The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-27
by r. ID. BONNEVILLE,

Owner Bradley, of the Colts die
"a tated q letter 10 President Jake Wells
Eriday morning making formal COM
plAinl against one or more of the
HmP4Fes now working on the circuit.
/ In i,is letter he mentioned specifically
HE many poor decisions made by TIM
4 pare Harry Mace, most Of which seem
10 be against the Richmond club
We always seem tn get the worst
Il Ut X at the hands OF Mace" said MIR.
II Bradaty, "and he Is much worse on
Il khA road than he is here. In Thurs
fNy's game. for instance. Morrtssey
II &eSerFed a shutout. and yet we bare
Es3y escaped defeat. ali on account OF
e@An obviously incorrect decision on
Spratt at first base in the eighth in
& ring
I'VE are tired" said Mr.. Bradley.
ssof remaining quiet while we con-
f1nue To get II handed to us by the
#sMtnpiIes and / am making complaint
President Wells In hope that he
NgNui take some action that VIII give
ns relief"
TX liz said that the umpires are
%%contlnuaIly going around with n chip
ON their shoulder looking for trou-
ME and fining the players on the
sni1ghtest pretext Those who have
paf ticulaFiy noticed the work OF the
vampires point out that some of them
@Ars themselves subject to fines Tor
&their failure to follow the rules. UNI
4 p5re Mace does not announce the bat
skcrses distinctly before the game as
sAprescr1hed by the rules. and in Thurs
Nday's game he did not announce the
WApStitution Of jenkins when he re-
h placed Pritchard In the eighth in
ming. For this he Is subject to 81
ftl1E. Owner Bradley. Ina his letter
ftrAkldHfaf al "A IA
SAnd explains the general unfitness of
H ssaA6r. Mace for the work.
as*& III la hardly likely that President
ESX4khS VIII take any action In The
ii n3atter. since he never takes the time
Ito attend game and look over the
work OF his arbiters- He would hard
~ discharge one OF his old umpires
B without seeing for himself the Kind
& NJ work he is doing.
Owner Bradley says that his OBJ
3Nct in complaining 20 the president
n All mot to make anybody lose his job.
bnf to get fair deal from the UNI
" pirss. We are making a good fight,
aid Mr. Bradley, tand all we ask III
N y fair Zeal. We have lost number
n ri games this season that should have
VI rome 10 us. and they were lost simply
1hrough the erroneous work OF the
N Ilmpifes, who seem always 10 give
e2SNNs+NrAa0Na ldt 6hpiN GAN'
There are still five pitchers on the
@otnn OF the Colts. No chance viii
b made for some time. and ii may
n Ne that the men VIII all be held
until the return Of Manager Lawlor5
~ IsaMior is particularly anxious to have
9& left-hRnder. and for this reason
4 Halye will be given every chance to
n make good IL the southpaw remains
&1t will be up 10 Hale and Morrissey
~ fight II out
Several letters have been received
ut club headquarters here addressed TO
Manager lsawlor. these are from play
T-sfs f5UkfnE for positions. One pitcher
Il asks tor berth and several out
aeldera make application for tryout
II with the locals. No more men will be
Il taken on for trial al this time.
iS$N oDonnel the new outielder did
4 not show up well with the stick In hts
1rst game with the locals but he ahow :
II "a good form In the field and captured
~ his three chances In easy fashion. He
~ 5udgss fly ball perfectly and seems
u % have good throwing arm. O'Don-
n nell came to bat four times and dfd
III not secure d hit, four times he offered
n &asy fnfield chances and another time
q ~ whitfield The played could not be
Axpecfed TO play his best game after
tgayeliing all night and part of a day
II And he may show a decided improve
31a<Ht with the stick In Fridays game
He Ii fast runner and quick on the
start for first and II he shows an i'm
s movement In batting 1t Is quite likely
u that he Will prove as valuable to the
\ team an Reeves said he would be.
Wallace and Irvine ere easily the
batting stars OF Thursdays game. Wal
\ lace hit the ball hard each OF his four
h tinies up. The first time up he singled
V md was left and the next time he
\ Teached first on feiders choice and
EAs left. The third time ne singled,
scoring Landgran and the fourth time
Il up he sent long fly 10 center
Irvine could not place the hall safe
until the ninth inning when he had
{ his best opportunity for an opportune
I hit. He WIS there when called for
I md sent one at Newton that was so
4 hot the visiting shortstop could not
16Andle II. Shaw easily scored from
|sescOnd on toe hit.
VIZ Morrissey allowed only four OF the
xxlQitors to reach first Thursday. one
Was caught In a double. one was try
1ng 70 reach second on a single. two
Were left and two scored runs. The
%1ieW pitcher held the Tigers to one hit
S46at1l the eighth when a bad decision
ENtnEted them on a rally. One free pass,
$3.50 error and four singles gave the