The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

reorgAnized the Virginia league Ii
prepared to SO ahead with the cam.
paign OF 1919. The Richmond club
In looking forward with confidence
to the coming season. Roanoke ID
pumckly sat1Hfied with the outlook In
the Magic City, and down in Ports
mouth Senior Castro. who has no,
been excluded. says that the Truck.
horses OF the league are going to
show real speed this year.
Paul Davis promises to bring down
. bunch Of fast youngsters from the
wifds OF Pennsylvania, where they
train EN- for Olympic winners, only
to have them disqualified as profess
SIGNALS. and Charlie Shaffer Is sign
Ing up embryo big leaguers for his
Norfolk club. Mr. Skaters lates,
he In using every effort to get the
Indian assign on the rest of the clubs
Last year the other clubs had the
indian sign on Charles, but he kept
going all the way. and wound up in
fairly good style.
Pennant Sure Thing.
Richmond In going to win the pen
nant this year. Roanoke may give
the coming champions n battle, bat
Petersburg la not going TO be as dan
gerous as the Goober city was wont
to be.
That grand old policy OF giving
every player a free excursion TO vir-
ginia Beach every Sunday for n two
base hit. and day Off in Richmond
for home run will be discontinued
The Petersburg club. under its new
management, will look for current
expenses as well as glory
Not that little Heinie Busch will
let his men soldier on him. Heinle
isn't built that way and the majority
of the Petersburg players are built
on his lines. Even Joe I-aughi:n
hates to lose. With Joe and Helrie
to keep the boys up to their work Pc
tersburg win keep the other teams
hustling and an economical manage
ment will keep the stockholders from
digging too deep for the deficits made
by championship teams.
Economy the Watchword.
II might be said that none o. the
Virginia league teams arc making a
barrel of money these days and econ
ony Ia the watchworti, motto, pass
word and signal. Getting young play
ers and developing them into big
league timber is the best asset OF the
clubs these days With pitcher or
two like Ed Perryman and Doc, Ayers
to dispose OF at the end of the sea
son Richmond will de very well. And
II Steve Griffin is to be believed Rich
mond will have a third sacker and an
outfieider who will bring good prices
next year.
Lafitte locked to be the best catch.
er In the league last season. but he
needs more speed to go higher. He is
somewhat heavy at~ut the midsection,
but Just the same he looks better than
CiAss G outfit. The niftiest iufielder
ID little Willie Baker-McComas. bat
William has to learn how to hit Grit
I'm tried him in every position on the
batting list last year, but time after
time when a hit would mean run
or two Willie came up ana never de-
livered. Newton should do better this
year.
Back to the Pitchers.
Going back to pitchers Petersburg
has \ very promising left-hander in
Hedfepeth. who ought to be the real
goods as he has the ability to learn.
In Creiger the Coolers have another
star. but Richmond appears to have
the best OF tho other clubs In the
box with Strain. Burleson. Bussey.
Grimm. Phipps and possibly Ayers. II
the latter comes back to the Colts
then tho pennant might as well be
handed over right now.
Tho outfield of the homo club is
the only unsettled section Of the
team. Tenant can have a place.
NO can Burke. and player named
Smith Ia touted. Charles. or Harris,
IL q speed boy, and Ii Tenant fails
to ret In the fold Charles may make
the outer pasture. Richmond will
have an outfeld. all right, as well as
an infiefd, and altogether the chances
for this 1913 flag are very bright
Esr9m and Newport News.
NEWPORT NEWS, w. Feb. i.---
That Jack Grim tried to slip one over
on the local baseball association in
the disposition OF the ball players
under reserve by the local club is the
opinion expressed by League Secre-
tary lack woodall In letter to Pres
ident Abe Horwitz. Secretary Wood
all writes that Bristol knows nothing
Eichbergcr. Hooker, Carney, Au1ey
and Bruckmiller--to Bristol, and Sec
rotary WoodaI think that this was
just q rsIse to prevent the local club
from retaining the services OF these
men.
This meant that these Ave men are
the propertySof the local association,
Contracts should be mailed to them
Mt once at their addresses. so that
they will be on the reserve list and
can be used II Manager Davis wants
them. Secretary Woodalfs letter. has
gone forth to Manager Davis, and he
will deal with the men, II he decides
that he can use any OF them. Carney
Is about the only man In the lot who
looked good last season as a young
ster. He was q star at second base,
but was light with the stick work.
Jack Grim has done no little
amount OF kicking around the cir
cult about the treatment he received
here, but, after all il said and done,
he got better than he deserved. He
was all In. AZ he admitted when the
local association took the club over.
but he thought that he should be paid
something for the franchise. That
franchise was issued to President
Horwitx, the park was and is owned
by Mr.. Horwftz and the only thing
that Grim had title to was the play
ers The association took over 81, 400
in back salaries and agreed TO give
Grim title to the players 70 December
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