Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-18

garden, the Athletics VIII present
very formidable lineup.
With the return OF Searles an6 the
acquisition OF Wolfe. the North Emo
team Is greatly strengthened. Wolfe,
who is former William and Mary
star. is beady played, fast fielder.
good hitter and can take his turn
In the box. He should prove one
Of the most valuable men on the team.
Searles can be used behind the bar
or in the field and is some siugger.
Although Manager Joe Diestil has
done everything possible to strengthen
his team. Hampton does not seem to
be able to climb out of the cellar.
Unless the other teams show decided
reversals OF form. the Crabtown nine
has no chance of landing the pennant
again this year
Practically every team In the league
sends the runner down first to sec
ond on the first ball pitched to the
next batman And yet not single
pitcher wastes that first bail.
The loss OF Jacobs and Andruss
weakens the Fort team. Douglas
proably will be made the regular first
baseman. He is a far better hitter
than Andruss.
Speakman has the Indian sign on
| A-@t Snl-
der lads break their backs trying to
pound his slow breaking out-curye ball
out of the lot. Speakman is valuable
man to the Athletics because of his
ability to beat the soldiers.
Frank Stanton does not shine on
the diamond near as well as he does
on the Gridiron or the cinder track
He is fast on the bases and a fairly
good fielder, but is wofully weak in
hitting.
kid" Lewis has game" arm ana
cannot do much box work these days.
but he covers second in great shape
and hits the ball with wonderful
regularity.
All of the infielders are handi-
capped when playing on the Casino
diamond because they have to play IN
too close to the hitter. IL the dali
mond was skinned fifteen feet be-
hind the base running lines as ri
should be many waliops that now gu
| for hits would be turned into outs.
A month ago, when the Roanoke
High.anders went down In third or
fourth place, the prediction was made
| In this column that the highlsnders
| would win the pennant IN the Vir-
GINA League this season. Shaugn-
messy. the Terrible, has a fine collec-
| ton OF hitters and felders-mostly
the former--and his pitchers are de-
livering the goods
Richmond is winning the pennant
backwards Just at present and the
Capital City fans are nowling and
knocking. With the Colts winning.
the Richmonders turn out by the
thousands. but when the teaG begins
Ito lose they turn out by the hundreds
and those hundreds knock, knock.
knock.
| Some surprise was created in the
Virginia League circles by the resig-
tnation OF AL Orth as manager of the
iI.ynchburg team. The Hiliy City fans
continually knocked Orth and he quit.
/ IL Is believed. however. that he in
ltends to return to the American
League. Danville made ten runs on
him IN enc inning this year.
MuIIin smashed all kinds OF records
/ in that eighteen inning. o-to-0 game
l against Washington Friday. He allow
ed Just seven hits. OF .3ss OF a hie
per inning It's pretty abFfshtfo at
per inning. It's n pity Dolly Gray
/ sprained his side In the ninth chap
ter. for he had odipitched Mullin up
to that time.
And Doniiu has not yet signed a con-
tract 20 play with the Giants.
i With the Peerless one back in the
Il game. the Chicago Cubs are coming
i with a rush and the Pirates have
not yet won the pennant. Billy sun
4 dav save thew wont win !, this sea
son. Billy IL known to have made
mistakes before.
One Of the New York sporting writ
crs has dubbed lawn Nccraw's -tll.-
Ooo beauty Rue the Mark That was
i after wagner ard rred Clsrke's other
hired hands had licked the Rube by
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