The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-11
DOPE ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT men
Live Gossip Concerning Players
in the Virginia
League.
LAWMAKERS IN sLYNCHBURG
Eckstonc Will Probably Pitch DO
days Game Against the
Shoelnakers.
LAWMAKERS IN .LYNCHBURG

After losing iivo out OF six games. the
Lawmakers left for Lynchburg yesterday
< to there tackle the same aggregation OF
ballologists that was here last week.
Eckstone will probably work in the
opening game, and he may win. Colonel
Still will do the stunts Tomorrow. and
Long will work on Wednesday. These
three should bring hack ut least two
victories. a + # II. sy;y
gs Laval didn't field his position any too
we'll in Saturdays game, and he may
attribute the defeat to this cause. Sew
territory he didn't handle them In time
to save the runner. WI
81 Daringer,' the small ono for the Shoe
makers, who appears to be concern
trated bunch Of nerves, simply flew into
The air Saturday and took down ball
4 that had gone over Cooks head and
which would have been wild throw
that would have netted the Lawmakers
at least tw omore runs.
n \" Rcd dy'' Walsh. tho Lynchburg's good
I backstop, to whom all of the pitchers
like to twirl, will be In the game within
q week. He has very bad finger, and
Bentley Is doing the honors behind the
\ bat for him. Bentley is good catcher.
but /" Reddy' Is the best in the business
in the league.
Umpire Hofrner left for. Lynchburg last
night, not going with the players, because
of the fact that his wife arrived in
the city after the train carrying the
Lawmakers had gone. He will handle
the indicator In Lynchburg and return
here with the home boys.
sft
A strange fact Isl shat while Lynchburg
Els leading the leagueslby a good safe
margin, there are smaller crowds there
than in any city In the State. Ports
ter support to the league. Roanoke: Dam
Vile and Norfolk are also doing we'll
Hugh Jennings, Of Baltimore, is send
ing his team In the Eastern League to
the top with rapid bounds. He has q
nine that will make any OF the major
league mines go a little bit to get ahead
of. MI
jotherf daysif he could play golf, and he
replied in the negative. He said. hLw-
ever, that he knew the game all right.
SIT Is this way" said the veteran ball
player; "you take q little ball and put
1t on mound on the ground. Then you
take a long stick with a crooked handle
and hit the ball. If you find the ball
the same day you vim He was thanked
for the information.
Emporia, with Hobbs in the box, beat
IL, cay az IN
Emporia last week. Albert Anthony took
down good crowd Of players. but the
majority OF them were not In good con-
dition. Winstn lost the game that hc
twirled. Hobbs is one of the best pitchers
eyert soensBin Richmond, and he gould
land with any team If he deslredt,to
play ball.
Lynchburg has wonderful team. In
that all Of the players work together SO so
nicely. They play as college players do
and they win.
The Binders were never In 1t with the
Ink slingers Saturday Mackreth, the
fast fielder and star backstop, was out
OF tho game. "'Nuft sed." ~
Vice President Bradley. Of the Vir-
ginia League and owner Of the Rich
mond Club, has had bleacnerS5 ereCted IN
the left field and covers put over Al Of
them. The park now accommodates
more than ia thousand moro people than
1t did at the first of the season. In
Saturdays game tho bleachers builttfor
the negroes overflowod, and there were
more than hundred who were III the
field near the right fielder.
Titman, who was loaned to Portsmouth
by Manager shaffer, was at bat five
times in Saturdays game. and scored
one OF the runs and made one hit. He
had two chances In the right garden and
accepted both OF them.
Barley Kain Is not such u back NUM-
Dor as some OF the people thought. He
is reorganizing his team In good shape.