The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-14
I[IOOnl PLAYS
TWO GA|AEs HERE
Manager Ramsey Says He Will
Have Good Team This
Year.
COLTS DEFEAT ACTORS
Interesting Game With Ward and
vokes' Stars Of the Foot 4
Lights.
COLTS

The Richmond Colts meet Altoona In
q series OF two games beginning Fri
day, and Il II expected that they viii
make things warm for the Tri-Htate
LeaguerA OOther exhibition games OF
the training season have been with
teams Of : class far shove any In tho
Virginia League and Il was not to be
expected that the local would win any
OF them. Altoona n near the class
of the Colts and they expect to either
win or to give the visitors good race.
Manager LAwior win uss Reveilc.
Hale. Peterson and verbout In this
scrtes. and may give Waymack q
chance All three OF the local catch
eFs VIII Be used. uflIigAn VIII Be used
at third base until the return Of Curiey
Brown and he win then be given his
regular trials at fsrst base.
Manager d. H. Ramsey, Of the Ale
toona club, says that he has some good
material this season and expects 70
put up good race for the pennant.
Ramsey has over twenty players on
his HIST, almost half OF whom are
He expects to dispose or
some Of them next week. He u al
ready convinced that Pitcher Young,
Catcher Mulvaney and Inieiders Re-
maley ana Harrigan arc not quite sea-
Steele, Clarity ana Johnny Baird are
rounding into nne shape. Baird 10 .
promising young char. He stands
feet in his stockings and tips the
beam at 100, being regular athlete.
Steele himself h no dwarf. standing
Just q fraction taller than Baird.
Old George Carey 10 performing like
colt around nrst base. He played
with Altoona In the old State League
- 49, lar "a fra
other leagues, and expects to give =
classy exhibition this season. Christ 10
holding down third and has impressed
everybody with his mastery playing.
He Is REGARDED by Ramsey ~ real
ana. shorteli and Durnaeyer play be-
tween Carey and Christ. and they are
very fast.
Ward and vokes. fast aggregation OF
actor players put up classy exnihi-
ton at the local park "Wednesday. with
Brooks I'm the box and irvine wear
ing the pad, the actors looked fornsi-
dabis and the game was not At all bad.
waymack. who twiried for the Colts.
went at top speed for eight innings
and the greater number OF the visitors
went out by the three-strikea route.
The twlrler cased up In the ninth and
let the actors hit the bah 70 m 70
give the netdefs some praCficA =, the
theatrical men never threatned to score
except In the ninth. when they got a
man to third. waymack frightened up
on the last man and hs whitfield.
Both Keifel and Messitt worked with
waymack and each Of them seemed In
good shape. Irvine. ~ usual, gave m
excellent performance. The outfieid-
ers had little TO do. but Landgra6 and
Baker had several chances and amused
themselves with executing imaginary
double plays before shooting tho ball
to frst to retire the runner.
Score: n.
Richmond ....a. a q O / O Q 0 es--zs
Ward and yokes. % q o 0 o o 0 o 90
President lake Wells has announced
that he will come 70 Richmond next
Monday ard cali meeting Of the four
league umpires for the purpose Of ex-
planning TO them their duties and the
new changes In tbs rules Of baseball.
President Wells, like President Lynch.
Of the National League. 10 anxious that
his umpires shall be familiar with an
their duties a. well ~ their powers.
40 he realizes that their work In the
Virginia Leaxue 10 not TO be very easy.
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