The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-06
RICHMOND STILL
BAT TING 1T OUT.
Baseball Victory Due to Superior
Hitting and Work of the
Pitchers.
HICKS AND TITMAN LEADING
Richmond castaway Hitting Like
Ficnd-Many Are Hitting
Better Now.
HICKS AND TITMAN LEADING

The third week of the baseball sea-
son finds Richmond still in tho lead
and winning games by better batting
and the superior work of its pitch
crs. Cassidy has been very SUCCESS
ful in the box, though all the pitchers
are doing fine work. The team is
perfectins its inside play. and is bat
ting scientifically and intclligently. The
catchers are throwing accurately and
swiftly to bases, and, altogether, the
team Is rounding into form rapidly
moro rapidly than any of the other
teams yet seen here.
This does not mean that the other
teams have not some fine pitchers and
good stckers, however, for that is
distinctly not true. Team work Is
what wins, even over superior bat
ting averages, and Richmond appears
to have both at this stage of the
season. The catchers, who have not
yet gotten their eye on the ball for
keeps, are improving in their hitting
rapidly, both Hinton and Cowan hav-
ing gotten singles during the week
Cassidy, of the pitchers, Is also hit
ting the ball we'll, having an average
of 800 in ten times at bat Buesse, Of
Norfolk, is the best hitting catcher
in the league
The Past Weeks Batting.
There have been some noteworthy
changes in the batting averages OF
the players of all the teams during
the week. On the work Of the week
just closed Heffron leads the hitting
with 1854, though for the two and
a half weeks of the season, Titman
still leads with .39l.
Tho other averages for the week
are: Shaffer, .333; Wallace, .S1S; Tit
man, .292; Kirkpatrick and O'Neil tied
at 1856, and Reeve POS. Hinton bat
ted 1872 for the week. Cassidy and
Eckstone lead the pitchers for the week
with 1868 and $50, respectively.
Among the heavy htters developed
by the other teams on the weeks work
are the following: Jackson, Norfolk,
1875 in 16 times up; Seitz, of Norfolk
1913 in 16 times up; Cummings, of Nor
| folk, AIT In IL times up, and Buesse
of the same team, ago in ia times up
Reggy, of Danville, is hitting at q .35;
clip for the week; Hicks, .31G, ant
Dolye, 1913. HEM, of Danville. hit fol
the week at .42l In 10 times up, nnt
Ryan at 1913 in 10 times up. Hooker
| is still leading LynchburG with az
average for the week Of 1913, while Nc.
Kcnna, of the same team averages .3O'
in &c times up. Anthony fell bacl
somewhat on tho week, hitting at 81
in 90 times at bat. Betscher, Of thu
Hillites, hit for 1913 in 90 times up;
marked Improvement
Raley, Roanokes first bagman, still
leads the Magicians with .333 in l
times up He is the only man OF
the team hitting above 500 on tn
weeks showing. except two pitchers
each of whom played but one game.
Averages for Season.
Here are the fielding averages TO
the leading hitters of all the team
i since the season opened, made up hur
A riedly from the scores as published !
4 the papers. They show Hicks, 0
Danyille, still leading with .423 IN Z
times up, though Titman, VINO was q
bat 4G times and hit for .3ol, IS PEI
4 haps entitled to be considered IN
real leader. Heffron has beon hittin
! heavily in his thirteen games and 9
times at bat, his average being 90
Shaffer is batting at .326 clip, an
O'Neil, 81. Cassidy leads the pitcher
with an average of 800 for 10 time