The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04

COLTS IN GOOD FORM

~ rs' her of the biz I,eEuc IS
tie race, Cci the per 2i';f e" - ma
exciting as the race ia the Virginia
league. Nearly every team has ap-
pearea at the top If the column. and
Petersburg. Roanoke and Portsmouth
have taken turns. in the last two
weeks
Petersburg is ntak ttfts--sffe- Of II Il
famous sports and with it's pitchers
working In good shape, with joe
Iaughlln behind the bat to direct
the play ard Heinte Busch once more
| in possession IF his nerve. the cham-
| mons will make II interesting for
any team TO heat them out. Rieh-
| mond, however is well UP with the
| leaders
| Buck Presley has a great team in
| the Roanoke Tigers. Ills pitchers,
when right. are as classy as any In
the league. Indeed more than ono
| expert who has looked them over de-
I clares that Ehrd. Burleson, Green
! and Gardin are the pick of the league,
| but no Richmond fan viii agree with
| them Richmond fans think that
| Ayers, Perryman Bussey and Strain
| are good enough for any company,
and IT appears they ara not far wrong.
| Ayers and perryman have both been
| bought by big leaguers. and Charley
| Strain has been sought by at least
| two clubs in one Of the major cir
| cults
/ Bussev Is 3: veteran Of the minors.
| He has no ambition to go higher.
| now He depends mostly on his
| lr,oplade. nf th. hat4Yrap 70 win his
| oy,rau ana never Ieta himself out
| nnt{I NJ. l.. u, - corner
| p{cb,nnrd h.s - NV. nitcher in
| ,n,ng Irbv pannsxlvanian. who
| rnears "a ,,,ssasq both curves and
na5 IL LIKED Good u, hts trv-
sp $500 Tau,a ta,,,
~ ~, a3''i'+9e -. 49, -. pi<h-
| A"ui sAas ~ - -. -.
mona VIII nav 70 "e upoa ~
| VIA tie petAait VIVA NC s'o
named aooNe.
From present lhd1eat4ohs ap-
| pears tldt the TdEe VIZ i.AAi'S Aess
between Richmond petersburg ana
| Roanoke. Rfehmond should WIN, ana
Petersburg appears TO be the team
the Colts will have to beat Man
ager Griffin has 4 fast, well balanced
team and, man for man, the Colts
look better than the rival organisa
| ton, save behind the bat. where Joe
Laughlin is supreme. Mace aud
| Rogers are fine young catchers, but
I,alghlin has the experience. rarely
wastes peg and is a more de-
| ,,andahIa man at hat although both
| u.rn ana poyers are strong. hard
| hf,+.rs
~ +trv. has. J.hr pntav 10 faster
No., 1sarnatt ,,a fs T,,Il,- a1uai "a the
pttarsh,,re men At tha tat C;riff,p Is
wore t.+,t',.hl, n,an at second t,an
atarris1,r uba i. COVERING, tina, no.
Nov for patarshf,rs ana l;rar Is 70
h., ,ratarre1 10 HowadplI uainis Busch
- nrnra saa,si,r hatsman ,han Willta
I,cnr,aw M he L. nor tha fancy
snI4.r ~, 1;tttu Richmond how IS. ana
-. ,s 49, n bara an of d,v On
~ari,,,p 80, In Some avfni
49, y, ntber times he 10 demon
- -,a,ars1, hnt an - all ,tha Richmond
intiala is a latter balanced machine
.h pa,arshnry inTa,. works
~ ~ a. e'.,,,aaia E,7rte ans Garter lao,<
hat,ar -, Simn1ons and Anthony and
- ,,,,r,,,,ars yar, we'll with
t,4,.,,lestt.,,e, Tannan+ h.s sneas and
* ,,rnna ia rpn wild. but with Grif-
bo1[4 him IN check coach and
Ia w. hin, ha vbould aevelop into
r,,a NJ H. hest ever seen in this cir
@,tr
III. l,,r1, oe th.A s,,-,,a win on, a big
sv1,ra I'm me race and Roanoke NAV
80 80 md sr,rn,.,sa tha teams thar
~ hnI,5ina frst and second
80,
prr,sroo,.h Ia an aggregation OF