The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-26
GETS MACE FOR
ARTHUR WALLACE.
MANAGER GRIFFIN SWAPS VET
ERAN OUTFIEIDER FOR YOUNG
DANvILLE CATCHER.
BOTH TEAMS BENEFIT
ELEVEN OF RICHMOND .OLTs
SHOW UP FOR PRAtTIcE AND
THROW DALI AROUND ON
soGGY FIELD.
BOTH TEAMS BENEFIT

Manager Steve Grimm. OF the Rich
rnond tea, traded outheldcr Arthur
Wallace for Catcher Mace. OF the Dam
vile club. yesterday. The trade should
strengthen both teams. Danville can
use . good, hard-hitting outfieider. and
Richmond can use q hard-hitttng.
Woodworking young catcher like Mace.
Mace looks good on any team. He
can peg well. hit well and he has
his toes. and In hts lite castle at
night. Mace should prove winner
with the Colts.
Wallace is the best bush league
fielder In captivity. but he scarcely viii
get beyond class C leagues, owing to
the Jealousy of managers. Wallace IL
such good old:timer that he knows
They have nothing on little Arthur
Wallace. anyway. he II quite sure.
Can Lam the oaii.
II IL Wallaee's firm belief that he
can wallop ball farther and higher
than any man who ever lifted a bat.
Dan Brouthcrs and Ed Deiehenty, Sam
Thompson and Sam Crawford. Sher-
wood Makee, and Ping Bodie never
TANNED them further than Wallace
can lam them.
Wallace Is 80 sure OF this that he
10 willing to prove II every time he
steps to the plate. The manager may
have told him to lay down b,tht, to
advance q runner. Just about the time
that Arthur thinks he Is due to drive
the ball over the fence. He always
tries to do what the manager asjxa. 40
Arthur will poke his bat a couple OF
times at tho ball. just to show his good
Intentions. The natural result ts two
strikes. after which there 10 nothing to
do but bang away at the next good
ono and take u chance.
Does Unexpected Things.
At times Arthur has been known
to lay down bunt Just at the very
time he has been told to pole out
at least q sacrifice ffy. The hunt will
surprise even the base runner. who
hugs his bag waiting TOR the fly 70
materializs. only to see Arthur gaiiy
casort to first, where he looks across
to the boy at third and wonders why
the bonehead didn't dash for home
on the play. Awful boneheada, these
fellows who won't play the Wallace
brand of a ball and very trying to
the manager OF the team--and Ar
thur.
nigh over the centre field wall they
are ready 10 vote him the greatest
outteider since the dave OF Jim Me-
Aleer or Dicky Johnston.
Grimm Needs Catcher.
However. Arthur has been known
to get on the nerves of the rest Of
the team after pulling off one OF his
unexpected plays and the manager
feels that II isn't exactly right to
have q fellow around who knows
more than he does OF course. as
Arthur has never been under the
management OF Steve Griffin this
does not apply to the swa" just made.
Griffin merely needs young catcher.
he has lot of outfielders and Dan
vile likes Wallace. who csn cover
n mile OF territory and hit the cover
Oft the ball.
II IL a nice swap. all things con-
sidered. Wallace for Mace.
irifin had eleven Of his chosen
mon on the field yesterday: Little
Willie Baker. Catcher Phil Hinton.
McCabe. Lucia. Cable. Coates. Flour
noy. verbout. Raley. Dreaming ana
u tall young fellow named Gabriel.
Men Out For Practice.
Dreaming and Gabriel are pitchers.
Raley viii hold down first base.
Flournoy aud Coates are outfielders.
and Cable an infieider. Baker, for
the benefit Of possible newcomers. IL
the demon third sacker Of the Colts.
John verbout is the star boxnan. and
Mcf.abe an outHelder.
The field was somewhat soggy. so
the boys lust naturally took things
easy and batted and threw the ball
around IA hit. They will try it al.
over again today.
After practice they had their pic
tures taken. ono OF which In pre-
scented herewith. Big McCabe does
not appear. as he feared a h0odoo
on his drst day. but he was In tina
practice. all right.
80. Last night Catcher Perry Ti.naksrs>
reported TO the team and he will join
the recruits today.