Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-03
SPIDER BASEBALL SQUAD
WILL Be welded OUT SOON
Coach Dobson Will Drop Those Who
DO Not Show
Glass.
TWO DIAMONDS LAID OFF
interclaSs Games Will BE Feature at
Richmond College This Spring
Prospects for Good Team Are Bet
ter Than Usual.

In the past few days Tn" Richmond
.oiISG. campus has been the scene of
like the good Sid summer time. Al! i
o: the new applicants for the Spider
varsity baseball team have been out in
mmucn yarled regaii2 to show their
pAGes under the watChful eye Of Coach
)ohson, who is carefully inspecting
each mans showing IN the hope Of
nl,hihE some good material to build
this years nine from.
- !. me ,,,a new plan o.. OF having only the
The spring practice is already showing
some beneficial results Each man il
: now Ahle TO get far better chance OF
showing his true merits than was at ali
possible before. when the entire squad
, would repor, IT once in the beginning
OF me year. Soon Coach Dohson viii
many applicants will he dropped ANY
| likely looking ball tosSerS and walton
ers VIII he retained FOR the second cal
which Will bring out al of the old ma
tcrii.l.
The Held is being put into excellent
shape for baseball, two regulation dia-
w"rh the Spiders Will have splendid
facilities for playing two regular
EanrS OF bail At once on the same field
Coach Dobsou is also having Il regular
Dig league" batting cage constructed
:" that MS young hopefuls may get
some good opportunities TO show what
IncN can do when II comes TO WELDING
III" willow.
There is u wealth of new material
so tar IS quantity ana numbers is con
C"rhed. hut the quality is very doubt
d iu!. and thcr" have been no indications
o! IN" presence Of amy world heaters
! in IN" Spider camp This is taken as
| "a rather good omen, tor last year
when II WAS reported that the Spiders
were possessed Of a biz league catcher
lights; the locals hal the poorcs, team,
that has represented them in years
Working on that theory, the absence OF
any such startling reports has a rather
I
portcrs.
: Wealth of New Material.
For III" backstop position. left va
there ar" Tate, of Southwest Virginia
MIihournG, OF West Virginia. and
lh aa,, >,sri the i1'a reretrsr from
p iW!riinE department there are several
"$pirants, a,nonE whom might he men
u3Men thris CON, OF Newport News
who Is port:idc HEAVIER OF some pre-
SChool reputation: l.uttrcll and Burton
OF FORK Union Military Academy. For
the iniicld hcrths there are Sission OF
OF l:ichmond Academy, and Cuih.rt OF
Marion sign school. ~ the outheld
th"r" are carter. o! Highland Park
Mcneil, OF bennington Gap, and Logan
al Clemson. With few exceptions
non" of these men bear any special
Enr4a'H L"n: But they are all working
nounccd that there is no old varsity
man %ho is AT all sur" of his job. IN
+ I"'t. IHSt year team performed &c
poorly ;hat II is not At all unlikely
ihai a great many Of the players will
? nave TO PICK up a great deal or will bc
Z r'icSaicd to The bench or IN" scrubs
AS soon 1S the baseball sound j.
. pretty well aligned ana the applicants
"ecI"G out the lntcrrlass League Will
/ ." formed 'md fun schedule FOR thJ
!tHEG" championship games that ar.
=" 10" played al ihrouI:h the spiinc
wil! be ARRANGED. These raiics wiii
/ h'Eln very shortly. aud they always
/ bring out into lie sport "a !r.itt n,ni,y
men WHO cannot play with IN" varsity
or IN" second team. and WHO never
I 'h"icS~ nave sufficient ability to maxi ,
Good on tho lesser class agcr.rntimns
/ y regular urnpir" stan viii b. an.
pointed 10y ,he managers council and
! me-" Official men Win hay" charge OF
mll the regular iut"rclasS contests
W IN the new stadium Held possessing
iwo complete baseball! diamonds ~,
ihtcrc!hSs teams Viii now toe nhl. /,
hp!d their games and practiC. iudcpcn.
dent Of tn" varsity and scruh teams