The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-08
home when Sunday i~ntervenes better
conditions should exist.

1t goes without saying thar the trip
should BIO made earlier. Even though
Il cost more money. this would come
back in the increased gate receipts
here In Richmond. While excuses can
be found for the team losing occasion
ally. or even more frequently than II
wins, provided good ball is produced,
no excuse can be found when every
opportunity Is not given tho men to
put forth their best.
Priest seems to have been the stick
Ing kid for the locals. lie made three
hits, one for a double and another for
a triple. Wallace. Martin and Lucia
each got two. while wallace broke
into the extra hit column with a triple
all his own. AS for L%ynchburg. the
whole club hit. The exciting part of
the game came when Manager Cowan
was driven from the lot for %disputlng
a decision of Umpire Flynn. From re-
ports. that appears to have been the
most interesting feature OF the game.
BURG scored became palling to the au-
d!ence.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb came back into
his W yesterday, when he hit for
two bases, sending In three occupiers
OF the hdssocks and afterwards scored
himself. II sound funny TO hear the
dopists say that Cobb is slumping in
his batting when he is going at a .4le
clip. Reminds one OF the natives OF
the fer North. where the thermometer
goes TO nifty and sixty below. "John,'
says the native, ATS a leetle warmer
terday than she were yesterday. Amt
but 40 below terday."
Fandom will now watch the battle
of the Tigers to regain first place hon
ors in the American League. Unless
they are able TO do this before the re-
urn home there Is small hope for the
Athletics. Despite the fact that that
team Is not playing first-class ball, It
is winning. and will finish the season
at home. jennings men have q hard
task before them. even though they
started the series with the Yankees by
taking the hrst game.
The Pirates have much the better OF
the argument in the National at this
time. though picking a pennant-winner
In a race as close as that in the Ma
tional is a task which nv thinking man
Will SGT for himself. With any one Of
Ave clubs having a chance, It is like
cropping in the dark. The only thing
that favors Pittsburg is the fact that
lnc sIlOHy lO"U p!lSN!VE CulIll See!lS
to have found itself. q condition which
did not obtain at the beginning Of the
season. The Pirates got away TO q
bad start, bu. are climbing so Fersis-
tently that they are real contcnders.
The Cubs. now that Johnny Evers is
back in the game, are not going to
be an easy aggregation to lick. New
poets bright for the reinstatement OF
Magee on the Phillies even Sleepy
Vile looks longinSly TO the rag. Ro-
ger Bresnahan is stili, battling. and
his club is another aggregation hard
to lick.
Speaking of Johnny Evers, his sus-
pension was regarded as a joke by
those who knew. Evers n Chance
are great pals. Jack Grim. who says
that he recommended Evers ten years
ago and who considers him the great
est infelder ever produced, made the
statement as soon as he heard of the
suspension that 1t wouldn't last for a
very long time. That Evers was need
ed the game yesterday clearly indi-
Gated.
Virginia's bidder for pugilistic hon-
ors. Willis Lee Bass. who last week
out of business, thereby qualifying for
the final rounds OF the elimination con
test in Philadelphia. is breaking into
the game right. His first master stroke
accept a vaudeville engagement, and
he is now appearing in a Philadelphia
vaudeville house. They do say that
the easiest way to championship hon
ors in the ring is via the stage. But
Bass, in addition to picking up some
easy money. is mending his broken.
hands. He will require about a month
to get we'll. when he will be pitted
against the best OF them. Really
and truly, the fight men Of Philadei-
phla look to Bass to bring back the
belt. He has quit his Job of firing. and
instead OF raking IN Goals Will begin
to rake in dollars.