The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-01
AMATEURS MAKE SEASONS DEBUT
SATURDAY EVENING.
STUDENTS ARE HOODOO
4 traditions SAY COLLEGIASs
HAVE BEATEN PROFESSIONAL
TEAMS OF STATE LEAGUE IN
TIMES PAST AND GONE.
BY JAY LEWIS.

Special announcement,
Richmond College plays the Rich.
mond. Virginia State league team, in
Broad Street Park. Saturday even
ing.
There you have it: college boys
aching for a chance to show what
they can do against professional ball
tossers.
When the game la over they Will
probably ache some more, for the nine
innings OF fast play they will &c
through is no child's game. And the
students haven't conditioned them
selves thoroughly yet. They hayen''
had the time.
Coach Long will be there-my
goodness. yes--to tutor his pets. Cap
tain Gill will direct the team and
play third. Baldwin and Wiley will
do the pitching for the rah-rah boys
Coach James Sullivan OF the lea
auers will also be on hand to whis-
per soft announcement to his gal
liant band. And IL the weather only
holds good. and the peskv wind
doesn't blow too hard. and the mean
rain doesn't descend and old sal Ii
on his job, ladies fair Ia gowns 10
match Will he there TO believed and
1PptAu1 tflc spSCtaCi6-- peEiijty
thou dear college boys.
Odd. isn't IL, what enthusiasm ran
be worked UP over a white or coll
ored sweater and n dingy cep?
FRESHMEN class in psychology VIII
please discuss the proposition.9
Change In League Team.
The league team VIII present its
latest lineup with the single excep-
ton that Clauser will play second
Phafer IL on the hospital list with
lame leg. He twisted his ankle by
catching his spikes IN the second bag
during the game with the Quaker
Cubs and Is out OF play for day
or two.
Glauser is the voting man who had
such difficulty in handling ground
hit balls around third base in the
series with the New York American
recruits. Manager Sullivan consid-
ers him likely young player. Jus;
the same.
The diamond Is greatly AT faul,
for Ciauser's errors" said the gem
iat James In a moment of confidence
From the pitchers box the inaeId l.
graded down hilk Now a bail will
bound we'll on fat surface, bu.
being hit down hill it skids. fails Il
hound naturally and the result is a
pA&S1I is ARk 10 g.ilSJuG&e IL
III will make the best of hail
players look poor, when a bali fails
TO act as II should naturally Claus
or has all the actions OF good play
or. All he needs is experiences. and
he will come around all right
Which speaks well for Herr Claus
er.
Whitaker says Farewell.
--~fsy" Whitaker has said farewell
10 his eFstwhile playmates. He was
told Friday that while he was all tc
the good In regaxd to speed and
benders were concerned there WASH,
any catcher who could do him jus
tice.
Whitaker MAS informed that he
was altogether too speedy, lie prid
ed himself on tha, fact. too. eu,
when he began knocking George
sass:s,@ glove .ssa bits and knock
ed Kid Lodges hands. apart every
TIME he threw n BAN and had Sulli-
van yelling for help every time he
put la fast one, something had to
be done.
Manager sullivan was thinking OF
putting the pitchers mound back
fifteen feet but he had to consider
his other hurlers. ICY" had toe
much smoke and consequently ha took
smoker out OF Richmond. about the
j. time the shades Of night were heins
hauled down in the parlorS of our
leading citizens.
This leaves the team with only
eight or possibly nine. pitchers. but
Manager Sullivan thinks he can wor-
~ along with this stan, for while
anyway. At least he Is quite sure
he won't need more than two or three
before the season opens and he has
lots Of applicants.
How the Team Lines Up.
Just What battery will start tie
game IL unknown but Hall and Sui
Ivan will do for a guess. Hall 10 the
baltimore boy with the special de-
livery. That is he appears tribe
uncertain about the ball he has just
pitched but Is quite sura tho next one
VIII be delivered correctly
On first base win be that gay
young Colt, Monsieur Egan. There
may be speedier first sackery than
this same Egan. but more Ikea
bio old scout has seldom appeared
in these parts. Egan 10 a demon
clouter ut times, too, and he is war
ranted to care for anything in the
radius OF action around the initial
sack.
-'Clauser. the cheerful, will scout
around second.
On third will, be Billiam Baker. the
boy wonder, and the neatest player
on the team. on or off the diamond.
At short Geld will be the marvel
our Martin and. gentlemen, hush!
that boy Ii some fielder. and again,
ha can hit the ball.
In the outficId with be Elements,
the candy kid: Maths. the meteor:
and McCabe. the mighty. And the
latter Is no josh. McCabe has won
place in the hearts of the fans.
Teams Looks Good.
Those who scoffed at the outlook
for the Richmond team at their first
workout have had chance to change
their minds. Everybody turn their
backA pleaseO
The team looks well these days and
looks better with every game.
~ Anyway. . bunch Of fans who were
riding from tho grounds In one of
those pray when you enter" cars
said 10 and said 40 distinctly.
We've a better team right now
than we had last year." said one and
his companions agreed with him.
they have more life. went ON the
good old royal -rooter;;" they try
] harder. they work together better,
and they hit better
And the others agreed that this is
70.
So Il the boys only keep up the
good work and won't 60 to pieces at
critical times and play the ran0 from
atnyt % dntsh the Richmond club
A3h ask for higher salary limit next
Hnnr, Ooaidee, there Arctic be exhi.