The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-09
DOUbLE-HEADER
TO END SEASON
Blues Band Will Be Another At
tractive Feature of Closing
Notification.
SAVED FROM CELLAR
WALKER FREE AGAIN
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Colts Will Not Drop Down
Lower-Twirler Gets His
Release From
Bugs.
HINTS FOR FANS.
Weather Professionalism and
warm.
Probable batteries-For Richmond,
Edfnonus0D ana 1owan.
For Roanoke, short and Schmidt.
tsasne called at 4:a0.
BY Il. ID. l,ur,ne,iiie.

t,asne called at 4:3o.
By 4. ID. bonneville.
Although the Goits are hot finish
ing IN a good position there VIII
nevertheless be ,ne usual ciosins
loiiiueation at the local park. Tns
Colts and Champs viii meet IN fast
douDle-neaoer and give the fans their
last sight of the game ior tnis
season.
AS an added attrae ton Owner
Bradley has secured the blues band
ana this viii Render selections
throughout the afternoon. This Is
the usual way of closing the season
here ana II is likely that great num-
Der oil fans will be on hama TO bid the
members OF the team goodbye.
Manager ShaughnSssy demurred at
the idea of playing a double header
since the two clubs have no postponed
games but he finally agreed to do so
IN order to give the fans their last
bargain day OF the game.
There will be no listlessness in this
double header. Both clubs viii go in
TO win and Will endeavor to retire
the other side in each inning as soon
as possible. The players realize that
IL is the last game of the season
and all Will be anxious 10 finish as
soon as possible and don their uni
forms for long and much needed
rest.
Unless the Goohers play In great
form Friday and Saturday and cap
ture both games from the Tars, the
locals will be safe from the cellar.
Thursdays victory over the Champs
helped things along and the fact
that the Goobers were again defeat
ed makes II almost certain that they
and not the locals VIII he cellar
champions for the year.
IL is hardly likely that the locals
Will lose all three of the remaining
games To the visitors and ii Is neees-
sary 10 win only one of them 10 main
tain their position, even II the
Coolers win all of their remaining
games.
Ii has been close call for the
Colts and they are avoiding the cellar
by very narrow margin They are
not one and one-haif games ahead OF
the Goobers and this will doubtless
I've enough.
Curtis Walker, the local twirler who
left the Jersey City club and came
south just in time to help the Bugs
out in their tight for the pennant has
now left the Danvilie club and is at
his home In this city.
Walker says that he was treated
handsomely by the Danville club and
that he was well paid for his ser
vices, The twirler says that he drew
his -felease from both the Jersey City
and Binghamton clubs and that he
signed UP in good faith with the
Bugs. There was an agreement, how
ever, that the Bugs would give him
his unconditional release as soon az
he was through working for them
this season
Walker has his release In his pocket
signed by Secretary Snsad. OF the
panviiie club. He says that he will
return to the Jersey City club next
spring. 1t appears that this club re-
leased him in order to accommodate
the Bugs with the full understand
ing that he would return to them.
Secretary Gregory has required
that the releases from the Jersey City
and Binghamton clubs be filed with
him in order that he may have them
as evidence IL the Roanoke club pro-
tests the games which Walker won
for the Bugs.
IL is hardly likely, however. that
the Champs will protest the games,
as they are not enough TO effect the
result OF the pennant race, Walker
lives in Richmond with his wife. and
states that he left the Danville club
Wednesday because they have won
the pennant and have no further use
for his services.
The Roanoke Tigers are minus two
OF their best men on this trip, and
this Is likely to make them fall be-
low their usual strong game. Doane,
the twirier who put them In the pen
nant race, has returned to the Cleve-
land club, and Sprat. one of the lead
ing sluggers of the team. has gone to
college.
The team is yet strong, however.
and the remaining three games with
the Colts will not be embarrassing
Fridays game will be good one,
and IL rs hard to pick the winner.
Edmondson. the big southpaw. will be
on the mound for the locals and Cow
an will be at the receiving end.
The visitors will probably use Short
on the firing line and Schmidt will
wear the pads. Cefalu, who has been
going strong of late. will be saved for
one OF the games of Saturdays dou-
ble-header
The Colts had their pictures taken
: Thursday. and they are likely look
Ing bunch when grouped together.
Why they have not been able to cap
ture more games THIS season VIII al
ways be a mystery
Owner Bradley had the pictures
taken and they Will be hig ones. 1t
Ii the usual custom OF the owner to
preserve q picture of each years club.
Charlie Baker, who reached Rich
mond Thursday to submit to an ope-
ration for appendicitis. donned uni
form and posed with the other play
ers for the picture. The picture would
not have been complete without the
little sehortstop. whose fielding has
been one or the sensations OF the
league this season.
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