The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-27
The Cherubs to Appear Upon Their
Own Grounds.
THE CLUBS GETTING IN SHAPE.
Norfolk Has Fine Aggregation-The
Full Roster Of the Newark Team.
Readings Ma'sc-Up Problcmat-
ic-LarocQ ue's Team.

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| Charlotte
| Whether the expectations Of the cranks
will be realized remains to be seen, for
| ten days is a short while I'm which 20
! reach the necessary condition that
| ball player must put himself in.
| The training i'm Charlotte, however.
must have been productive of some good
| results and the players viii be in such
condition as 10 be comparatively easy
| to size UP by the experts.
| With nearly a month ahead OF them
| before the opening Of the championship
season. and the time well filled in with
exhibition games, there IS no valid rea-
son why the Richmond team should not
be well seasoned and well selected by
Manager Wells.
The Norfolk correspondent Of the
Sporting Life has the following 20 say OF
the Atlantic League team IN that city:
Manager Jewell is hustling with a viii
20 give Norfolk a good team. and has
since arriving perfected some pretty
good deals among them securing Catcher
Fox from Manager Stalings. Of the Phil
lies. Fox was considered one Of the
best backstops In the Atlantic ranks last
year and there Is no doubt about him
proving a good man for Norfolk
Harry Staley IS q new addition 10 the
pitching corps signed lately Eagln.
from Rochelle. recommended by Manager
Tom Brown, OF Washington. is an addi-
ton along with Bob Whoelock and ollie
Smith. The management Is after Billy
Clymer. recently released from Buffalo.
These are the nsmcs the Norfolk roster
contains now: Catchcrs. John Bergen
Bert Elton, Fox: Pitchers. Foreman.
Inks, Staley Pfanmiilor. Bishop. Rod
man. Weeks. Chard, Donnell. first base
and captain VIM. Klusman second base
Vent; third base Weddige: short stop
Corcoran. right field. Kennedy; center
field. McFarlan. Young EaCan may I'm
left field, but should he not be consider
ed strong enough either Bob Whcelock
or ONE Smith, both known 10 be top
nOtchers, Will fiji the position.
Weihl Snyder. Cote and Pitcher W.
Mcfarland of last seasons club, VIII be
disposed Of Grand Rapids wants Cote
and Rodman, and IL Is probable that they
will be sent there. New Bedford seems
anxious to get Weihl back, and it is like
~ that he win be sent 10 New Eng
land.
Jewell Is lucky in securing a player
like Snapper" Kennedy. lie can fill
any infeld position. and viii be n valu-
able man for the team I'm case Of any
injury TO an infelder.
Manager Jewell and Owner Cunning
ham have been dcv0tfng much time of
late 10 the completion Of the new grounds
and they are fast assuming shape. The
bleacheries have been completed and win
seat 100 people and the stand when fin
ished will accommodate about 40. There
will be one entrance and three exits to
the park. II will be one Of the best
equipped In the league.
The players will report on the 2Sth and
on their arrival will get down 20 the real
thing -work-and hard work at that MT.
Cunningham is determined 20 have
frst-class club. and the players signed
are expected to lend their best efforts 10
this end.
Manager Burns has signed twenty men
for his Newark team and Of this NUM-
Der all have signed with tho exception
Of Cogan and Pickett. Both Of the latter
are holding out FOR more money than
Manager Burns considers them entitled
10. but II IS expected that both will sign
before reporting time comes around
The full roster UP TO date is as follows.
Rothfuss and Nelson. catchers. Carrich,
jordan, Cogan. MCPartlin, Boieer Bren-
ner ard Hanley. pitchers. Cassidy, Dele
hanty, Gallagher Daily. Pickett, Calhoun
and Mailman, infelders: Burns. Gettinger.
Strasburger, FitZmaurice and Gabriel !
outfeldcrs. The men viii report for duty
games as follows: April % and 81. Gu
ban y Giants; April 9Th and 9Th, Toronto;
April It'll New Yorks at Polo Grounds.
y. Y. city; April Sth and 9th. Rochester.
April 10th. Brooklyn. April nth and 18TH. |
Springfield: April 1871. Philadelphia Lea |
que Club at Philadelphia. April 18Th. !
18th and 18th. Toronto; April GOTH Pacific !
Club. at Jersey CITY; April Dist. Seton |
Hall: April 3D. Colored AGNES.
The players Of the Reading team Will !
report about April 5th, and the prelim-
mary practice games viii begin about |
Aprn 10Th. Clubs so far who are sched- |
uled for these games arc Boston (Nauonal |
League. Rochester. Wilkes5aire. Ioroh- /
to. Montreal. Norrlstown and others. The !
rivalry between Reading, Allentown ana |
Lancaster. IL Is expected. will be bitter. |
The makeup of the locals Is as yet /
problematical Hoydon Will be one Of !
the catchers. but as yet the other catcher !
has not been signed. The pitchers are !
Garvin, Fertsch and Luckey. with two /
others vet TO sign contracts. Luckey was |
secured by Manager Denny Long from !
Vilkesbarre. and IS said to have good |
speed and control. Slater Will guard FIRST |
base. while Mcintyre viii be found 40 /
second. Ii is expected that Holland VIII /
play short, and a third baseman will vet |
have 10 be signed Tho outde.d Is con- |
sidered very strong. and will bee cnmpos- |
ed of stratton. Belts and spratt. Belts /
was secured from Wilkcsbarre on a trade. |
The Paterson players have been or /
dered to report on March 5lst. twenty |
men in all have been ordered 10 report |
and as all come with good records the /
task of wedding them out will not be an /
easy one. II is the Intention OF the |
MANAGEMENT to carry fourteen men 1
through the season.
Gus McGinniss. who some years ago /
pitched for Philadelphia and Chicago has /
signed.
The infield seems as good as any In the
League. and is as follows: LaRocque. |
Johnson and Jacobs. Everybody knows |
what La Rogue can do. Jacobs comes
from Louisville and was for while on
the Colonels' pay roll I'm 81 lrs Is
hard hitter q good fielder. GOVERN g lots
of ground. and can throw as hard as our
old friend "Hannis" Warner. Then there
IS Conroy for short and Delehanty 10 fan
back on In case Of necessity
kid" Heidrick and Hardesty, two OF
last years team. will play their old po-
sitions in the outhed Weaver and
Hughes will try for the other position in
right garden. Both men are known as
good hitters and feeders. -Four good men
have been signed 10 do the catching.
They are Carr, Hunt Noyes and Lyons.
Besides Jones. Fiaherty and Viau who
were in Paterson as pitchers last year,