The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-01
RICHMOND CLUB AT TOP
AND GOING VERY WELL
Team Plays in Danvle First Part of This Week and Roa
noke Tigers Will Appear Here Latter Part-Ptch-
ers Are Showing Up Well and Regulars are
Playing Good Ball
BY Jay LEWIS.

BY JAY LEWIS.
A glance at the league standing
shows Richmond at the top Of the list
with games won, 2 lost.
OF course. the fans are saying that
the legend should read won, one lost
for they are all agreed that Saturdays
game was a gift to Norfolk.
BE that as Il may the game IL gone,
If not forgotten. Best way, Of course,
IL to forget absolutely and just go
:ihea:- for the games that remain.
However. it la not likely that Man
aver sullivan will fail to profit by his
experience in the Norfolk series. He
as YOU may have read here before. Is
a lorg headed person and he Is not
letting anything get by.
Manager Sullivan has a mighty good
team right now and what Is more 1t
VIII be better as the season advances
The Colts, Maths and Martin, are Inn
proving every game and the veterans,
Exam espe ciaiiy, look better and better
every day.
Cowan Has Done Well.
There are quite a few persons who
ate not In love with George cowan
work At first. cowan. himself, is not
Of the opinion that he is the greatest
first sacker who ever played the game
good work all things considered. No
man tries harder than -he does. more
faithful player would be hard 10 find.
towan is a very handy man TO have
around for general utility work.
Tie critics are asking why Sid Lodge
is not gent to first until Dobson comes
THAT "a best known to Manager Snllt-
van He may think that Lodge IL bet
Ter as rescue man behind the bat. He
Il Nft|r
fenced player and OF more value IN
the general team work than Lodge, as
The regular first hasefnan.
AS the team has won siN out Of eight
games perhaps IL will be well 10 leave
this question 10 sullivan.
Hard Games to Lose.
Both the games lost TO Norfolk were
hard luck games. The Tars were es-
peciaily favored of fortune. This was
notably so ia the second contest when
Pierce outpitched stark, although the
record of hits Shows an equality in the
honors.
Pierce made great hit with the
crowd Saturday. He MAS appIauaed
more than once fer his work. Stark
looked poor in comparison In TIE
language OF the fans he had noihln x
at all or the ball Pierce had every .
thing, except perfect control. TsInes
II looked as II he had too much. tina
he would do much better IL hs did not
try 10 put SO much gu the sphere
When batsnaan Is three and two II
is questionable Judgment 10 shoot q
last one over 1t the batter meets IL
that ball is going To travel
Pierce Has Great Drop.
Pierce has great drop ball one OF
the pretties eSrr seen. Sometimes ne
shoots that ball as If il we're q foot
. H. 1tE
low his shoulders why he should
heave that drop in that particular
manner is best known TO himself. He
NAV be ordered TO do ii but To a person
behind the plate itsis hardly likely. The
l;g boy has the markings of grand
pitcher but ne certainly seems 10 be
Ia ciing ia headwork.
The club has couple of left handers
on the roll for a try -ous, Treviiilan and
Donovan The former comes from
Ashland and Sid Lodge declares he IL
a bean" which means he liz consider
able OF pitcher. Donovan comes from
Wilmington. Del. and he Is said 10 be
quite a performer.
lothrop Look. Good.
TrevIlIian and Donovan Will nave 10
Fitch better ball than any pitcher has
shown up to date to surplant I+othrop
as the clubs port paw performer. fha'
flttiE 31au pitEfeQ u Ehfh5 ahas4sA +fNit
folk which was all To the Eood. An
error in the field prevented him from
citing n shut out. He was as steady
as IA clock, had good control and field
I'd his position in grand style. Loth-
rop looks good all right,
In fact. there is little need TO VERY
ABOUT Kfefanfofaas Is, pitchers. lisssai assi
Pierce terbout and Lothrop make q
quartet equal to any shown thus far
"A tsYSSt n u
siahnian, but he Is apt to have an of
day, as welt as an especially good day
like the one he had here.
Team Deserves Credit.
sii in all the teara deserves srea'
credit for its showing thus far, Dan
Nile. Petersburg and Norfolk have
tackled au, boys and the home tear
locks lust a little better than ans
one OF them. Norfolk did take t"e
out of three, but for all that tht
Sullivan clan appears To have a shade
on Babb's boys.
The Tars appear To be veteran
lot, too. In the inaeld and outfielt
Tiers isn't man who can be termed
n youngster Anderson, the second
haseman. appears to be 'hA mos
youthful OF the lot and he Is II,
spring chicken. Block. Finneran
pheian and Stark were the younges
looking players that the Tars trottet
out here and they are battery men
And Block is about as fine a catcher
tor a. youngster as Richmond hal
ever seen--aimost as good as Six
Lodge.
Maths Coming Along.
Norfolk has a great outtield but be
fore the season is over Richmond
outfield. unless all signs are wrong
Ii going 10 be the talk Of the cir
cult.
Maths has something to learn Abou
judging fly bah but he is learning
all the, time. Before many days tina
boy is going to be the star aatfielde
OF the league. He IL fast, he can catcl
and my, but he can hit the ball
Maths made three home runs las
week, two. in Petersburg, one in Rich
mond. That last one was one of tn,
snercest driver ever seen In Broas
Street Park. 1t hit In front of thu
roost In centre field. and took on
bound into the bleachers. Whel
MATHS gets experience, when he learn
To. Judge, the. hall with the. ease q
wallace, hef Is going higher UP.
1tNalsaae tats<l A&u(
And while talking OF the outfiel,
don't forget that In Wallace and Nc
Csbe Richmond has two bang-ul
players. Wallace is death on an
fly sent into his territory. He is con
sidered the surest hitter on the team
but In the opinion Of not few fan
McCabc will not be playing secon