Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12


hibition Company have been invited by
the board Of directors to attend n
| meeting to be held on Tuesday after
Mems Club. when a detailed account
| ing Will be made. The meeting will
transact no business OF vital impor-
lance. but the stockholders will be
/ given an opportunity TO learn just
| where the club stands In finances.
Richmond only won ono game from
Rochester yesterday, but it pulled the
Hustlers out of the first division. The
Moose got right back at the Dummies.
however, and gave them severe wal
| Looping.
The largest crowd that ever Wit
messed fight anywhere is tho report
Gibbons setto last night. The crowd
| agreed that 1t was "a grand picture
show"
Those Aggies handed the Portners
| an awful spanking yesterday. taking
both ends of the twin encounter. The
of baseball. but not "A game that should
have been a winning one. The Port
ners were either playing far under
| form or the teams they licked this
! year must have been woefully weak
whethcr there will be another meet
ing Of the teams is an open question.
The Portners yesterday took in enough
money to square the fruitless trip 70
Washington. II they go North again
to play, the gare must be stage in
an open park. as the Nationals will
be using the American League grounds
| until the end OF the season next month.
| The Washington management has Of
fered to give the Richmonders two
collection TO be taken up in the crowd
At the game. They assert that the
expenses will more than b, met in this
manner.
The Times Dispatch is. offering to-
day its selection Of an l-lntcrnation-
made after a careful consideration Of
the records of the individual members
on 1t, and after consultation with men
| who have witnessed games. not only
in Richmond. but in other cities on the
circuit.
but the men have justly earned the
places assigned them. Allan Russell,
! in the opinion of practically every
pire who has worked here. includ-
ing Harrison. is the hes, twirler in the
| International League.
stick work. which, together with his
nifty fielding. puts him above any
other initi;E baseman IN the circuit.
is hitting far rN better. Ills equal on
! foul flies has not been seen here this
year.
| Crane is out-and-out the best short;
stop that has appeared on the local
diamond in many a day. 1t is true that
others. but his defensive ability. as
we'll as speed on the bases. makes up
| this deficiency.
Twombly has shown himself to he
one of tho best outfclders seen here.
Stick work is to he con shI; ,t The ie
choice OF Angels Arragon for utility
infelder can hardly be questioned.
Casey and Williams make great
pair OF smuggling receivers. and their
Poi 6n II on par Th the
Sally is in q class class by himself on third.
moved over to left field, gets the de-
cision over Johnny Bates, while Shot
| dens. Had Rankston played longer he
might have made 4 place.
respectively, in the National and Amer
lean Leagues, maintained their advan-
The most Important development was
In the National League. where Brook
WITH 9oson @he @ng the
ing into third position. Boston now
has one point advantage over Brook
Ign.
by defeating Pittsburgh in its inva
sion of the Western camps, Philadcl-
phia apparently justified the confidcnC
of Manager Moran that his team would
give good account of itself while on
inc roaa us v success Yesterday made
lead of three and n half games over the
Braves and four and a half games over
the Superbas: Brooklyn, by losing Mt
ST. Louis in the first game of its West
crn series seemed to prove the cont en-
! ton of close followers of the game
n hn
whilo the Braves. true to foreca SITS.
showed that the West had no tcrrors
Chicago. ~
The Boston Americans; playing at
home, came dangerously close to short
ening their lead when they. allowed
Chicago TO gain big early advantage,
and were forced to play an Uphill str,ls-
gle, succeeded in turning the tables in
their favor in eleven innings and there
by holding their advantages. The Tigers
| KEGS camp. but were forced to extend
themselves to down the New York
team. which was always threatening
Owing to the heat. the Blues were
unable to Get in any football work
yfs,srdny b but w, meet ns on Monday
nary practice will be indulEed in. At
least twenty candidates will he out
| for the team.
| Dick" Newell. the popular captain
| and excellent first baseman for Nc
| Cures during tho 1915 season, leaves
| shortly for the University of Pennsyl-
| vania. Dick" will be greatly missed
by his teammates this year. as his cool
| head goes Il long way to steady the
team, and he is a catcher of no. mean
| ability When il comes TO swinging
! the willow. he is also pretty much
| there.
In the days Of old n ball tosser on
receiving his contract, borrowed some
| body's carpenters pencil. eXpectorated
on 1t and scrawled his name on the
| inger-marked document In fifty.
| Nowadays the tosser retains n fleet Of
| lawyers. gets advice from the experts
| of a Baltimore bonding company, hag-
! giles over 1t three months and then de-
| cides not to sign at all.
Reasons why the Phillies are in the
| lead: The pitching string, especially
| Alex: strong defensive pair ut the
| middle Of the diamond In Bancroft and