The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-02

call him at any time, or could get his
money back. with the privilege of
repurchase at the end OF the season
AS for Joe Bochlng being turned over
to Roanoke. IL is laughable, Joe made
good with Chattanooga, in the South
ern League, and then went to Worces-
tor In the New England League. being
one of the stars in the North country
such a showing would not warrant
the belief that the local amateur would
be showed back TO class C. ranks even
Should Griffith not dt,ide to use him
and We subscribe to the opinion that
BochiinS Will be a very valuable mem
her OF the Climbers during the war
fare of 1919.
Commenting on prospects for the
season !n the Virginia League. both
Secretary Bradley anu Steve Grimm
voice the opinion that the league will
be far and away faster than ever be-
fore. One OF the reasons advanced by
the secretary OF the locals IS that the
Virginia League has the largest popu-
iation by 80 Is per cent of any class
& organization in the country. Coupled
with this is the era or goodfcl!owshit,
inauguratcd at the last meeting when
the ,nagnatcs started to work with the
purpose to adopt schedule and ar
range other matters for the best in
terest Of the league without reference
10 personal wishes or animositics
against any Individual member Per-
haps the views OF the Two men most
interested IN the local club. may be
OF interest. Here they are
What Steve Griffin Snyx.
In giving my opinion, OF the Nir-
einia League I want to say first that |
feel sure we Will have a much strong
er organization than last year. / am
judging by the material signed by the
various clubs. Petersburg looks strong
TO me. but Richmond will be right
there with them. j don't think Roa-
noke will he such a factor this season.
as luck played great part in their
winning last season. That unfortunate
series in Richmond put them up as
contenders in the race. From the ma
ture of the material signed BY Newport
News. j am afraid Manager Davis does
not put us in our right class, as | see
most OF those signed by him are semi
professionals Schaener has fair
club. with the men left from last year.
and he has secured couple OF good
men from the Carolina League.
IF Castro is left alone in Ports
mouth. look out for him. as Lou is a
good judge of ball players and will
stop AT nothing to secure a winner
Heinie Busch is a great little general
and l always give him credit for the
W dN ue lldliuiSS MS CluD, Dut, ike the
Irish, j say, Your country is fair, but
give me the old sod ; so with our club
Il dream. sleep and eat with that be-
fore me. ! cannot see anything else
and the fever is high at present. Look
what we have secured this week with
Laval and the purchase of Eberts for
the outtield. They can't show us any
thing like it. Look the dope up on that
man Ebcrts with Galesburg. AS for
the other departments We will have
enough meat on the chicken to make
good picklngs, and then some. At any
rate. we ought to have enough players
to be choicy i'll our selection.
And tell the fans when his Jumps
calls play ball on April IL to look out
for the 1913 Richmond baseball club
w. II. Bradlcy's Views.
since we had our meeting and
adopted. a schedule. and after hearing
what the different managers and own
ers had TO say. and seeing what good
schedule was adopted for the league.
1t shows that the managers of the va
rious clubs have the business interest
as We'll as the PLAYING interest of the
orga nization at heart. They certainly
adopted a schedule that was for the
n r,.l,f. lac