The Arvada enterprise., 1914-04-30
A Word From the
Baseball Club

AS litTc HAS DcCll NoliSlutl tDlt lalh
of our present baseball team, we wish
to explain few facts to the baseball
| fans of Arvada Because we have lost
two games this season there is no reas
on why any one should not keep on
boosting for the home team. AS every
baseball fan knows, it takes time and
practice to get to going good. If you
will remember, last year we lost five
straight games before we won single
game. The boys did not let that dis
courage them. however, and won II
straight games which certainly is a
good record for small town playing
| the fastest teams in Denver.
1t seems as though we have as good
team this year as we had last, if not
little better. Last year we played
Senior Amateur teams and this year we
are going to try Semi-Profesional,
which, we believe. will give the fans
better games than they have seen in
the past The admission fee of Is cents
has been changed to 70 cents as We
are in debt small sum from purchas
ing new uniforms, building new grand
stands and renting the grounds. But
we believe the fans will be willing to
pay % cents when they can see better
games than they did for 10 cents. AS
there are several people who do not
! know all of the players we will try to
give you line on them as near as pos
sible.
In Clarence Nichols Arvada has one
of the best semi-pro. pitchers IN the
state. This alone should make every
baseball fan feel proud. Albert Owens
is the new addition to the pitching de-
partment and comes to US with n good
recommendation and we believe will be
a great help in the pitching department.
Behind the bat we have our old stand
by catcher, Jack Lercher, who is one
of the best catchers in the state and
will certainly be improving all the
time. On 1st base we have Mr.. lump
tiblc of Denver who played with the
Jerome Park team last season and comes
to us with good recommendation
which we all know in the games he has
so far played On second base we have
Mr. Ketstevcr of Denver, who also
D aged with the jerome Park team last
season and was considered n very fast
PLAYER. We believe we will make good.
We have tried to get Arvada boys to
fill these places but after several try
outs they failed to make good On
short-stop we have Richards who play
ed COUPLE of games with us at the
close of the season last year. he will
be remembered as the star in the de-
Gliding game for the championship cup
when he got home run the first time
up Richards is very fast player and
is making good Third base is covered
by Gus GraiT. our last years undis-
puted third blscman in the Senior Am
etucr Lcagur This alone speaks well
for Captain Graft In the field we are
uncertain 1T the present time who will
get stead positions Lee Sherrick
who played with Arvada several years
| ago is looking for n position on the
| team and We believe he will strengthen
| the team considerably if signed
Owens vii work in the field when not
/ pitching, he is n very good fielder, The
other fielder has not been decided on
| but we believe we will have one Of the
strongest outfelds in the state when
they get to going coed.
The boys are getting their batting
eye again this season and are all going
after the pill pretty hard. Looking
at it from all sides we believe we are
going to have one ~ the fastest teams
in the state and there is no reason why
every baseball fan should not come out
every Sunday and boost for the home
team