The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-25
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BY GUS MALBERT

BY GUS MALBERT
II hns been long time since a poor an
exhibition has been given locally as that
Witnessed yesterday And tho worst OF It 10
mat most OF the mispayE were OF the mega
i've variety. That To-. such cduld not DO
scored ms crrors, Yet were clearly inexcus-
preston.
In the very frst pincs 1t is cruelty TO ami
mais to make Baker play. 1t Is an injus-
IN! Inc BOY Is game to the core and will stnnd
the pnin. but II Is hurting his record and
also handieappng tho team. When every
thing Is going right. with tho pitcher work
ing In great form. It is not so noticeable.
Nor is II noticeable when tho Opposing
wanaser falls 70 wise up"lto tho situation
but In a game, such as that of yesterday.
when an old head like stocksdaIe is taking
ndvantage of every opportunity. the slarlnG
weakness becomes pcrceptble. @
/. Get l, into your head. Seven inaeld hits.
and e biz majority of them easy outs. You
cant blame Baker. but lomchody is to
ezekiel would have helped matters cons!d-
eraaly lie is not tho class that Baker is,
but he is better than Baker in his present
condition. Baker needs rest. and his ankle
viii not set we'll uniess he gets It.
While along this limo st might be well to
Baker at the head OF tha batting order.
crippled as he Is. Even admitting that his
heldins Is so valuable that he cannot DO
spared. WHY not shove Doo:on. BY far tho
fastest man on the team. up to nrst place
and let Baker drop back In Dobson's place
until he ests veil? lie can't run. and sev-
erai OF the hits h. has made would have
counted had he been In condition. As q. is
now he must bat TO the outheld, and IL
must he a good. clean hit before he lands
a, hrst.
Pierce va. nerce There is no getting
away from II. but he cannot be held entire.
~ responsible. Somehow or other sullivan
pitcher goins bad has its effect upon every
ether menibeLot a team. A club w.ii make
o o1hers , %hsn pitcher !, going badly, An
ChenEiaK pitcher after game ia ire
trievebiy lost doesn't do any good The
time to chance Ia while there Ia ye, hopa
81 many that had Fierce been removed after
the hIst Inning the game nigh, hnva been
a few Q, the foolish thins, which were
done: In the Hr,t inning ~l,h man on
e eseone a. and man on third Esan struck
out 40 blame for that, but Bien muned
The third strike Why didn't Truck run ,
He didn't. hut stood s,il a, the plate and
was tagged out, while throw to mrs, might
have given wallace on third n chance to
tcore. II
No more fooli,h ,hins was ever done than.
10 let Mattis go home In tn. sncond on a
short throw which was made for the foln
purpore OF dras'ins him on tho Sag AS III
turned out he could have scored on Plerce's
But that isnt the only bone work OF III. in.
Ming. with Mattis OH third Dohson was
naked. Instead OF going down on the very
hrst ball pitched TO Cowan he waited uni!
Two were out and gave the chance 20 rei!ra
MATHS at the plate.
Again praI...t. All. Go,-re caw, ~
playing great ball. and hls catching cannot
he Improved upon Anybody that can work
working the way Plercs did deserves credit.
Martin 10 another member of IN. team
whose work /. consistently In fact th.ro
seems to be little to say against III. clnh,
Looking (, over It reminds one OF the story
OF the FELLOW who Was in jaii and whose
friend visited him.
II KAY, John. they haven't any RICH, TO
put YOU in here he remarked
know they haven't" said John. but
any right TO be elsewhere than In Orst
piaee. hut she isn't. and thats all there IL
Maths. drive to The fence vas one Of the
longest ever made on tn. local lot II went
high In the air. and the pity is that he
couldn't score, especially as he was the
iirst man up.
Morrison made a great running catch OF
Martins ny in the NTH.
In the box score OF Fridays game MATHS
waP not credited with n hit It wasan
oversight. or rather a mistake. and has
been corrected
Only ono way in which amends can be
IN sde. and that Is to so UP TO I.ynchhurg
md capture alyithrea games from slocksdale
on his own grounds. FI
The game yesterday wen. two hours and
ten minutes. Brooks, with his slow delivery
helped TO while away the moments 10 such
good effect that more than half OF the
crowd left the grounds before the game was
over.
And II wa. one game which canno, be
blamed on the umpres.
The Washington and Lee crew put IN a
remarkable race the james yesterday
against the Virginia Boat Club elghy The
men from Lexington were handkerchief
never having rowed O crew OF eight
four-oared giss being the usual order al
the university But everybody had a good
time, nevertheless.
Meeting OF the Amateur Commission Mon
day night at the r. II, J. NJ C. a.
Still wondering which OF the pitchers will
be let go. 'E