The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09
WASHINGTON AND LEE
HAS GOOD BALL TEAM
Work of Players Has Been of
Very High. Order
WILL PLAY ALABAMA
Team Leaves for Southern Tour To-day
WILL PLAY ALABAMA
Team Leaves for Southern Tour To-day
and After Playing Mt Raleigh
md Durham VIE Play
Mt Tuscaloosa

Lexington, Va, May s-(Special.)-With
only two more games to be played on
tho home grounds before the squad leaves
OH the southern trip. Coach Kennoy has
had Washington and Lees fast aggrega-
tor of ball tossers hard at work this
week tevera practice games have been
played and the varsity appears in great
shape for the invasion of the south
After their great work against the
strong Virginia Polytechnic institute team
last Friday and Saturday, Jap Efird and
Harry Moran. the crack slabmen, should
prove their superiority over any pitcher
ir the south. Efird allowed only Is Tech
bstsmen to face him in nine innings, and
on the following day only 35 got to bat
against Moran in II innings. No team
has gotten over FIVE or six hits off either
OF these men this season. They are both
youngsters and bid fair to make the
greatest college pitchers in the country.
Jap Efird is wel-built fellow. above
the average height, with good speed and
fair control The tall, wiry Moran has
a delivery that puzzles every batter that
faces him and for a portwheeler his
control is remarkable. He is also a good
hitter. bill" Gwathmey has pitched only
one game this season, but he has always
made an excellent showing on the trips.
Paroles has never got himself into first
class condition.
Wat Efrd and Rectenwald give these
twirlers two of the classiest backstops in
college ball Efird has caught ten games
practically without an error and has
had very few bases stolen on him. Rec
tenwald has caught only one game, but
his work is of high order. He is cover
nc lots of ground in left garden and
is hitting the ball hard.
For the past three weeks the varsity
has been going at great stride. and
the infield has played gilt-edged ball.
nine. fresh from the victories over Vir-
ginia and Georgetown, was perfect, and
when they registered the successive shut
outs against the strong Tech team, the
fielding was practically errorless. In
fact, the fielding of the fast infield has
been clean and classy ever since the
slump when Swathmore defeated the
White and Blue.
Captain Stras has got his injured arm
into shape and his work at the first
cushion gets better every day. The big
fellow is also getting his eye on the
ball and is clever baserunner, usually
coming off with a couple of stolen sacks
foe each game. Smith plays a brilliant
game at second and Erwin shows better
form at short every day. The Andover
boy has a great whip and fields his po-
stion nicely. Ed Brown is making one
OF the greatest third-sackers the varsity
has ever had and hits the ball hard.
Waddil, Rectenwald. Webster and Tur-
byfll are sure outfielders, and their
handling of the willow has been good
Reotenwald led the batting last season,
ard, except for the last three games,
Eebster's batting has been of the Ty
Cobb order Turbyf1ll has proven his
ability as a pinch-hitter repeatedly. and
when sent in to bat for Moran won the
Carolina game with a timely single.
j. F. Brown, Jake" Lemly. Foreman.
Peoples, Beddow and Roberts are playing
good ball on the second eleven and some
of these men will be taken on the trip.
After the two games Friday and Sat
ureay with Central University of Ken
lucky, the team left Saturday evening
at s45 for Raleigh, where they meet
the Agricultural and Mechanical of North
Carolina Monday. From there they go
to Durham for two games with Trinity,
and then journey to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to
clay the University of Alabama three
games, and wind up with two at Athens,
Ca, with the crack University of Geor-
eia team. II the team plays the ball It
is capable of Coach Kennoy feels that
the big end at least of these southern
games should be taken. Washington and
Lee thus meets more representative
teams than any nine In the south.