The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-20
VIRGINIA LEAGUE
HAS GOOD START
Ideal Weather Expected to Pre-
vail on Opening Day of
Season Of 1910.
OPENING CEREMONIES
FOR THE DAY HERE
Big Parade of Colts, Visiting
Club and Friends of the
Richmond Management.

The 1910 season of the virginia
League starts OF tomorrow with q
rush and from present indications
there will be ideal weather prevail
1ng In every town Of tho circuit. With
DanviIIe playing In Richmond. Ports
mouth in Norfolk and Lynchburg In
Roanoke, there will be immense
crowds out to welcome the teams
for the season ana to get fne on
the respective clubs and players. In
Richmond there viii probably be
record crowd out, the team has shown
up usually we'll In spring practice
interest has been Created among the
followers Of the sport In the city.
The Big Parade.
have been con1pseted for the
grand baseball parade that In to mark
the opening of the league season IN
Richmond A tally-ho and eleven
carriages will be used to convey the
players and friends Of the manage
anent and the parade VIII cover ala
the principal parts OF the city. The
procession starts ut city hall at three
O'Clock and will reach the part short
ly before 4 o'clock In order 10 give
the players plenty OF time to warm up
Tor the game.
The Colts with be dressed in their
new uniforms while the Danvfile
players will wear their new travelling
suifs. The music for the parade will
be furnished by the band OF the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues.
Dnnviile Club Arrives.
The entire Dansille squad will ar
rive In Richmond Wednesday after
noon primed for the three games
here. They will be accompanied by
Secretary and Treasurer Snead and
fxf ha lnUAsnm 4 IA
fans of Danviiie. The club will put
up at the Lexington hotel along with
the Colts and that hosiery viii be
baseball headquarters during Tire
series The DAnvtlle club has bean
getting good practice and they ex-
pect TO give the Colts a hard hght In
each Of the three games.
Manager Lawior stated "Wednesday
morning that 10 not yet certain M 20
what battery he viii use. Reyetle
showed up in excellent form both
TUESDAY and "Wednesday and Man
axer Laawior says that II he feels the
aAm~ on Thursday. he will be used
In the first game. Tom Messit~ ths
veteran catcher OF the Colts. wlli
probably be worked I'm the first game
Manager Lawlor wants TO take the
frst game by all means az II will do
moro than anything else to give the
team confidence and get them goins
IT their best right at the start
Revelie did not do any hard Work
In Wednesdays practice, the twirIes
has not been I'M the best OF health tnis
spring and Manager iawior wann 70
save him az much ~ possible. II ne
= going good 1t ia expected that ne
will not have any difficulty In winning
from the Danvilie Club.
With one exception. all OF the play
- are now In good condition ana
ready TO start in their hard work.
wallace, Brown and Keifel. who nave
been either sick or injured. are now
| in good form. The players all mAae
4 good showing in their workout Lues-
day. and in Wednesday morning.
wsnrk ,ooked even better. Brown says
shat the treatment OF his sore leg IN
washington has been OF great beneht
Is rim and that he will be able 20
cover more ground and to run the
bases better.
Pitcher Hale Is the one now on the
. nfck list. He IL suffering with an
| attack OF iumbago and was connned
10 his bed on Tuesday. The attend
| Ing physician advised him to remain
! quiet for day or two, and said ne
| could probably return to the game IN
= few days. Wednesday the player
showed an improvement ana ne VIII
probably be able 70 work BY Satur-
aay.
Joe Oil. the new southpaw. liz maxi
tnr q most favorable impression here.
F He went to the park Tuesday with
the squad and was worked Tor quite
. white serving them up to the bAts-
men for their practice. When ne
tried his arm with . catcher. he was
found to have quick breaking curve,