The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-24
LOCALS 0UTbAT AND
0UTHIT THEIR RIVALS
FOR SEASONS AVERAGES
As Financial Venture, Season
Proves Failure Sam Vi
gran Takes Over Team and
Debts as Gamble.
All But Six Games Go to
Winner by Lopsided Score
Figures Reveal Interest
ing Dope.

While the old gink that manipulates
the water baths has been shower1ng
down the best he has in his basket
upon US and has caused woe and sor-
row in the hearts of the loyal base
ball rooters and flooding the diamonds
so that the only possible way to navl-
gate them would be In rowboat or
a submarine, little baseball chatter
may not be amiss today.
Looking over the records OF the past
season the rather checkered career OF
the Richmond club doomed large and
little of the dope handed out in mild
form may at least start an argument.
Anyhow the averages during the past
summer of winter and rains, Is well
worth looking over.
Before going into the heavy stuff 1t
might be well to state right here that
managing a ball club in this burg is
not a sinecure by any means.
Wears On Nerves.
Not only has 1t proven to be poor
game by which one can increase his
bank account to a size that would
make old Andy Carnegie ashamed of
his small wad, but it is also wearing
on the nerves, and all who have been
daring enough to venture tussle with
the proposition have finally given it
up in disgust.
OF course, some money has been
made In the past, but it has been so
title that no one is flashing any white
stones bought with the profits.
This summer If you care to call 1t
that, enough coin of the realm has not
reached the box office to pay the
freight and when Sam Vigran came
along few weeks ago and agreed to
take the team over, the old manage
ment gladly relinquished all claim
they had on the white elephant and
turned over their troubles and expens-
es to him most willingly.
Now it's up to Sam to make good or
foot the bills and he threatens to bring
some attractions here. that he de-
clares will bring the fans out If they
have any sporting blood in them at
all. He has strengthened the team by
calling a number of the old reliable
Vigran S. A. l.. boys to his aid and has
the best men from some Of the other
teams in the league and there may be
some ball worth looking over before
the first blush of winter arrives and
turns our thoughts to indoor sports.
Fifteen Games Played.
Sundays game was good example.
During the present season Rich
mond had seventeen Sunday games
scheduled and one on Decoration day
and one on the Fourth of July. OF this
number four were Cancelled and fiji
teen played.
The local team has an average of
500 and their opponents have the
same.
In the field Richmond outplayed
their rivals having a fielding average
Of 1927 against 900.
The home boys excelled at bat and
have hit at .216 against .204. In the
matter of errors which is a considera-
BILE factor Richmond made only 81
while their opponents gathered 81.
OF the fifteen games played only six
have been close enough to bring the
fans to their toes. The others have
been more or less one sided.
Anyhow here's the figures and you'll
find them interesting If you lamp them
over carefully:
April %