The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-24
TRINITY TEAM IS
GETTING IN TRIM
COACH ADKINS GETS HIS MEN
INTO THE FIELD FOR REAL
WARMING UP.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
TRINITY COLLEGE. DURHAM.
Y. c.. Feb. 23.=-Dr Merle T Ad-
kins, who will coach Trinitys base
ball team this spring. has arrived in
the city, and has taken active charge
of the squad. Though the boys have
been on the field for the past three
weeks working and getting into shape
under he direction of Captain KID
Anderson, the practice has not taken
on any really professional air.
In answer to call issued by Cap
tain Anderson Thursday. about fifty
men gathered at the gymnasium to
meet Coach Adkins and TO talk over
the prospects for the coming season.
The pitching staff is to be greatly
strengthened this season. Cotton God
frey is. of course, back in college for
his fourth year, and is expected to do
his usual good work ''Dinah" ka-
nipe, the lucky twirler who, though
a freshman, was the only pitcher in
North Carolina who succeeded in
making the Vermont aggregation bite
the dust last year, is in college again
this season. and will add very ma
terially to the strength of the stan.
And then, Fitzgerald and knight. both
men from Trinity Park school, are
excellent pitchers. and VIII be on the
firing line during the coming months,
The receiving end OF the battery is
greatly strengthened by the return TO
college Of Maddox who was on the
team two years ago. and who received
such excellent training in holding up
Triuity's famous mound twirler, Bob
CAN'T Fatty Mclean lis here again
this year. and has his hat in the ring,
and viii fight for a position behind
~
also has his eyes on that position.
At short-stop. Captain Kid" An
dersdn ia so far the only candidate.
Al second base. Thompson and Shore
are fighting for the first place Thomp-
son being an old man with a brilliant
record in the field At third. White,
who was on the team last year, has
four opponents to fight fer the posi-
don with each man straiuing every
effort 20 make It, Roam, Carver,
Fudy. and Baird. are the men who
viii give white close race for the
coveted sack.
II is very difficult to say Just who
stands the best chance Of winning the
position at the initial sack. as there
are SIX candidates. and each new
one Some are cid men, and CASTOR
was the strongest rival of tall Dave
Fuller wh0 won out last year, though
fun II he succeeds in holding off the
other aspirants. sier. Gill, North,
Patterson, Cook, and CASTOR ares all
candidates.
In the outfeId, Spence. who for two
years past has been on the team,
viii likely win out in the center gar
den. though I.itchdeld. of last years
fame at Trinity Park school, is ex-
pected TO Do great things in that
uciehborhood other candidates are
Austin. Adams. Few. Giaae. Gill, Ed
eerton, Thorne, Richardson. Robbins
and Parish.
Now that Doc Adkins ha& arrived
on the campus practice will begin
all the harder snd the more earnest
The material for good team is here
and the coach is going TO see To II
that "A good team is produced if hard
work and steady coaching Can pro-
duce It. With the best schedule in
the history Of the college before the
team. it is safe 10 say that this sea-
son at Trinity viii be successful and
victorious