The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-13

/ Dougherty OFF the White sox regular
/ lineup.
| That new. lively bail will help bat
ting averages some.
| The heavy hitting Of tho former
! "hitiess wonders liz the talk OF the
day. Ambitious youngsters. like Ping
Bodie, who are eager for q place on
the team, are forcing the old timers TO
60 the limit.
In Boston they say that Clyde En-
gle is the best third baseman they
have had since the day OF Jimmy Coll
| Inns. And Harry Lord played there,
too.
| Clarke, Wagner and Leach. tho
| three old gentlemen of the Pirate
team, refuse to play poor ball and
to permit their enemies TO gloat over
their downfall.
/ Up 20 the time he hurt his ankle
the other day Frank Chance thought
ma had a good chance 10 lead the
National League In base stealing this
season.
Wait until July before passing on
the merits of the Philadelphia trade"
requests Manager Griffith. Yet most
fans arc making UP their minds al
ready that Red" Doom got the bet
ter of the deal. Didn't the fans give
him an automobile. and hasn't he had
his salary raised9 All this has happen
ed the first ten days OF the season.
Andy Mcconnell and Harry Lord.
of the White Sox team, are the Slam
csc twins in modern baseball. For
Ave consecutive years these two play
ers have been together on three diff
| fereHt clubs, and by peculiar freak of
late inexplainable have batted first
and second, respectively. on each
team, Mcconnell leading Off. follow
ed by Lord, .......,..s....
The other mem bers OF the famous
Detroit team OF 1887. whose great re-
cord was recalled by the death OF
Hanlon. Ed Beatin, Deacon" White.
Cy Sutcliffe, Dan Brothers. George
Grubert, Sam Thompson, Charlie Gan
eel, Lady" Baldwin, Charlie Getzein.
Larry Twitchel. Hardie Richardson
and Charlie Bennett.
New York critics say that Ray
Caldwell comes near being the best
pitcher the New York Highlandsrs
have, next to Russell Ford"
Umpire Tom Connolly 10 as natty in
appearance as any of tire other Of
ficials. but beneath those well creased
trousers are shin guards
Lester ChannelI the outfelder
whom the New Yorks turned over to
Indianapolis, Is batting at n 400 clip
In the American Association.
Clark Griffith. of tho Reds, regrets
there are so few pitchers In the mod
ern game who can hit like those of
twenty years ago. The team that
has slarnmtng twirler and a hard
hitting catcher In sending nine slug
gers against seven men who can hit,
but who are handicapped by two al
most certain outs. declares the Old
Fox. and the arithmetic IN all in ia
vor OF tho nine who can use their
bats.
Henry SEVERED. of Cincinnati. has
a brother In the wisconsin-Illinots
League. an inhelder. Henry asserts
that 1t will be but a few years be-
fore the Nerweglans will flood into
baseball and corner all the star SAL
aries. They have the ability" saws
Henry. "and they have the brains
the only reason they haven't invaded
baseball before is because they didn't
happen to think a,bsa% Il ~ '.-,..sa,..-.
Hal Chase, manager and first hase-
man OF the New York Americans, says
that his sensational one-handed stops
while covering first base add greatly
to his quickness as player. by
catching many throws with one hand"
says Chase. the baseman can swing
into position TO throw the ball to an |
other part of the field more readily |
than II he used two hands. or course, |
the player who aspires to make one |
hand catches must have q very quick |
eye and pronounced aptitude for |
holding on to the ball"
Manager Doom. Of the fast going |
Phillies, II exploding the theory that |
a player can't catch good bail and be |
successful AS manager. Charley Is
catching and hitting better than at I
any time in his career, and showing
fine judgment In managing. a. well.
Manager Fred Clarke. Of Pittsburg.
has invented . rubber device 10 be I
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