The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-25
eOtTsS OFF FOR
THE FIRST TRIP
Left Monday Morning for Ports
Y mouth and First Series Away
From Home.
PLAY NORFOLK HERE
LATTER PART OF WEEK
Lawlor Will Use Oil or Peterson
Monday and Revelle Against
Portsmouth and Norfolk.
BY T. d. Bonneville.

BY T. ID. Bonneville.
The Colts left Richmond on the
nine o'clock train Monday morning
for Portsmouth. where they will play
their first series away from home with
the Portsmouth Truckers. Manager
Lawlor does not treat the series light
" as he considers that Portsmouth
will have one OF the strongest teams
In the league this season. All of the
men seemed to be In good shape.
Baker Is feeling well and Browns
charley horse seems to be better.
Shaw, the utility man, went along TO
fill Landgraff's place and Manager
Lawlor is very thankful that he has
smother expcrtenced fnffefuer win
the squad at this time.
The Colts will return Wednesday
night and their first series with Nor
folk win be played here on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. Much interest
Is felt In the series with Portsmouth
and II the locals are able 10 handle
the Truckers as easily as they did the
Danvilie club the prospects will look
bright for winning team all season.
Lawfor will use either Oil or Peter
son In the opening game in Ports
mouth and will follow on Tuesday
with Hale or Reveile. Revelie will
probably be used twice this week as
LAWFUL 8ih put Llfii H&dlAHk lSDkl0th
on either Friday or Saturday. Messitt
will probably catch the first game in
Portsmouth and Irvine with be given a
chance during the series. Baker will
fill his regular place at shortstop and
Shaw win I'LL Landgraff's place at
second base.
Ketfel has left Richmond direct for
his home in Cincinnati, Ohio. The
player has an offer from the Canton
team of the Ohio State League and
it's thought that ne will accept.
Brooks. another of the players who
was released. is still In Richmond. The
twfrler Is expecting an offer from
the Portsmouth club and is waiting
here until the matter is definitely de-
cided.
Gilligan left 4..eay Tor the north
and will at once join the kankakee
team In Kankakee. Mich.
While the locals were charged with
six errors In Saturdays game. they
are not to be altogether blamed. Fol-
lowing the rain the diamond WAS In
very bad shape. being - rough in
places that ii was difficult matter TO
get the ball with any degree Of ac-
curacy and 1t Was a hard matter TO
throw well when the ball was wet.
These as the first errors made uy the
team; the first to games being error
less so far as the locals were con-
eerned
I.andgran shows a tendency TO ae-
cept the hardest chances that are Of
fered, and should be encouraged Ia
this. He was charged with an error
In Saturdays game when he attempt
ed to stop a hard one from Schraders
bat that went directly over the 'eeond
bag. The ball took a bad bound ind
got away from Landgran Brown
threw wild to first. and this was
doubtless because the ball vas wet
and hard to handle. Shaw missed two
at short. but the field was very rough
in that part OF the diamond. lie nc
-cepted eight chances In good fash
ION.
Afessitt might easily have gcored in
the fifth inning had he net fallen M
turning third. The catcher raped
out sharp single to left and was
sacrificed to second by Verbous- lie
could have scored on Landsra;ls sim
gle to left. but this fall prevented,
\ and he seampered back to third.
The veteran caught the series in
wonderful fashion, allowing only one
STOLEN base In the three games. His
hitting was good. as viii be shown ny
the average.
Bigbie is starting out at y fast rate
In batting. He is now leading the
team with a percentage OF .f2b His
closest follower II Wallace, and then
comes Landgrafr. While Brown APP
pears at the end OF the lis. he has
been greatly handicapped in hating.
owing to the fact that in the majority
~of times he has been to bat, in the
series he had been bound TO sacrifice
on account OF runner being on first.
He secured two sacrifice hits Outing
the series and his triple on Friday
was the most opportune and the lung
est hit made during the series. 1t
came with three men on bases ami
cleaned them, slowing the game away
without question.
George Browne, the Washington
outfielder who was injured in one OF
the games here, is still confined to his
bed with biood-poIsoning. which set
In soon after he left here. Browne
slid into Bakers spikes in trying To
steal third, and was forced 10 retire
from the game.
Carl Walker. the local boy. made a
good showing In the box against.
f-oTtsIHOuIn III Sdhukuh} ktsIiit. 1Ac
youngster made his debut In profess
sional company in a most successful
fashion, and the ENCOURAGEMENT he
received will doubtless stand him IN
good stead during the season. 1t Is
hoped that he will be put to work
Against the Colts in one ~ the games
here this week.
Had verbout received the support
that had been given the other pitch
ers in the first two games ~ the se-
ries, 1t is doubtful II the Danvtlie |
team would have sent a man to Soc
ond base in Saturday. same. The
visitors were held to four scattered
singles, and they nevsr had Il look In
at scoring, except th-,ng.t successis . |
errors One error was responsible |
for their run scored In the fourth, |
and three errors occurred in the sixth
when they scored two more runs.
Wallace hit one In. the. third that
would have gone over the house In
laft neld had 4 hsep bit q little lowaE.
hut the force OF the hit was spent in |
the height to which the bali went. |
1xawlor made sensational catch of |
4 4 1onE drive from GFfff1nsn hat IN The /