The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11

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Barton tossed the nine innings OF VIC
tory. It got him 800 in cash, but 1t
got moro for his club. It gave the
men confidence that they could win,
once In while. Not that we believe;
Newport News has n club yet that can
successfully compete with any OF the
other clubs in the league. s, q
We have never come to this conclu-
sion and Will not until they get moro
ball players. Norfolk came back yes.
terday and administered the worse
licking handed out to any team in the
circuit this season. However,. SO long
as Newport News had to win, 1T might
rs well have boon good-natured Charlie
shaffer to stand the disgrace as any
one else. He can live under 1t while
some others may. have buckled.
Say what you will about Lee Garvin,
he Ia ono OF the best cards In the
league. and his all-round popularity Is
deserved Garyin as the one COM
median who can pull his stun and do
1t decently., He hands q laugh every
second, but Is always In there hust.
ling. and he has a regular ball club.
AS an evidence of gameness, onefof his
legs. the left one believe, is in. such
shape that 1t Is practically useless, yet
he has stuck throughout and has
caught remarkable ball games. II they
fall to appreciate his services in Ports.
mouth and do not come out to soc his
team, they have~a most unusual sort
of appreciation in that city.
When PRESLEY and his Tigers ar
rive the end of the, week for series
it will be tho best fun of the season
Steve is still smarting under the chas-
tisement received In Roanoke, and he
wants the three In n row. DR.. Press
ley is to offer the best sort of objec-
lions TO such a procedure. Like every
other club in the league. Roanoke
wants particularly TO win from the
Colts. There is that sort of citation
connected with victory over Rich
mond that always comes when the
little fellow beats the big fellow. They
want to win games from everybody,
but Richmond. and then. well-a few
defeats do not matter.
It seems an actual fact that they are
breaking records in Roanoke from an
attendance standpoint. We happen to
knOW-Dut Il beCIel a6HQ HODOQy5
business. Still we can say that they
have been handing tho visiting clubs
more than the guarantee. which is 1850
for three games, and that means some
thing. Some seasons-Just come, mind
you-they didn't even pay guarantees
In Roanoke But that is equally true
OF some other cities.
There's n new Indian in the big
league. His name Is George Murphy
Johnson, a sort OF Indian, Swede. Irish
miXup. But he's a pitcher. The Reds
have won something like six games in
twenty three starts. and Johnson has
picked off 1--WE OF this number, Fromme
being the other lucky one. Maybe
Tinker will find that living In Redland
and managing a team there hasn't got
much on working for Charles Webb
Murphy.
Walter Johnson-thcre's a regular
Johnson. He pitched yesterday-soma
The White Sox watched to see the bal.
come over. Two saw 1t and mana ged
to draw hits. The rest simply hoped
and trailed. No scores were made by
Chicago, which gives Walter fifty-two
and two-thirds innings without score
Just three and one third innings be-
hind the record set by Doc White.
Touted pennant winners' or possibili-
ties. the Pirates were .beaten to n pulp
by the Braves. But you can never tell
There are the Giants.- miles behind the
Superbas, and the Dahlenites are In
second place, talking Of pennant
Verify, Charley Ebbetts must feel
young. In spite of his. thirty years of