Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-05
Inn Gets BIG Lacquer
!: T0.F|LL |NF|ELD PLACE
liam kellogg, Formerly With
Cincinnati, Signs Contract To
q Play With Nirginians.
y PLAYER is VERSATILE
Iually ut Home on Initial Sack. Hot
:, Conner or Outtield-Dunn Gives
Il List of Players Who Will Report
{ March 10.

liz In Inc with his policy to start off
N th an air-iiEht inheld Manager Jack
|e ,unr, OF the NirCinians. Yesterday
:, ,Enod william kcllogs. for the past
=, NO seasons "a member of the Cincn
!, !ati Nationals. Kellogg is u product
f tho Baltimore sandlots and gained
h is Grst professional experience under
he eyes OF Dunn as a member of tn"
(, orioles.
Kellogg. according TO Secretary
!, Wicks. will make i valuable member
/ IF the infeld, being the thrd member
signed SO far hy Dunn. il" will have
as his running mates. Neal BAH. the
versatile tield mauagor. and Gus
Glcichmann. the ini;iai sacker Dunn
is still casting about for the remain
ing defende, Of the inner works Ills
next step will b" 20 secure 81 shortstop
fast enough /" work into the c"mhi
According to tn official records, KEEL
, logs only batted 80 last year. hut
3delving beyond those figures. ii Will bc
found that he was hitting far over
# the 800 mark the last two months of
Dhsseason. His percentage was pulled
N by fierce start the slump being
Dad that he was practically bcnchrd
r the first month to make way for
tweeter hitter. Circumstances Eava
another chance. and his batting
returned sufficiently 10 enable him
.sh the season in whirlwind shape.
Kellogg is exceedingly fast on the
les. being credited with seven stolen
8 in seyenty-oDc games. during
c,ch he only secured twenty-five hits.
i, Is an average OF one stolen base
each hit, which Is far from being
I'd the initial sack. and is credited
III fielding average of sSS. In the
visr games he altcrna,ed In positions.
The new infeldcr started his profess
tnal work with Dunn at the time
|,ruck" Herzog donned an Orio!c uni
FIRM. II was IerHog who moved kcl-
8.Sg UP to the higher league, and both
,ere teammates at Cincinnati for TWO
.ars.
Dunn is still shy a shortstop and
Yfceiving staff is still incomplete. but
Te seems we'll supplied with twirlcrs,
ne majority OF whom are ambitious
youngsters When The majors hesin
yurnnG off the surplus recruits Dunn
.vill be given his pick of the most like
xy ones, while he has his eye ON ScN-
fsral good men, and is dIclicring with at
3Neast two OF long experience in fast
company.
q Among the pitchers who will be horc
or trial are Lefty Duncan, who has
een just signed. and will got his first
S1ance in professional company Fill
torrissett, who was called back from
calelgh In the middle Of last season.
'"ill also hc on hand. others of cxrc-
4. fence under Dunn are Allen Russell
and Frank Jarluan, both OF whom
starred with Wilmington. and later
worked on the Orioles. TIL" ior!uc, was
with Wilmington three seasons. and
practically won one pennant by pitch
ms, every other day. Albcr, Davidson,
of Medford High School. near Boston.
r is another likely 'toutcd recruit.
On first base Gus Gleichmann. who
Is now turning things upside down in
the California Winter League will he
sure of his place although Kellogg may
be tried there 10 shift the youugsi"r
70 the hot corner. place for which
he Is we'll constructed. Neal iall will
fill In the middle sack
In the outfeld. Dunn il rather
stumped as yet. Ills son. Jack. Ir
who has played in The outer gardens in
the past. may not Ice seen in uniform
this year. Dunn has turned his last
season men or. and will fill their
places. Several likely looking cand'-
dates have been spotted and ucgotia-
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