Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-29
AMATEURS TO HAVE PARK
FOR TWO GAMES TO-DAY
-Four Fast Mines VIII Battle on
Broad Street Lot This
Afternoon.
GOOD ACTION IN FEDERATION
Contests To-Day Will Have Bearing
on Standing OF Clubs-Teams in
All Parts Of City Will Put Up
Good, Scrappy Contests.

The amateurs will hold sway again
MS afternoon mt Broad street Park.
He!is Bible Class and Fulton. leaders
IN the Central League, will battle TO
aecid" the supremacy in that circuit in
INC hrst game of a ouble-header. The
Necond ARRAY will be Duplex vs.. Wood
All 4 Quarlcs. play beginning at i:3o
CLOCK, Both teams are tied for
INST place In the Commercial League.
anu the game should be holly contest
90 In the first game the teams will
Inc UP as follows
BELLS Bible Class-Snellings. 3D.
N"ams or Forley. 2b Brodcrick. ss
hreed!n. lb Crockwell. CT: Clark, II;
williams. RI; Hampton. q; Walton or
Robinson. y.
Ful,on-T. Wilcox. CT; r. Wilcox, SIS;
Curry. 3b Evans or Brown, Oh; Rad
'"rd. II; Clark. RI: Johnson. Ib; Lowe,
}c Eacho, p; Smith. y.
Umpire. Scott: scorer, Worsham.
glance at to-day's schedule of the
| Federation League shows beyond the
lr"rtfvcn,ure of doubt that the Nc
Il IN Union team will have TO go some
IN order 10 retain its position at the
TOP Of the league. For on that day the
Ncviil!tes take on the sturdy Blues
and ~ Will be a battle from way back
~ tho same time their rivals for top
position will be wrestling with the cell
la team, and their work will be much
easier But McGill has a man-sized
Jon on It's hand when II cndcavors to
tax" fall out Of the soldiers, as Man
ss"r Tyrco has rounded together as
good bunch OF ball tosscrs as ono
would care to mud. The following viii
n be the probable lineup seen in action
Ia Byrd Park tomorrow: Blues
Scales, catcher; Wright. pitcher; Rlan-
Nton. hrst base; Wilkinson. second base
knshtly, short stop; McRee, third
I base; shelton, cent"rfeld: Rose, left
8helA, and Tyree or Throckmorton. right
Held McGill-Crcamcr, catcher: Kcl-
ly. pitcher; swcetman. frs; base. On
! esty. second base; Nissley. short stop
4 Taylor. third base: Brand. lief; field :
ArripSi, c"nter'ieli and GcrrinE. right
fcld Kelly has won every game he
has pitched this season
Keen interest Hill.
on Church iilll. at lakewood. game
\ OF no less interest will be staged when
the Cobb Furniture team meets the
4 aggregation representing the Metro
7poii'an Odd Fellows, both teams being
tied for frst place. Fred Collins has
a fast, heady bunch Of bal! players.
while the nine that Fritzic Moore
guides is also a brainy smuggling squad.
This contest is attracting wide attcn-
ton over on the Hili. as both teams
nsvc hosts OF friends and loyal sun
rorto-s. Church Hin Athletic club ia
ru7ncr-up in the jefferson Ward
League, and whichever team drops the
rame viii find Bit SAUNDERS crowd
sight on top OF them.
The chief game in the Athletic League
Will be the one between the Second Bap-
list ard the Blues. Both teams are at
present tied for second place and 4 win
FOR each would put them within striking
tis;anc" OF the top. which is occupied
| by Naughan-L loyds Barracks. The
Richmond College grounds will be the
scene OF this struggle Connie Gentry
| is the choice OF Manager Hoover. while
younr Massic viii toss them over for
the Blue and White
In the City League the teams arc so
punched tina, il would be hard 10 pick
the league leader after Saturdays
games
suffice 10 say, the Fairmount Juniors
are going strong. and should still be
on ton when the dust OF the games are
out OF ones eyes.
The Howitzers and Grays will not be
able TO get together in tho Military
League on account OF the latter par
iicipatinc in military exercises The
only game on the card from this cir
cult is the one slated between Eddie
Suilivan's Blues and the fast crowd
from the Signal Corps. The Signal
Corps has been greatly strengthened
lately. and has a corking good nine
now
One OF tho dozen or so games that Will
b. PLAYED under the federation to-day
Will he probably the most interesting,
though one can never tell.