Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20
ELEMENTS TO COME HERE
RICHMOND CLUB PURCHASES
FORMER ROCHESTER PLAYER
Duthcider with Good Record Bousht
from LouiSrile-innkecsO Officially
Confirm Player Agreement.


slowly. but surely. Billy Smith is
;athcring together the men who will
represent Richmond on the diamond
his year. He added his fifteenth player
. the local roster yesterday when he
ccured Bobby Clements, an outhelder
rom the Louisville club of the Ameri-
an Association. In getting Clements.
he local pilot has secured :. man who
sill ably fill the shoes of George
rwombly. who was picked up by Jack
DUNN last week, after II was thought
hat his services had been secured for
lie Climbers.
Clements Will be no stranger TO local
ans. as he IS tho Same bird that
avorted around tho gardens for Roch-
game with tho Hustlers. and. while he
ltcrnatcd in tho field his real position
$ in center where he played mostly.
nd where he made tho beat fielding
{nark.
The price paid for Clements waa not
announced, bu. II was probably con-
idcrablc. as he was held in high es-
ecm in minor league circles. AT the
'osc of the past season, st. Louis
mapped him up and on the merger OF
he Browns and Terriers, he was turned
pver 20 Louisville.
ELEMENTS Is GOOD RITTER
AND SWATS OUT LONG ONES
through with An average Of .2T2 for 100
;ancs, during which he went TO bat 55o
ines and landed for 100 safctics.
E'hirty-four. or ono In every three OF
is hits. were for extra sacks. In
eldinr, he secured an average OF .o72
n sevcnty-ninc games !n center. lie
laycd in forty three games in left
odd and eighteen games IN the right
;arden.
Rochester secured: Clements BY draft
rom the Dallas Club OF tho Texas
.cague. where in 1914. no led every
hing In hitting. coming through for q
percentage OF 1927 in 1856 games. That
md fcldcd At ISL.
Tho purchase OF tho new outnelder
vas not the only good piece OF news
given out. Smith also announced that
IL" New York Yankees yesterday off,
sally ratified the agreement whereby
richmond Is 10 get m outGelder. an
nhcldcr and two pitchers sorsc time
Turing tho carly stages Of the train
nu season. Tho names OF these men
ave NOT been given out, as Donovan
has not positively made UP his mind
Yyho he vii! send here. This cannot
how-up at tho training camp AZ Ma
On.
SMITH Will. JOURNEY
TO MACON FOI, PLAYERS
sfilI" Smith hims"l: Will go TO Macon
confer with Wild l:ll before the
layers are turned over TO Richmond
3rhero he can sec tho men in action and
udEo their value much better than he
'ould II he waited Tor them TO como
lcrc. He will leave here on March 10
,nd Will stay there several days. Il is
Iiso probable that he viii SPEND 81
,ouplc Of days with Clark Griffith and
/ he Washington Americans a, Char
ioitosvillc. Grim hiss promised him
couple OF promising youngsters, too.
Richmond no" has q finished out
fleld Of veteran players. IN !2ankstun,
| iF,ncnts. Manning and Purch, while
nero arc also a number Of rockies that
Pun hear watching. The receiving de-
i"artmont Is we'll taken care OF. with
reynolds. veteran receiver and
-olcn. Thompson and O'Donncll, with
4omc experience IN college and semi
no ranks. Reynolds. Will" weak with
Ithe bat, is a good baCkstop. and under
| his tutclage the youngsters. all OF
whom are swatteEs. should be able to
{icvelop. Manning. too. is 4 poor hit
fer. only coming through with an aver
$aES OF .20i In nfty-ntne games. Both
4 Manning and Reynolds. however. we're
with a tlil-cnG team, ana hitting was
mot It's specially.
The pitching department l. still
weak. lis only veterans are Johnny
fNcrbout and Frank Jarman. neither OF
|whom are particularly strong. TIa
also has four recruits in Charles Forts
bauer. OF Rochester; Fred Hinnell, JI,
|ot Baltimore: Edwin T. Burke, of Bal
/ inorc: Joseph Gleason, Phelps. y. T..
land John Campbell Of Flat Ridge, Va.
|Iinnel! Is also an outnelder.
LOCAL TEAM Is STILL.
SHY on IT'S INFIELD
No inflelders have yet been signed by
|snith. The Yankees Will give him one.
land the others must be picked up with
lin the next few weeks. a number OF
IDEALS are now pending. and II Is more
than probable that men Will BIO bought.
|anI Billy does not care for expert
!ncnts In his !nner defenses. He is also
anxious TO land men who can clout the
liza II when necessary.
Within the next two weeks nil OF
he major league clubs will be working
out. and then is the time they vii! start
Ito cut down. All are loaded to the
hrirn with good material. and many of
these players will be farmed. In his
Visits to New York, Smith has made
has tho assurances that he will get the
mon he needs.
Work on the now clubhouse is pro-
|-rcssing finely, and some improvements
lin other scctions Of Broad Street Park
have been made. The weather is still
hut it will start early this week
With the sale OF the Newark fran
oh:sc and the announcement that Joo
had been secured as man
lager of the Toronto club, n rosy glow
has settled over the International
|l.caguc. Fred Tenney. who is part
owner OF the Newark club, and who
will manage II. Is an old baseball hand,
q nd he should have no trouble in get
ting corkinG good team for the Jersey
team.
TESNEY is PICTURESQUE
CHARACTER IN BASEBALL
Fred Tenney is ono OF tho most pic
turesQue characters developed by tho
Ma tional League. In his day he was
the greatest first ba seman in fast COM
pany His agility and dexterity revo-
lutionized the style OF play at this diff
ficuIt corner. Fred. left handed as ho
was, set tho fashion for left-handed
FIRST sackers. From his time or guar
t1,a ;pffiol hop paro ay~ooto,1