Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-12

there is little doubt that the club will
have the strongest staff Of pitchers 1t
ever started out with.
w. It. Mcfarland. OF last years Texas
league gives every promise OF being
n prize. He IL OF heavy build. weighing
lS3 pounds, looks like q winner, has
speed, curves, and good control, besides
being apparently cool at all times. HIS
batting record is S65. Roy Evans, from
the West, is another one who looks like
a hard man to beat. and who has q
splendid record For Emporia, Kan,
last year he won seventeen out OF nine
teen games pitched. His batting average
was 3S7.
c. II. Boylan IS twirler whose friends
predict for him a National League berth
ere long. He pitched against Cleveland
In a game last year, allowing only nine
hits and losing by the score OF to 3.
He was with Evansville Ind, in 1855,
and had a batting average OF 1856.
Bruner. from Topeka, is left-hander,
with speed a plenty, who is able to put
the ball over the plate and to fool the
batsman. He ought to prove valuable
man.
A REMARKABLE RECORD.
Guy Wilson is a big fellow, who for
the past two years has been q member
of pennant-winning Stete league teams In
the West-Nebraska and Kansas. He Is
said to have the remarkable record OF
winning last season thirty-nine out OF
forty-two games pitched, and playing
some in the field besides.
Stultz is a gritty young Kentuckian.
for whom a fine future Is predicted.
He can already do splendid work. He
pitched q game for Boston against Louis
Vile National League) in 1884, and won
by the score Of to 2.
Penn Merchant comes with an excellent
record. and shows great cleverness In the
box. Most Of these pitchers are also
good, safe hitters.
IN GOOD FORM. %
Jimmy Little of tho Roanokes last
season Is the captain of the team, and
will play first base. Everybody knows
him. Suffice it to say that, after weeks
practice, he is beginning to show up In
the game good form as when he covered
first bag for the Roanoke team. wher,
towards the last of last season. that
was one OF the best
Catcher Schabei r'Deadbird') is in bet
ter spirits and better condition than ever.
Frank Fear, the other regular catcher.
is a much smaller man than Schabel.
but is strong behind the bat and Is a
beautiful thrower; batting record for last
season, $50.
ID. l.. Mccain plays second like a
veteran, and has an astonishing Datunl
record in the Blue Grass league. In five
games against Knoxville last season. he
made twenty-seven hits on Davis ano
Hill. who have been signed by Western
National League teams this year.
Joe Dolan. at third. has won the near
OF every crank. He is safe. covers plenty
of ground. and is one or the Quickes'
throwers in the business.
I.eft-Fielder Pickering has also walked
into the good graces Of the fans. He Il
a truly great fielder. and covers ever,
part OF the left garden with apparent
ease.
Short-stop Leahy. the old reliable. Il
in fine form. and will play the game o.
his life this year from present Indications
Manager Smith, who everybody here
considers as good as anybody's centre
fielder. is continuing his splendid work
In McGrew, right-iielder and substitute
catcher. the club has one OF It's mos
valuable. all-'round men. He n mn
out-felder, as well as catcher OF ex
ceptionsl ability. whose throwing z
bases ID treat TO a lover OF good bal
playing; and. moreover. he IL . hitte
who can be relied on
Ons main feature Of strength In tn
club. Is the almost uniform good stick
| work. Every man on the team seems q
be able TO bit the ball. and some Of thu
men are stars In this line.
| Take II altogether. erere II ever!
| reason to expect great things from thes
| Tobacconis;s. 1t may be that all Ties
| Authorizations will not be realised. ant
| that the nag will not float over thes
| hills next fall; but. II not, II wiz take