Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-21
With the Amatuers

Tho Richmond League Is practically
teams arc nracticing daily and eagerly
awaiting the opening game. which will
De on Saturday. April 10.
President Crowder. OF the Richmond
League. Is to be congratulated on Sc
cred TO be about evenly matched. The
vacancy left IN this League by the re-
the strong Honbruco team. under the
management OF J. II. Hogan.
Mr.. Berry. manager OF the Portner
team. in the Richmond Leugue, has
s ~, Up numbsr of PLAYERS. who
M has,e to bea fea%s FOR th,s
pennant. Mr.. Berry has turned in con-
. .Iae TO 10 me SECRETARY OF the commis-
Lee. =. G; Chittum. {. A.. Napier. l.. J.
GrGntry: Dimnle Dunn and Fred Buick,
an members or last seasons team, and
Albert 3urch, K. l.. Baur and Tom
transforh, who were members Of the
i'httle Axe team, in the Capital City
League.
Realizing that he. would have to put
strong team In the field TO compete
WIN the other clubs In the Richmond
League. Manager Hogan Is getting to-
with any amateur team in Richmond,
ana Judging from the players under
contract Go with the, iiombrucos. il will
from tho start
Tho dark horse" of the Richm ond
League. the Richmond Electric Co. is
an unknown quantity NJ this time. as
Manager Lowry has failed TO announce
the names OF the players who viii bo
with him this season. But II Is safe to
say that when the season opens he will
ably with the other teams in this
league.
Manager Sharpe. of Burk & Co.'S
team. is understood 10 have signed
contracts with practically an OF last
ever. TO file tho contracts with the
secretary OF the commission.
At the meeting of the Commercial
League. held last week. plans for the
coming season were practically com
hmsef ana e nsi manaGer
would he tho most successful one since
this league has been in existence.
The Commercial League will have
the following teams this season: bu-
psx EG WsoSp CO T[edeEa5 Iron
Cherry Corp Clarke's Spring and G. S.
Luck. formerly Ryan Smith & Co.
President Wilkerson, of the Com
mercial League, will meet tho commit
tee appointed to draft rules and regu-
iations for his circuit at his office, 1907
West Main street. to-morrow night.
Manager Lowry. of the Duplex En-
CLARKE. wa!tsr Bahen, ]: f. Lowry.
shire. c. G. Berry. j. +. Bobbitt, Frank
Welsh. II. G. Blcrch, L. c. Hughes and
T j. Baker.
Manager Tinsley. OF the woodall &.
Quarles team. in the Commercial
do I N Icy
Charles Gunther. II. Z. Myer. G. f.
Thorpe; 4 G MaldbaHer. Robert Dog
nest Cornell; Louis Lewis and Walter
Murray. All were members OF last
seasons team except Tinsiey and Jones'.
1 regS Vim meet @th President La
at the Grays Armory. 1t is expected
that the playing rules for this season
viii be adopted, and 1t is important that
70 Harry. Tucker, Jr.. former secretary
tho Amateur Baseball Commission, will
be elected at this meeting.
President volkmann. OF the Central
League. would like to hear from some
one who wants TO put team In his
League Th1s is Glass b sot ei5 Ssut hd
George II. Black. who successfully
the old Dominion League last season,
has transferred his franchise in this
league to the Blue Bells. a society com
posed entirely OF employees OF the
Co. VI. S. G.. Dublin has been appointed
temporary manager OF the Blue Bells.
pending the election OF permanent
ali employees OF the telephone COM:
pany. have signed CONTRACTS for try
out with the Blue Bells: Tignor. Miller
and Scales catchers; Ruskell, French.
Blanton. Cogbill, Garland and Black.
infielders: Perkins. Johnson; Ennis.
OF the Virginia League. and Randolph
Macon pending.
The rules and regulations OF the
Amateur Baseball Commission. which
we're adopted for this season, are now
in the hands of a printer, and will be
ready for distribution in the next three
or four days.
The Ashland team. winners of the
pennant In the Capital City League last
that honor again this season. Man
ager Blanton has, with two exceptions
the same team that he finished with
Old Cd Dominion League Bianton an
nounces the following lineup for his
team: Meyllng. catcher: Wright. Shell
ton and Blanton. pitchers; sharp. short
ond base; Doggett. third base. and
Rose, Trcvillian and Anthony, out
fielders.
Lee Whitfield. for several seasons
the mainstay In the box for the Battle
Axe team. twice city champions. has
t for nw P &c ps
his host OF friends in Richmond wish
him much success