The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-31

MEGA be IN experience bDt In ali around
fielding the latter ~ his equal and IN
nTrTfnR TCTGue "a me stUgEEr OF M
QUIT MeCaee has made good ali
right.
Baker All Right at Third
Baker has shown thar third ha 50
will be cared for properly. He whips
the ball over 10 first in beautiful style
is right there when II comes to hand
ling hunts and il showing up in grand
style at the bat.
Baker was the. "sncriaca kid last
season and he has lost none Of his
ability as fielder hus at the bat
He seems to hit better too, stepping
into the ball aud meeting II better
than he did formerly.
Phaler at second has shown has
ability as fielder but aat the bat
he has not been SO successful. stu.
he may develop and he has shown
enough to predict thar Richmond IL
going to have q whiriwind inf1eld this
year.
II Dobson succeeds Egan the speed
viii be there with vengeance. for
although Egan les an experienced firvt
sacker. a steady reliable player. It IL
no disparagement TO say that DohsOn
has him beaten on speed. The Col
legian can give pretty fair imitation
Of Hat Chase when he Is going right
As stated before Richmond has
some bait players right now and II
they can Keep up the clip they are
going Broad Street Park Will be I'M
able to contains the fans.
Horace Fogel who has seen more
than a few ball teams, says that Rich
moud has a cracker Jack bunch Of
players. They certainly compared
!aN orabjy with the boys Horace trot-
ted out Thursday.
The fans who missed that game
missed "a treat To be sure il was sins
Of omission rather than commission
that lost the game. but those near
hig ieaguers knew they were in a gam
from start To finish. Had the Rich
mond boys the experience OF the other
fellows they would have won. for they
out hit the Quakers and both Whit
taker and Boyce showed better than
Shelter and Yates. who pitched for
the Phillies.
The Quakcrs fought for everything
from start To finish and one earnest
young athlete. Squire Young. kickea
himself out of the game. Captain
Moran thought that Umpire Bob Pen
der was not serious when no ordered
Young out OF the game, but Pender
was firm and Young stayed out.
How Young Went Out.
II tbS AiAfiikt& bThp3S SpAikE AAA =
Young got his orders, Fender called a
strike On him.
That was rather far out" COM
mented Young.
You want to forget that bush
league business" Mr.. Fender ret0ct-
Then Pender. with the Phillies In
the Held. called man safe who was
clearly safe at second. Tho roar put
up by the Quaker outfit was healthy
and Mr.. Young made his loud above
the rest. He kept II up on his way
to the bench when the side was out.
You umpire like an old washer
woman" he told Fender.
You get out of the game" was the
umpires comeback and Pat Moran
had TO send Shultz. the former Penn
sylvanian collegian, into left field and
pull Mowry into third base where
Young formerly had been stationed.
Which version of tho affair is the
one given out by President Horace
Fogel, of the Philadelphia National
League club, The pickering could
net be heard plainly in the coop where
the baseball writer's huodle.
Uniucky seventh Inning.
The game was lost in the unlucky
seventh inning. and Old Sol caused it.
Old Sol cuts quite a figure in plays
these days, He shines across the pa
vilion at third right into the first
baseman's eyes and no first sacker
can pick the sphere out OF those blind
ing rays.
Richmond led UP TO that time. They
were outplaying the big lesguerf al
every point and were going along
like champions.
Lehr hit n fast one to Baker. He
made q beautiful stop and flashed the
ball at Egan. Old Sol flashed at tho
same time. Egan. blinded. stuck UP
his gloved hand In the direction he
thought the ball was coming ana
shaded his eyes with his right. The
bali went to the right field bleachers
and Lehr went around to third.
Then Shultz hit high fly back OF
third and the usually reliable Baker
got 1t in hts hands and dropped It.
Up steps Mr. Jackley. He 10 big,
bulky and certainly he can hit. He
caught one of Boyee's slow ones and
it was good day Mr.. Rali--a two
Dagger and two runs. As Yates struck
out afterward, Jackley's hit would
availed nothing if
II.
Might Have Won.
In the ninth the Colts had a chance
to win the game. put IL on tcs--sug-