Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-04
JEFFERSON WARD LEAGUE
TEAMS FIGHT FOR TITLE
Metropolitans and Church Hill Ath-
letic Club Will Meet in Double.
Header This Afternoon.
BOTH TIED FOR TOP PLACE
Records Are Equal and Teams Seem
to Be Well Balanced-Both Hit
Ball Hard-Will Play on Byrd
Park Diamond.

The Church Hill Athletic Club and
Metropolitan !. .. Q. +. teams of the
Jefferson Ward League will meet in
Il double-headcr to-day at Byrd Park.
the first game starting at $50 o'clock
and the second at AIS o'clock. These
teams tied for first place in the season
Just closed. having won fifteen and lost
hVe for all average of $50.
In all probability pat" Lohman, tho
speed artist OF the Nets" will start
Tor. southpaw. twirling the second
game: Martin, the heavy hitting catch
er. Will wear the wind pad Nit Roll
Inns, who has been suffering with sore
arm for several weeks. has about re-
covered. and will pitch them over for
Church Hill. while Bill" Saunders will
be on hand if Rollins falls down. BILLY"
nay Will catch both games.
That these games will be hard fought
goes without saying. Both teams have
been keyed up TO the last notch. and
they will fight hard from start TO finish.
The players TO participate In the
game and their records follow:
Metropolitans-M. Martin. catcher,
has proven TO be a very dangerous bat
ter and catches Pat" Lehman with
the ease OF veteran; his throwing TO
nases liz OF high order. Lohman and
Taylor. who comprise the pitching stan,
nave cnv!able records besides being
able 10 hit the ball good and hard. IL.
the league. has played Il bang-up game
In the field. and has hit above the 800
mark from the start. lie ranks next to
stuart Sale, Of the Fairmounts. az the
best short stop in the league. Perkins,
at hrst base, Is very dangerous hitter
and fair fielder. Boots" Jones. at
second base. has tried the comcba OK
STUFF. after being out Of the game for
ceeding. Dutch" Gcrmclmann. the
not corner" artist. has earned a place
on the all-star team should one be
picked. and with w. Bell. Of c. II. A. C.,
ranks as the most dangerous man or,
the bases. In the outheld the Nets
have a good trio of players Fritz"
Redford. In left field, hits we'll over 900.
and can throw the ball from deep left
with amazing accuracy. "Tootsie" Red
ford. In right field. while not a fashv
PLAYER plays steady game at all
tines. Fred Martin, the big center
gardener, Is noted for his hitting, and
his hitting has been a big factor in the
club success. Fritz Moore, the former
MANAGER. and Boone, the present man
ager; nave played nearly every position
on the team While Moore excells in
neidine. Boone's strong point is batting.
These two men deserve credit for the
manner In which they have handled the
affairs OF the Met. I. D. o. = team nr
1913 VI
Church Hlll-"Billy" HAY. catcher
and captain of the team. has had one
or his best years in amateur ball. 1t
!" uouOtiui II he mas superior in
amateur circles He has hit for 500 for
the season, and also can run the bases
with the best of them. being an excep-
tionaiiy fast man for his size. Nit"
Rollins, who does the bulk OF the pitch
ing, is playing his first year in anna
teur ranks, and has made good from
the start. "Bill' Saunders who pitches
catcheS and plays any position on the
team, is very valuable man. He has
gained many friends by his clean and
Sentlemanly playing, and has hit for
tpt In eighteen games. Lee Liggan,
snort stop, although not heavy hitter
is very fast man on the bases Cole
man, the heavyweight first baseman,
is the home run king OF the circuit w
Bell. At second base, leads the league
or Paramount. is the best second sacker
In the league. Curt" Harper, the long
hot corner man, is also very valu-
able player and after being in a slump
the first part of the season, he has
picked UP wonderfully in the last five
or six games. hitting the ball hard and
timely. !. Green, in left field, has no
equal in the league when 1t comes To
playing the outfeld. He hits over the
300 mark. Bob Bell, center fielder,
though little weak with the stick.
makes up In fielding and daring base
running. Gregory and Johnston, right
felders. are both good men, the forme r
cxcellinE in fielding and the latter in
base running. Tim Murdoch. manager
of the team, is known to nearly every
amateur in town. Tim is ono OF the
old boys. He has played in many
games. his work keeping him occupied.
Empires Roy and Ridgeway will off :
ciate In these games.