The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
Fielding Averages
Petersburg Baseball
Club, Through Sept. 6

Jcnerson Hospital. In Roanoke. and his
duties there must be considered. IF he
can nix these with his superior. he viii
wear Colt Uniform
Wants to Come Here.
OF course, / want to come n pt,h
mond," he told us ver-tho telenhnna
IL nne city, and / want 70 trv and
see II l. can't land the town a winner
IKE the city. and like the peonje
eo.u Nr. bradley that two weeks ago.
certain that Will take the lob. don't
want TO make positive statement un-
I'll am sure"
no question about Richmond being
wing Willie. TO Welcome Pressly. He has
always been n fayorte and tha 90.
have great regard for his Judgment as
TO ball players. They like his f,xhtinr
spirit. and they like the kind of base
pail he plays. Having been engaged
ms time OF year, he has all winter in
talent and get his men In limo FOR the
crack OF the gun next spring.
however, * Buck Pressiy leaves Ron
nokc. that town is without n manager.
and speculation will start as to who
VIII succeed him UP there Lee (;arvin
has signed with Portsmouth for nert
season. and Bud Ryan is weli-night
sure of his place with Norfolk Despite
the report from Petersburg that 100
Laughlin would manage Newport News.
5000 'PpcAin 10 DC Il ulTerenCc OF Opin-
ION. Harry Matthews certainly thinks
he is going back. He would have como
| to Richmond had the Job boon offered.
put he has been led to believe that
Newport News wanted him. One thing
is certain, even though Matthews has a
reputation for not being overly popu-
lar with his men. he took the Builders
when they were in tho slough of a nine
teen straight series of defeats, without
a victory. and brought them up to fifth
place. n Feat that Is hard to realize.
| II Matthews Is not returned and given
chance TO show what he can do with
team of his own picking, IL will look
like rather sorry treatment.
! He took hold of the club when no
one else would take chance. He had
to fire whole ball club and bring n
new one together. Unless one has had
| this experience mere words will not
explain the difficulty. especially when
he was forced to get his men at time
| OF the year when most good ball play
crs were at work and not looking for
Jobs unless they paid more money. We
are not undertaking Laughlin's ability.
/ but merely as n matter OF fair play and
as reward for good services. Mat
thews Is certainly entitled to n chance.
Perryman Back With Colts.
| AS result OF the Pressly deal, II is
| probable that Parson Perryman Will be
| back with Richmond next season. John
/ McGraw has turned the long preacher
| man loose, and he Ia free to sign where
| he will. He had n talk with Secretary
Bradley. and promised to report carly
In tho spring. He has finished his coll
lege work. and will spend the winter in
Atlanta II Perry gets started right,
there Is not a better pitcher in the
bushes, and another years work should
make him ripe for the big top.
Charlie Strain is sore over a weeks
salary taken out OF his envelope be-
| cause OF his suspension by Manager
Griffin. Strain feels that he was badly
treated. He thinks that since he is a
pitcher and merely volunteered TO help
out In an emergency. he should not
have boon SO summarily dealt with.
The trouble arose over n ground ball
that Steve thought Charlie, who was
playing second base. should have han
died. Charlie didn't. and when he came
to the bench an argument followed. and
1 following the argument came the sus-
pension.