The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-01
second in Fielding and Last In bat
ting.

second in Fielding and Last In bat-
ting.
This state of affairs for the Rich
mousi team. as shown hy the official
averages 81 the Virginia Baseball
League. tells the story Of why. the
Colts finished hfth ia the 1910 seasae
Spectacular fielding, aud there Were
coolies III il on toe LOCAL nine, Is al
right as far az IL goes. but il does
MOI go lar enough Laying adupois
against the leather IL whav brings
home the bacon, and although the
Colts could chop down sizz.ers al !
pluck flies out OF the ernpyrean blue
T., the tune OF .964, they could onis
belt the pellet at IA .ais cup.
With Baker shortstopping at .s4n,
Leading the league. Johnny Shaw thira
saekiug AT ssa, and second satkinh
at .s54. with Wallace fieidfng .ss-.
third best. with Messitt leading all
catchers with .ss2: with Reyeiie aud
Morrissey ranking high. up the 800
column for fielding. and with sew
eral other of their team mates hut "a
few sCant points below a perfect score.
il can be easily seen from the oth-
ciai figures that the Colts were al
their Ia bors when the horsehiac was
banked their way.
Alas. .Aiack:
Alas, Quite another story anu one
which viii not provoke many smiles
or joyous jubilation from the perus-
ing tan Is told when one considers
the swat department.
The teams batting average WAS siist
212, which cinched last place Tor the
Colts by II large points. The totai
number of hits made by the entire
aggregation during the heated term
was sol. These safe bingles netted
s1i bases. all told, which was IS less
than Danyillc. which got the second
lowest number of total bases.
Three-hase taps totaled 81. two
portmanteau jabs numbered 80. and
hiffs for the circuit aggregated s.
each and every total OF which was
a few points lower than any other
team. AS regards larcenics. the Colts
seemed not at all frisky or FESTIVE.
From the total Of 152 sto'en bases.
ii would appear that gum arabic had
been literally sprinkled around tbs
ottomans before the Colts got on.
The official figures show that no
mistake was made In awarding aftn
place to Richmond. The team aeiu-
ally finished there. With percentage
or 422. which was Is points higher
.
Twenty tie games played during the
season, Honors We're easy among the
teams in this respect. Hannafin. OF
Petersburg, and poane, OF Roanoke.
were the only twiriers with no-hit
games. The former held Roanoke
hjtless on June IL. while Doane turn
ed the same trick on Petersburg on
August 10.
There were twelve one-hit games
recorded
Hanks, of Danville; Andrada, OF
Roanoke CD; Griffin. Of Lynchburg;
Mayberry. OF Danville; Bussey, OF
Danville; Vail. OF Petersburg: Lloyd.
OF Lynchburg (2): Morrissey. Of
Richmond; Doane, Of Roanoke (2);
Walsh, OF Norfolk, and Hamilton. Of
Petersburg, were the ofiiciating gun
ners. In addition there were twenty
Ave two hit and thirty-four three-hit
games
Spratt and Holland, OF Roanoke.
tied for batting honors, both hitting
.2sl. Vail. Of Petersburg. batted .sO1.
but he played In but twenty-ntne
games. The Tigers led the league In
hitting. Powell. Of this club, reached
asa, and Newton $50.
Chandler led Norfolk with .2Ss.
Walsh was second. with .277 In thirty
four games, with Manson third, al
$50, In los games played. Toner. 81
petersbur1s led hi club, bAtt19 ~.