The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-09
Gossip
lease yesterday by Manager Dunn.

After starting the season In most
auspicious manner, the Petersburg
club took bad slump this week.
However, all teams go bad some
times and probably the Coolers viii
not have another disastrous week this
season Then again. the race in the
Boatwright circuit would have been
too one-sided had the gentlemen from
the banks OF the Appomattex won
all of their games. The Goobertown
fans can rest assured that Heinrich
Busche's charges will finish far up
In first division.
Clarence Berger, who was turned
over to the Shipbuilders by the local
Ints, lis not hitting the rali hard for
Newport News. However. last season
he made a very poor showing for the
Ceits, batting only las for tn first
two months, but when he did his
stride he drove the pellet to all cor
ners of the lot and jumped from this
low percentage to 800 within two
weeks He will be returned to
Richmond at the end of this season.
Hugh Calder, former Richmond
sandlot sensation. who is covering the
third sack for Petersburg this season,
Is making an enviabie record for q
youngter just breaking into the pro-
fessionai ranks. He has been hitting
well. and his fielding has been
especially good.
Ray Ryan has aggregated bunch
OF youngsters for Rocky Mount that
will give the other teams In the
Virginia State League hard run for
the pennant. With an old head like
James Snyder In the infieid and one
like Dolly Gray In the outfield, the
former Richmond leader seems to be
we'll fixed in both departments. And
his pitchers are by no means a bad
bunch.
The Eastern Virginia intercollegiate
Association pennant race is more
interesting this year than ever before.
All four of the colleges, Richmond.
Hampton Sidney, Randolph Macon
and William and Mary. still nave a
chance to cop the gonfaion. The
remaining two weeks Of the race
promises some hard battles.
For the first time in many moons
the John Marshall High School has
won a baseball championship. The
Marshailites have a good team and
they no doubt deserve the nag and
silver trophy. Benedicfine make its
debut into the organization last season
and won the honors. and this year
captures second place. Finishing
first and second. respectively. in the
only two seasons in which they have
been represented in the league Is an
enviable record, and on Of which any
school may feel proud.
q. ---
Benedictine will clash with Richmond
Academy next Tuesday afternoon at
Byrd Park In what is expected TO be
a, fast. and hotly contested gane,s The
following Friday the Academy boys
will meet John Marshall at the West
End baseball grounds.
Monk Brown. the star Academy
pitcher. is making good record this
season. The last two prep school
championship games he has allowed
only two ana three hits respectively.
although me lost both of them by
one run margins. Monk has a bright
future before hirn. One big thing
Is in Browns favor Is the fact that
he hasn't contracted this disease that
many i youngsters Mshp have I. good
records suffer with. and that Is o
sswe1led head" Although he has been
pitching superb baseball Tor the past
two seasons his dome has shown no
indications Of getting above it, normal
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