The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10

N whole should mako cns OF the fastest
,E ht,d best batting ngarggations IN inc
league. or coursc the present line-Ep IS
u eubjcat to change, rs Manager sna'ter
LII still on tho lookout for GOOD men.
sas srhr pitchers from last season who VIII
Ma riyen d try.oiit again this spring nre
sorlg STILL Cassidy, Salvc and Erkstone,
Gull of whom ale too well-hnoWn 20 the To-
zeal fans TO be In need of further conf
q fncnt. All are good men, ana 1t is en-
ptcted that they will show up well this
season. Tile new men who Will be
given try-out for the pitching staff
| nrc Yount, Atulhall and Derby. fount,
who lis six feet two inc'es tall, Is con-
4 sidcred d good man. lie played with tae
Cotton states League two years, and
s{fWon good reputation.
I'M lie has lots Of speed md strong
arm. lie halls from NewberrN, N. G.
Mulhail is left-hander, and is
considered first-cinss man. He has
N played with the New York aud New
III Jersey state Leagues. and last year
I won sixton games, losing only two
Il that he pitched.
sg5E Derby has played with the Lancns-
ter Tri-S state League, and with Lowell,
Al Mass. iii tho New England League.
IIe7is right-hander, five feet ten
and a half inches tall. He is q good
III man, and has had first-cla expo
aS rience.
tis9 l3oth the last TWO men ilait iio't'
NJ New York City.
S Altogether, Manager shnffer has. a
HI strong lot of men from which TO
pick his pitching staff, and out OF
the bunch, he should get five good
5s8 men.
The catchcrs OF last season who
wfll5try again are Cowan and Hinton.
S.owan will be a first-class man this
IL season. he is q good hitter, and hoids
u his 5nosition behind the bat steadily
B and well. ,.ar
shaffcr expects Hinton to DO better
than ever. He was strong man ins =,
58 season and had the confidence oil aii ms
pitchers. l.
S,s1 -etter. of Homesdale, Pa. who played
VIII, the New York League two seasons,
and with Pawtucket, in the Rhode Island
s8S 13enrne He is q hard hitter and Is con-
sidered as a good, all-around trst -class
u man. With the best two out OF these
II three candidates. there should DC no lcar
4 of not securing good catchcrs for the
III Richmonders.
Il For the outf1eid there will be Siebric,
Brown, Hefferan. J. j. Kelley and others.
M Siebrie was star man last year, ana
81 one Of the best litters on the team. Ite
II Viii not be able to report until May a.
q he expects to graduate from 1ett!spuis
College this spring.
M Brown. of the last years team, Will be
5 d first-class man this year He was sick
and out Of condition while here last year,
but was one of the best men in the league
last year while with Roanoke.
Heneran is a new man. He is five
feet eleven inches. and weighs ITO
8 pounds when in condition. He was
with Providence, r. T., at tho first OF.
u last season, and finished with the
strong ITobokcn team Of the New Jer-
& sey State League He is hard hit
ter, always having q 300 batting per-
centage and is fast on bases. lie is.
expected to be great fnvorite. he
# halls from Jersey City.
~ i. Kelly. Of South Amboy, n. j.,
4 s4llo has played with Newburg. y. ",
81 II, the Hudson River League and with
H kingston n. Y, in the same league,
is big. fast fellow. and strong
Al hitter He has batted over 800 the
s last two seasons, and looks like
II good man.
Manager shoTer stated yesterday
that he Is trying to secure two first
class mon who are known to all the
fans in Richmond, and that he is leaN-
ing nothing undone to land them. He
u cid not say who they are, but states
that they arc fine men.
ss3s The intielders will be shaffer, kirlpat-
rick, Reeve, O'Neil and Westlake.
II sShaffer will occupy his old position 0!
the initial bag, where he did such good
work last season. The genial captain
Eshf hardly needs any comment, SO we'll is