The Washington herald., 1909-04-22
"PLAY BALL" CRY
TN VIRGINIA TO-DAY
Hard to Dope Out Leader in
State League.
ALL CLUBS ARE STRENGTHENED
Richmond Presents Fewer New
Faces, but Has Lost Her Crack
Pitchers-NOrfOIk BOasting, While
LynehBurg and other Teams Pre-
sent Strong Claims.
Rr HERBERT E MILEY.

By HERBERT F. MILET.
Lynchburg, Va, April 4-The fourth
annual race in the present Virginia
League viii be on tomorrow afternoon.
the opening games being Roanoke in
Lynchburg. DanviIle in Richmond. and
Portsmouth in Norfolk. The local team
goes 10 Roanoke Friday for the opening
there. and hack here. Saturday for the
third game OF the first series.
As is the case in all minor leagues,
certainly Of the c class. there is rothing
by which the relative strength OF the
various teams can be judged until all
OF them viii have played with each other
Few New Faces in Richmond.
The Richmond team, however. wiz pre-
sent fewer new faces this year than any
OF the other teams, but the indications
are that the Colts are hardly as strong
as they were last season This seems
true. because Sparks. Quinn. and McKen-
zie. three OF the pitchers. with records Of
more than so. are missing. Only Revelle,
OF the winning staf Of pitchers, is back
for this seasons fray. The pitching staff
therefore, IS mostly OF an unknown quail
Y, and without q strong corps Of slab
men the Colts can hardly WI another
pennant.
Danville. next 10 Richmond. viii have
many old faces. but Martin Walsh, who
won thirty out Of thirty-nine games last
season, Is with Pueblo. IN the Western
League. and Sparks and Howard, OF Rich
mond. and Schumann. formerly Of the
-.I h-~ TTr-
take Walsh's place. The receiving end
Of the team does not look as strong this
year as it cid with Ryan, who IS now
with Roanoke. and who VIII easily be
one OF the best catchers in the league
this season. Unless Vail shows much
strength the team viii not be strong be-
hind the bat.
Roanoke. under Shaugnessey. the new
manager, who was in the Tri-State
League last year. is q new combination
made I'D Of familiar as well as new faces.
There is no doubt about the ability Of
the manager as q player, but he is .un-
tried as a leader, and he has a number Of
old heads 70 count upon for good work
as well as new material, some OF Il
youngsters.
More claims have come from Norfolk
for the 1873 crew Of the Mary Jane than
from any other city in the league, and
II the Norfolk team does not win in a
walk under Manager Wynne ". Clarke,
some Of the newspaper scTibes Jherea-
bouts VIII be nightly surprised. Clarke
has gotten together q good team, and he
ought 70 be a factor IN the fight this
year.
In Portsmouth things have been quiet,
for the press agent OF the Truckers
does not seem 20 have been aroused as
yet TIE team has already had two or
three managers. and there is a large
bunch OF players on hand and waiting 20
report. from which good team should
be selected
LynchburE Unknown Quantity.
The local team under Al Orth. part own
er-manager-player, is Just as much an
unknown quantity as any other club in
the circuit. for only TWO OF the old men
are back this year, this being Hooker. in
center field. and VeTnUelle. Of the pitch
ing staff Individually. the team Is
strong. and Orth believes he can get
them together for a winner All de-
pends on the pitching staff. and the dope
the day before the opening is that It VIII
be as good as any other on the circuit
While the teams have as yet not de-
cided upon their personnel, and 1t viii
not be necessary for the :eam limit OF
thirteen players to be gotten into until
May p. the following IS a fair line on the
makeup Of the clubs:
Personnel of Teams.
Iynch5urE .tchers Ross. Csul and Tottsn;
PITCHERS. Moser. Billiard. Fenuelle, and Grif-
IN. first base Bigbie, secord base Billiard o.
Caul. third base. ZeiEeT; short. Lawrence; left
fed. Wallace ceuts- fed, Hooker right fed.
Dauvile-Catchers. Wesslake and wahl: pitchers.
MouisseT. Spar6s. Howard Schuman and MAY
beHy; first base and manager Stafford; second base
Mage, shOrt. Fisher; third base. Reinharr. and
King. Powell, Tydsmau. and Reynolds for the out
feId
Norfols-Catchers. Chandler Muns1n. ard Calvin
pitchers. Otey. Savage. Ellingsr Hartman. Volz
and Temple. first base, RhyndErs. other infslders
Clarke lnanaSerl. Bonner, Lowell, and Busch; cut
elders SeitL- Jackson 8Iullaney- ard Fctzer-
PortsR0lth-Catchers. Flood. Topham Zearfoss.
and Burke; pitchers Wolfe manager. Duncan.
Lowe. Buns. Hallmau. HsUiltol and Harifau
infeIders. sc-sdeF. Guihsen. Msher Thun. VIII
isns. johnson. Toner. AID Naming OTtfelders.
Biilett, Silsnetter, ToTusend, Mclaughlin. and
spicsr-
Roanoke-Catchers. Rvan and Cooper: pifchers.
Kline Feuen Reynolds stoehr. Aiken. shradin.
TuTner. ChanceIlor. and Doan; inieldeTs. Painter.
Newton. Pressly, Robertson. Doyle, Nsild, AIye-s.
and Ttlow; outieders. ShaughDessey, Disoway
Gravsly. R0ome. Howard. and Meadc-
Richmond-Catchers. Msssttt and Keifelm: pitch
e7S Revelle. Busssy WalkeT. Weyusck Powers.
Muir Watson, ard Ashton; first base, Kauzler; sec
ond base. Wrghtnan Ct Ison: short Sandherr. third
hase. LlDe tmanagcrj; outdelders. BLACK. Titman.
Smith, and Seibe-.
The umpires are Black. Mace. and
Ponder, all Of whom are wei known on
the circuit Mace was chief OF the stan
last year. Pender manager OF the Norfolk
champions in 1907. and Black worked here
several seasons ago.
WhaIen Jumps Portsmouth.
Portsmouth. Va. April n.-with bands
playing and flags flying. the initial game
! etwesn the Virginia League rivals will
la usaered in tomorrow when NOrf 1Ik
meets Portsmouth az Norfolk With seven
tcsers 10 select from, II is hard 10 tell
vil VIII be on the slab for Portsmouth,. q.
~ it would not be surprising 10 see
cr Hanifan or Dick" Burns shooting
over. with Otey OF Savage doing the
s..-t- Tor Norfolk Munson viii do the
ee'vieg for Norfolk and Flood for
ts1outh
oae the eve OF opening Of the league
Spss Portsmouth suffered a severe loss
o. rs mainstay back of the plate. Jess
81 lcn jumping 20 the Wilmington
ljsii outlaw Atlantic League club. ieav-
81. Portsmouth with only one catcher.
: i5e Flood
on Friday Norfolk and Portsmouth viii
oren the season IN the latter city.
Grant Rehearfng on Pardon.
Harrisburg, April 21.-The State board
Of pardons this afternoon granted a re-