The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
SQUAD Of 20 MEN
WILL REPORT To
MANAGER GRIFFIN
Largest Number That Ever
Started Season, Secretary
Bradley Declares---Majority
of Men Have Good Records
and Many Of Them Are
Known to Richmond Fans.
Griffin Due Here March
l7th.

Twenty-Five men. the biggest squad
that has ever reported for duty, viii
go to work under tho eagle eye of
Manager Steve Griffin. according to
Secretary w. r. Bradley, of the Rich
mond club,
The men are:
Pitchers-CharIes Strain, Harvey
Russey. Harry Griffin, o. Burieson, NJ
O. Bridges. Clarence H, Frey, Robert
Doyle, A. C. Chambliss, William
Woolery. DR.. Phipps.
Catchers--John Mace, Jay Rodgers,
Charles Luskey, Berger.
Manifestations Raley. S. Griffin,
Connie Bresnahan. e. j Newton.
Outfielders-Frank Burke. D. Eb-
erts, Kelley Harris. William Laval,
Charles Piez. Arthur Smith, j. Z. Ten
nant.
Griffin is due here Monday. March
7th, which is st. Patrick's day. He
will bring along Connie Bresnahan
to help him celebrate and possibly
Jack Tenant and Eberts, who is no
harp. Judging from his deiicatassen
monaker.
The others will drop in from time
to time. and the majority will be on
deck to greet the manager on his ar
rival.
Wedding Out Squad.
The big squad will give Manager
Griffin some trouble TO weed out. His
pitching staff will have to be kept
down, and as Harry Griffin. Bussey,
Strain, and Bure1son looked pretty
good last year. the new fellows will
have 80 Chow considerable TO be held
Secretary Bradley says he thinks the
club has a winner in DR. Phipps. and
Griffin Is sweet on Chambiiss from
a professional point Of view.
Bridges. Frey, DOYLE and Woolery
are unknown in the pitching world,
but that does not make them any
4 less effective.
OF the outflelders Burke, Tenant
and Harris are known, and Griffin
/ thinks we'll Of Eberts. Laval and
/ Piez are said to be fast men and
good hitters, and Smith is not un-
/ known to Richmond fans.
/ All in ALI the team looks pretty
good from the start. and Griffin al
ready claims that he has Roanoke
( beaten.
( Opinion in Roanoke.
! From Roanoke comes the news that
! Buck PRESLEY is going to have the
/ fastest team he has ever played with,
and Mr.. PRESLEY has played with
swift team or two. The one he man
aged and captained last season was
by no means slow. TO be sure. IL got
81 jolt from a Glass D outfit in a
Z poSl-SeaSon series. Out iUaL was NOT
( altogether the fault of the Virginia
( league pennant- winning manager. His
team was not in shape. some of his
/ best men had gone home. and he was
practically with 1t picked nine.
There is not such an awful differ
ence between a Glass c and a Glass
l . outfit, especially when the Class d
fellows are paying Glass E wages,
There isn't much difference between
s.4ft H.
championship team. when you come
| to think it over, In the vernacular Of
the prize ring a dub is liable to whip
/ a champion. Look at the Washing
1 ton team of last year. first base
man, a couple of near second base
men and a third sacker brought the
infield up to big league standard, and
Washington jumped from seventh to
second place, or Whereabouts.
Fast Tiger Team.
/ Tubbysure, Roanoke will have q
fast team this year, for with Press
ley on first, Shields--if he should be
/ the man for the joh--on second,
Kneaves on third and Wee Willie Nc
/ Comas at short, Roanoke is going to
! have fast infield. Kneaves had not
much of a fielding percentage. making
nine errors on about eighty chances
| in twenty-three games, but you will
| to every game-and little more. He
went after everything. and had way
! of handling hunts that looked very
pretty in Richmond. Kneaves hit for
$50. but he seemed pretty good in the
pinches.
With CHM. MATHS and Graham.
Roanoke will haveSa pretty fair OUT
field, and with LATTE and Fisher be-
hind the bat the Tigers will conpare
with any team In the league Gardin.
! Ehrd. Green. CASTOR are a very good
nucleus for a pitching staff, and alto
gether Mr.. Presley need not feel dis
couraged even If Buck Holland Is not
back with the team and Burieson is
missing.
Speaking of Buries0n, it may be
we'll to point out that the fans are
still wondering If Richmond got any
the worst of ii in the trade for Me-
Comas and Maths for Newton and
Burleson Calling Burleson. a pitch
err, for Maths. an outfielder. an even
break here Is the way Baker and
Newton stack up:
Newton and McComas.