Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-17


schmidt playing right. and yet with such
an important place as shortstop oiled
| b. sub, Richmond won. Gutenberg is
a very clever FIRST, and Leahy at second
IL wholly capable. The outield-Scybold.
! Hargrove, and kaln-will be equalled by
! few minor league clubs. Seybold did
some terrific hitting IN the game in Rich
/ mond, making two singles and two home
| runs, one OF the latter over the left-hed
| fence and the other into deep centre.
Washington certainly let most pro-
! missing player go in SeybOld, FOR he show
ed In the games with the Bostons that
/ he could field as well as hit. HargrOve
/ b. one Of the best throwing outlleldcrs
/ in the country to-day. and has n wonder
ful arm. and Kahn IN right is an Al play
| err The club has two fine catchers in
/ Hess and NigneuX. The Atlantic League
may have club that can beat out Rich
mond for the pennant. but Manager
/ Wells may well feel proud Of the show
/ ing his men made against the Bostons In
the spring Of 1898"
That kind u "stra!ght-from-t he-shoul-
| der talk needs no comment. Jake Morse
! knows.
Reports from Lancaster. Reading. Nor
FOLK, Newark. and Allentown. SHOW tlat
all the clubs have strengthened. and have
played good exhibition games
The Norfolk Sporting Life coTespop-
dent has this 10 say: The home boys
have showed much promise the past week
All the pitchers. with the exception of
Staley. have limbered up q bit, but, OF
course, their arms have been protected.
The aggregation Jewell has gotten to-
gether mas met with favor from the home
fans, who are confident he has a good
team
Jack Corcoran has been unable 10 get
I much practice, owing 10 having contracted
cold in one Of his hips but the popular
shortstop thinks with the coming warm
weather he viii be AN right.
Fox is n big Improvement over last
year in the catching department. and SO
is Kiusman at first but In lefthaid,
while young Eagle is a good fielder he
is bit weak with the stick. but the boy
may improve with more practice. Ile
should be given proper showing az any
rate.
Bob Whcelock has been filing short
most satisfactorily, and the old-timers
work has been as g0Od as I'm his most
palmy day. WheelocE IS no spring
chicken" YOU know, but is stii active
and a hustler.
Claude McFarlan IS fat enough 20
kill Mac always does show mp "all
90 the fat, but the warm days i'm ole
\irginny' generally bring him around
To- the normal
George Pfanmiller IS the same old,
reliable George, and says he viii pitch
even better bali this year than last. which
is SAYING much.
Taking an in all. JEWELS men have
shown mp we'll I'm practice being hauCi-
capped with pretty bleak weather 10 some
extent. il is safe TO predict q good show
ing for them when the season Is opened
MP here with Paterson"
Newarks man says thus: an a fort
night the third championship season Of
tho Atlantic League viii have started,
and a careful review Of the situation
leads TO the conclusion that the pace VIII
be a hot one from the start. Richmond
and Norfolk have been materially
strengthened. and what is more have
the good fortune 20 be I'm q climate
where early training can be had 10 better
advantage than the northern clubs enjoy.
again. the two southern teams have
eighteen straight games at home at the
commencement Of the struggle. all Of
which leads one 20 imagine that they
should take the lead for the first few
weeks at least. There's no gains1ying
the fact that Jake Weiss team looks as
ST 10 would be n dangerous factor IN the
race this season. It's pitching corps Is
cepting Newark and Paterson, and the
team seems nicely balances IN batting and
fielding. Reports from the other cities
I'm the league state that the various teams
have been STRENGTHENING j looks az II
the Atlantic League race viii be more
bitterly contested than I'm any previous
season.
"The local team is now hard al work
getting in shape for the real struggle
nr e. n u
lions during the first week were not con-
ducive 70 good ball-playins, and in con-
sequence but five games were played.
three Of which were victories. We beat
the Cuban y Giants twice, won and lost
10 Rochester, and were shut out by the
New Yorks. In the latter games the
local men didn't get a hit, but put up a
good fielding game. The cranks were
wOfuly disappointed with the result OF
this game, as last year We held the
LeagUers down pretty well. one thing
IS evident, tho team as az present con-
structed, is weak az the bat, and as that
wins games, Manager Burns will no doubt
see that the fault IS remedied'
FLYING HITS.
Well, It IS all right, and just one more
week and the show starts.
All the Bluebirds are in good shape and
anxious 20 fight.
Gus Klopf. Gus Dundon. Charlie Luton
/ berg Willie Hargrove. and Ralph Seybold
Will 90 the hitting. So will the others
so, SO, the other turns I'm the league
| have at last learned 20 respect us. 1t was
a case Of making them do so.
j. Frost and j. Pluvius have had things
| their own way for awhile The old kings
/ want 90 let up.
Pittsburg has sold Harry OHlgan. So
far Elberleld. Lever, and Yeager are the
/ only Atlantic Leaguers holding out in the
/ big league.