The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-28
PITCHING STAFF
WORRIES y. N. |.
Prospects for Good Baseball
Team MARRIED Through Lack
of Trained HurIers.

Lexington. Va. February 27.-The
cold weather of this week has great
| ~ interfered with baseball practice
at the Virginia Military Institute. The
practice of last week started the sea-
| son off nicely. Perhaps the largest
number OF men ever out for baseball
at V. NJ. l. reported in the squad last
week The showing of tho material
was good in every department OF the
! game except pitching. The materia
I for the box, while ii is fairly good. is
unseasoned and Inexperienced. The
| rat class has better material for
| the work OF twirlinE than any other
! class Many upper classrnen are
! showing good form, but they arc not
experienced players. 1t is hoped that
as the practice advances the material
Will continue to show better form than
I II has thus far.
! For the inficld the material could
not be better than what it is In
helding, hitting. base running and a
general knowledge of the game. the
men who are trying for the different
places would be hard to beat Cap
tain Bryan and Creswell. on third and
snort respectively. will make the nu-
cleuS about which the inticld will be
set. These men, who have held these
positions SO we'll before. are in good
form McCormick who is in his first
year here. is perhaps the best of the
new material trying for second base
Closely following him is Rock" Gil
lespie, from Southwest Virginia. who
can play any infield position except
fast enough 10 have played on the
best teams in the State. Both are
good hitters and base runners. Others
working hard and showing good form
are the following:
Waite. Chicago prop. school play
I q nC1N
played so we'll last year DR.. BRYAN.
/ brother Of the team captain; Rcd
| Scott, of Lynchburg. and many other
good men. For the initial sack
stuart and Graham are showing good
/ form and no doubt will have a great
hrht for the place. Both are big tall
men, with about the same experience.
and so far showing about the same
calibrc
In the outfesl two of the reliablcs
for the past two years are again on
the job and showing their old time
form-Clarkson at left and Sewcll i'm
right.
Behind the hat there arc several
men who look right From the SQUAD
OF last year Hoffman is perhaps the
best With him are Hudson and Mil
! ter TWO new mon. Hudson is begin
I nlnE his first year, while Miller had
some experience last year on a class
/ team.
The question of pitchers is greatly
worrying Coach Brumacc and Can
tain Bryan. If the season was little
iarthec of and ran longer there is
no doubt that many Of the men nov
irving for places would make good.
Inc season lasts only six weeks here.
me last game is ON May .. and closes
+ inc schedule much earlier than the
/ average college. There is much ma
terial. but it needs training. Alurriel
ana Gerow. of the first class. need
only practice to make them valuable
/ men Both have mhN speed and good
control Watt, of la9t Years SQUAD
IS showing good form again and prom
ises to make good. Bowering, a left
handler is working his "southpaw"
benders overtime to get into shape He
Is good prospective material. Pitts.
Masses and Warren. all rats" showed
up we'll in the box in game last
! week Pitts. with his twin brother
I 10 catch him, did we'll He has lots
of speed, fair control and some knowl
edge OF the inside game. All these
men Will he worried every dag in an
! effort TO get them into shape for the
nrst game on March %