The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-24

.wprk, good said bad. He sees here and
ithefdfn. pin yer that looks good to him!
Just the n mai, " perhaps, n to supplant an
old stager, butS all things must be con s.
.sidered before the selection Is made. 1T
might be as d isast rous. one. The aS big
league managers are casting side all Of
the old. N dead wood ihtthis busting err q
They van young blood. 4, TO- select from
scores N 81 ball stossers !. is no easy task,
and even 4 after q the election is made
the days OF development are many, te-{
$dious and ofttimest OF II the heart-d isea1e{
order. gA newcomer is drafted to- the big
league from x he lrginia we will say
He starts Off we'll but t. he plumbers at af
crucial moment loses. the ga me, pc haps%
That IN cans that he must be- drilled from
the point where he Numbered !, So that he
#wlllsnevers offend iii q 81 liar posl ton
again Il II " he ats into "a 1. hole, he must
know low 20 & squeeze n "
u low He Line T hem U
81 4aIn look over the & ca tcheys, find
sEdWard s, OF \ the rtsmorth Club. and
Walsh, OF SsLynchbu rg,,tt, good and Bpromis-s$
Ing candidates for eIeYa lion 3. :sS 81
isRgds !i;b ' $l,- would be q
81 ths pitchers, Here are Ssry rev
PSF smouth, and WINS Roanoke. who caiE
command n trial When the "a Virginia
Lea que 4 closes its season. They have ,la
shown that they are worthy OF nsid-s
g "a 81. They are pr6mising, and under
good mana ement and good Scoac hi g VIII " !!
mil the bill In the course OF tim 80
course, mo big aguei manage expects g
sto pick Sup a man In rs league OF TINS
class and immediat ely. develop him. and
Thereby strengthen his pitching sta Il.
tim
s Ma Matti,ewson for ms lance, From Nor
folk he wentySto New York 4 VIII en- ~ q
Virginia League closed, In the 1.e trials
during the waning Of the Ma tioral Leaf que
season he failed to make o. her han 9 q
slight Impression. BIt NJ Ora W didn't
drop hin. IS Oh, no. When the \ following
season opened his speed spill Warmers
hands and he went through the season
with a world wide equation trailing be-
hind him. s 3.sg i t.5 ISL N
IS For, bascmen there IS only ono man
Il thai shows big league fornlr--M Ma non g'!
Sofsthe Norfolk Club. AS q batter he IS
dangerous: MS q fclGeF fle has no equa'
lin this ! lea 8 nc. {s$ s
5l38R.tThere are no 5out 9elders that show
h the required form, al thong il, 81 as ] have
said before, IA number OF good men.
suitable for a little faster company, are
available In the ranks OF this league
but not for q very higher class. y. y op-
5kins, of Norfolk, talusE on Strollst ~ ~
Ills display OF stronger, qualities as q
5batsmal1. His arm is good, and he fields
we'll, n have heard. LOTS of x pln yers q nd
.gpeople sneak lahdably pf II Z yans's work
For Norfolk In the outfield and z infielda
4 Will admit that this man has p ayed
fine. all -,round ball for Win. Clark, and
has helped to win many y 81 mes for hi II
but. d yelling on the subiect OF proml:slngs
players, this man is Cd " o. the stlonS
Unless hc shows my VI isposl lion to cut
OUT corner lot 81 yle $ot bal. ii All
8 All-Sta Team.
{9,,.Thls is not a roast. but I will 81! say
that there arc ~ lot 8of ball players IN
this league that would do better and
mako bet ter Impressions III II they would
try IL Cultivate a different way Of play
ing the game, and q lsplay some olsl ,G
ton to create an impression other man
tina theyykno all the game. The player
TINT si,oWsfito the people ha g he IS al
ways iii 9the game. full {{or ginger, goes
TOR 4 everything In his territory " ana
skeens relentlessly att it.sWlll attract at
without his lsnowl edge, IA her
than the grandstand players who seek seek
attention. IL u. s lt 81. Il !. !, y y,
bag: jackson, third Nc Ainhon, men toned
in the foregoing, Mt short; FetzeT, rlght
field n Brown. n center field and ~ topkllls.
left Held with the ltrhins corps and
2catchors previously noted, would. IN my
EoplnIon, make an Al aggrega ton 70 con- ',
test another nine in g post - on 4, series