Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-31
GENERALS CANCEL GAME
WASHINGTON AND LEE
MOURNS DEATH OF REV
Cnnte~t With Swnthmore IL Called or
Upon Demise OF senior Law


STUDENT.
LEXINGTON. VA. March 3o-Tb.
WashinCton and Lee baseball team has
Cancelled the gam scheduled for TO
morrow with Swathmo-e college as
q token Of respect 10 James Rev pc
nioi la" class student. who died yes
tcrday.
Under Coach jugs Donahuc. the Var.
sitE mas been developed around two
veteran outh.lders. one experienced in
N"!d"r and one pitcher. The task has
been great one. hut the pcppcry 1T
/ tie mentor IL confident that his bench =
men viii make 4 crcditable record in
the seventeen games scheduled for
tlalS
The batteries ar. giving the follow
ers or the Generals the greatest amount
OF worry Jennings. tho frs, pitche r
OF INC 1919 season. and buck Sweet
iand. the regular catcher did no, e
turn for the laI5-Is session 4 nock
OF candidates offered for positions on
the mound and behind the bat. HIT.
thus far no phenoms have been re-
ported. although several look Nkely.
fnhrld Almost Complete.
mercer era nam and Al Picrotti who
bltch"d In q Few games last year. arc
hedIh orer!ng for the pitching stan
Graham is expected 70 be one OF tn.
regulars this season. AlEee and Gar
iihGton. TWO OF the numerous candj
dates, have made strong showings Inns
lar ana arc expected to he numbered
among the regulars. Algce, In par,!cu-
lar. looks good
AS catchers. Eddie Galloway and Bar-
row are waeing an even battle. and
II Is dim"uli 10 determine yhn viii
ultimately win the position. Barrow
Is h'G, towering receiver, being Owe,
SIN rect three inches in height. lie
'rpof'cd as pitcher. but Coach DON
"h"e mas been trying 10 convert hin,
into receiver ~
ne personnel Of the inneld and ou,-
neid mas hcen narrowed down IA
re" men ~ first. Bill Ryan seems
!" nave clnched tho position. while
-" ''Ie haSiey, who earned a monogram
Us an outh.lder on tho 1915 conbIr,
Ton. is stationed at second bosn Inh,
barrett tho versatile athlete, tooms nm
- inc star Of the infcld at shorts,on
n,'u base is The site Of some doubt
a!,hough Shrimp Jones has made
showing during the practice
games Zach Brown. the VARSITY COO
d-sacker in 1915. has not hccn on,
iet"'ariN. hut viii probably report for
wv" championship games
harrison I'm Left Garden.
IN inc "uthcid. the Generals have
~, oi INC three that composed The
i'i" trio in John Harrison and c.
Young. Harrison. the cant,in !. 60
,iohcd In left field. while Young is BAT
'lhe again IN center. Harrison slupred
about 500 last year. while Young reg
iS,ercd 1903 The latter was the fast
est base runner that Washington and
Lee had. In Rob Vance, the third mem
Der OF the present outfield, the Varsity
mas pretty neat hitter, for he has
driven the ball fcrccly in the practice
games.
AS yet. the pitcher and catcher who
VIII be named to do battle with Swath-
more, have not been named The
recent rainy weather has interfered. in
some measure, with the conditioning
of the team.
Following the opening clash with the
Pennsylvania. West Virginia WESLEYAN
follows in two game series on April
1914
The other games scheduled for This
season are follows:
April Sth--Roanoke College at Lex
inEton.
April 2I-Lchigh University, at Lex
April 2c-Pennsylvania State. a, Lex
inEton.
April 2t-Universlty OF North Caro-
lima. at Danvlle fpending).
April 26-27--Univcrsity Of Georgia.
April 2S-University OF South Caro-
lima. at Lexington.
May 2--North Carolina A. NJ at
Lexington.
May S-Richmond College, at Rich
mond tpcnding).
May 9---Univcrsity OF South Caro-
lima, Columbia. S. G.
May 10-Univcrsity Of South Caro-
lima. AT Columbia.
May ll-Davidson College, at David
son.
May le-13--T Trinity College, at Dur
ham.