The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
|Fielded Well. But Was
Poor Hand With
the Stick. ,.s.
BOB WALLACE TO 4.
FILL HIS PLACE2
Comes Highly Recommended by
Billy Smith, Of Atlanta Nan
ager in Good Spirits, De- Isl
spite the Defeat -Four ,,.
Games This
Week.

One man, the bright, cheerful. happy.
hearted Harry Brown. has received HIS s
walking papers. and it was with deep III
regret that Manager shaffer felt himself i:
forced to give the outfelder his release
Brown was a good man in field work,
hut when It came to working with tho
stick he was oticenbly weak. Good stick a
work Is an absolute essential for a man
who expects to play in the field. II hsAS3
fails in this. it is all Up with him, and
herein, lies the fault with Brown. d sssS
Brown started out With Roanoke last sss
year, and later on in the season came to M
work for Shuffer. lie was given a stry-gg
out this year In the hope that he might -
make good. He is trying now to land a5
berth on one OF the other clubs, but he II
stands a small chance, as they are all 81
full. tsSs I'd
Kellar one of the two candidates forsI
the third sack. left yesterday afternoon
for his home In Cincinnati, to be at the
bedside Of his sick mother. q.
I'LL Kellar was himself In bad shape. NJ
his muscles being affected with rheu.
lnatsm, due to having been forced sto Il
work In water. His fathers PROPERTY.
on the Ohio River, was flooded In tho
winter and Kellar had to look after
things. The changeaole weather here
also had its effect, and Kellar5 mover
had tho opportunity Of Showing up In \
Ills best form. II needed, he will re-
port back to shaffer. AZ Il
Manager shaffcr Yesterday received
a letter from s;,ebrle, who says THAI
he Will not be able to report until
June 1st. He is In fine form, how
ever. as no Is receiving plenty O az
practice on his college team In Get
tSsburg, PA. He wrote Captain SHAFT
fer that lie was paying strict attain
tlon to his batting, and that he was
Keeping himself in good condition.
Happy Eckstone, upon whom MAN.
ager Shaffer Is relying to do good work
this year. will report when the sea-
son opens. He is still at Blacksburg.s
where he is training the v. P. I. squad,
and is working himself every day, that
the man so out. "A. 8S
TO MI the vacancy caused by the
release of Brown, Manager Shaffer has
secured "I3ig Bob" Wallace from Billy
Smith, manage: OF the Atlanta team
Smith recommends his big outAelderS
very highly. Manager Shaffer sent
| him transportation yesterday, and Vyal-
| lace is expected to arrive In the city
| this evening or Monday morning. Hoi
4 will be here In time for work on Monday
Captain shaffer says TINT Wallace
l will be the best outtlelder In the Nir-g
glnla State League, barring none. Last
i year Wallace helded $50 With Colun-B
l bia, in tho South Atlantic League, and
batted ,2G0. standing ninthakin the
whole league. He has a strong arra.i
ana Is able to send hall In on
|nlline from centre-held. Wallace was
! With Columbia last year. mud was
bought by Manager Smith for the
Atlanta team for $500 ;s5
Manager Shaffer does not allow tho
serious defeat administered to hi a
men by the New York Americana on.
|Frday afternoon to dampen his spirits.9
i The big ieaguers We're IN midseason
i form, whereas tho locala have not yetl
gotten the first stiffness and sorenessl
out or their Joints,
4 None OF the pitchers can use his arm,
and the heldera are also 8 TIL pretty atltf,
{ In tho majority OF early season games
4 played by the big leagues against minor
organizations the scores are something
terrific, aud 1t occasionally happens thai
tho big men ara beaten to q finish ~
a tho bushwhackers, Cleveland beat AS,
4 lanta on Friday. Is to 4, and secured
. itwenty-one hits of the Georgia pifche
n That was as bad az the EslchMon JEaps4
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