Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-06

{ the game with a vim that takes all thS
ginger out Of the opposition.
II the cranks will let Manager NelS
run things next season. without trying
to do something they know nolhlpg aDou1.
better results will follow, and hlchhohu
vii he in the push when the season
closes.
Manager Wells r. down in Florida IN
his pretty home. in Pensacola, where ne
e. busy selecting men 20 look up nc
gets n letter from a friend who tells him
about a player. and Jake At once sets 70
work to find out what sort Of man th-
wonder IS. He looks first to the batting
qualities. and then TO the fielding AGILITY
Of his man. Just now he writes that ne
f. looking Up pitchers. and that he may
have secured staff OF good ones. Wels
IS IN correspondence with Mr.. Bradley
and writes often. Both gentlemen are
determined TO give the ball public here
team that Will be as good as the best
and one that viii finish one. two, three in
the eleht-club Atlantic League.
SMITH IS WORKING. TOO.
Billy CBaby'D Smith. who has been en-
gagged to manage Norfolk has commenced
10 loot his little horn, and declare that he
will beat Richmond TO death. He writes
10 a friend here that he knows all the
men that Wells has engaged. and that
they will not be in It with his pets"
Smith can beat any man In the world
Dragging and when the luck that has
been following him breaks he Will die
harder than a mule.
Tho luck that Baby Smith has had
would make him the finest manager on
earth. He knows a player when he sees
one, but he has let other people choose
players FOR him. and after he gets them
manages TO keep them. Smith has also
had luck in getting men who are able TO
hold up 10 their records and keep in
health.
Bob Pender. who will be one OF the
most valuable men on the team next sea-
son, will coach McCabe's University Club
next season, and declares that he can get
together a team that viii make a good
showing with the best colleges anywhere.
He thinks that the young man who VIII
pitch for the club will develop as much
speed as Mullarkey II his arm holds out
Pender is making friends every day.
and cranks who used 10 think that he
was the meanest man that ever put on
ball uniform now call him a good
fellow. They recognize IN Pender n man
who works hard for the game and who
never gives up but keeps on until tho
last man is out at the end Of the ninth
lie knows the game perfectly. and can
find a weak spot IN a team as fast as
the next one.
Whether the park stays where Il IS, or
whether Il IS moved over on Broad street,
MIR. Bradley will have II improved on a
lorger scale than ever. There IS some
talk OF putting opera-chairs in the grand
stand and seats with backs on the
bleacherles Mr.. Bradley viii do anything
for the comfor. OF the patrons. and will
use his best efforts to give them games
worth seeing.
FLASHES FROM THE DIAMOND.
Joe Corbett's signed contract for 1877 Is
in Hanlon's hands.
7. Howard Robson. Of the Cleveland
club, places n 10000 value on Pat. Tebeau.
Louisville Is ready to take Jesse Tame
Hill off Pittsburs's hands, but the Pirates
know when they have a good thing. and
propose to hold the Prince OF Virginia
League twirlers.
Tannehill, Pickering. Dolan. Mccain.
Wrigley, Brandt, HargroVe, and possibly
one or two others will be the Virginia
Leaguers IN the big league next season.
Charlie Shota is still In Richmond He
has Dot as yet signed Richmond con-
tracs, but he wants 20 play here, and
will no doubt come to terms.
quarters for the Fulton ball-rOoters. and
they have commenced 10 play ball al
ready
Barley Kahn End Pete Woodruff, the
old Richmond ball-players. are keeping
I'm the game, and are ready and anxiously
waiting for spring.
President Nick Young presided at his
first league meeting on ST. Patricks day,
1871. And he hasn't missed one since.
Jack Knorr, who pitched great ball in
the Eastern and New England leagues
last season. IS at home in Bellevue, KY.
for the winter Lucky Jack will doubt
less be in the Atlantic League next sea-
son. and We will have a chance to see
his work.
Gilman. the clever second-baseman Of
the Newark and Grand Rapids clubs,
will, it Is said, be drafted by Brooklyn.
Good for the King 1t looks like another
Virginia Lacquer will 80 into the big
league.
II is as good as settled that Dick Pad
den will hold down second-base for Pitts
burg, as Donovan thinks he is all right,
and that he will improve IN his stick
work.
Shortstop Rothermel, who deserted and
was blacklisted by the Pennsylvania
League early in 1885. wants TO be rein
stated. and probably viii be. Rothermel
was with Petersburg and Norfolk last
season. and has been released by Billy
Smith.
There is no telling when the Providence
club will be ousted from its present
grounds and seek pastures new. as a
lease cannot be obtained OF more than a
year at a time. The club thinks seriously