The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-29
RICHMOND COLTS
START OFF WELL
SHOW NO LITTLE CLASS IN GAME
WITH COLLEGE
PLAYERS.
FIVE PITCHERS WORK
THREE CATCMERs ALSO TAKE
TURNS BEHIND THE HAT.
TEAM PLAYS NEWARK
TODAY.
FIVE PITCHERS WORK

The idol OF both Senoers.
When keeping base hits shy.
MY catalogues OF curves
/, long and oft confusing,
Hut mostly am using
The fadeaway and die
rhe fadeaway and die.
Z did they look good" asked the
thin fan who missed the game.
..They did" replied the red-faccd
fan. who would rather miss meal
than bali game.
The thin fan gave sign oil reuet.
II Ii a relief to know that the home
team looks fairly good in It's hrst
practice game. When collection Of
bail.toesers with just two days prae-
lice, for the oldest hands--and one
or two right OF the train--can SHOW
something after u winter o. haseOal
idienesa. II IN encouraging.
N 0rtfiin's men were sore and lame
when they started. ana they were
yorcr and lamer when they finished.
II Pitcher Cambrun Ii able to lift his
arm TO-DAY he will be y lucky man. for
he went into the box with scarcely
. warming-up, He had time. naroty.
TO ret INTO a uniform. However, he
showed something, this same Cam
hrun. He mas a nice. easy motion; a
free ard easy swing when he winds
up, and he looks intelligent. The
old fans promptly chrtstened him Ca
membert. but before tho season II
over he may be the whole cheese.
There % hope. anyway, II won't be
changed to HmbcTger.
verlsout's speciality.
Grimm gave five pitchers turn
sn StN~ HOY Tho frat the Nta h
was John verbout. John turned on
hts eariy-season delivery, which re-
sembles a woman throwing a stone al
hen. The stmiic il especially true
OF his throws to first base. John
cut loose one Of hts special. pntenss.>
throws to Haley and surprised the lat
ter. Raiey. he WAS surprised. There
happened to be man on first at
tho imc--BeaIe, the first batsman. by
the same token. and when Kalcy got
Tho hall into the diamond Beate was
on third. II Raiey really had been
aware OF Johns tendency to throw the
ball high in the air, or down In the
dirt, on the slightest rroyocation In
the early spring training period. he
probably would have been on the
watch and knocked down the bail.
..11Aop.A fKlaean ret the same desc last
year, and George Cowan always had
An attack OF nerves with John In tho
box ana q man on FIRST. However.
Haley knows what to expect now. and
sNefbont .asaally@ has seed ccntsoI At.
~ the early EamSa
TAope college boys hit this ball hard
yesGNeday ~ GrAA can testify Two
were shot at him and both. by the
way. were from isft-handsd hatters.
QraN waa playing In for them ana they
- uuaA - hten 1fkn hss11Sta 20 vvrak ~ n
play On either Of them would have
been eheer luck for eAch hall was hit
- hard that tho third baseman never
& hAA Z chance - meet 4 right. Gran
y = axturA on third. The only battle
!; viii ~ s3nc s4hA ,peAiti lon az shoFl-stap4
HAro Wee Willum Baker has the
call. 0rjtbn knows what Hekcr can
90. sas 4 = UP e Cable and spsrry
. ven yeetsrday, onS time eOing 10 the
1oUl line u make = catch, . very
i nrotfy play. Ho showed hluleelf = very
mir hitter, aA6 n knowp Aew ~ walt,
DnQVy 1aya YaG1ts
gtegsx Win hAye 4 chance today
aso1not fhA Newark tea1a.
ar tn. puftiAjdefs Fiournoy = about
ansp * = REGULAR berth 4 sin9de and
aosela 60 risht sftsr ths otner
e. l1Iegy = nicss styis. Hut mako 10
nll6&4ee ehout young Coates. That
/ ~ vent tuto deep centra Tor = gnre-
an0&4N thrao-hAgger on Tey1CT'a bal
N ~ Doyemth inning. = robbery pure
nd b1mpla Coates looks like GOOD
nan Ae tn hat. too. He can walt out
~ pitchef, and when ha hits tina ball
u drives y hard. Coates walked
twice yesterday, and whoa No weut
] after tlsAk long ~ he did not stop,
afeor IL 4As6ton at Malta ana leave
n - ~ Otl1r fellow. Nattie md
y No1laeo ND ~ incest AlphOneo md
dastes oDeciH1ty iast ysAr ~ faas
Nadia wire1 ~ transportation yes-
1 l1ays ~ n WaW eent him. H Hhould
/ h1Eo 800 tlsAe today. The slug.
4 9ln9 Sutlejae = aoinG q have 40
\ $50 IT, eekt1ng ! plane q ~ team.
/ RI WI hgvo 9 csew1 AZ Coates u
1lccahe - tlat IN H. - aesy task.
lQ.AS = - oeot 4 hifter q IT -
& s~sd - u, IN = m, -.
m Is E ~ pyAyn une1lote1 IA
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