The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-17
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GAMES T Il!
Ands1'Wos u these Were III, the q e
Virginia State 0
a.sg. League. 53
STILL HOLDS GREAT Ec0 u }.
sPitted Against Willis, the Colo.
IA siiel'sl Didn't Did \. Allow, " q 55.sl
Hit. J5
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sSi In all tho leagues OF the united Stat0s
this year. there have been onl y tour ilo-l6
hit games pitched. It - rat tier .Eulnrj
that two ! OF these games should haupen
In the Virginia League, and II goes 70
show that there is timber dero for n blg
league company. Willis, 81 tie lsoanoke
club, pitched Il tho first no-hit game Il,
the stnto League, and Colonel still OF
the Richmond MIN. II did the .nrne trick
last Friday. And the Co!onnl was pltted
against willis. too. ~ N OF evcn ytlli1g
that looked ike d HE was secured on Of
Stills delivery. Twenty-nins men faced
him. ana only one ball got out of the the
diamond. III 9S AN III III iSl5s ,.g s4Ss S8$
" Hicks is playing q great game ot bnll,
at third base.}| IL has 'found'ss his ~ M.
and the way he Is sending hot ones nc ross
the diamond is great for tho inns y ,cR t'
side pitch and recently ilo has been pra l',
,ticing throwing O. curve. Es ss
1T Will give twenty-five dollars out Of
nv salary 5to win both OF these games" M
said Manager shnffer Saturday. Just be-
fore he started inx for the doub n ader.S
Fate was against him In the second
game, and the visitors went away with III
It. I. !Bus the Lawmakers were X swingi ing
to two 81 the three games played This 7
record will send them UP the ladder
Tommy Hamilton. the released Rich
nond player, who drove out O homo! run
for Lynchburg while three men were
on baseB was giyenSa very nice purse
by the Shoemaker fans. Tommy 4is play a
ing third base. and is making good He
SsovTn v3t -
urdays game. : 'S5s II 153
Il IN Raleig h, N. q c.. 4 last week g crowd
! made UP Il 5pu rse for the members OF the
band there 3$E When the hats we're brought
q and the money counted. 1t was found
that 1913 had been coll cted. f3s..Es$8
sS."rtat' 81 d hoodoo amount, said sas spec
tator,@ and he pitched IN 10 dime. according
70 report. IN No one perhaps thought that
lsthe toodoo was Increased with the Saddi-
Stional M dime. Thirteen dollars was Il u "! \
lucky enough, II but To- add to It twenty-t;
three cents will Bmayhaps mean skiddoo
for the band boys. 3.s
Roanoke In r oanoke wi III get sa try at
Richmond, this week, and the loWma as r.
believe Z that they can Ian Two z OF the
tt s1 Srames. al All q the pitchers were
taken with the team. Salvs will likely
open, and still may pitch one Of 4 tie
games. 5gs " s5,s .sy ilsss
I'M +. Til vii 81 the Colonel
| from Kentucky, left last week for her
home IN Carlisle. Ky. s III i7S
| 4 Umpire EDanihY writing to the sIortin::
editor of The Times Dispatch. says that
he was not released. II but Just wanted; to-
20 back + 70 Il thess Hudson River 1eag ue.s
Among other things said by this handler
| "a the Indicator, who did not give salts
faction Y here, Is Y that he always has y Q.
LOB, ana that Umpire IL Hoffner, who
was here and who gave perfect satisfa g. g
ton, was no good .sa3 Richmonders viii "
stand for the assertion that Dainty all
ways has q Job, but MS to Hoffner being
bad as an mpire--well. the r Richmond
people have q mind OF their own about
this. s .E3 s s52S5 III 4Ss
Two Il players are expected to Join the
Richmond team this week. z Ono Will ba
an outfielder, and is said @ be q great eat
batter. Il
Titman. who was released from tho
Richmond team and signoi by Harley
Kahn! OF Portsmouth, n Is leading his team
lin batting. In Saturdays game he was
at bat four times and received three safe
singlesl Jack Anthony. who has been
signed BY u Portsmouth, also ts picking
UP in hitting. 4s
Umpire Hlldebrand, the young man
who was signed last week to handle the
indicator. gave perfect sal isfactions while
here, and knows the game thoroughly
/ He left with the Lawmakers for. Roam
| oke Hidebrand has q cork arm. but
said that the report that he once batted
with this in 10 state league was a miss
take. hi at 3;. II Il IA
shaffer5 played great ball in both a OF
| the games Saturday. He has gotten HIS
batting eye back. and is lining them out
in. good style, ~ 4. s|ss3