The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-28
MOTORING AND GENERAL SPORTING
Donlin Has Many
Words Of Praise
for the Phillies


viii not train in Richmond, for 1t GER
otainly looks good to me-" said Mike
Donlin yesterday. II don't know why
Charley Doom accepted that Southern
Pines engagement unless the boys are
a little superstitious and think there
/ is a bunch of good luck in that place.
They trained there two years ago
and got away to a fine start, and they
/ think perhaps they viii have the same
good luck this year If they go back to
the old grounds. That's what ! think
| is the reason Doom switched at the
! last moment. He had asked me to
| look over the field when I got here.
! so put it up to our advance manager
and he even got hotel rates for us:
and, believe me, the hotels here look
pretty good.
| However. the decision was in favor
! of Southern Pines, and we will work
1 out there"
Mr.. Donlin gave this little talk at
the Bijou in the afternoon, having
gone there with Charley Grapewin to
take a peep at the back of the house
and see how the stage was set. Mr..
Grapewin looks as young as he did a
score of years ago. Mr.. ponlin, for
that matter, is no longer a colt, but he
/ will fool a lot Of the fans who think
! he has Joined the aged class. His
/ eyes are just as bright and his step
/ just as spry as ever,
Mike needn't worry about playing
| ball" put in Mr.. Grapewin after hear
/ ing the customary compliments used
on such occasions. He is making
good with us all right, but it takes
all we make to pay him his salary.
don't wonder that Pittsburg let him go
at the waiver price,
What He Intends to Do.
/ We'll" said Mr.. Donlin, as long
as can get it am going to draw it"
t LAS long as you can draw 1t you are
going TO get 1t, you mean" corrected
Mr.. Grapewin, who is a stickler for
/ truth in spite OF the fact that he is
comedian.
BE that as it may" went on Mr.
Donlin, land speaking of our show,
the Phillies are going to have some
team this year. Some team is the
proper phrase down here. isn't it?
Well we are going to have some team
In fact. we have it. In the outfield
we have Dode Paskert. and there isn't
a better fielder in the business, He
plays the shortest field Of any gard
ener I know. but he goes out and gets
them. He can peg, too, and, what's
more, he certainly can get on. and
when he gets on he doesn't hang
around the first bag.
/ "If you happen TO glance over the
batting figures you viii find Paskert
/ hitting in the 800 class, and there
isn't dozen of them who are doing
that these days. Paskert is an Al
outfelder.
/ Then we have a fellow named
Sherwood Magee, and, take it from
me. Sherwood may be a first baseman.
+. but he Is likewise an outfielder. /
know there is some talk about his
playing first, but the chances are that
a big fellow named Luderus VIII be
seen around the first corner for us
this year. Luderus is all right, and
with Magee and Paskert in the out
field. as well as a fellow named Don
lin, the Phillies are going to have a
combination as strong as any in the
country. Besides the three / have
mentioned. there is also Cravath, and
Cravath can knock 'em mile, as we'll
as being good at covering ground.
Behind the hat we will have the
only Charley Doom and one or two
others to help out. and Alexander,
Earl Moore Chalmers, little Eppa
Rixey. Seaton, Brennan and one or
two other new boys make a very nice
staff of pitchers
Fancy Lot on Defense.
t'Knabe at second, Hans Lobert at
third. and Mickey Doolan at short
will make up great inheld. and with
Luderus on first. If the boss decides
to leave him there, will give us
fancy lot of players on the defense.
Luderus can get EN- high, WIDE and
low, and he covers as much territory
as any first baseman going. He is a
good man 10 shoot at, and when
Mickey Doolan goes after hit he
seldom hesitates about throwing. He
throws from any old position, and it
takes an artist TO get them. That
ia where Isuderus is strong.
eve ought to make a good show
ing this year, and 1t is not impossible
for US to beat out the Giants. You
never can tell"
Whereupon. having talked about
the team, Mr. Donlin decided that a
little game of billiards might help
his batting eyes, so with Mr.. Grape
win he paid a visit to the Superior
Billiard rooms. Here they fell in
with Manager MacFarland. and Don
lin and Mack had a great fanfest be-
tween innings, MacFarland and
Donlin are old time pals. and they
had stories to swap that took them
the greater part Of the afternoon. and
still left a number for future use.
Manager MacFariand says he is go
ing to match Donlin with some of the
local billiard stars, and has set the
first match for Wednesday afternoon.
Tn no billiard sharp" put in Dom
lin. II only play an ordinary game,
and ] told Mack not "a put me up
/ against anything toe hard. II" do
my best. and possibly l may not do
SO bad"
II Donlin can play billiards as he
can play ball. the local player is go
ing to have trouble to win. What is
more, If he can act as well as he
can play ball he will not have to
worry about the price of his meal
ticket for many years to come.
ID DL