The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-09
.sTILL PITCHES THURSDAY j

Star IWirler. Did Not 20 Away
Sas5.WithST cam Charlie Bland
!. Happy.
IL No better tribute to q mans ability
could have been given an Umpire than
that rendered 81 Bill Hoffner Saturday.
.IIoffner ca ne 1T the first Of the season.
and lie has been implring ever since. Get
ting a better position back at hls home
In Perth Amboy, N. T., he resigned. and
yesterday left for his home " After5 the
first game had ended and Umpire Dam
thy had failed to give satisfao elton, the
crowd began to- yell for Hofrn 1 me ne
umpire was in the press box at the TIME
and the grandstand arose almost as one
man and called for him. Owner Brad Y
leyRurged that Mr.. Hoftner take hold Of
the Indicate but "Bill'' Just shook his
head and said: No, I've tquit, and !, Y
want to see a. game as the other people
do, But the mplment had been l'aids
him, and next season. II he Wishes "a ~
come back to- the Virginia Lea gu e, u h IS
pretty certain that he will be given q
chance. In Richmond he ls very popu-
lar with the public and the play ers. A y
In every city represented IN the stare !-sat
League 4 he lis considered one OF the bese
and fairest umpires. and his leaving the
league Is a%source OF Tnuch regret 70 al e"
OF the clu b. owners. .,S . =, 4.
~ IN speaking OF his leavln g, Colonel still
the star twirler Of the league. said :isl
am very sorry; that Bill Hoff ner9 Is gong
.to leave. / IN He 1s one OF the, best trmplrass
/ have ever seen. While: he never :saYei
me any the best Of the argument, he was "a
fair and he, had q good eye. W 7 y =! y
sent one away ON the plate GBill .Woull 11
always call II q ball, and when q kicked
i knew that he was right BIZ may nave
made some ,,rnist axes, md ! never = caro- ca l
Of an umpire. who didn't, but when he
called one wrong on you he didn, e even,
Sup. \ s many other. handlers Of the 1ndl-
Gator do Inar11y opinion It Will pc hard
to- find O mapfiwflo has as good and ve sts
Hoffneri and who knows the game as ~,
well as he does IS siti.tt ,,4i
y M aragers Bland Happy
i Sr7ighteen8 ir1ninEg, and mot q run !S Salve
z did aii8that7could be- asked Of q pitcher.
and while the Colonel wasn't exactly
3up to his standard, yet he might have
won As game had the team behind him
sbatted, Magnate Charlie Bland was about
the ,happiest mortal In Richmond when
The went away with the two games !. !: ne
Lawmakers ARE getting dangerously close
to Roanoke about the third place. q.
rather, the fourth place JSSf .5
u It would help a lot sc the =, NJ kers
could trounce the Hillclimbersi three tirnesf
q And they certainly need {fhei three 'gahnest
Last week sent the percentage Column
down a few pegs. Three games were
won out OF the eight played. THAT hurts lL'r1t
some. a. 4 =. II Z,
"Give me Just two lew men, and J; y
make all Of these teams hustle for the
money, said Manager Kain X Saturday
after his nine had WON both games, He
4 believes that he has a team now ina {
will not remain at the bottom very much
longer. . u
8E4 NIcLeavey, the catcher for the iic q
mond Brownies, left saturd ayE lot N ,ol!
Carolina to join team there he g capg e
In the Virginia. Carolina. Lea que last sea
son. and made good N ..tt4
Several New Ones.
y A runnor was afioatR!n Richmond yes
fterddy to the effect that the Lawmakers
would soon have several new players
from the Cotton States League, when
recently became defunct. Johnny do-
Evoy, the Richmond boy who has been
doing excellent work since he joiner e
team down South. will likely return 20
the city, and. If he Is given q chance
with the Rlchmonders, he will siren CITIZEN
the infield. McEvoy is$ one Of the Il stest
third, basemen this city has turned IT,
and he is also good hitter. BUCK
& Hooker Is also out Of a Job at this time.
and as a heavy hitter he has been giving
nervous prostrat Lion Il to many twlrlers IN
the Cotton States. Hooker lis a brother
OF Claude Hooker. who Is now here.
Barley Kahn, the manager OF the Ports
mouth aggregation, Is playing great
game at second, Ffe !s IN better shape
now than he has been In for years, and
there arc few chances that no does MOI
accent. At the bat he is doing very we'll.
Fetzer, for Danvllle, Is keeping up the
good work with the willow q nome
run when three men were on the bases
isn't so very bad--except to the oppos'
Richmond could strengthen the team
at third. and there might be some ginger
Injected at short. 5;li, & F5a
Still Pitches Thursday, $55 II
Four pitchers we're taken to I4ynchburg
for the three games there this week
Drew. Eckstone, salye and Long are thi
slab-artists who are In the Hill City
Colonel still, who pitched the las game
here Saturday, did not go with ! ne Law
makers. FIe will9 rest UP the three Gays
and Will open here Thursday against tbs
Roanoke aggregation. Il
| salye, the Rhode Island lad, VINO lnade
his debut here Saturday, appears 70 hayt
something to Keep the batters guessing
He has plenty OF speed and his curves
are sharp and quick. The game ina = q
he pitched Saturday Will WIN lot hllt
! about eight out of ten times.
1t Is hardly likely that Ave pitcher,
| will be kept on the Richmond 81 Iane
just which Of the new slahmen VIII &C.
| the general opinion that only four twlFl
ers viii tna needed for the team.
Mcknight, a recent Nnd Of Bennys 8, WAf
the knight Of the diamond Y Ranyl!le
Saturday, and he gave TO the leaders
only one measly hiT this coming In tht
| last inning. Carter, for the Ilillcllmbers
was not IN 10 hts usual standard, i the
ono dozen hits against, him count fo'
anything In, this, line, 53s
Eastern League. \.
4 Ar Newark, Baltimore. 4; Newark q