Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02

thing like a showing against these big
fellows, but the games with them give
them lots of confidence and experience
for the championship games soon to fol-
low.
An example OF this il seen from the fact
that the first game Richmond had with
the second division of the New York
Americans resulted in victory for tie
Yankees by the score OF IL to o. Here IN
Lynchburg the second division OF the
Philadelphia Nationals walloped the
Shoemakers twice 3 to and IL TO o.
IT has long been observed here. how.
ever. that the second teams SeEeraiy
play snapper ball on minor league lots
than the first teams do. The OLD sta-ers.
with the jobs cinched. ease up and carry
things along smoothly until pinch
comes. Then they put the screws down
on the little fellows and stop them
abruptly. This. no doubt. accounts for
the fact that the minor leagues gen
orally get more hits off OF men pitching
for the first teams than off the yanigans.
Here las; year the first team OF the
New York Americans toyed with toe
Shoemakers a bit too much. and in ~"
ninth inning the Saoemakers had them
beat, 5 to o. With two men out and first
and second occupied, bone-hcaded
play, which should have retired the s:d".
gave the Yankees three runs. Then the
In their reports TO their home papers
the New York scribes blamed the trouble
on the umpire.
Although much fun has been poked at
the circuit the Tidewater League. with
teams in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point
| Comfort and Newport News. Va, and
Eliza beth City. y. G., has perfected its
| organization. and the season is TO start
April Is two days before the Virginia
League gets into action. All SIX OF the
teams have signed up large punches or
material from amateur ranks. ana IL is
understood that the salary limit is 10 he
about 81 200 a month.
! That this league did net intend -
| cross organized ball statement coming
! from one of the earliest meetings seems
| to have disproved. for one OF the first
| things attempted was effort TO secure
Earl Holt of Oak Ridge. y. G.. TO manage
| the Elizabeth City team. Holt managed
| Wilson of the Eastern Carolina In iaS
| and 1909 md last year did not report
He is still under suspension by the VII
son team. but did not take the berth
| offered him by the hackers or the Ei!za-
| beth City team. The Norfolk and Ports
mouth teams are in the territory Pro-
| tected for Norfolk. and just what Pres
dent Williams Will do to protect the VIZ
| gnia League will be interesting to watch
Tom A. Guiheen. who has been signed
to manage the Elizabeth City team or
the outlaw league. played second base
for the Portsmouth team for several sea
/ sons, and he was member or that team
last July when IL was transferred Ia
| Petersburg. Shortly after the transfer
! Guiheen contracted severe attack or
typhoid fever and was desperately I'll for
weeks.
Jack Hawkins. the hard hitting out
fielder bought recently by LynchburC
| from the Raleigh. Eastern Carolina.
team, has not yet signed 1ynchhrrS
contract. 1t is believed that Hawkins
will sign up shortly.
Announcement has been made of tho
sale of Bob Vail by Petersburg to Charles
| ton OF the Sally circuit. Vail ought to
make Manager Ransick a good slabman
| this season.
! Andy Bruckmiller of McKeesport. Pa.
a young right-handed pitcher. has signed
| reported for work with excellent recon-
mendations by a former major league
player
The Roanoke team has commenced the
| wedding out early, the first mon TO go
being Cassell of keystone. w. Va: Smith
\ of Pulaski Va, and Hiner, a catcher
| from Troutville. this state.
AL Orth has just declined an offer from
the management of the Washington and
| Lee University team TO umpire tho
| games played by that team at Lexington
! this spring, there being a dozen contests
scheduled. Orth has contracted to han
die the indicator in the local exhibition
games and his business is such that 10
could not get away TO work for the var
sity nine