The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-20
4 J. THE i SEASONS RECORD

s THE sEAsoN's RECORD 4 + |: J.
Willis Has Two : No-EIiit' Games James
TOLLS Credit Still: Still
4F5ss Has One. 5.55s
-. ID Lawmakers will leave at, 20
IA 1s5};; d clock this morning for Norfolk
4 I'LL IL play three or four games.4$1t t
| ii n S8s,i "a 5probable that a double Header
5--.i viii be pulled Off to- ll1orrow IS. The
5g Richmond fans are hoping that
a Sis the locals Will take the maj or-5
|gSIS!SE04 itys of the games, because q
| sS/,SfE~-sithe fact that Danvlle 81 is 30
l8i>T M ss5 IS close to them for the third
I'm N piS position Still Will probably
la pitch to days game and Long or
Cassidy will do tho work s 8 ,yE,se ,
Is. Cassidy IS supposed to Join the
team In Norfolk, and may pc there LOT
the gam III He has defeated this team q =
and If he can do as good against No '2ls'iI
| the fans here will be satisfied. ;.5j5
3}SWillis pitched another no. hit game
Saturday, He has the record, notion fil
or this League but OF every leauge ln -, tlle
Richmond. & has pitched one game Withoe PVT
a$hit, and has won the majority OF ga mes
gthnt / la has Z pitched But Willis went
ahead Of him Saturday 4 when nc smut
Ily;,n,chburg out without evenaa single safe
swat OF the horsehde stewar y di q t ne
work for the Shoe makers, and Whlie ne =,
permitted "a six men to II conner , G, s 0alAy
with%the sphere he did not allow t ~ ollee:
run to cross the rubber. III s
schumanr,, the big twirler for q o e'ts.
mouth ggi hal made record for h ln1self%
this 4 sea son. y 4 He has pitched q double
hea de d against a IIynchburg and WonMI1't "a.
and has duplicated that trick wi tn y DE
folk Both Bof the teams are the 2h t =
OF the list, and Schumann@ has beer beer, RE-
sponsible for tho $tumDlng theY5,lh y. !.
taken. Portsmouth IS nextgto Siast y ~
pc rcentagc column. but had schum ma
been WITH the nine at the first Of the
season ss a u ifferent story smi Oh gthav We
been chroniceds
Norfolk returns here with the Law Law
Hers forRthree and per "a ps sg1lo'u -;
games tie latter part Of .i MS ~ eels.s
Ially, the umpire. will likely be mere.
AT least it is hoped tn At he vii oe u ,,o
city. The fans who know the game nave
seen about enough .of Rollins and 4 his
work. tts 4, s.
Mavbe Colonel Still can duplicate the
+rick turned by Wills In Roanoke satur-
sday, The colonel Is Il scheduled il to Y pltch
q game this week, and every one who y has
seen5 him work knows that he can make
many batters look different ways i or q
hit. He will open in Norfolk, and he 4. -
In the best of condi ton, Ii i. e NAVE f:t53
" There are many Richmonders who say
that Clarke, the manage OF the y ortolk&
team,t.is a rowdy. They say It Deca az. SO Q
they don't know the game Il or are not
honest with themselves. CiarKe rs !, no. ~
onlv one OF the best ball players in this
leas,,e. but no leads al OF the managers,
save possibly Grim, OF Lynchburg. lio
Lnoya how to handle his men, and he
knows the game Of baseball from "A pllA3
~ omega. IS There ism t Il a bett - second /,
baseman In the league than CLARKE, ana
there is certainly no man who can appre-
ciate good play better than ne 3, can
In the old days OF hase pail mere S !i no
was then doing good Wo lrlt Sts ls
II salve could bat as we'll as Long he
would be the star Of this league. The
games that he has lost ~ re lost because
the team behind him Sdldn' t hit, SalVe
nitched a good game Saturday and might
have won 1t, but Shaft fer tainly knew
what he was doing when he put Long
in to bat In the last inntng 9, I'M q 3Ess
Roanoke viii close tho game here on
the 9Th of September. ] e Drew is with
the EIighunders Mt that time. Ehe Will
likely pitch double-he ader. certainly =
he wins the first game he VIII ask 70 DC
allowed to pitch the second one Ana e
winning the second game ne wiz want 70
twirl the third one. II ra f Drew mas
III In for tho Richmond ers and he would
like nothing better than to beat them
But 1t will DO remembered that still,
Long, saIye and Eckstone are still here,
Tho question as to whether or not Rlch-
mond will be In the Ia tern lea que next
/, year is tho ono that Is puzzllng the Rich.
mond fans as this time, There are many
who believe that the city Will support Q
team In faster company han n nt y the pres
ont time Long certainly won the game
Saturday. He tied the score IN the ninth.
and won by his good u! toh Ing after rds'
sIebie ana not Hinton should have
played at the second base on Saturday.
and there might have been q lference
In the score before the tenth inning. Him
ton is one of the best catchers in the
league. but oh can't be expected to do
everything,
Complaint was lade to this office yes-i
terday Of the smoking in the grandatand
Whore many ladies are kuesta OF the
league to see the games, Two ladlas, who
cannot stand the odor. Of smoks, parti
lar that Of an oyerworked L plpe,} We're
made sick Saturday. The sug gestlon was
made that a section Of the grandstand be
reserved for smokers.
Sold to Cleveland.
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