The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-06
BASEBALL GETS MANY
u TOLTS ON GETAWAY
$

New YORK, June s,--Not In the his
Tory Of haseean has the grand old
wAvne got such SERIES Of jolts as 1t
did on the getaway This year. sur
prise piled On top OF surprise and the
experts and statistieina who settled
are races during the winter months
shuddered and went as they saw Teams
they had picked for one-two-thrce so
humping IN the rear, winning about
. one game week
RI Probably the one biggest Jolt handed
{ The dope vas the way the reiuven-
atesf y ankees. under Wild william DON
evan, fox trotte6 out in front in Fan
Johnsou's loop "A mere fash IN the
pan" said many Se that as 70 may.
they must admit now that jt IS some
fash" The Yankees are StlN tearing
along al a mighty formidable clip. Thes
saipse lots o. games ~ course But fhev
sNhre stiIl wtun'nE more thar th"y are
II InsinE ana that will keep them up
SAthere In tho front ranks
60 Donovan Draws Credit
Donovan necessarily draws the bulk
Mpf zee credit fpg Ao improved form ~
2 Ire Yankees 'WtIa E,l7" ms Infused
hss cohorts with IRE Hehtf-- spirit *~a
4 ne lashes them storz whrpaNe- rheN
Gdaws signs ~ weak >nivs~ Bu: there
IRE soyne other factors that enter info
z<ke seoe show ~ fbts gang
4steh and PPM 3Ae IN Tigers las
zs~oed by she Tnnkee Enlargement. have
sSheers r3ayia9 tsss-ap article ~ tHe
rsfiorsl p5s'}ne aH spring Both
have been hifrjH- rte1t srnu-6 the 300
xfip ard aefd5vz stHrst fag}ftessiv.
FIR ga Shed ihs HesG base Job away
z&frTa Young Au1y Mnfisn after the
hkraest no % % hattfe < nee. how
eve - has shofn tsat h4 is entitled
DC tAo sob by wnal5Ez the ts3 In ter
4 rafc style
Late" Baor@ 1t second ard Fritz
! NJ tseI al thsr6 have PLAYED champion
sRhfp bail all tas wsv This rair VIII
eonss close 20 crow6}rc any two ri
ssHutlar POSITIONS IN the league for the
nanors. Alatset IS smashing records
galore n JHe sa~s-rIunfnG department.
This vourgStc~ boosted before the sea
Esn epened that II ne hatted 500 he
weg1a steal more thar a. bases This
season. So FAR he tss made good. He
has Satsed cloae 70 Saa and ne swpcd
Z an average Of a base a game, AS there
are fss games on the schedule and II
he maintains anything near his present
clip he'll ehalR up his 100 stolen bases
and then some
Nifty Pitching work.
4. IN the pitching Hire Donovan has
beer getting Some nifty work The
three Rays KeatiaE Caldwell ard
Fisher have beer winning consist
emily. Jack WARRIOR has been twlrlinE
CLASSY bail. but has lost several hard
Tuck games Paddy Rsumann. an ex-
Tiger. is also hurting good brand %
stuff for the Yankee crew.
CoTiskeEs White Sex form another
surnrise though rot as great a one
as furnished hy nonovans outfit Tho
Chicago bunch before the season
opened presented a problem No one
knew exactly how to figure them
There was a big ~" In connection with
them. In the first place the manager.
Clarence Rowland vas an unknown
quantity in Tho major leagues He had
come out Of the bushes with a good
record a manager, but whether his
stuff would win ~ mes in the big tent
was question. THAT he Ia making
good In evidenced by the standing Of
tire White Hose athletes In the percent
age column
jacques Fournier tbe big French
man who has been with tho six for
several seasons. IS hitting Ike nend
efhfE year. He collects. among divers
other hits brace Of doubles almost
everv day Eddie Collins ia adding
great strength tn the Comisl<ey elan
and IL they continue 70 get fair pitch
lHE fneF VIII nc battllnE the leaders All
season
Tigers in Running.
Hugh Jennings has his Tigers back
In the running. after several Years
hack with the trailers the willy man
ager setting about putting If together
again with Young blood or course he
has some Of the old crew left TO work
with. Cobb and Crawford, for Instance.
bump the ball with the regularity that
they did in the days OF Old But Jen-
ninas has added come valuable young
blood to the club and again has a
5 contender in the field.
81 Up Boston way the fans are pulIin g,
for the Red Sox twirlIne staff 70 round
into shane That's about NIL Earriean
needs 70 have his club In the going
So far this season the Boston pitchers
have been going poorly Smokey Joe"
wood Is just getting right after illness
yean Gregg is still AIt of A. md the
others haven't flashed the brand of
twirnng they are capa bic Of delivering