The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29

Having seen the Richmond team have
a thorough trying out at the hands OF the ne
philadelphia club last Wednesday AZ
ternoon, the fans are moro than pleased
with the aggregation which is to repre-
sent Richmond In the State League this
season. They can already SEQ the pom
nant floating to tho breezes from tho roof
Of the grand stand at Broad Street Park,
ana they are already imagining to them
selves what an immense chuckle they
will have at the expense Of Newport
News, Petersburg and Manchester, al
81 whom will be left in the rucl1. toe.
badly frightened by the immense show
Ing of Richmond to recover until next
year. Fl @t, -s 81. .S Il y,
1t was never contemplated that the
locals would defeat tho Phillies, butsn ll
facts considered. the showing was re-
markabe 1t was the first time the
Richmond team had ever played together.
although some Of the boys had prac-
iticed lightly. But they were unac-
5uuainted with the tactics of one an
other, and, Of course, were off on team
work.
IF individually, the men may be said to be
all stars, although few changes for
the better may be made by Squire Do-
natl, tho president and sole owner OF the
club IIe will probably take Jones out
OF center field and replace him with
Sharp the boy wonder from Fulton.
Bender viii be removed from right field.
and Johnnie McEvoy will probably be
signed for this position. Bendor Will be
retained on account Of his knowledge OF
the game, and will act as manager, but
will rarely ever play.
r. Blgby third base. may be released
and faster man put in his place. II 1t
Is possible to secure one at this late
stage OF the game when good players
are hard to f1nd all having been signed
by other teams. The other men Will
remain and an effort will be made to
hold Thomas and Hooker as slab ar
lists, although both have offers In other
ralph Thomas Is probably the best
twirler ever raised in Richmond. He
has played In a number OF the best
minor leagues. and understands thor
oughly the art Of mixing 'em up, In the
event he Is retained by the Richmond
club he will prove valuable mnn.
Fritz Knowles, the second baseman. Is
far and away the best player on the
team, save possibly Stanley Blgbio, the
left fielder If he bats anything like as
we'll as he did last year he will lead the
leag with the stick and win additional
fame for himself. Knowles Ia the only
man In the city. or In tho association,
for that matter. who has ever made an
average Of 600 with the bct, and he may
be counted upon IN every game to swat
| ont two or three safe. timely hits.
He little knew the young man's fibre and
state Of mind. To him the money nrgu-
ment carried no weight. and tho hard
work was a. positive attraction So. when
| few days after the laboratory assistant
was discharged and the place offered to
our debutante. no gladly accepted, and was
| duly Installed In tho quarters, where for
| hfty-nve years he worked and studied and
experimental and leotured and wrote for
| tho love OF science and his fellow-men.
| INhe year OF his appointment was 1918.
Doubtless many OF you have already
recognized In the sketch ] have hurrcdly
made that this young man, now a little
over twenty,one years old. was Michael
Farraday, To all who have studied the
| history OF chemistry and electricity. this
name ut once stands out as a great lu-
minary, ms n most brilliant arc light on
tho dark background Of the worlds !gno-
rance on these subjects.
| EPOCH IN HISTORY.
This time OF Farraday's appointment to
| the Royal Institution was an epoch In
the history OF chemistry-7we might almost
shy the birthday of modern chemistry.
| Rut few years before Dalton had an
nounced his atomic theory,-a theory so
simple and plain that many Of yon young
| fellows stumble over II as ] did when
first studying 1t, This theory, coming d.
rectly In opposition to the then accented
theory OF tho Infinite diylslbIllty OF mat
| ter, had aroused tho most lively and yio-
lent nntagon!sm. Some slight hints Of
tho theory of atoms had been thrown ont
| by I.avoisInr. but never before had It been
succinctly and formally stated
Iavoisler7the mention of his name
| brings up tho Incident OF his death, that
| viii dgress a little to tell OF II. lie
was, without doubt. the greatest chemist
OF his day II he had lived there can he
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