The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

Only one more week and the vir-
sinians will be in our midst again,
They left Montreal last night for Prov
tdence. and after meeting Dave shean's
orays four times. they will journey
over to Newark. where they are sched-
uled to play a quartet OF contests with
the Indians. Then they come hou1s.
SO far the virginians have engaged
IN ten encounters on the road, and
have won half Of them. However. rs
"a result OF Prexy Barrows ruling Sat-
urday night with reference to the game
Maple Leaves. one of the contests will
have to be stricken from the list OF vic
sories.
Richmond plays eight more games
before returning home. and IL Manager
Smith and his boys succeed In captur-
Ing half of this number. the fans here
, Will be thoroughly satisfied. The Vir-
Einians started on the road simultane-
Gus with Newark, Providence and Bal
fimore. During the first two weeks
away from home the virginians d.
vided: Providence won four out of nine
contests: Baltimore captured three out
of eight played. while the Newark In
dams took only two out OF eleven. 1t
will be seen by this that the Virginians
have not been doing bad after all, but
that they have been putting UP better
exhibitions than any other club on the
road Only one of the games lost by
fhe FIrginians was by large margin
that being the victory won by the
Royals over Richmond by a score OF
to /, All OF the others have been
close ones, and most OF them have been
lost by one run. This fact should be
SUFFICIENT that the boys are lighting.
and II Ia all the fans can hope for.
sickness Handicnps Club.
That the Richmond club Is a fighting
bunch of FASTENERS has been demon
strh,ed time and time again. and no
more so than since they shook the dust
of Richmond from their shoe soles two
weeks ago for their initial road trip
of the season. sickness has also near
Is played havoc with the Richmond
club on several occasions. Throughout
last week the VirSinians played with
FIVE men on the sick list, they being
Manager Smith. Captain Frank McDer
mott SANDY Roche. Hack Etbel and
Rebel Ross, However, II lie said that
they are Mi fast recuperating and are
ready for Providence and Newark.
IL the virginians succeed in dividin s.
honors with the Providence Grays, they
should consider themselves exceedingly
fortunate, inHAfBuCN ~ lfBV& THRau y
team In one Of the hardest In the In
ternationa1 League TO beat on the home
field. But II the Richmond pitchers
come through the Nfrgfnians will
doubtless experience no trouble in get
ting AT least halt OF the four battles.
Now that McKenry has not worked
since last Friday, he should be IN good
condition to oppose the Grsys on their
home grounds this afternoon. II Slim
f. right and there Is any hitting at all
behind him, the contest should be
piseed on the right aide Of the ledger
FOR the xirxinians Humphreys and
Rhoades will probably do tho hurting
In the two games Tuesday. Decoration
Day. In the Rhode Island city, giving
Rebel Ross chance to 20 after the
, Grays In the ANAL game of tho series.
Az We predicted, Ross has come
through In, fine style since he left
Richmond on the road trip. The young
ster was given little opportunity to
show what he possessed while pastim-
ing here. While he lost the game Sat
urday to Montreal. II was not due TO
his ,nesrectiveness, but to the fact that
he was wild. The boy has plenty Of
stuff and he should prove a valuable
man to the Richmond pitching stan
within 4 short while.