The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
FANS WILL BE ABLE To GET LINE
ON MEN ~ sATUR-
DAYS GAME.
GAME S SCHE UlED
rHAurroN ATHLETICS WILL FOL
low IRwIN's CURs IN PRAC-
v1cE GAMES WITH COLTS Al
BROAD STREET Farm.
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York Amer cans. After TIVE more
games with these hig leaguers and as
snany mere with Ccnnte Mack $ cham-
r,tou Athletics, the fans will have a
Zine on the team.
AZ far as tire New York Americans.
or Yankees, are concerned. lis the
Cubs or recr Tits who nrst Viii tackle
our bunch CT braves Arthur irwin
w5H command them.
The cubs, SO lar, have more than
held their own with the regulars. They
have been batting like champions and
fielding fast enough 90 suit even liza
Chase lin Litschi, Bailey. Roacn.
Juhnson. kauft. Jube, Walsh and
Russell has sextet who appear to
be the real goods.
Young Russell. who was with the
Hampton club last year. Is looked
npca as one of the finds OF the set-
son He Is a catcher, but has shown
no as u star all-aroEnd man AT first
base he makes q great impression and
tn the outtield he has slone equally
well. But ii is as "A hitter that Rus
sell has appeared at his best. In ali \
the games he has appeared he has
beer batting the ball hard and time
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Tryou, for Colts.
Richmond viii put cut an utterly
AS1hSipWh AtsAAA &c ANt &H iNNtSN NhRPs~
edge goes. The main battery, Nerbout
and Cowan. OF course, win work for
period and later ON Pierce and Way
macs miA probably go in the box and
Lodge behind the bat.
The debut OF the latter will be
watched with interest. Tor he is tout
ed as "a coming player, st tor hig
league society in due time.
On FIRST base will be seen Egau, the
II. al "a
tice workouts shows anything. Egan
A ia no Colt. He has had considerable
experience in baseball both in the East
aud West, and he should prove to be
1 the real goods around the first sack
On second Will be seen Martin, al
though there liz a chance that Baker
may play second and Martin short
stop.
Martin IL protege of Arthur Ir-
win. The scout of the Yankee team
was going To take him South, but the
youngster failed to report In time. ana
Irwin tipped OF Manager Sullivan TO
grab him. WHAT the tip was worth
will ba seen Saturday.
As for Baker, his work Is known.
There is not, prettier fielder in the
Virginia League and few superior In
faster company. Bakers hitting has
been his weak point, but at that ne
ia MEEfA0t}FtTAtRu AtilH 1881 SHd8pU AS
y team player. Baker led the league
/ IN sacrifice hits.
Baker IL Improving
The little shortstop is showing up
better in his hitting this year. He has
studied the art IF batting. and ne says
! that he can now step into the BAH
In good shape, In practice he has
demonstrated this nicely, and il is
NOW up to him to- show what he can
do against high class pitching.
Clauser has the call for third base.
He shapes up well. is fast on his feet.
handles himself In good style and has
4 d carking good arm. But even with
sihe difficult diamond al Broad Street
Park TO consider, Clauser Is not i'm
pressive in handling hard hit ground
balls. Still he may prove different I'm
4 real game, and Manager Sullivan,
apparently. thinks well of him.
In the ontheld. manager Sullivan Will
arse for his first string Elements, Wal
lis and McCabe. According to all the
4 critics the latter is real find. He
can hit and he is a demon for work
He refuses to quit even at the end of
the practice workouts. While the
others are hiking for the club house
Accabe takes a run around the park.
He IL bit overweight. and Is deter
4 mined not 10 carry any extra flesh.
Diamond in Poor Shape.
J The sodding of the infield has not
added TO the appearance of the dia-
i 1nOnd- Ii In verv uneven In places
the -rass has failed TO come up and
4 The grading is far from being work
~ art. The natb 10 second Is billowy
From the grandstand, the pitchers box
4 looks lower than the plate.
This Is due, no doubt TO the build
ing UP Of the backstop's position. Last
year the catcher stood In a hollow.
4 This year he stands on a mound
GO However. too much caEnot be expect
"a OF a diamond newly -sodded, espec-
tally AZ the weather has not been of
The best. Also. the season is young
yet. MANY things are apt to happen
before II is much older.
The fans win be satisfied If this
Il years team shows the proper spirit.
Last year they saw d bunch of high
3 priced men throw avn game after
ranae. There was no team work.
There was no head work,
Men would ret on bases and die
there. The fellows who followed them
could not or would not advance them.
shaw acted a. if he thought every
game n Joke. Burke appeared to have
perpetual crouch. Titman didn't
hit. Wallace was like an Ice wagon
Z Dohson and Bunting looked like the
only players On the team with the
& ExCEptiCu OF the battery men, who act
ed IN IL they were drawing salaries to
piay ball
New Spirit Abroad.
Manager Lawlor was not an inspir-
ing leader. He certainly was far from
brilliant. never seemed as IL he dared
z take chance. To the fans he appear
1 IN to be iaborine under the impression
that he was not popular.
8 While II Is early yet, stili there
seems to be a different spirit abroad
m the team. Every man knows he
must make good or 1t is the hook for
n him. And more than one is likely to
Bet X quick.
Az tntimated before there are three
n "a four players who look to be the
#xeal goods, but IL liz up TO the rest to
snltprise the fans They have shown
~ wonderful playing ability in their
K Nrnrk~oufs.
!Sss@ III course, too much cannot be asked
II Young players, but I'm a Class pro-
Il 4eeoionai league real bali playing lis
@&&&C1ed even II the salary limit liz
n nAy $500 monthly.
@s# On Manarer Sullivan the burden
& mkk X he makes GOOD he can order
tnang In Richmond. and the fans
hand A 70 him. He has no sine
s s& Building up = ball team from
~ vefy raw material 10 no small
4nd that y WHIST sullivan IL up
49, ~ what hA can DO VIII be
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