Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

was regarded by many - one OF tbs
very best pitchers in this league last
season.
Richmond has given Southpaw Ire.
william n trial. and In his hrst game
he walked ten men and hit three Ire-
was tried out by Al Ortiz In tho spring
of 1909. when he was managing the
local team, and he was FOUND to b
lacking in experience then.
The umpires hereahouts are experieno.
ing not q little trouble in hurry1ng the
teams along in their work. and u has
been a common thing for q nine-an1 ens
hours. with less than ten runs made
therein Some OF the umpares appear
to have tried to quicken the games put
some Of them apparently ha~e Oeen
satisfied with any old pace.
Manager Sullivan has signed for tina
Richmond team a left-handed pitcher
named Donovan. who halls from VIII
mington. Del.
In a recent game here with Petersburg
a very unusual stunt occurred In The
at bat. for the Shoemakers Were retired
without a legal at bat being chareeab,e
against them. II happened In this man
ner: Morrison, the first hitter. was struck
hy DttCDeQ Dali. MCDpuTtll SdShAdScu
Morrison down. and while Hawkins was
at bat Morrison was thrown out at
tempting to steal third. and then HAWKINS
drew four balls and walked, to be thrown
out attempting to steal second. such
an inning win hardly happen very often.
Harry Hoffman, or Kaufman. who
played with the locals last season until
late In July. has been signed by the
the outfield. Hoffman had trial with
Columbus in the South Atlantic League
this spring. He played with Roanoke
several years under the name or Kauf-
man. but was known as HOFFMAN when
he played here last year under Dick
Smith.
Fred Bruck. a product OF the Baltimore
back lots. is making a fine impression
by his pitching for the Shoemakers, for
he has been able to get away with his
first four games and do II nicely. BRICK
has impressed the older men on the club
here with having everything a youngster
needs to succeed. He il great big
lad, and with another year or two OF
experience. IL he continues to improve, H.
ought to cut a swath in much faster
company. He looks to be a conner.
John Mace. a son of Umpire Harry
Mace who is officiating In the South At
lantic League this year, is catching for
the Petersburg team. The player APP
years to be young, and he certainly has
| the earmarks of brilliant player IL he
| will take good care Of himself. Mace IS
| a strapping dig youngster. and his peg
| ging arm is already terror to base
| pilferers He is hitting well and has a
| big amount Of pepper in the game. Man
| ager Busch SHOULD expect to sell this
player for faster company at the close
of the season.
| Stump, West Virginia player. is being
/ OF ri N Ppfarshurp nIitfialn
| In the game here he did well in the out
| field, but his hitting was rather weak.
| Third Baseman Heating of the Peters
, burg team has been out OF the game for
| q week on account of bad ankla.
During his enforced idleness Booze, an
| outfielder. is playing the bag in fine
| shape. Booze is a Davidson On. CO Col
| lege player and is one OF the fastest
men ever seen in this league. lie has
started the season off we'll with the stick.
Roanoke has released Callahan. the
Baltimore boy who played with Dauville
last season. Callahan does not appear to
in the Virginia League. He is also .
very light hitter.
Umpire Nugent who worked few days
in the Virginia League this spring, has
been let out and he has signed with the
Carolina Association. President Williams
decided to let Nugent go as he had an
offer from that league. while 1t would
have been impossible for him to have car.
ried the men he had on his staff.
Roanoke has picked up a good pitcher
in Fflrd, who has twirled for several sea-
sons for the Washington and Lee Uni.
versity More than half of the Tigers
are college men. and they will be heard
from proper before the season is much
older.