Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-14
BUT ONE WEEK MORE
~ SEVEN DAYS THE BLurn,nns
WILL ASSEMBLE HERE
THEN We WILL HAVE BASE BALL.
nc New Park Is Proeressipr
N''e'S' But VIII Not lie Finished
"e'ore the Exhibition Games Com
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-, 0n' week from tomorrow the members
" me richmond Baseball Club will re-
port IN Richmond and begin getting into
'n"pe Tor the season. which will omen I'm
about three weeks now
Ine new park. though the work on II is
progressing rapidly. viii not be IN condi-
uon for use when the men arrive and ,ho,,
wiz 90 their practicing at Boshen's Park.
just across the railroad from their perma-
Hen' nome. Their dressing-room viii be
0on'pieted at the new park by the time
they arrive. and Boshen's Park IS selected
LOT practice purposes because the men can
uon their uniforms in their own dressing
room and not be forced to wear them
through the streets
WILL ALL GO OUT AND SEE.
The baseball enthusiasts Of Richmond
nave been looking forward with a great
deaf Of pleasure to the arrival Of the Blue
birds and when they flutter down on the
diamond next week. nineteen in number,
IL is safe TO predict that there will be n
good crowd on the bleacheries TO greet
them, and make mental estimates of the
new fellows.
The practice games. or rather the exhi-
bition games, which precede the regular
league season games. will begin on Satur-
day, April Sd. when the Bluebirds will
cross bats with the Richmond College
Spiders. For two weeks thereafter national
leaguers will contest with the Atlantic
League boys, and then the fight for the
pennant begins In earnest.
BE READY BY April. Sd.
The new park is expected to be ready
for occupancy by the time the exhibition
games commence, and the indications are
that II will be a gem Already the diamond
is beginning to look like something, and
workmen are busily engaged in the erec-
ton of the grandstand. The park. when
completed, will be fenced in with heavy
boards 20 feet in height. and within the
enclosure will be every convenience for
the public and the players, save the seats
in the grandstand. INSTEAD OF putting in
opera chairs there as was at first contem-
plated. board benches will be used, thereby
lessening the comfort Of the occupants.
The players will, however, be much bet
ter provided for than ever before. They
will have a large dressing-room, with
roomy wardrobes for each man, and will
have large bathroom, equipped with ar
range1nents for Daths-shower and plunge
baths.
A GOOD. STRONG TEAM.
This is as it should be. The team Is, so
far as can be learned. a good, strong one
and If the men play well, they ought to be
well taken care of. A great change has
taken place in the makeup OF the team III
the past three weeks. and the cfoakers'
who have been predicting defeat for the
Bluebirds have disappeared, or been
transformed into enthusiasts.
THE Richmond management have GER
tainly done all they can to provide a
strong team for this city. With three
catchers, seven pitchers, four inheiders'
and five outfelders all Of whom are men
OF record. and OF ability in their depart
ments' certainly a strong array OF taleh'
has been gotten together to pick from
Naturally. all nineteen men viii not De
retained. but the very best timber in the
lot will be kept, and those not needed VIII
be turned loose.