The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-02
VIRGINIA LEAGUE NOTES.

King Kelly has put lot of pepper
Into the Suffolk team. for since he
5oined that aggregation II has gone
along a. never before. The Tigers
have been hitting at .24o clip and
have been averaging a run for every
al hits, and In Is games played re-
Gently there were nine runs and four
dsfsatA
Either the other virginia League
pitchers are going mighty strong
against the Petersburg team this year
cF Heine Busch has got together
mighty weak aggregation of hitters.
IN Is games I'D TO this week the Goob-
ers have hit at .zes and IL required
In those games total OF "a hits to
ret run without figuring stolen bases
passer and errors In the aiding. This
easily accounts for the poor showing
Busch's team IN making IN the race.
and the showing is much poorer In the
seccnd half OF tht season than IL was
during the nrat.
short. q catcher drafted last season
By Memphis. OF the Southern Associa-
hon. from the Durham (caroiina)
team. has been secured by Norfolk
That Norfolk has been in bad way
Ter catchers 10 indicated by the fact
hat Gen. Mark Stewart had to leave
his bed. where he was put by doc
or on account of ptonaafnA poisoning,
d order 10 have n man TO go behind
he bat. And Mcmahon has been able
10 run his team 10 hrst place and
keep II there with such conditions
% combat.
TAe report that Bob Stsnson. who
cined Norfolk after the close OF the
AA1iy season. would succeed Molly Me-
dAhon az manager seems not to have
been grounded In truth Stinson. who
managed the Macon team until the
bhcstensd season In the Sally terrnt-
hated To now with Norfolk. but prob.
Abiy Will be seen back In the Southern
ircuit next season
Umpire stradford, who experienced
butte a bit of unpieasantness with Pc
eyshurg fans recently. has been given
hfs papers by President Boatwrtght.
bradford is said TO lay the blame on
Ganager Busch for drawing his papers.
Umpire MCGOWAN permitted himself
o be shown up and taken advantage OF
n recent game In Norfolk, when the
Newport News players became mixed
d the batting order. One the heels OF
shnke-up In the batting list Arthur
smtth went to bat out OF order. The
smpire aid not discover the error, hut
Manager Carnes OF Newport News. did
nd directed the aeeension" osstaes Gsr-s
hire TO the fact. Then IL was that Nc
HAhon set up a howl for Smith to he
declared out. claiming that inasmuch
10 Smith had n ball called on him.
This was followed by bit OF argu-
nsnt and then Smith was called out
Ind walters. the proper batter. was
hot permitted to take his place ut
BAT Manager Carnes finished the
Eams under protest.
Flynn and stinson, the new out
Aiders with Norfolk. showed up we'll
d their irst week with the Tars. and
heir hitting added materially In put
ting the Tars at the top of the race.
Flynn started of with .s07 and Stip-
on with 400. Had Manager McMa-
ION became able TO have closed the
FAiiy season two months earlier he
yobably would have had a rather easy
lime coping the nrst half. a. the ad-
lttou OF these men fills mp couple
Il bad gaps In the outneld. 1t also
tves the Tars three men hitting In
~ select class.
Pans at Newport News have been
tier the management of the team
cnewhat strenously over the claim
hat good men have been passed up
nat could have been secured to boost
~ kaam. The fact that the team re-
uped Garvin's offer after the player
olnsd Portsmouth and did good work
~ MANAGER Clarke left a mighty bad
Aets In the mouth Of the Newport
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