The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
RECORDS SHOW COLTS TO-
be BEST IN THE LEAGUE
Though Locals Failed to Win Pen.
nant, They Lead In Nearly
Every Department..
lBERGER CONSIDERED A FIND
In His First Start rs Professional
He Hits for .200-Dolly Gray
Hammered the Pellet for Most
EXtra-Base Hits.

Extra-Base Hits.
Although the Virginia League last
season had eleven 900 hitters. only
four OF them figured In as many as
nifty contests, and tho leader was
AThrasher, Norfolk's fleet outfelder.
who is really the top notcher with an
average of 1928. the official averages
putting him .007 higher than the un-
official figures
Berger. the Fork Union Military
Academy star. proved a find. for in
5 his first secson In professional ball
4 he hit at .299.
The averages just promulgated by
President Boatwright brings out the
TACT that of the first thirteen sluggers
six of them were with the Richmond
Colts Shipe. Mace Crimes Gray, New
ton and Berger all hit 2os or better
and still the Colts were never a match
LOT the Norfolk Tars, who romped away
with the pennant
In base stealing Arthur Smith tho
globe-trotter of the league. who played
the season with Newport News. tops
the list with siXty-two on batting
average of en-
In tho fielding. Carnes. OF Newport
News, lead the first baseman with an
average of .o44 In 145 games. being in
class by himself on the initial saclx
Steinbrenner, of Norfolk. lead the key
stone sack with ain average Of 966 in
laS games Irmschcr. OF Roanoke,
stands out equally as we'll Mt the hot
corner with .942 in 143 games and
Busch, of Petersburg, led the short
! 1eioers with .946 in 143 games Stein
hauser of Roanoke, went through for
S-seNen games in the outfleld without
"a %ooble, as did Strauss. OF Petersburg
IN sixteen games. and Alexander, Of
portsmouth. in twenty games, but Sim
mons, of Petersburg is the real leader
with an average of 1873 In 100 games
having five errors to his credit during
the season.
Eight pitchers-Rice, of Petcrsburp
Macarthur. of Richmond; Burden. OF
Norfoik: Lawrence. of Portsmouth:
hslnayrs; of oR sSna and Auth Of
perfectly, Rice having this record in
twenty-one games. Sloan, of Rich
mond. wobblcd twice in thirty nine
games, getting through the season
slab of oS1 '"'
In the catching department.. the
wreath seems to go again to the vet
seran, Joe I.aughlin. of Petersburg, for
lie fielded at $40 in III games. Meme
fee, of Newport News. with .99l, In
InW;snty.three games. and Ryan. Of
who is now the oldest man in the
league in length of stay.
In club batting. Richmond lead the
field in class alone, the team aver
age being Pas and the Colts were
close second TO Norfolk in field hon
ors, the Tars topping the list with II
team average Of 1851, which Richmond
second with $50
fact that George Kircher, last season
with Atlanta, is still the king pin of
base stealers for the Virginia circuit,
for in 1913 he had seventy four to his
equalled in the circuit. Titman, of
Portsmouth and Richmond. led in 1906
with forty-fve. In 1907, Heffron, of
Richmond, and Powell. OF Danville,
tied for the honor with hfty-four
steals. each. In 1908, Hessler. with
Danville. stole sixty-cight bases. this
heing the second highest record Chand-
Ter, of Norfolk. led with hfty-two In
four, in 1910; Kirchcr. OF Norfolk,
and Shaushnessy. of Roanoke. tied
with hfty-seven. I'm 1911. In 1912.
with hfty-sevcn. In 1913, Kirchcr
went the mean high record of seven
four, and this year Arthur Smith grab
. btu lpc ScdSOu = nOnOTS win SlStN-twO
pliers.
Steinbrenncr, of Norfolk. proved to
be the leagues most frequent sacrifice
hitter, for he led the circuit with
thirty-four TO his credit. The record
for the league is still held by Perry
Lipe. now of Savannah. in tho South
Atlantic. who has forty-three sacri-
fees TO his credit while with the Rich
mond team in 1909
Damrau, of Petersburg, gets the toga
for striking out. for he leads thiS list
with c!ghty-scven to his credit IN ] 46
games, while Steinbrcnncr, of Nrofolk,
was the best waiter, being able to
work opposing hurlers for seventy-n nine
passes in las games. Gray, OF Rich
mond, with pa total bases from 1877
hits, led the list In total bases
Another interesting phase of the
records is seen in the work of Robe
the veteran and hero of the 1906 series
between the White Sox and Cubs in
Chicago for the worlds championsbop
Robe joined Richmond few days after
the season opened, and he played n
good third base FOR the Colts until the
wind-up. He figured in 1871 contests
with hitting average OF 2S5, and
helded AT $3.50, standing fourth In the
list. though really the second in re-
suits. He stole twenty eight bases. is
credited with twenty-four sacrifices
struck out twenty-three times and got
hfty-hve walks.
Dr. w. l.. Pressly. who is Buck" to
Virginia League fans, has notified the
Norfolk hackers that they cannot count
upon him TO pilot the Tars next sea-
son, for it is his present intention to
stick in the future TO the medical pro-
fession. Prcssly declared a year ago
that he would not play another season
nut he was induced 10 20 TO Norfolk
ny Roanoke friends who were then
interested In the Norfolk franchise
He went and won, and now ii looks as
though he is really going 10 quit
He was in Roanoke this week, and
went from there TO the State tubercu-
iosis shnitarium at Catawba 10 spc-
GsiiZe until the first of the year. after
which II is his purpose to settle at
his home town, Due West, s. c., to take
up his professional career
Lee Garvin, who caught last season
Tor Winston salem, in the North Caro-
n 4,