Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
1T STRIKES ME
by TIM PATCH

Although the baseball season locally
is over, Jack Dunn is still ON the job.
fielder named Ritter. The new man was
drafted by Dunnic from Lewiston.
Maine. ana is a third baseman. He
led the New England League in hitting,
and is said TO be a corking good fielder
and fast on the paths
Dunnic intends TO spend the entire
fall and winter gathering materia! for
next season, and promises that when
he arrives here for spring training ne
Will have Il real aggregation TO pu, in
the field He Will not have Il make
SHIFT squad like that OF last year. as
he has plenty II time III which to scout
for men, in addition 10 having II Won
derfUl nucleus around which to con
Strnct winning combination.
The International circuit may lose
club Of the american Association is
d!ckerinc for the leader OF the Leafs.
Bill. however. writes that he is taking
thirty-day vacation and will not
time.
1t would be a severe blow to lose
Clymer. He IS one OF the best man
showing this year with the Leafs under
adverse circumstances is the best proof
OF his managerial ability, and the fans
on the entire circuit Will unite in hop
Meanwhile. tho races in the majors
near their close. and the dopesters are
already picking The winner OF the big
meeting. The Red Sox are the real
favoritcs, although the ability OF Alex
ander TO stop them is not questioned
Runners-up in both leagues failed to
improve their chances OF Wrestling the
pennant away from the leaders in the
week ending last night. The Detroit
Tigers won two games yesterday, while
the Boston Red SoX were winning one
and thereby decreased the lead of the
Red SoN i'll the American League to
four and onc-half games. ON last Mon
day morning the Tigers were three
and one-haf games behind.
The Philadelphia Nationals victory
yesterday places them within easy
reach OF definitely deciding the race in
their favor. With a lead OF sin and
one-half games over Boston, the Phil
lies have to win only three OF their
remaining nine games. After winding
up their series at Chicago to-day the
phillics come East TO meet Brooklyn
and Boston.
Tho Red SoX have only one game TO
play ut homo, that with 81. Louis to-
morrow. and have open dates until Fri
two games and then finish the season
with IL fivc-Samc series at New York.
The Tigers hav" six remaining games.
After finishing the series with Wash
ington on Tuesday the Tigers have no
games scheduled until Saturday, when
they return homo to wind mp the season
with Cleveland.
Frank Gilhooley is one notable ex-
ccption to the family circle which has
crowded in round tho fircsidc OF Rup-
pert and Houston for the good cheer
of full pay until october IL Gilhoolcy
had n hard season with the champion
BisonS OF the Intcrnationas League, and
would have preferred TO pass MP pay
checks for the simple life. Then. too
price paid by the Yankee management
and the Int sluggcr has no idea of
working any more this year Time
enough next spring, says Flash. to show
what lac can do.
Joe Judge, the former Bison, now
with Washington; will be out of the
f Eams FOR I0mS Ha E Hnd c Is G"es
play at all during the remainder of tho
season. In IN effort to catch Il foul fly
close to the right field pavilion Judge
spraincd his angle severely, and he had
to he carried into tho clubhouse. The
clubs surgeon does not expect him to
be able TO play for nj least ten DAYS
or two weeks in which event Judge
is not to appear in the lineup again
this season.
Football got under way yesterday,
but the occasion was not auspicious
as the weather was entirely too hot for
the grihiron sport Tho management
of the park has done its share. and
has laid off an excellent field, filling
in the cast end, which was lower than
the diamond used by the Dummies.
Before tho season gets under way,
however. some means of marking tho
field off for the benefit OF the specta-
tors should be done ii would be good
to mark the center and every ten Yards