The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-27
lawmakers N
ROANOKE 4 | I TODAY ] D I
Cassidy, Who Was Released
From Southwest Aggregation,
/ Wants to Beat Them.
STILL i. MAY Ma v REMAIN /: N HERE.
Deal With Atlanta Not u Con-
Guided, and$E[e May Pitch3 Tor
Richmond Another Year.
STILL MAY REMAIN ! HERE L: {:
Deal S8Sy37itha$ Atlanta Not Con

80 -, IE Lawmakers ill s'rs ore ~, ~
- Ia Isgs5 Roanoke to-day, and Will
NJ Vi play, three games there
| HE/>~f ~ "A III before returning Cassidy,
III ~ ~ the man who won his
sS5# GL/5 game hero Saturday against
NGx 4 Norfolk, Is with the nine, and
ST ~ lie wishes to pitch two Of tho
three games ;5
N s. 1 can beat those people two on Z OF
three, and i hope Charlie VIII Let me
work both days, said the bis twlrler
when he left Richmond. Cassidy was re-
leased by Roanoke because no didn't
stand " ell with the managers. S{6l ~
The team, In the city Amateur League
for The Times Dispatch cup that wins
the pennant will play a series Or games
with the Richmond team, OF the State
League &. The receipts Of these games will
put the amateurs on their feet and VIII
help along nlcely8in the winter months;
There is Il sharp rivalry now between
] the American Locomotive Works nine
and the aggregation representing the ~,
B. Taylor Company. The Cedar Works .l
nine is not far behind, and The Times
Dispatch 'Inkslingers' are pushing up,
$.3 Colonel Still, who pitched the last game
to Roanoke. q Ho will remain here. and
may open on Thursday against Ports
mouth. schumann, the big ran who has
I done such good work Il for Barley Kat:,
and the Truckers, will likely be pitted
against the Colonel. and the game will
doubtless be a fast one Still hns pitched
remarkable ball fpr&the past two weeks
3 in fact, lie has done It all along-nnd
he believes that he can beat the Ports
Of on
The Atlanta 6 Georgian, Of Atlanta, which
is conceded to be an auq!lorityhon sport
ing matters, has the following article
from Portsmouth regarding Colonel
Still. Of Richmond:
PORTSMOUTH,, VA, August -.
$"Colonel" Still, the Richmond clubs
ok twirler, has been sold to the At-3
$lanta baseball club, OF the Southern
League. He confirmed tho report that
he will play with the Gate City team
on the Southern circuit after September
list, when he will report to Manager
Smith, Reports regarding the sale Of
Still to Atlanta have been circulated
widely on the Virginia. circuit OF late,
but Still would never talk abou1 1t until
to-day when he admitted that he will
60 South at the end Of this month.
He is n Kentuckian, and by profession
4 a newspaper man. He aspires to own
little country newspaper some day, and
settle down with. Mrs, Still into quiet life
as n country editor. @
have not been completed
yet and Still may not be sold. Mr..
4 Bradley favors holding the Colonel for
next season. In this event tho star
twirler of Richmond will remain in the
city and find employment hero this win
ter. 5E
Eckstone5 will likely 20 to st. Paul
( Mimi, about the first of the month. Flo
4 has had mn offer to Join that team. and
q t. the Richmond owners WILL sell him, he
I, will go. Eckstone has pitched good ball
Of late, although he started bad here.
b But several Of the games that he lost
should be chalked UP against the team
behind him.
The sporting Life" has these notes
OF the players in tho Virginia League:
Walsh. the tLynchburg catcher, has
three nicknames-" r ed. Sunshine" and
4"lOoctor.'. i5l 53t
Tho I.ynchburg Club has signed Whit
Staker, nm outfieder, Mailing from Knox
Vile, Tenn.
Pitcher Evans, Of Danvlle, on August
18th held Lynchburg to ono run and
Z three hits, winning his game.
Lynchburg has IN First-baseman Holt
Second-haseman8 Bowen, Third-baseman
Cook and Shortstop fDarringer, tho fast.
E est nfeld in this league. g
Moser's great work for I1ynchburg has
won him hundreds Of admirers In Vir-
glnia, and when he goes to the Philadcl-
pha Club tho best wishes OF the fans
will fonow him.
Pitcher Still, OF Richmond. will go to
Atlanta; Pitcher Moser, OF Lynchburg,
will be with Philadelphia; s2lortstop Me-
Mahon. Of Roanoke will have try with
h Now York. and several other players In
this league will be in tho major leagues
next year, That Isn't bad for league
of the first year III
mouth. The Portsmouth Star dubbed
the Colonel "The Tlmes-Dlspatch Pro-
Willis may so to tho American.
good work In this league, and holds the
ss9r aoh S sa hs sou9agy aynF R 9ess
no-ht game to his credit
Stanley left Saturday night Tor New
York to Join the Now fq
once, Stanley, who has done great work
II this heagp serttStR'aw ana nag
If iFIacks had held the ball In right
garden, Richmond Would have had q
dpNbs- header to her cTe dd o Iut shtnSn ~
Lawmakers and has won several games
for his team, 8
league cue Borh hi have sY0 red hair. One ii
freddy" Foster. OF Norfolk and the
other is "Reddyh Walsh, OF Lychburg,
They use their heads, and know the
game F5
Eastern League.
8; Newark, O. Second game Baltimore,
z; Newark 6. q "a X VI. u Z ~
AZ ProYde Buffalo, 81. Providence.