The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-16
RICHMOND COLLEGE
COACH IS LOOKING
FOR HEAVY H|TTERS
Harry Griffin Is Pleased at
Showing Made by His Men
in Practice and Has the
Nucleus of a Good Team.
Squad Is Wealthy in Pitch
ing Material

Coach Harry Griffin has introduced
. a novel innovation, for the develop
ment Of the Richmond college baseball
team, in the shape of a pair of field
glasses, The coach fell Il victim to
the humps about ten DAYS and has
been holding daily conferences with
has it thar during the past week
when the squad was able to take the
diamond the coach has been keeping
tab ON tho men from his window by
the aid Of "A pair of high power field
glasses, This being the case his en-
forced absence may not prove as dis
asterous rs might otherwise have
been the case and he will be able
to Jump into the training work as
soon as his physician allows him to
go outside. He is rapidly improv-
ing now and it is hoped that he may
he able 10 rejon the squad by the
first of this week. Captain Reaie has
hen holding daily conferences with
the coach and keeping him posted on
the liner points Of the mems work.
The captain has had entire charge
of the squad during GrifDns sickness
and each day the weather permitted
has given the mon u hard workout
He is confident that they are fast
rounding into shape and that they
viii be in excellent condition by Fri
day. when the first game: is To he play
ed Most Of tho preliminary work has
heen done and sore muscles are now
= thing Of the past, The men are
training enthusiastically and are max
ing the most 0f the DAVIS On which
they arc able To get outside When
the weather does not permit thc u~o
IT the diamond each Of the men
spends at least an hour working In
tho gymnasium sn as not Ia lose any
.f ma ground 4fFTvHy. rq4raE
II Is understood that the firqt cut
will Ice made Immediately after the
coach is able "a rejoin the squad. This
Will .s,s4sa}se Il t9.t hsrtp saesa,- Cssns~~
petition fer most Of the positions IS
keen. There are many excellent hall
players out for the team thia year
and There is much speculation on the
campus az to the final lineup In sew
erai instances IL will he hard to pick
the better man and in all probability
n large number of substitutes will he
carried throughout the season.
Because a man happens TO get into
the FIRST nF second game. declared the
coach wit hboth hands casped tight
" 20 his java. Ia no assurance that
he has Death hold on his place I
I'm going 10 keep continual watch on
the second string men and If any Of
them shows that he is uutplayinE n
I'd Immediately and given q chance to
break into the letter class,
Coach Wants Hittcrs.
II am "a great Deliver In having n
team that can hit. One that has two
thirds hitting ability and one-third
fielding and / am going to make every
vs%ort 10 develop a hnnch of clouters.
have some excellent material on
which TO work. what is somewhat I'M
usual i'm college tegn. "A number Of
left-hani hatters With them we'll
mixed in the batting order we eN-
poet 10 command respect from any
OF the twiriers we face this season.
Griffin. who will Join the Richmond
Colts at the close of tho college sea
son, declares that he is going to get
himself into shape by practiCinE on
the Spiders hatters. He says that as
soon AS he RECEIVERS sufhciently ne
will make every man take chance
~ his offerings as we'll ms AT those
Of the regular college twirlers.
These latter are beginning In give
evidence that the Richmond college
team for the present year viii have
one Of the strongest twirlinS STATS
I'm many seasons. Dickson. who came
down from Tome university touted as
a wonder. Is living up to his reputa-
ton. He has speed. control and one
~
fYe campus In several years. Flanna
gan, who PLAYED amateur ball about
Richmond last season, is a left handler
and should prove a valuable addllloF
10 the team. HulCher seems 10 nave
entirely recovered from MS strained
arm of last season ana is comment q
q good wear. He is primarily SLOW
.llteher and rounds ont a staff equal
IL any emergency. Duval and Wiley,
who we're members of the last sea-
sons squad, are also getting INTO
shane end will probably give the more
.yt.ertaneed men hard run for the'r
positions,
CAPTAIN Beale is a fixture at short.
He is hitting hard at the present
time. and is even faster than al
,env time during last year. @ Neil ana
4ncarrow are having a merry hs,.e
for the pivot position. Both are
handy with the bat and are accurate
fJelaers. II Is a toss up as 20 wneth-
err Epeford or Lewis will hold down
third. and almost the same condition
prevails between Hart and Hulcher
ON first. Hulcher Is good at almost
any place, and is working out IN the
box and on the initial bag hart is
showing UP well, though, and in the
event of his cinching that place
Huicher will be retained for box work
only.
Both snead and Scales are working
hard for the backstop position. Jones,
freshman from the Bedford City
academy. however. has recently come
-sat for the position, and has made
good impression on those in charge
The field positions Will hardly be
decided until the beginning OF the
regular schedule. Competition here
Is probably stronger than elsewhere,
and the coach will have trouble in
selecting his gardeners Lewis. Wiley,
RyIand, Grey and Luck seem to have
forged somewhat ahead Of the others
at the present sime, bat they are in
no ways in a class to thrnselves.
The Spiders will open their season
Friday when they meet Maryland
Agricultural and Mechanical college
here. This will be the first game to
he played on Richmond's new base
bah grounds. The Aggies are said to
have team equal To any that has
represented that institution for some
years and expect To give Harry Grit
hth's aggrcgation stiff fight. 1t will
be remembered that the Aggies held
Yale to a / to Q score last season and
tied the Army, 0 10 o.