The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-22
.PENNANT RACE IS
UNCERTAIN YET
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Series in Richmond This Week
May Decide Local Teams
Chances.
ROANOKE is FORMIDABLE, TOO
Should Richmond Win Sixty Per
Gent. and Norfolk Lose,
Pennant Ours.
ROANOKE is FORMIDABLE, TOO

statement thRt NoFlolh mas sure
thing in the Virginia League pennant,
no Club has cinch on, the coveted
bunting yet. as will abnndanty appear
from an examination Of the schedule.
play before September 21st. when the
season closes, and with Norfolk lead
ling Roanoke by only one game. won
and Ave fewer lost. 1t may easily be
Ars have lighting chance for the flag.
Richmond has won just five fewer
games and lost seven more than Nor
folk, and with fourteen games at home
bic headers. she may yet nose Norfolk
out. II Pender's men suffer any IN
juries or are handicapped by desertion
or sale Of men.
AS an instance OF possinilities s,,, IN
When Grims men went home in mid
but Just then Bp,iey. Evans and Holt
incapacitatec ps injuries. The result
was that in fifteen days the team lost
ten or twelve straight. and dropped
from first to last place. Since then
the pennant possibilities. Why may
not Norfolk suffer similar misfortune!
Some Hypothrses.
Surprising that Nortoik. should drop
four straight games TO Richmond OUR
folk would then have won SO and lost
As. Richmond would have won 81 and
lost As. That would be decidedly bet
ter. 1t is not expected that the Colts
can do so we'll. but 1t lis possible. As
Stunning that they did, and with twenty
odd games then to play, II woulG be
easily possible for Richmond to beat
Sorfolk out homa so eat or have awe
s sonnet ing like eighteen of these viii
be at home and eleven or dozen
Lynshsu1g a should hit ta xsek three tse
Grimites would be Leading, Roanoke X
same ann R ,ims Should the colts land three
Of the four with Norfolk. they would
be pressing Roanoke and Lynchhurg
hard. and he close upon upon the ieade ,,a
situation. but they show that the race
lis yet far from won, and that any one
OF the five leading teams may easily
snatch the bunting.
Getting Down TO Figures.
Assuming that Norfolk won only
two fifths of the remaining thirty
games and lost three-fifths, and that
Richmond won three-fifths and lost
two-fifths of its remaining thirty
games. the figures would then be:
fifty nine: Norfolk. won sixty-four and
lost fifty-nine Provided the other
four held each other down pretty well
Richmond would. then land the flag
sixty per cent. of its games, nor for
| another to lose that percentage of
| them. $50
| Viewing the situation fairly and
| practically. however. Norfolk has de-
cided advantage over any other club.
overhaul the Crew in the finish, and
Lynchburg the next best chance. Pay
| ing no heed to double headers, Norfolk
has seventeen games at home and only
| ten abroad. while Richmond has four
teen at home and eleven abroad. The
full Norfolk schedule follows:
Sorfolk's Schedule.
At thome-With Richmond. Angus:
26th 9th and 2Sth; with Portsmouth,
September I'd. Sd and 4th; with Dan
| VILE, September 5th, 6th and 18th: with
Lanchburg, September 9th. 10th and
18th and 14th; with Portsmouth, Sep
TENDER 10th and goth.
Abroad-With Richmond. to-day, to-
morrow and and Saturday; at Portsmouth,
| TENDER I'd; at Richmond. September
18th. 18th and 18th,
Rfchmond's schedule follows:
At hon1e-To-day, tomorrow and
Saturday with Norfolk: september Cd
September 9Th, 6th and 18th. with Roa-
noke; September 18th. 18th and 14th.
with Lynchburg: September 18th, nth
and 18th. with Norfolk.
Games abroad-With Norfolk, Au-
gust 26th. 9th and 2sth; with Roa-
noke, August 29th. sOth and 31st; with
Danville, September Sd and 4th, with
Portsmouth, September 9th, 10th end
| 11th
Roanoke has thirteen games abroad
and fifteen at home. exclusive of
double games. Lynchbnrg has harder
row to hoe. The Shoemakers have but
! ten games at home and eighteen
abroad. IfBthey can maintain the pace
they set in the series Just closed in
| Norfolk, they will win a second pen
nant with ease. But that Is hardly
| to be expected.
ROY sTrIr MISSING