Evening star., 1911-05-28
understanding before the clubs go dsU1
20 q business basis.

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70 Q business basis.
Fred Lucia. the erstwhils catcher On
the local team. who Joined the Nor2olk
outlaws after drawing his relAse here
has been made manager OF that team
signed to consider several other offers-
Andy Bowen. who played second here
in 1905. 1907 and 1908. has been turneo
loose by Providence (Eastern) after
trial In the Clams infield. and he has re-
Joined Petersburg. Bowen had q trial IN
1909 with Birmingham (Southern), buS
mI fs,ied to land be because OF e,,, i,ssr n,ssd cnd
sackers that has ever played In thie
league.
Mace. the first catcher OF tho Peters-
burg team, Is a son OF Umpire Harry
Mace. who has been working this spring
In the South Atlantic The boy 10 =
great big fellow and q mend for wcsn. ~.
scouts. for a few seasons ought to make
him ready for fast company
Draper. the little southpaw with Roa-
noke. who halls from Wythevilie. seems
ITO be one OF the most consistent pitchers
In the league this year. He Is gettine
away with his games nicely. and wdth q
bit more experience will worry the best
of hitters.
Virginia League fans are much inter
ested In the fine showing Watt Powell -
making on the Pacific coast Powell play
ed five years with Danville and Roa-
noke before going to the coast. and few
| players have more friends around this
| circuit than he.
| Dodge. the Memphis boy who 10 cover
| ing third for the Norfolk team. 10 at
| tracing some attention from the big
league scouts. Mike Kahoe OF Washing
4 ton was here this week 20 watch this
| youngster in action, and he saw him
iplay a spectacular game. Dodge 10 .
hard hitter and his fielding IL brilliant
Since the season opened he has hit .206
Dobson. who has been coaching xhs
Clemson College Is. C.D squad. has re-
| will displace George Cowan. who VIII
| work as relief catcher for Manager Sui
Ivan. Dobson will add material strength
to the Colts.
John Sexton, after It was understood
that he had agreed to return 70 the locals
after being turned back by birmingham.
has refused to sign and he has been sus-
pended. 1t is understood that Sexton VIII
give up the diamond for mining engineer
ling. his profession.
Smith, a Baltimore boy. who Is catch
ing for the Danvilie team. is DEVELOPING
into one Of the hardest hftters OF tho cir
4 cult. While he got bad start going
four or ave games without a hit. he has
picked up and Is now hitting At .2S6 In
| the past three weeks his sticking has
been up to .339. He has hit for Ave home
runs I'm the past two weeks. winning Q
game with one Of them with two men on
the bases ahead OF him. II he keeps this
up he will be one OF the most valuable
catchers In the league for he has no su-
periors as Q receiver and pegger.
Wallace, the hard hitting center fielder
with Richmond, is back at work. after
being out nearly week with a bad leg.
Bill Howedell. the local short fielder; 10
laid I'D with a wrenched knee, which has
lIuept him out Of the game a week and
may prevent his playing again this sea-
son.
The Norfolk and Western will carry .
considerable crowd on an excursion to
Roanoke Memorial day. when the Shoe
makers play the Tigers morning and an
lernoon games in that city.
When Mcdonnell returned to second
base for the locals, after being out OF the
game for three days with a bad leg. he
managed TO get away with ffty-nine
chances before he made an error.
The local team has secured Siegiel. an
IN and out fielder. from Wilmington OF
the Tri-State League. and he is expected
to report shortly.
Roanoke has secured pitcher Sam Hall
and Catcher George Mabry. the strong
battery which did such effective work tor
the Eastern College at Manassas this
spring, and this battery will add not .
little strength to the Tigers.