M0 IM Totals TN 794 791 LIU To-night at 1 Vaughan Robertson Co va Owen A Minor Plmetice Game The Time-Dlpatah team Each team Is bow out for Wood sad a good gam is looked for Fslaeo Duekpia League Tho taama la tha Felaoe Buokpln League rolled their regular games lari night with the result that Richmond Luueh wear all thru game from Fro-Phy-Tol and Remington won two out three from Hub Clothing Company Wednesday Bight tha Palace team meet Regal Shoe Company and tho Alcoa will have th Glob Clothing Company as their opponents Following arc last saoras: Richmond Loach 1 Booker sees isoosad Sea Peacock 71 Barrow Ill cerned tha public la right now ready to cry quit Since Williams was ousted and slnca bis dismissal waa aald to 9i the one thing needed to return confl-Jonci to tho organization the Ian are beginning to believe -that the Virginia League isn't Quit ae muck of a league as Ua admirers would have ou believe The lefiat of Williams baa accomplished nothing toward bringing about Peace Instead tbar is more llghllbg aud- wrangling now than over In view of all tbla and in further view of th fact that tha Virginia League at beet le going to givi just Class ball fana ar turning their attention to tho local club In the United States League Thera were scoffer at first oh hundreds of -but gradually they are being convinced that the aew organisation means business Certainly meant and they are working toward making the organization a success Reports from th other cities of th circuit ars ths earns In direct contrast to ths Virginia Leagu th United States League is a happy family Each of (he franchise bolder while looking out for hla own Interest Is at ths sam time trying to help Its rival magnate Thus things af running smoothly and prospects ar bright for a good season of good bass-ball in Rlohrnond President Lssdgrsf chairman of ths schedule commltts of th United States League has announced ths following opening dates: Brooklyn ai Washington Niv York at Klchmqnd Rending st Cincinnati Pittsburgh af dleveUnd Ths season will begin May Just soon a Landgraf return to the dynamite plots and that soma of the man now indicted objected to any unusual number of explosions whU th convention waa In session In this connection McJUanigal's confession is quoted aa stating: "McXfim are said wanted a lot of 'open shop' jobs blown up at one time to make th delegates feel good Just before meetings of tbs sxseutivs board McNamara also wanted many Jobs pulled off ao it would pleas tbs members and show them business was good Tha twenty quarts of nitroglycerins with which we started out from Indianapolis we loft with Pet Smith in Cleveland" Th year tha convention was heldj twenty-five bridges viaducts and build- ings wore reported blown up in various parts of tha country Advices wr recslvsd by ths government to-day that at least half a dossn of the defendants ars preparing to "tall all they know" It was said that developments resulting from new Infor were only Georgetown and Virginia to compete but in every contest there will bs men from Washington and Lee' Georgs Washington North Carolina University of Maryland end all the Virginia District of Columbia and Maryland colleges and athletic cluba Tha relay races always popular ars many and classy Th race which promises to be th gnost exciting and ths on around which most interest will centre will that between Richmond College and the quartet from Washington sd Los Richmond College's relay team Is one of ths fastest ever turned out In this seotlon of tho country and her admirers will have an opportunity to sea tha real worth of the four wearing the red when they run Washington end Lee in ths last event of the evening It trill he remembered that Washington and Lee ran Virginia a mighty good race In Washington a week ago This race will give dopstsre relative merits of these stare a line on two as-Southern championship the pirahts honors for Tba Richmond Blues are going to run the crack team from the Flftn Regl -meat at Maryland and it will be more than disappointing If the local lade do not reward their host of friends end rooters by winning from the Baltimoreans There will be at least a dosen other relays many of which will be between local schools and atbletlo clubs ao that any one who does not ace the meet Saturday night will mles-an athletic carnival such as has never befor been seen In the whole South Tickets for the meet are now on sale at the following places: Eighth end Brood Street Folk Miller Drug Company 834 East Main Street Chas Straus Tenth and Main Streets Crenshaw Eleventh and Main Streets Chlldrey Drug Compahy First and Broad Streets Wright's Pharmacy Lombardy and Broad Streets: Drug Store Lombardy and Park Avenue Nathan IXcUatelbt BfiXfiitULfiJa! JtoaA EUeiito MANY RELAY RACES AT BLUES-COLLEGE MEET PETERSBURG SATISFIED A number of the director of the Petersburg club including Reward president were in Richmond last night They'were inclined to alt passively by and watch the fight If the league disrupted they were satisfied and If not they were willing to go along PATRONAGE CLUB ISSWUNBBYTAFT Ten Nominations Withdrawn From Senate as Warning to North Carolina Special to The Tima-Dlpatch Washington -February -If any doubt existed a to whether tlr Taft people are in the preaent fight for blood It was removed here to-day when PresIdWt Taft withdrew namm of ten men from North Carolina which he had sent to the Senate at various times during the past few weeks for confirmation The nominations withdrawn are John Biddle collector of custom district of Pamlico Christopher Jones collector district of Beaufort and the following -postmasters- John Burrows Asheboro William A Mace Beaufort Samuel Marshall Mount Airy John Joyce Retdsvllle: William Saunders Roanoke Rapids Tis telle Cameron Rockingham Henry White Roxboro and Flckard West Durham- This action crested considerable interest among the Southern contingent in Washington It was explained by those familiar with Tarheel nmttrra that it was a notice to liunran and former Congressman John SI Mor-hcad both recognised In North Carolina that they must stop fighting among themselves have mat ters adjusted and get the delegate to Chicago squarely in line for Taft The State convention will meet In North Carolina In May aantlme the President will not fill the places for which nominations are withdrawn' and will wait until' the convention for further light If Duncan holds the greater power at that time hla men will then be named for these places but thiy will go to the Morehead followers If they seem to hsye more streugih To-day's action so far as known here I Is believed to be the moat convincing winging of th natrons ge club to fore delegatea fur Taft seen In years Hermann Says United States League NotOutlaws Cincinnati February lt-Augast Herrmann chairman of the National Baseball Commlaalou to-day declared that organised baseball waa not biwtilc to tbe seedy formed Columbian and Vailed Sintra leaguea "Thr two lean or are no) outlawa hr sail! -Tbey are Independent boillra within their riarhta aad ant trepaaalag on oura We have no rlsbt to eblfri to them: no llrenao to aoony them Tho atotuo of tbs two leagues la eanetly similar' an far an organised baseball lo ranee raed "If I hod a plnyer for evhom I had ao roam aad all 'the big leagara waived claim oa him would aof healiato to lara blue over to either iragor Aar aatlrml aarvrmeat team baa a yrrfeet right to dlaonar of lla enutrorta to any organisation not la tbo oatlaw elaao" Spiders Will Race Washington and Lee While Militiamen Will Go Against Filth Maryland Entries Crowding Every Mail Totals Fro-Phy-Tol 1 Davli Anderson The Blues-Spiders indoor track meet is hourly assumlnt greater proportions for entries bavs crowded every mall to-day Almost all of the out-of-town entries ars now In -exoeptlng Georgetown and Virginia's "and those Will arrive this morning Entries go to press for ths program to-day at noon and all entries must bs In by that time Virginia and are certainly after each other's scalp Both institutions have walled until ths last possible moment before (Sending In their entries In ordar that they may find out if possible just what men tho other team 1 entering so that they may send man to match each other's entrisa NffW that neither management has had a chunce to get a Una on the Other they ars both going to send their entire squads for both ars determined to carry off ths handsome trophy cup offered ths winning team Richmond sport-lovers have hereto-for had to Journey to Washington In order to sea Virginia and Georgetown clash in athletic but Saturdhy night they have only to go ths Horse Show building In order to see tbsss great rivals go at each other with thslr picked men Every event will have Virginia and Georgetown men fighting for supremacy Costello and Todd have met on the football field and both have proven their greatness on the gridiron Both these men irs also track stars of tha first water end it will bs mors than interesting to sen them measure thslr ability in tbs sprints Batucday night ller of Georgetown and Harris of LEDGE Friendship only in Old Quaker There is nothing half as appropriate This pre-eminent American product is as exquisite as Friendship itself Begin today using for every reason purity smoothness-flavor and GO Honest Old Quaker Virginia In the hurdles Costello of Georgetown ami Cochran of Virginia in ths pole vault will have opportunity to fight it out while Chapman ths great Georgetown half-mller will have his first race against Cook wonderful middle-distance gunner Th wW bt wU worm saftog Christian Co Distributor! Richmond Va 4 i.

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