The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-04
REVIEW Of WEEK
IN SPORT WORLD
Lawmakers Defeated at the
Hands Of Ly1lchburg
Was Over Due.
STICK ABILITY
VALUABLE ASSET
Three New Southern Leagues
This Season-The Importance
oftllc New Opecn"Canougl1
Club-Some Promising
Marksmcn in Rich
lnond This Season.
onme. To-day.
Richmond at Norfolk.
Portsmouth Mt Lynchburg.
Roanoke at Danville
by e. j. GRIFFITH.

by e. j. GI,IFFITH.
An excuse Is always at hand for a
defeat. The Lawmakers had n good
plea for their wallop Saturday-Kanz-
Ter and Heffron were out of the game
and Catcher Boyle held down first with
a bad finger But although the team
was an invalid 1 do not think that good
condition would have kept Lynchburs
from wnning-thc score being too one.
sided TO warrant that assumption
The Lest team has got to lose some
time, and Richmonds defeat was over
due. Seven straight victories and two
ties should satisfy the most oxacting
fan. The Lawmakers were unable to
hit Stewart. and their opponents pu. UP
almost q perfect fielding game. 1t was
the Shocmakers' day to win.
Most everybody looked for Richmond
to get the worst end OF it at Roanoke.
and the two victories there promise
well for the kind OF games they are
going 10 put up away from home.
The results of the contests the flrst
three days OF this week in Norfolk Will
be awaited with interest. The Grey
has always been n Jonah TO the Lava
makers on the formers grounds. ard
whether they viii be the same this
year Is a matter Of considerable spseu-
lotlon. From the respective forms
shown by the squads this year. Rich
mond should get two out of the three
games played. However. any man that
CANDLES on the result will be far from
betting on sure thing, for baseball is
oIu m
A good word is due here to the ALL
round playing OF Sandy" Sandherr.
His fielding at short is OF the Dig
league variety, while his showing with
present he is handicapped in his throw
Ing by sore arm. This defect, 1t Is
hoped. is merely temporary, and VIII
pass off with warmer weather and
good care
Lipe has the best wing in the
league, and. with his accuracy. makes
him the most valuable third basen'an-
4 ball has a poor show to get through
the territory covered by either the
manager or his shortstop.
1t Is gratifying to the fans to feel
that every man on the home team is
batting well. The best fielding nine in
the world can never win a game unless
Good stick work covers multitude OF
errors.
The organization OF three more
the steadily growing popularity of the
game. The Carolina League. embrac-
Ing Anderson, S. c.: Greenville, S. c.;
Winston salem. n. c.; Greensboro. N.
S. c., opened last week. and has bright
prospects of successful year. An
other new organization, the Eastern
Carolina League, will open on June 9th.
The cities having clubs are: Whining
ton. Wilson. Goldsboro. Raleigh. Kin
ston and Newborn. n. c. The third as
ISOLATION. the Gulf Coast League. is
reorganized upon six-clu5 basise,
through the addition of Beaumont,
Texas: Crowley, La. and Port Arthur.
] Texas.
The opecan- Canough Club has organ
ICED upon a business-like basis in this
city. and the men behind 1t promise to
success.
Tho value of this new club to the
furtherence OF aquatic sports on the
James cannot be rated too highly. Ri
valry is the life of progress in any
Club is to have competitor for row.
Ing honors in this city, the James
should shortly become the parent of
crews that will rival any in the coun-
try for speed. The Virginia Club real
ICES this and is giving the new or
ganization all the encoura cement pos
sible.
has always been noted for its good
craftsmanship. Some of the best shots
in the world can be found south of
Washington. Virginia sportsmen take
and Richmond is tho centre Of shoot
VILE. The Deep Run Shooting Club
has opened its season under conditions
that assure the development of some
thus far by Lawrence points to his be-
coming one of the best shots in the
country.
The University, of Virginia baseball
ton. prncefon P sn 10 New Ss York
and West Point, was unsuccessful SO
far as winning was concerned. They
lost close games to Georgetown, Prince
ton and Fordham. The Pennsylvania
the third inning, and the Army was
tied. AS this was one of the hardest
trips taken by the university for many
wears, IL not In its history, the poor
by the fact that the thought of their
big, undertaking took tho ginger out
OF the players.
The trip, however, has done the uni
has advertised the institution and has
shown the North the kind Of athletes
turned out by Southern college. Nir-
ginla draws many student from the
North, and no one will deny, in this
modern time. that publicity is not es-
sentlal, even for the success of a
seat of learning. And there Is nothing
that draws the eye OF the nublic SO
quickly as good, clean exhibitions Of
university teams, Doubtless Virginia
Will send another team over the same
4 route next year with better success.
I Made Great Hit.
[srecialto Tho Times Dlspatch.l
OLD POINT, VA, May 3,--Young
I IIartzell who is attending Old Point
I Comfort College. made a great hit yes
terdaY when he nroYed the feature of