Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
CAROLINA SQUAD WORKS
HARD IN SPITE OF COLD
Captain Lawrence WoodaIl Rapidly
Rounding Tarheels Into
Shape.
CANDIDATES. ARE PLENTIFUL
Full Month Before Season Opens
Finds Baseball Squad Cavorting
on Ball Lot-Play Oak Ridge on
March I'D at Chapel Hill.

CHAPEL HILL. February 20.--Daily
oak Ridge INSTITUTED on March ia
month distant--Is the enforced order
on Carolinas diamond. While Coach
'hick' Doak Is journeying up and
down Virginia with the basketball ag-
Sresstion, the baseball squad that he
VIII direct liz rounding into shape un-
der the direction OF Captain Laurence
Woodall
During the cold snap OF weather in
which the sideline enthusiasts sought
nHerconta and WOODEN Bweaters. the can
hidhtes displayed their baseball fcrvor
IN DOMINIC Aaits of thinly- woven goods
lcN-overs from amateur summer base
pAii teams. and suits inherited from
former preparatory and college mines
The northerly winds which swept the
length of the field offered no terror
Tor tho candidates that viii make or
mar their chances to represent the
White and Blue on the diamond within
th" coming weeks.
The SECOND week Of preparation Of
lcrh no solution to number OF un
claimed positions. The outer garden
particularly takes on a s"mblance Of a
lot of office seekers scramblinr for Jobs
Win each and all uncertain Of land
ing. The wiS"aCrc who generals.
Passes snap Judgment from Tho side
inc lis unable TO say Who's Who"
hubert Bailey. centrcfcldcr is the only
veteran In the outhcld Tina, he has
saved his berth seems certain Bailey
Nus with a sureness and breadth Of
range mat more than once he ha1 UNI
tied doubtful games with the Univ.r-
SHY OF Virginia and upheld Tarhecl
'otors. Ills fielding Ia crctiitabie
Many Try for Outhcid.
inc outheld has many anSi"us as
rirants. julius Johnston, Jr., OF Yam
ceyriile, la tho latest addition to :hc
rev In training. He is veteran and
has batting qualities that Will recon-
mend him for most any job. He III not
positive whether he viii play this sea
son. Among tho new asprants for the
Jobs OF the outer garden is Fred Pear
son, of Gastonia High School. who
concentrated his athletic ability in
nigh schools by winning "A place on tho
tiaatonia team in the State champion
shtp series; iiornlck. OF Suffolk, Va.
Is younEster or slender build but
Tprightiy in action that IL working
FOR job. Creighton of Ahurn, Ala.
and o. G. Nance. of High Point. sub
.titute on the 1914 squad. are In action
for the untitled positions OF right and
loft fields.
The slate for tho inheld has taken
on some definite shape. or course.
shhkc-ups could make the program look
IKE a dotted proofshect for a collcg.
stations "Biil' Pope, OF Mars Hill, on
ia. initial sack; Fred Patterson, OF
Concord. il switched from his former
position OF first to second: Paul Bruce,
former captain OF Elon College team.
IS stationed a, shortstop. and Kim
hrough Shcek. OF Trinity Park School.
goes to third Captain Wnodail Will
do tho catching.
Some lefty Candidates.
Rape. Sheck and Bruce have striking
sihilariti-A in physical make-up
Stockily built. weighing around $50
pounds. their Immediate task in shap-
ing for tho team viii be to work OF
supernuous flesh. Bruce. stationed at
short gathers the ball UP rather
clumsily, and no will have to speed up
TO catch hold or his job. This com
mcnt, in spite of his rcputed average
OF a hard hitting player Pope, foot
ball player, holding forth at the initial
station, has high average in hitting
Ills weight is ii handicap rather than
:n advantage in glowing the balls from
pitcher ana backstop. Rapid-fire train
ing ia n preparation that he will de-
,nand In catching hold securely oil his
Job
The twirlinS staff is not in such con-
slant training as the other dcpartm.
The crisp weather has prevented them
from l!mberinB up daily. The return
OF spring like weather will again bring
them into action. Marshal Williams az
Iaison: Zen Aycock. of Fremont and
Leon Shields. OF Halifax County, are
tho members OF the 1914 pitching STAFF
hat In,