The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-06
>OANOKE TIGERS HAVE
FEW MEMO UTFOR NINE
MANAGER MILLS IS
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
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had WEATHER AND PLAYERS
FAILURE TO REPORT DIS
COURAGINa.

ROANOKE, VA, April b.--Manager
n. &. Nails, OF the Roanoke Tigers for
the season OF 1914. is not al all en-
| shustast.c over his present outlook Tor
4 team, and with reason Unfavorabie
weather has been one handicap ana
Mills Is attempting to shape up oail
kearrI from eleven raea. OF the eleven.
FOUR are from .hse years hoidoyers-~--
irmsehe WelCar. S1osiny aid l>lees.
OF the new mex. swo stand out prom
1iaentiy. one Is q possibility ana the
Il res. 81 them saoald be IN the also
pans.
iii Working with the squad Saturday,
|ffne third opportunity they lave haa
|fse far for outdoor work. were three
Hp:es4.r rs. OF this trio. Ba-nhart- VINO
Esi- shed inst season with Norfolk, ap-
k.a ra,azsv rad the class Scniefiey, who
k,as with Knoxville last season, Is big
HfaIloy, ard Ike al. h.R 'uns. Is slow
His arm II sore, he says. and perhaps
i hs II saving UP. AL any rate ne was
Efssels thought OF in hnoxYaile ana caAas
l2l.s:e strongly tcuted,
i The third of the pitchers may fool
1 ss lie is Cuthbert Douglas from the
alfslf.. fields around Cleveland county.
& .lsscrsbsd in the dope sheet as being
ssx feat four inches tall. weight lso.
The height IS there all right put
.syEi,nt' appears 10 10 a little over
trained or weight. he had his try-out
tnss afternoon. Base runners In LES
Ii .gu.. would steal evsry-hins IN ssRnt.
u save. perhaps the grass On the so6deo
diamond while Sim YVES winding up.
but he has speed TO burn.
Expect Other Tryouts
s Clttaber. was 20 have had a tryout
with CLARK Griffith last season. SO Wen
a.a sis prsss bureau advertise him.
10 Old Fox was thinking ne had q
real find" from the form sheets sent
er. bat 's;,lm' got mixed up IN
WasS.ng.on*s cg-oss streets. and walk
sd out New York avenu- to It's very
s~ena without ever finding the ball
park. Douglas may steady down, any
way he Is a handy man when there
are anly ten others oS hand
President Elliott expects TO nave q
full contingent here next week. so ne
rays. Several OF the men he haa
counted on to make the team, par
tfcuIariy Iangfoid. from Johnson city,
have failed 70 report Mills can get
IN very wali IL his pitching stan Is
strengthened.
or the outficld Mills has a real hnd
according to my dope and clocking ON
younuster this afternoon. This Is
Johnny Burke, from the Appalachian.
dnia fellow has all the marks OF a
q roal hall players and will be hitting
around 500 before July.
Improve Park.
Much work Is being done out at the
II naxk with tho clearing UP OF the
s veathex. A new scoreboard Will be
h huilt or n In process OF construction.
fhc grass diamond looked spring-like
I Yesterday and has stood a lot OF rough
ueaxe through the winter and TALL
Y Circus horses have capered around or
II and fair crowds have wandered over
Il
Much interest is being manifested
herc and all the dyed-in-the-wool fans
were at tho park Saturday afternoon
watching tho new team gallop around
tho diamond.
ORE prominent fan expressed the
opinion that the outfield and every
thing but the pitching staff was fal
AWAY the fastest that has represented
Roanoke for several seasons.
On Monday the Tigers play Emor,
ma Henry here and then better line
can DO drawn on thu precious few
trying out. On Easter Monday there
= : same with the winner of tbs
-. n I-v. +. !. game end after sha1
ono With Hampden-Sidney will vino
W the practice sertos.