The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-14
ADVANCE GUARD WILL
ARRIVE HERE TO-DAY
Incoming Trains Will Begin Bringing Candidates for Rich
mond Internatonals Here This Mornng-Spring Train
ing Will Begin in Earnest by Tuesday Morning
BY ERNEST POLLARD.

early this morning until late tonight
they are expected TO be coming in and
by Monday morning. when Secretary
Billy" Wicks calls the roll for the
! first time at the Richmond Hotel, q
goodly number Of the national pas
timers, from whom the first Richmond
International League team will be
picked, are expected to respond, While
the majority are expected here to
engage In the initial workout OF the
| SESSION Monday afternoon. all of them
| are expected TO he on hand by Tues
! day morning. at which time training
| Will begin in earnest.
| Mgr. Dunn will not arrive In Rich.
inond until Tuesday morning, owing ~
some important matters to be attended
: to early this week. Until he arrives
| the aspirants for the team will be in
| the hands OF Secretary Weeks and
| Captain Neal Ball. Captain Ball who
/ Is expected 70 he ono Of the arst to
arrive. reports to be In the best Of
! condition, and says no expects this to
! be one Of the best seasons he has
! ever experienced.
/ Letters from Players.
I Letters galore have been received
: during the past few weeks from play
ers who have been signed by Manager
Dunn and all Of them report 20 %
/ IN the best Of physical condition, and
! as usual, ali expect to SKATER theit.
| previous records. Many OF the r5itch-
ers write that they have been training
/ with colleges and prep schools In their
respe ctive cities ard assert that they
I will be In fairly good condition when
spring training is formally opened Ia
| Richmond
! WIN Duun, superintendent OF
! Bfoad-Strcet Park, in rushing things
/ along at the local baseball pasture and
I by Tuesday morning the infield win
] nrGhQ hn 1tr fr, {xrt.s
a large number OF men were on hand
! yesterday and there was much ac-
! tlvity nj the ball grounds The men
VIII return bright and early Monday
/ morning and will rush their work to
completion at the earliest possible mo-
Tuent.
/ As soon rs the force gets through
( with the park it will be hardy recog-
( ntzed by the fans who Journeyed there
I last GUNNER TO see teams of the vfr-
/ Etnia League battle for supremacy liz
! the Class G circuit. The gfa ndstand
( will he extended further into the
/ field, while the fence Will probably he
/ carried 1t few feet back It VIII take
SOME good wallors to put u bali over
the walls after the work is completed
Practically sure at Nine.
out 81 the many candidates who wilt
report here for spring training there
ara nine. four pitchers. three pu:field-
ers and two indelders. who are prac-
ticaily SURE Of landing berths here
! Tue men referred 20 and what thes
aid last sea soy follow.
/ Captain Neal Ball. OF Bridegroom
Conn, who played throughout last
/ season with the Baltimore Orioles Re
! sides playing a bang-up game Mt the
/ Keystone station. he was the most
timely hitter on the Oriole team. m
l4a games he made eighty-four runs,
1917 hits, his percentage being ESQ. He
made twenty-six doubles seven triples
| and one home run drive.
Mike Mitchell who finished last
Season with Clarke Grifith's wash
| inEton Senators. In rfty-fve games
made twenty runs and forty-ffve hits
| hitting the ball at a .eS5 clip. He Is
an outfielder and substituted In the
| center garden after Clyde Milan had
sustained an injury which kept him
, out OF the game for the remainder OF
| the season. At one time he YVES hit
ting around the 400 mark.
John Bates. OF Steubfnsyille. o,
| who cavorted around the outer gar
.dens for Cincinnati last season In
/ s!xty-seven games he hit .245, getting
/ thirty-one runs and forty hits out Of
1853 trips TO the plate. Out or his forty
hits fourteen were for extra bases
Rarpering seven triples. Ave two base
knocks and couple OF homerfn
j swats.
Berger VIII Make Good
Clarence Berger, OF Washington
/ VINO played such stellar game In tbs
outfleid for Richmond las. season, and
| then finished the season with Fred
Clarke's Pittsburg Pirates. owing to
, the fact that he participated IN less
than fifteen games in the big show"
his record is not given. However, for
Richmond he batted .2ss, getting
/ 81 runs and l67 hits. He has thirteen
triples, twelve doubles and trip OF
! circuit wallops to his credit It in
/ needless to say how valuable a man
ne proved To be to Ray Ryan's Colts
Experts predict that he has q good
/ future before him.
/ William Kellogg OF New York city
formerly of Baltimore, who held down
the initial sack the latter part OF last
season for the Cincinnati Redlexs. In
! another one who Will doubtless stick
| Although he hatted but ATS, he gives
promise OF being a first-ciass hitter
this season. Picked up from the sand
! lots, 1t took him good while to find
his batting eye In the big company.
| but when he did he picked up In his
! swatting: he was man that could be
/ depended upon by Manager HerZog
! The fact that he got late start ac-
/ counted for his low average In hitting.
| However. he shone around the pivot
station, and was regarded as sure
/ fielder.
I w Morrisette, Of Eikins. w. va.
who started out with Raleigh. but
! finished the season last year with the
! Orioles. He won seven OF his games
and lost ten. He showed steady inn
/ provement from the time he was re-
called by Manager Dunn from the Tar
| heel outfit until the end of the sea-
i son, and he is looked upon to he one
| of the niainstayg this year. Besides
| being a good pitcher, he Is hitter OF
| some repute. He had an average OF
! .257 with the Monumental City team,
/ which is considered very good for 4
pitcher. He got two doubles. couple
! of triples and a like number OF CTR
| cult drives
Davidson Is Coed Hurier
Albert Davidson. OF Medford, Mass
| who also ended the season with the
the Baltimore ontflt. engaging Ia ar
| teen games He won eight OF hem
and lost the other reven, lie struck
out eighty-nine men and gave 1913
! bases on balls. He is promieing
youngsters and with his experiencelast
| year ms a foundation. he liz looked
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