The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-11
Manager Shaffer Has Ex-
ercised Good Judg-
mentln Selections.
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STRONG COTERIE
OF LEADING MEN
Pitchers and catchers Have Been
Chosen With Utmost Care,
With Due Regard fer
Batting Averages.
No Boasts About
Winning,
BY TERRY cLEAroN.

BY TERRY CLEAToN.
Ball-players for the Richmond nine in
the Virginia State League Will report
hero about the nth Of April, and will
practice until the osth when the official
season opens. Manager Charlie shanes
has signed enough men to draw from,
and ho expects to have n team that will
make the other managers worry a littl3
to defeat.
Writing to friend here, Charles Shat
fer says:
Each and every man comes highly re-
commended as n player and a gentle
man, and all have flrst-class records. ]
also know several of them personally,
and. barring accidents, / am sure thar
they Will mako good. will have q. great
many more players report here than wa
will need during the season, but want
to be well-fortlfied in each position so
that IL anything happens TO one man.
/ will have another man to take hia
place. VIII have until ths first oc
June to weed out the players and ger
within the salary linit-SsoO. We don's
make any promises about winning pen-
nants at this time of the year. A team
can't win games on the street corncrf
or around some hotel lobby. The place
to win a fball-game is on the diamond,
and the people of Richmond can res,
give them team that they will be proud
of. The team that beats us will know
that 1t has been in game OF ball. Our
motto will he. Keep at 'em until the
iast man Is out. Inc league Is goins
to be n SUCCESS"
s laIis can TOOK over TINS list, which
wa was iurn,sned oy Manager Charlie Shat
whether OR not the hall-chasers arc
there with the goods
CatCherS,
RED FOSTER What h. s..,,.1, 49,,
there IN Richmond rho dnas 80 .is -, :.
"Od REDO, .Pon. rats m ny ,s M.o"
weight poljceman tnons ~, 49,
wells Tho erstIrh,,a tirst .,ala. ' .a1'.,
now an acto, MN e , ss.,Da selnan ana
nuajntance with the ol,I hero - lie ~
nrond. Last season Toster No w, h,,,,na
the hat for tic C,ro.,,,IlIe At. $3.50,
and he didn't Ter ,en stc.i - .. sa.,,
so often that any tronhle re,,,,,as VIZ m,
was in excellent cnndition or tn.a,,r,,
self sinco t.xYarar,a IN. 80, oi nun,
Foster, and Richmond needs him :. ue
, hseds fohmond. too. for this Is his
70 ,h, a nis mere nn are ties les that bind him
~ llo va dominion CITY that are too
et I,y 20 resist.
I'll -, filNlON--He5s from Baltimore,
~ 90 isi. air,iu 10 STAND under the VIII
~" ana receive the sizzling sphere. Tha
49, tnuy are .ne better he likes them.
9, .iisli paIis don bother him Whether
ne ne wears any socks or not he's six feet
80 Iirhss .aii. he saw the light OF
uay III haitlinore twenty-four years ago.
an l' aiee. isavins school. took special
T 1 OF INSTRUCTION on the diamond.
nc peen jewel ever since. Baltimore
,iaue nun weigh i'o pounds. He played
NJ Ins west virginia League last year.
year SHnN
iatiu league. AS a. hitter he has many
OF the best ones iooAng to their laureAs.
S1EottGh CoWAN.--New Jersey semi
t TINS catcher 10 the Virginia League. and
onarIe nnaners net brought him to Rich
mono. nus nome is IN orange. N. J.. but
ne can. heip that, and it has nothing
90 90 WIN ms ani1tY as ball-player
As q after, he is way up in line He
4 lase season with the Newark
teani M MI me l, Easter1, League and battcd
over ~ Inat dong fairly well, and
ne ne says t.'1t -, no, Tess thtn mar huns
Iieu ,.'ofe VIII 40 m the' virginia state
LEAGUE
GEORGE 1.EwIs-Hamilto n san.
this curyeoloeiet 70 7Richrnnnd IA s.anas
five feet eight ,nche. ana ret.hs nns
hunddred and f,fty-f,va nonds Tn,ara are
no bones IN hIs hodv that ",ntsr,sra vit,,
the doubling process NECESSARY 70 tbn
bewilderment Of the batter. III horse.
hide Sins from his right nav and all.
through fhe atmosnhere Nth LIMA ~
twisting and iumpine motion Rarrlnr
accidents there nra no hits when 'he 4,
in the hox. Lewis did tho hor.Syor,s 20.
tho burlington. Iowa. team in tfa low,
state League In 1aS and la at vas
with the Jackson. Miss aggregation IN
the Cotton states I,ear,,a mil 'fha vel.
low fever 20, IN lis worL Then \.
ht1led II hack 70 Middletown, ohio amy
finished the season Will tha indenendans
bunch there.
ALLEN Neutrality-suspicious. virgin.
ian for the slnh worL And ho,a n anr
der. too. II records no FOR aIrht Wal.